Contemporary India society as a joint product of the classical heritage and world-wide movements toward nationalism; social and economic development.
Year: 2017
PS 231 Politics in Multi-Cultural Societies
Race, ethnicity, and religion as political factors; cultural pluralism, politics, and policy in the United States and selected other multi-cultural politics.
PS 218 Understanding Political Numbers
How numbers and statistics are used in electoral strategies, political debates and legal proceedings. Presents basic tools of analysis and how to use them.
PS 217 Law, Politics and Society
Introduction to the legal process. Examination of the various concepts of law, the perennial problems of the law, legal reasoning, and the nature and function of law and the courts.
PS 209 Introduction to Political Theory
Analytical examination of conceptions of politics and the purposes of government, the problems of political obligation deriving from these, with attention to the ideas of crime, punishment and responsibility, political crimes–treason, collaboration, war crimes–and the …
PS 201 Democratic Ideas
An experimental topics course that introduces students to compelling recent events and to the current research of political scientists. This course can be repeated by students, but not with the same content.
PS 200 Research Methods in Political Science
Methods of Political Inquiry introduces students to political science as a discipline by focusing on the development of research questions, research designs, and the quantitative and qualitative tools commonly used to implement research designs.
PS 106 Politics Around the World
Comparison of politics and government in selected countries around the world. Students may not enroll in Poli Sci 106 and 186.
PS 104 Introduction to American National Government
Basic institutions and processes of American government. The role of constitutional structures, parties, interest groups and elections in the system; policy formation and policy content.
PS 103 Introduction to International Relations
Explores past and present patterns of political, social and technological change in terms of their contemporary and future implications for international relations.