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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

GOVT 1101

This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the study of political power and the interaction of citizens and governments and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Thucydides for Today

  • 17914 GOVT 1101   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Politics on the Athenian Stage

  • 17915 GOVT 1101   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Democracy and Secrecy

  • 17916 GOVT 1101   SEM 103

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Military Innov in World Pol

  • 17917 GOVT 1101   SEM 104

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Public Opinion & US Militarism

  • 17918 GOVT 1101   SEM 105

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: African Elections

  • 17919 GOVT 1101   SEM 106

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:PWR/POL:Social Movements to Political Parties

  • 18016 GOVT 1101   SEM 107

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S

  • 18235 GOVT 1101   SEM 108

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

GOVT 1111

A policy-centered approach to the study of government in the American experience.  Considers the American Founding and how it influenced the structure of government;  how national institutions operate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1115

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7939 GOVT 1111   LEC 001

  •  8707 GOVT 1111   DIS 201

  •  8708 GOVT 1111   DIS 202

  •  8709 GOVT 1111   DIS 203

  •  8710 GOVT 1111   DIS 204

  •  8711 GOVT 1111   DIS 205

  •  8712 GOVT 1111   DIS 206

  •  8713 GOVT 1111   DIS 207

  •  8714 GOVT 1111   DIS 208

  • 16152 GOVT 1111   DIS 209

  • 18404 GOVT 1111   DIS 210

GOVT 1503

This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas.  This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 1500ASRC 1500

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8847 GOVT 1503   LEC 001

GOVT 1817

An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of international politics with an emphasis on learning critical thinking.  The course is divided into two parts. In the first half, we will learn about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7783 GOVT 1817   LEC 001

  •  8720 GOVT 1817   DIS 201

  •  8721 GOVT 1817   DIS 202

  •  8722 GOVT 1817   DIS 203

  •  8723 GOVT 1817   DIS 204

  •  8724 GOVT 1817   DIS 205

  •  8725 GOVT 1817   DIS 206

  •  8726 GOVT 1817   DIS 207

  •  8727 GOVT 1817   DIS 208

  •  8728 GOVT 1817   DIS 209

  •  8729 GOVT 1817   DIS 210

  •  8730 GOVT 1817   DIS 211

GOVT 1901

Weekly informal discussion of urgent public issues posed by a central theme, such as inequality, foreign policy and immigration, or challenges to liberty and democracy. Recent public lectures organized ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Deep Issues of the 2016 Elections

  • 16188 GOVT 1901   SEM 101

  • This semester's course will discuss central issues raised in the presidential campaigns in light of competing moral perspectives, informed by social-scientific inquiry. For example, to what extent are current economic inequalities unjust? What is the government's proper role in healthcare and education? What should the government do to reduce racial inequality? What restrictions on U.S. immigration are justifiable? How should the U.S. respond to turmoil in the Middle East? to global challenges to American economic interests, values and international power?

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Deep Issues of the 2016 Elections

  • 17285 GOVT 1901   SEM 102

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Deep Issues of the 2016 Elections

  • 17286 GOVT 1901   SEM 103

GOVT 2225

In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8457 GOVT 2225   LEC 001

  • 17381 GOVT 2225   DIS 201

  • 17382 GOVT 2225   DIS 202

  • 17383 GOVT 2225   DIS 203

  • 17384 GOVT 2225   DIS 204

  • 17385 GOVT 2225   DIS 205

  • 17386 GOVT 2225   DIS 206

  • 17387 GOVT 2225   DIS 207

  • 17388 GOVT 2225   DIS 208

GOVT 2432

The course concerns the principles and philosophical arguments underlying conflicts and moral dilemmas of central and ongoing concern to society as they arise within legal contexts. We consider questions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 2430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9987 GOVT 2432   LEC 001

  • There will be optional discussion sections held 4-5 times during the semester, with varying days/times.

