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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

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: Politics on the Athenian Stage

  • 17953 GOVT 1101   SEM 101

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Gender, Violence & the State

  • 17954 GOVT 1101   SEM 102

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Money and Politics

  • 17955 GOVT 1101   SEM 103

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Just Words? Wtg About Justice and Inequality

  • 18424 GOVT 1101   SEM 104

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

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

  •  7504 GOVT 1111   LEC 001

  •  8042 GOVT 1111   DIS 201

  •  8043 GOVT 1111   DIS 202

  •  8044 GOVT 1111   DIS 203

  •  8045 GOVT 1111   DIS 204

  •  8046 GOVT 1111   DIS 205

  •  8047 GOVT 1111   DIS 206

  •  8048 GOVT 1111   DIS 207

  •  8049 GOVT 1111   DIS 208

  •  8606 GOVT 1111   DIS 209

  •  8832 GOVT 1111   DIS 210

  •  9921 GOVT 1111   DIS 211

  •  9922 GOVT 1111   DIS 212

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

  •  8141 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

  •  7373 GOVT 1817   LEC 001

  •  8055 GOVT 1817   DIS 201

  •  8056 GOVT 1817   DIS 202

  •  8057 GOVT 1817   DIS 203

  •  8058 GOVT 1817   DIS 204

  •  8059 GOVT 1817   DIS 205

  •  8060 GOVT 1817   DIS 206

  •  8061 GOVT 1817   DIS 207

  •  8062 GOVT 1817   DIS 208

  •  8063 GOVT 1817   DIS 209

  •  8064 GOVT 1817   DIS 210

GOVT 1901

This course will address questions of justice posed by current political controversies, for example, controversies over immigration, economic inequality, American nationalism, the government's role in ... view course details

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

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy and Justice in the US Now

  •  8621 GOVT 1901   SEM 101

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); constitutional order and its vulnerability; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and global uses of American power.

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

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy and Justice in the US Now

  •  8730 GOVT 1901   SEM 102

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); constitutional order and its vulnerability; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and global uses of American power.

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

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy and Justice in the US Now

  •  8731 GOVT 1901   SEM 103

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); constitutional order and its vulnerability; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and global uses of American power.

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

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy and Justice in the US Now

  • 16300 GOVT 1901   SEM 104

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); constitutional order and its vulnerability; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and global uses of American power.

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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  •  7886 GOVT 2225   LEC 001

  •  8751 GOVT 2225   DIS 201

  •  8752 GOVT 2225   DIS 202

  •  8753 GOVT 2225   DIS 203

  •  8754 GOVT 2225   DIS 204

  •  8755 GOVT 2225   DIS 205

  •  8756 GOVT 2225   DIS 206

  •  8757 GOVT 2225   DIS 207

  •  8758 GOVT 2225   DIS 208

  •  9687 GOVT 2225   DIS 209

  •  9688 GOVT 2225   DIS 210

GOVT 2293

Entertainment forms of political communication such as popular music are very often neglected in research of political communication, although popular music has a long and varied association with politics. ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16692 GOVT 2293   LEC 001

  • 16693 GOVT 2293   DIS 201

  • 16694 GOVT 2293   DIS 202

GOVT 2553

This course will cover current events in Europe as they unfold during the semester. Each week the two meetings will features a "topic" day in which students learn about a current issue of importance for ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8898 GOVT 2553   LEC 001

  • 16870 GOVT 2553   DIS 201

  • 16871 GOVT 2553   DIS 202

  • 16872 GOVT 2553   DIS 203

  • 18835 GOVT 2553   DIS 204

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 Stdnt Opt

  • 16793 GOVT 3012   LEC 001

  • 16794 GOVT 3012   DIS 201

  • 16795 GOVT 3012   DIS 202

  • 16796 GOVT 3012   DIS 203

  • 16797 GOVT 3012   DIS 204

  • 18825 GOVT 3012   DIS 205

  • 18826 GOVT 3012   DIS 206

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3304CAPS 3049

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16512 GOVT 3044   LEC 001

  • 16513 GOVT 3044   DIS 201

  • 16514 GOVT 3044   DIS 202

  • 17843 GOVT 3044   DIS 203

  • 18811 GOVT 3044   DIS 204

GOVT 3071

The US and the global community face a number of complex, interconnected and enduring issues that pose challenges for our political and policy governance institutions and society at large.  Exploring how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18466 GOVT 3071   LEC 001

  • This class is part of the Cornell in Washington Program and is taught in Washington, DC.

