Month: December 2016

This class is an introduction to the legal process by examining how law intersects with politics and society. The course has three broad and overlapping sections. First, we will begin with theoretical concepts of law …

This course is an introduction to political theory. What is political theory? One way of answering the question is to say that political theory entails the normative and conceptual analysis of politics. For example, rather than ask the question, …

Welcome to “Citizenship, Democracy, and Difference”! This course is designed to give you, and all of us collectively, an opportunity to develop our conceptions of ourselves as citizens. When you earn a college degree, you are becoming skilled …

This course is an introduction to some of the key concepts and theoretical approaches in the comparative politics subfield of political science, and to the government and politics of select countries. Comparative politics is the study of …

This Honors “Introduction to American Government” will concentrate on three goals, and it is the combination of these three, rather than the load in any one, that should distinguish the class: The first is, of course, …

This course is an introduction to American politics and government. By the end of the semester you should have a good understanding of how the government makes policy and why decisions are made as they …

This class will cover the major issues in international relations since the end of World War II. We will discuss a variety of topics from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective, including: the causes of war; civil wars …

In PS 100, we will engage with historical and theoretical treatments of political equality; consider the relationship of political equality to social and social equality; and analyze the status of political equality in the contemporary …