GOVT 2747

This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the  "Arab Spring," we will consider Middle East history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2674HIST 2674NES 2674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8620 GOVT 2747   LEC 001

  •  8687 GOVT 2747   DIS 201

  •  8688 GOVT 2747   DIS 202

  •  8689 GOVT 2747   DIS 203

  •  8690 GOVT 2747   DIS 204

  •  8973 GOVT 2747   DIS 205

  •  9026 GOVT 2747   DIS 206

GOVT 3001

Same-sex marriage.  Reproductive rights.  Campaign finance.  Universal health care.  Separate but equal.  Capital punishment.  Affirmative action.  Disputes over the meaning of the Constitution have been ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3001

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8741 GOVT 3001   LEC 001

  • 16154 GOVT 3001   DIS 201

  • 16156 GOVT 3001   DIS 202

  • 17621 GOVT 3001   DIS 203

GOVT 3012

Poverty is a phenomenon of enduring importance with significant implications for democratic governance. This course explores contemporary poverty in America, with a particular emphasis on its political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3012

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8742 GOVT 3012   LEC 001

  •  8761 GOVT 3012   DIS 201

  •  8762 GOVT 3012   DIS 202

  • 16164 GOVT 3012   DIS 203

  • 18638 GOVT 3012   DIS 204

GOVT 3044

This course provides students with an analytical framework to understand China's ongoing economic transformation. The courses goals include: 1) to familiarize students with different perspectives on China's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3304CAPS 3049

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15856 GOVT 3044   LEC 001

  • 16507 GOVT 3044   DIS 201

  • 16508 GOVT 3044   DIS 202

GOVT 3082

This course focuses on political campaigns, a central feature of American democracy. We will examine how they work and the conditions under which they affect citizens' decisions. The course looks at campaign ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3082

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9121 GOVT 3082   LEC 001

  •  9133 GOVT 3082   DIS 201

  •  9134 GOVT 3082   DIS 202

  •  9135 GOVT 3082   DIS 203

  •  9136 GOVT 3082   DIS 204

GOVT 3142

This class is intended to provoke some hard thinking about the relationship of committed "outsiders" and advocates of change to the experience of crime, punishment, and incarceration and to the men we ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3142

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17743 GOVT 3142   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: participation as a Teaching Assistant in the CPEP program in Auburn or Cayuga or work in a juvenile or other correctional facility.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3142

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18595 GOVT 3142   SEM 102

  • Prerequisite: participation as a Teaching Assistant in the CPEP program in Auburn or Cayuga or work in a juvenile or other correctional facility.

GOVT 3161

This course will explore and seek explanations for the performance of the 20-21st century presidency, focusing on its institutional and political development, recruitment process (nominations and elections), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3161

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16446 GOVT 3161   LEC 001

GOVT 3168

The United States is currently in the middle of a heated Presidential election.  This course will follow this election through its final months, looking at the candidates, the debates, the House and Senate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17692 GOVT 3168   LEC 001

  • Taught in Washington, DC.

GOVT 3189

In this course, students will design, conduct, and analyze a national-level public opinion survey. Students will determine all survey questions based on their research interests. There are no prerequisites, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COMM 3189

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16197 GOVT 3189   LEC 001

  • 16484 GOVT 3189   DIS 201

  • 16485 GOVT 3189   DIS 202

  • 16486 GOVT 3189   DIS 203

  • 16487 GOVT 3189   DIS 204

GOVT 3273

This course explores the tensions between political power and economic exchange in contemporary market economies. It provides a conceptual overview of key economic policy problems in contemporary societies, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16170 GOVT 3273   LEC 001

GOVT 3281

This course investigates the United States Supreme Court and its role in politics and government. It traces the development of constitutional doctrine, the growth of the Court's institutional power, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3281LAW 3281

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17473 GOVT 3281   LEC 001

GOVT 3283

Since the revolution in 1917, Russia has undergone dramatic changes, including the creation of the world's first communist regime, the collapse of that regime in 1990 and the subsequent dismemberment of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16194 GOVT 3283   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: GOVT 1313 or GOVT 1817.