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

  •  8343 GOVT 3082   LEC 001

  •  8345 GOVT 3082   DIS 201

  •  8346 GOVT 3082   DIS 202

  •  8347 GOVT 3082   DIS 203

  •  8348 GOVT 3082   DIS 204

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.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3161

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16685 GOVT 3161   LEC 001

  • 16985 GOVT 3161   DIS 201

  • 16986 GOVT 3161   DIS 202

GOVT 3242

The "school-to-prison track" refers to policies and practices that facilitate the transfer of students out of the school system and into the prison system (including juvenile detention, county jail, immigration ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: EDUC 3142

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  • 18115 GOVT 3242   LEC 001

  • 18185 GOVT 3242   DIS 201

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

  • 17026 GOVT 3281   LEC 001

GOVT 3294

We are in an era of unprecedented access to information via digital news, the internet, and social media. This also comes with significant misinformation — for example, in 2016, Oxford Dictionaries named ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16752 GOVT 3294   LEC 001

  • 16757 GOVT 3294   DIS 201

  • 16758 GOVT 3294   DIS 202

GOVT 3333

Put into questions, the aims of this course are as follow: Should anyone worry about China's presence in Africa? Is China's presence part of the recolonizing of the Continent? Alternatively, is China's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3330

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16712 GOVT 3333   SEM 101

GOVT 3353

This is an introductory course on the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa.  The goal is to provide students with historical background and theoretical tools to understand present-day politics on the continent.  ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16696 GOVT 3353   LEC 001

  • 16803 GOVT 3353   DIS 201

  • 16804 GOVT 3353   DIS 202

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3854CRP 3854

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Growth and Development

  •  7717 GOVT 3494   LEC 080

  • Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

GOVT 3606

This course examines the stories, literary examples, and metaphors at work in elaborating the modern economic subject, the so-called "homo oeconomicus." We will examine material from Locke, Smith, Defoe, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 3542GERST 3610

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17133 GOVT 3606   LEC 001

  • Taught in English.

  • 17134 GOVT 3606   DIS 201

  • 17692 GOVT 3606   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

  • 16962 GOVT 3705   LEC 001

  • Film Screening TBA.

GOVT 3715

This seminar overviews political theories of colonialism and empire, and in doing so, allows us to pose questions about the constitutive elements of our modernity, such as slavery, racism, dependency, ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16853 GOVT 3715   LEC 001

  • 17098 GOVT 3715   DIS 201

  • 17099 GOVT 3715   DIS 202

GOVT 3867

The possibility of major war – on the Korean Peninsula, in the Persian Gulf, in Eastern Europe, in the South China Sea – is higher today than it has been at any point since the end of the Cold War. This ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16698 GOVT 3867   LEC 001

  • 16971 GOVT 3867   DIS 201

  • 16972 GOVT 3867   DIS 202

GOVT 3999

Does allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons reduce violent crime? Do affirmative action policies at law schools cause black students to fail the bar? Do micro-finance policies make the poor better ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8899 GOVT 3999   LEC 001

  •  9040 GOVT 3999   DIS 201

  •  9041 GOVT 3999   DIS 202

  •  9042 GOVT 3999   DIS 203

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: Despotism: Russia and Elsewhere

  •  8391 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: Women, Peace and War

  • 16998 GOVT 4000   SEM 102

  • Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills 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.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 6019

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8072 GOVT 4019   SEM 101

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

  •  9913 GOVT 4019   DIS 201

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

  •  8582 GOVT 4021   SEM 101

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

GOVT 4403

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the study of the nexus between violence and the creation of the modern state. It is intended to familiarize students with the role that war and other ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16699 GOVT 4403   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4626

This seminar surveys contemporary political theories of disobedience and resistance. We will examine liberal, republican, and radical perspectives on the logic of political protest, its functions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16382 GOVT 4626   SEM 101

GOVT 4645

"Recognition, Abjection, Ideology" introduces seminal theorizations of modern state power with reference to ethnographic texts that focus both on the formation of national subjectivity and social exclusion. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18181 GOVT 4645   SEM 101

GOVT 4745

Liberal feminists and political theorists argue that sentiments such as compassion and empathy have the capacity to alert us to suffering, injustice, and oppression, and thus incite transformative political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16652 GOVT 4745   SEM 101

GOVT 4807

In this course we will discuss how society, culture and politics shape technological artifacts and the natural and built environment, such as bridges, roads, and landscapes in diverse cultural contexts. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 4301STS 4301

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9698 GOVT 4807   SEM 101

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

  •  7377 GOVT 4949   IND 601

  • This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4959

GOVT 4959 is the second semester of honors thesis research, limited to students who have completed GOVT 4949 - Honors Seminar: Thesis Clarification and Research. There is no formal class meeting. Instead, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18747 GOVT 4959   RSC 701

    • F
    • Sanders, M

GOVT 4986

Other Feminisms is a survey of contemporary critical approaches to feminist theory today. it seeks to complicate the traditional depiction of feminist theory as "white," "transphobic," "Eurocentic"/western.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6986

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16878 GOVT 4986   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors and Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement. Class co-meets with GOVT 6986.

