Government (GOVT)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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

  •  4487 GOVT 1111   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4854 GOVT 1111   DIS 201

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4855 GOVT 1111   DIS 202

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4853 GOVT 1111   DIS 203

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4856 GOVT 1111   DIS 204

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4857 GOVT 1111   DIS 205

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4858 GOVT 1111   DIS 206

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4859 GOVT 1111   DIS 207

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  5195 GOVT 1111   DIS 208

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  5274 GOVT 1111   DIS 209

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10237 GOVT 1111   DIS 210

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 1503

At the inception of this department at Cornell University in 1969, the Africana Studies and Research Center became the birthplace of the field "Africana studies." Africana studies emphasizes comparative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1500ASRC 1500

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4925 GOVT 1503   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.

  • 11411 GOVT 1503   DIS 201

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 Graded

  •  4397 GOVT 1817   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Katzenstein, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4862 GOVT 1817   DIS 201

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4863 GOVT 1817   DIS 202

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4864 GOVT 1817   DIS 203

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4865 GOVT 1817   DIS 204

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4866 GOVT 1817   DIS 205

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4867 GOVT 1817   DIS 206

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4868 GOVT 1817   DIS 207

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4869 GOVT 1817   DIS 208

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4870 GOVT 1817   DIS 209

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  •  4871 GOVT 1817   DIS 210

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10225 GOVT 1817   DIS 211

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2011

As a country, we are what we remember. But who decides what facts and stories about the past are important enough to memorialize? What does that decision tell us about power and truth? This class will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2012SHUM 2011

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9017 GOVT 2011   SEM 101

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •  4773 GOVT 2225   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5240 GOVT 2225   DIS 201

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5241 GOVT 2225   DIS 202

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5242 GOVT 2225   DIS 203

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5243 GOVT 2225   DIS 204

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5244 GOVT 2225   DIS 205

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5245 GOVT 2225   DIS 206

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5246 GOVT 2225   DIS 207

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5247 GOVT 2225   DIS 208

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5350 GOVT 2225   DIS 209

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5351 GOVT 2225   DIS 210

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2264

This course explores the causes and consequences of modern day civil wars. The first part of the course looks at individual, group, and state level factors that might cause civil wars to break out. The ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18215 GOVT 2264   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Karim, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18216 GOVT 2264   DIS 201

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18217 GOVT 2264   DIS 202

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18596 GOVT 2432   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Marmor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18597 GOVT 2432   DIS 201

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18598 GOVT 2432   DIS 202

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2665

This course offers a survey of American political thought from the colonial period to the present. We will read Puritan sermons, revolutionary pamphlets, philosophical treatises, presidential orations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2669

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8897 GOVT 2665   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8942 GOVT 2665   DIS 201

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8943 GOVT 2665   DIS 202

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  • 10241 GOVT 2665   DIS 203

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10243 GOVT 2665   DIS 204

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 10070 GOVT 2747   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10071 GOVT 2747   DIS 201

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10072 GOVT 2747   DIS 202

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10073 GOVT 2747   DIS 203

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10074 GOVT 2747   DIS 204

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2806

This course presents a cultural and historical perspective on ideas of agency, responsibility, and punishment through foundational texts of western law. We will primarily focus on three main areas of law: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2806FGSS 2806LAW 6803

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19250 GOVT 2806   SEM 101

    • MWF To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Giannella, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2977

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2697NES 2697

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18351 GOVT 2977   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3051

The course examines the historical political landscape of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States and the interplay between tribal interests, politics, and the federal government. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 11564 GOVT 3051   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3061

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20081 GOVT 3061   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3121

This is a class about the American criminal justice system—from policing to prisons, from arrest to reentry. In many ways, the operation of the modern criminal justice system is taken for granted, which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3121

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5839 GOVT 3121   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5840 GOVT 3121   DIS 201