GOVT 3293

This course is designed as an introduction to political, economic, and social issues in 20th century Latin America. Topics are organized chronologically, beginning with the crisis of agro-export economies ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 3290LATA 3290

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16407 GOVT 3293   LEC 001

  • This course will be offered in partnership with the Spanish Language Program. Students enrolled in GOVT 3293 may enroll in an optional one credit course, SPAN 3020.

  • 16408 GOVT 3293   DIS 201

  • 16409 GOVT 3293   DIS 202

  • 16410 GOVT 3293   DIS 203

  • 16411 GOVT 3293   DIS 204

GOVT 3364

This class is designed as a comparative introduction to the governmental systems in Europe, with a concentration on Western European states. Students will gain an introductory knowledge on a selection ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10014 GOVT 3364   LEC 001

GOVT 3384

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18295 GOVT 3384   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 115
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

GOVT 3494

This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3854CRP 3854

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Growth and Development

  •  8210 GOVT 3494   LEC 080

  • Taught in Washington, DC.

GOVT 3557

Do you want to learn the discussion-based case method as taught at the Harvard Business School? Do you want to learn how to write a long research paper? Do you not want to take a final examination? If ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEM 3557ILRIC 3557NBA 5300

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15859 GOVT 3557   LEC 001

  • 16912 GOVT 3557   DIS 201

  • 16913 GOVT 3557   DIS 202

  • 16914 GOVT 3557   DIS 203

  • 16915 GOVT 3557   DIS 204

  • 16916 GOVT 3557   DIS 205

GOVT 3603

At the conclusion of World War II, the US ushered in a new international order based on the principles of the Atlantic Charter, which became the basis for the United Nations Charter. A few principles of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3607

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17490 GOVT 3603   LEC 001

GOVT 3625

This course will primarily focus on studying and scrutinizing general conceptions of justice. Topics explored typically include liberty,economic equality, democracy, community, the general welfare, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3460

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9579 GOVT 3625   LEC 001

  • An investigation of the leading current controversies over standards of justice. Topics include the moral significance of economic inequality, the nature and basis of civil and political liberties, property rights, the proper political role of moral and religious values, the nature and implications of democratic values, and ideals of community. These topics will mainly be investigated through discussion of major works in political philosophy over the last half-century.

GOVT 3626

A survey of the origins of political theory in the Western tradition. Starting with the Greeks and ending in the Medieval era of Aquinas and Dante, this course introduces students to the central debates ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 1665PHIL 1410

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16100 GOVT 3626   LEC 001

  • 16104 GOVT 3626   DIS 201

  • 16105 GOVT 3626   DIS 202

GOVT 3633

Focuses on currently salient themes of nationalism, multiculturalism, and democracy. It explores such questions as who is a citizen; what is a nation; what is a political institution; and how do bonds ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SOC 2480

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17440 GOVT 3633   LEC 001

  • 17441 GOVT 3633   DIS 201

  • 17442 GOVT 3633   DIS 202

GOVT 3705

An introduction (without prerequisites) to fundamental problems of current political theory, filmmaking, and film analysis, along with their interrelationship.  Particular emphasis on comparing and contrasting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3300GERST 3550PMA 3490

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16380 GOVT 3705   SEM 101

  • Weekly film screening, TBA.

GOVT 3726

In 1989, following the anti-Communist revolutions in the Eastern Bloc countries, Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed "the end of history" and predicted the final global victory of economic and political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 3626

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17207 GOVT 3726   LEC 001

  • 17255 GOVT 3726   DIS 201

  • 17256 GOVT 3726   DIS 202

  • 17257 GOVT 3726   DIS 203

  • 17258 GOVT 3726   DIS 204

GOVT 3785

This course will expose students to the theory and practice of civil disobedience in historical and contemporary perspectives. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? What makes disobedience ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3785

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16439 GOVT 3785   LEC 001

GOVT 3867

This course surveys leading theories of the causes of interstate war-that is, large-scale organized violence between the armed forces of states. Why is war a recurring feature of international politics? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9531 GOVT 3867   LEC 001

  •  9677 GOVT 3867   DIS 201

  •  9678 GOVT 3867   DIS 202

GOVT 3967

China is often thought of as being isolated from the outside world.  It is imagined as existing in historic seclusion, and, following the establishment of the People's Republic, as pursuing a path of autarky. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3395CAPS 3967

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9463 GOVT 3967   LEC 001

  •  9536 GOVT 3967   DIS 201

  •  9537 GOVT 3967   DIS 202

GOVT 3977

This course examines the history of the conflict between two peoples with claims to the same land (Palestine/Israel), from the rise of their national movements at the turn of the 20th century and their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: JWST 3697NES 3697SOC 3970

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9726 GOVT 3977   LEC 001

  • Open to all students, including freshmen.

  •  9732 GOVT 3977   DIS 201

  •  9736 GOVT 3977   DIS 202

  •  9752 GOVT 3977   DIS 205

  •  9756 GOVT 3977   DIS 206

GOVT 4000

Major seminars in the Government department are small, advanced courses that cover an important theme or topic in contemporary politics in depth. Courses place particular emphasis on careful reading and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Democracy and Representation

  •  9367 GOVT 4000   SEM 101

  • Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Politics and Entertainment

  • 15923 GOVT 4000   SEM 102

  • Preference given to Government seniors and juniors. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4019

The goal of this course is to introduce probability and statistics as fundamental building blocks for quantitative political analysis, with regression modeling as a focal application. We will begin with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6019

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8756 GOVT 4019   SEM 101

  • This class does not fulfill the government senior seminar requirement. Co-meets with GOVT 6019.

GOVT 4021

American conservative thought rests on assumptions that are strikingly different from those made by mainstream American liberals.  However, conservative thinkers are themselves committed to principles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4021

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15874 GOVT 4021   SEM 101

  • Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4051

This semester we will examine the construction of a presidential imaginary- how the president, as represented in literature, film, television, advertising- shapes public policy and influences political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4305

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16687 GOVT 4051   SEM 101

GOVT 4283

This class will examine the history and contemporary role of Latinos as a minority group in the U.S. political system. This course is intended as an overview of the political position of Latinos y Latinas ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LSP 4283

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10005 GOVT 4283   SEM 101

  • Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4291

This course examines scientific controversies that become political. Why does some science become politicized rather than normalized and routinized? How do societies deal with collective uncertainty and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 4291STS 4291

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17127 GOVT 4291   SEM 101

  • Government seniors and juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4339

This seminar examines the emergence of national identities, nationalist movements, and nation-states in the modern Arab world. First, we will examine various approaches to the question of nationalism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16192 GOVT 4339   SEM 101

GOVT 4496

This seminar inquires into the interrelation between two meanings of the concept of power:  "power over" or control power and "power to" or protean power. Control power is based on the notion that actors ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6496

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15889 GOVT 4496   SEM 101

  • Government seniors and juniors given preference. This course satisfies the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4726

Punitive Society examines the phenomena of mass incarceration and the death penalty as represented in philosophy, law, literature and film.  We will address the genealogy of punishment, the absence of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 4726

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15890 GOVT 4726   SEM 101

  • Government seniors and juniors given preference. This course fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4867

This seminar will explore the rise of mass incarceration and punitive containment strategies around the globe. Considering prison a threshold that resists outsiders' efforts to comprehend inmate experience, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4071SOC 4860

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9497 GOVT 4867   SEM 101

GOVT 4877

This course focuses primarily on China's evolving role in both Asia and world politics. While China may not necessarily be the sole determinant of the type of security order that will prevail in Asia, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4475CAPS 4870GOVT 6877