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

  •  6546 GOVT 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Bensel, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6548 GOVT 4999   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Bunce, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6550 GOVT 4999   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Enns, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6560 GOVT 4999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kreps, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6562 GOVT 4999   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Corrigan, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6563 GOVT 4999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Mettler, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6573 GOVT 4999   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6574 GOVT 4999   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Michener, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6576 GOVT 4999   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Roberts, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6577 GOVT 4999   IND 626

    • TBA
    • Rubenstein, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6578 GOVT 4999   IND 627

    • TBA
    • Sanders, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6579 GOVT 4999   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Ward, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6581 GOVT 4999   IND 631

    • TBA
    • van de Walle, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6582 GOVT 4999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Way, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6584 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.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 4019

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7505 GOVT 6019   SEM 101

  • Co-meets with GOVT 4019.

  •  9914 GOVT 6019   DIS 201

GOVT 6022

This course examines racial and ethnic politics in the United States, highlighting its fundamental and constitutive role in shaping American politics more broadly. We will explore the political origins ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6022

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16764 GOVT 6022   SEM 101

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 Stdnt Opt

  • 16701 GOVT 6067   SEM 101

GOVT 6075

The seminar will explore readings in the history of political thought from Homer to the Twenty-first century. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16876 GOVT 6075   SEM 101

GOVT 6089

This course considers statistical techniques to analyze time series data. We will pay particular attention to common time series methods, assumptions, and examples from political and social science. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16877 GOVT 6089   SEM 101

GOVT 6109

This graduate seminar introduces students to methods currently used by political scientists to develop and test for observable implications of theoretically-derived arguments using data collected away ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16897 GOVT 6109   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:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 6910PHIL 6922

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16687 GOVT 6122   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

  •  6678 GOVT 6353   SEM 101

GOVT 6433

This course is designed to provide doctoral students in political science with an introduction to advanced quantitative text analysis. Students will learn about all major types of content analyses, including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8889 GOVT 6433   SEM 101

GOVT 6745

Liberal feminists and political theorists argue that sentiments such as compassion and empathy have the capacity to alert us to suffering, injustice, and oppression, and thus incite transformative political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16821 GOVT 6745   SEM 101

GOVT 6845

"Recognition, Abjection, Ideology" introduces seminal theorizations of modern state power with reference to ethnographic texts that focus both on the formation of national subjectivity and social exclusion. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18182 GOVT 6845   SEM 101

GOVT 6986

Other Feminisms is a survey of contemporary critical approaches to feminist theory today. it seeks to complicate the traditional depiction of feminist theory as "white," "transphobic," "Eurocentic"/western.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4986

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16880 GOVT 6986   SEM 101

GOVT 7073

Game theory provides a scientific approach to the study of social, political, and economic interactions that focuses on the strategic aspects of decision-making between two or more individuals or groups. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16899 GOVT 7073   SEM 101

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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  •  6621 GOVT 7999   IND 602

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    • Bensel, R

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  •  6623 GOVT 7999   IND 604

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    • Bunce, V

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  •  6625 GOVT 7999   IND 606

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    • Enns, P

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  •  6633 GOVT 7999   IND 616

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    • Kreps, S

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  •  6634 GOVT 7999   IND 618

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    • Frank, J

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  •  6636 GOVT 7999   IND 620

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    • Mettler, S

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  •  6637 GOVT 7999   IND 621

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    • Michener, J

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  •  6641 GOVT 7999   IND 625

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    • Roberts, K

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  •  6642 GOVT 7999   IND 626

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    • Rubenstein, D

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  •  6643 GOVT 7999   IND 627

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    • Sanders, M

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  •  6645 GOVT 7999   IND 631

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    • van de Walle, N

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  •  6646 GOVT 7999   IND 632

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    • Way, C

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  •  6647 GOVT 7999   IND 633

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    • Ward, S

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  •  6691 GOVT 7999   IND 634

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    • Flores-Macias, G