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5841 GOVT 3121   DIS 202

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5842 GOVT 3121   DIS 203

    • R To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5843 GOVT 3121   DIS 204

    • R To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5844 GOVT 3121   DIS 205

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5845 GOVT 3121   DIS 206

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19621 GOVT 3121   DIS 207

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

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  • 19622 GOVT 3121   DIS 208

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3122

The United States has been widely associated with democratic ideals, and yet American democracy has been long in the making, even in recent decades retaining hallmarks of an "unfinished work." It has evolved ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3122

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18218 GOVT 3122   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18930 GOVT 3122   DIS 201

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18931 GOVT 3122   DIS 202

    • R To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18932 GOVT 3122   DIS 203

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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. All necessary survey research ... 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

  • 18525 GOVT 3189   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Enns, P

      Schuldt, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18527 GOVT 3189   DIS 201

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Enns, P

      Schuldt, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18530 GOVT 3189   DIS 202

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18532 GOVT 3189   DIS 203

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Enns, P

      Schuldt, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18534 GOVT 3189   DIS 204

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Enns, P

      Schuldt, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3221

This course will explore the traditional dynamic and norms of political press coverage in the United States, and the impact of those patterns on both the government and the nation; some of the ways longstanding ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 11458 GOVT 3221   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3271

In this course, we will examine one of the most important documents in American history – our Constitution.  Course topics will include the historical background of the document from the Magna Carta to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6271PUBPOL 3270PUBPOL 5270

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18618 GOVT 3271   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6010 GOVT 3281   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Chutkow, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: GDEV 3290LATA 3290

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18535 GOVT 3293   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18536 GOVT 3293   DIS 201

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18537 GOVT 3293   DIS 202

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18538 GOVT 3294   LEC 001

    • MW To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Cirone, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3303

From a perspective based on comparative political economy, this course examines pressing contemporary issues such as the politics of growing inequality.  We consider conflicts around markets, democracy, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRIC 4330

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5660 GOVT 3303   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Turner, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3401

Topic Fall 2023: Learning from Movements: Refuge, Asylum, & Activism. Learning from Movements highlights refugee-led organizing and its intersections with un/documented and Indigenous beyond borders ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 3420ANTHR 3402FGSS 3400

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11999 GOVT 3401   LEC 001

    • R To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12000 GOVT 3401   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 3512

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 11990 GOVT 3512   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 3557ILRGL 3557

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18570 GOVT 3557   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Katzenstein, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18573 GOVT 3557   DIS 201

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18577 GOVT 3557   DIS 202

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18581 GOVT 3557   DIS 203

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18582 GOVT 3557   DIS 204

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Katzenstein, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3947

This is the course about the role of race and racism in international politics.  Scholars of international politics have long neglected the role of race and racism in world affairs, even though the origins ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3947

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8918 GOVT 3947   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Ba, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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.  Combined with: ASIAN 3395CAPS 3967

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18686 GOVT 3967   LEC 001

    • TR To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Empire and Black Radical Political Thought

  •  5105 GOVT 4000   SEM 101

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Empire and Black Radical Political Thought

  • 11829 GOVT 4000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Empire and (Anti)Colonial Violence

  •  5859 GOVT 4000   SEM 102

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Ba, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Empire and (Anti)Colonial Violence

  • 11835 GOVT 4000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Ba, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 6223

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Inequality & the Welfare State

  •  5860 GOVT 4000   SEM 103

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Perera, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Inequality & the Welfare State

  • 11836 GOVT 4000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Perera, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Russian Politics

  • 18523 GOVT 4000   SEM 105

    • R To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Rosenfeld, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Russian Politics

  • 18524 GOVT 4000   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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
  • 18304 GOVT 4339   SEM 101

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 4543

This course a offers comparative political sociology of democratic and non-democratic institutions in the United States and beyond. Topics will include nationalism, fascism and populism. My focus will ... view course details

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  •  9291 GOVT 4543   SEM 101

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Berezin, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 4827

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12435 GOVT 4827   SEM 101

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This class satisfies the government seminar requirement.