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9340 GOVT 4877   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall 494
    • Carlson, A

      Weiss, J

  • Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4949

This seminar creates a structured environment in which honors students will examine different  research approaches and methods and construct a research design for their own theses—a thesis proposal that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7787 GOVT 4949   IND 601

GOVT 4999

One-on-one tutorial arranged by the student with a faculty member of his or her choosing. Open to government majors doing superior work, and it is the responsibility of the student to establish the research ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6081 GOVT 4999   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Bateman, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6884 GOVT 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Bensel, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6885 GOVT 4999   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Buck-Morss, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6886 GOVT 4999   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Bunce, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6887 GOVT 4999   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Carlson, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6888 GOVT 4999   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Enns, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6889 GOVT 4999   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Evangelista, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6890 GOVT 4999   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6891 GOVT 4999   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Garcia-Rios, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6892 GOVT 4999   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Herring, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6893 GOVT 4999   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jones-Correa, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6894 GOVT 4999   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Katzenstein, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6895 GOVT 4999   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Katzenstein, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6896 GOVT 4999   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Kirshner, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6897 GOVT 4999   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Kramnick, I

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6898 GOVT 4999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kreps, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6899 GOVT 4999   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Lowi, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6900 GOVT 4999   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Corrigan, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6903 GOVT 4999   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Mertha, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6901 GOVT 4999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Mettler, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6902 GOVT 4999   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6911 GOVT 4999   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6912 GOVT 4999   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Michener, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6913 GOVT 4999   IND 624

    • TBA
    • Pepinsky, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6914 GOVT 4999   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Roberts, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6915 GOVT 4999   IND 626

    • TBA
    • Rubenstein, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6916 GOVT 4999   IND 627

    • TBA
    • Sanders, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6917 GOVT 4999   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Ward, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6918 GOVT 4999   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Smith, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6919 GOVT 4999   IND 630

    • TBA
    • Tarrow, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6920 GOVT 4999   IND 631

    • TBA
    • van de Walle, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6921 GOVT 4999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Way, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6922 GOVT 4999   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Livingston, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6923 GOVT 4999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Margulies, J

GOVT 6019

The goal of this course is to introduce probability and statistics as fundamental building blocks for quantitative political analysis, with regression modeling as a focal application. We will begin with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4019

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7940 GOVT 6019   SEM 101

  • Co-meets with GOVT 4019.

GOVT 6049

This course continues the path of 6019 and 6029 in offering a hybrid of applied social statistics and econometric modeling for graduate students, with a focus on the analysis of categorical and count data ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15831 GOVT 6049   SEM 001

    • MW White Hall 104
    • Aug 23 - Oct 7, 2016
    • Corrigan, B

  • Prerequisite: Must have taken GOVT 6019 and GOVT 6029; or permission of the instructor.

GOVT 6059

This course continues the path of 6019 and 6029 in offering a hybrid of applied social statistics and econometric modeling for graduate students, with a focus on panel, time-series cross-section, and multilevel ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15832 GOVT 6059   SEM 101

    • MW White Hall 104
    • Oct 10 - Dec 2, 2016
    • Corrigan, B

  • Prerequisite: Must have taken GOVT 6019 and GOVT 6029; or permission of the instructor.

GOVT 6067

General survey of the literature and propositions of the international relations field. Criteria are developed for judging theoretical propositions and are applied to the major findings. Participants are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8376 GOVT 6067   SEM 101

GOVT 6122

Social science research almost always combines empirical observation (data), the construction of concepts (language), and the logical analysis of the relations between observations and concepts (statistics).  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 6910PHIL 6422

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15909 GOVT 6122   SEM 101

GOVT 6201

The United States Congress will be examined: first, as a "closed system" in which institutional arrangements decisively apportion political power; and, second, as the product of electoral and social forces ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6201

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15907 GOVT 6201   SEM 101

GOVT 6242

This course is designed to provide doctoral students in political science with an introduction to experiment and survey design. Students will discuss all major types of experiments (e.g. field, lab, survey, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9350 GOVT 6242   SEM 101

GOVT 6353

This course provides a graduate-level survey of the field of comparative politics, introducing students to classic works as well as recent contributions that build upon those works. Readings will draw ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7024 GOVT 6353   SEM 101

GOVT 6384

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18297 GOVT 6384   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 115
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

GOVT 6483

Officials come to their positions of power in ways that vary over time and space. Comparativists have, historically, focused their attentions on democracies and on transitions from authoritarian regimes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15924 GOVT 6483   SEM 101

GOVT 6496

This seminar inquires into the interrelation between two meanings of the concept of power:  "power over" or control power  and "power to" or protean power. Control power is based on the notion that actors ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4496

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15888 GOVT 6496   SEM 101

  • Instructor permission required for MA students. This class co-meets with GOVT 4496.

GOVT 6606

This seminar will examine the political consequences of American pragmatism. Through a close study of the major works of William James and John Dewey we will explore pragmatist theories of inquiry, experience, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6606

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15905 GOVT 6606   SEM 101

GOVT 6645

In contemporary political contexts "democracy" is often invoked as the very ground of political legitimacy. There is very little agreement, however, on what democracy means or how it is best embodied in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6645

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15926 GOVT 6645   SEM 101

GOVT 6779

This course will examine cosmopolitanism as a cultural, moral, and political concept both historically, with reference primarily to the eighteenth century, and theoretically, in contemporary debates. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6970ENGL 6970

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16124 GOVT 6779   SEM 101

GOVT 6877

This course focuses primarily on China's evolving role in both Asia and world politics. It does so based on the premise that what China does in Asia may not necessarily be the sole determinant of the type ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4475CAPS 4870GOVT 4877

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9369 GOVT 6877   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall 494
    • Carlson, A

      Weiss, J

GOVT 7999

Individualized readings and research for graduate students. Topics, readings, and writing requirements are designed through consultation between the student and the instructor. Graduate students in government ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6083 GOVT 7999   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Anderson, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6960 GOVT 7999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Bensel, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6961 GOVT 7999   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Buck-Morss, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6962 GOVT 7999   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Bunce, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6963 GOVT 7999   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Carlson, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6964 GOVT 7999   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Enns, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6965 GOVT 7999   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Evangelista, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6966 GOVT 7999   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6967 GOVT 7999   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Lienau, O

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6968 GOVT 7999   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Herring, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6969 GOVT 7999   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jones-Correa, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6970 GOVT 7999   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Katzenstein, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6971 GOVT 7999   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Katzenstein, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6972 GOVT 7999   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Kirshner, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6973 GOVT 7999   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Kramnick, I

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6974 GOVT 7999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kreps, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6975 GOVT 7999   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Lowi, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6976 GOVT 7999   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6977 GOVT 7999   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Mertha, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6978 GOVT 7999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Mettler, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6979 GOVT 7999   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Staff

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6982 GOVT 7999   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Morrison, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6983 GOVT 7999   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Patel, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6984 GOVT 7999   IND 624

    • TBA
    • Pepinsky, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6985 GOVT 7999   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Roberts, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6986 GOVT 7999   IND 626

    • TBA
    • Rubenstein, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6987 GOVT 7999   IND 627

    • TBA
    • Sanders, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6988 GOVT 7999   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Shefter, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6989 GOVT 7999   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Smith, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6990 GOVT 7999   IND 630

    • TBA
    • Tarrow, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6991 GOVT 7999   IND 631

    • TBA
    • van de Walle, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6992 GOVT 7999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Way, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6993 GOVT 7999   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Ward, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7038 GOVT 7999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Flores-Macias, G