  • 18848 GOVT 4827   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4400 GOVT 4949   SEM 101

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

  • 11895 GOVT 4949   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Blackman, A

      Sloman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 4998

The core course at Cornell in Washington is an experiential learning class that focuses on engaging with the professional experience of being in DC. Its primary purposes are to give students to build their ... view course details

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  • 11195 GOVT 4998   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3824 GOVT 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12613 GOVT 4999   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Clark, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3828 GOVT 4999   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3834 GOVT 4999   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3837 GOVT 4999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Xin, X

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3839 GOVT 4999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3849 GOVT 4999   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3852 GOVT 4999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3854 GOVT 4999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9814 GOVT 6019   SEM 101

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6051

The course examines the historical political landscape of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States and the interplay between tribal interests, politics, and the federal government. The ... view course details

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  • 11571 GOVT 6051   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18689 GOVT 6067   SEM 101

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kreps, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18716 GOVT 6067   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kreps, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18715 GOVT 6075   SEM 101

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ECON 6910PHIL 6922

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20086 GOVT 6122   SEM 101

    • R To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20082 GOVT 6122   IND 601

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6223

How a society confronts and shapes socio-economic inequality depends largely on the policy tools at its disposal. A range of remedies – in areas as diverse as employment, education, health care, retirement, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18937 GOVT 6223   SEM 101

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Perera, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18938 GOVT 6223   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Perera, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6271

In this course, we will examine one of the most important documents in American history – our Constitution.  Course topics will include the historical background of the document from the Magna Carta to ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3271PUBPOL 3270PUBPOL 5270

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18619 GOVT 6271   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6294

Political scientists have long studied parties, social movements, and populism, but these topics have generally belonged to separate branches of the discipline, each boasting a specialized body of literature ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19213 GOVT 6294   SEM 101

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6344

This course provides an overview of design-based inference and experimental methods, with a focus on historical political economy. Each week presents the foundations of new method, along with innovative ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20095 GOVT 6344   SEM 101

    • F To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Cirone, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3928 GOVT 6353   SEM 101

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6512

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most ... view course details

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  • 11993 GOVT 6512   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6543

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  • 19741 GOVT 6543   SEM 101

    • W To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Berezin, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6619

This is a course on networks and text in quantitative social science. The course will cover published research using text and social network data, focusing on health, politics, and everyday life, and it ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 6610INFO 6610SOC 6610

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 11709 GOVT 6619   SEM 101

    • R To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hobbs, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6827

This seminar is intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 4827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12438 GOVT 6827   SEM 101

    • M To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18851 GOVT 6827   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6856

This course examines the role that affect plays in politics and, especially, social movements. We will read about various interdisciplinary approaches to affect and public emotions before focusing on particular ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19214 GOVT 6856   SEM 101

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19215 GOVT 6856   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6998

The core course at Cornell in Washington is an experiential learning class that focuses on engaging with the professional experience of being in DC. Its primary purposes are to give students to build their ... view course details

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  • 10442 GOVT 6998   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Part of the Cornell In Washington Program.

GOVT 7937

The Proseminar in Peace Studies offers a multidisciplinary review of issues related to peace and conflict at the graduate level. The course is led by the director of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 7937STS 7937

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9854 GOVT 7937   SEM 101

    • R TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Slayton, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 7998

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-12 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  5720 GOVT 7998   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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 Stdnt Opt

  •  3885 GOVT 7999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bensel, R

      Karim, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3887 GOVT 7999   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Wallace, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3894 GOVT 7999   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9904 GOVT 7999   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9900 GOVT 7999   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Rosenfeld, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3896 GOVT 7999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3897 GOVT 7999   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3900 GOVT 7999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9064 GOVT 7999   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • van de Walle, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3938 GOVT 7999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies