Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTRODUCTION TO CONSTITUTIONALISM AND MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT ***** Study of constitutionalism and authoritarianism from Machiavelli to Marx. Includes an introduction to contemporary ideologies. With POLI 210 meets state professional requirements for teachers. ***** Enrollment limited to 76.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ***** Major topics in American politics: public opinion, group politics, political parties, elections, congressional-presidential-bureaucratic politics, and judicial politics. Together with POLI 209 meets state professional requirements for teachers. ***** Enrollment limited to 76.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** An introduction to the study of international relations. The course examines topics from the role of individuals to the impact of the international system. Major issues, such as the causes of war and problems of development in the Third World are also discussed. ***** Enrollment limited to 76.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS ***** An examination of political institutions and behavior in selected democratic, communist, and Third World countries. ***** Enrollment limited to 76.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GENDER ***** This course explores the relationship between women's lives, gender ideologies, and international and domestic politics and economics. We will examine women's experiences with and resistance to the sexual division of labor, imperialism, capitalism, consumerism, domestic service, war, slavery, and migration across different geographical and historical contexts. ***** Also offered as WGST 250.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FEDERALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL POLITICS ***** An exploration of the politics, demographics. technology, and legal environment of twenty-first century legislative redistricting. In addition to lectures and readings, the course includes an introduction to a computer based geographical information system that the students will use to complete a redistricting simulation. ***** Enrollment limited to 20.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: STATE POLITICS ***** This course is organized around the themes of the constraints and influences on the adoption and implementation of public policies in the American states. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING I ***** Independent reading under the supervision of a member of the department. Open to junior majors in the honors program and to others in special cases with the permission of the instructor.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING II ***** See POLI 305. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 2

Description: POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP I ***** This course is the in-class component of the political science internship program. Students will read both a common set of materials and a set that is oriented to their forthcoming internship. A final paper is required. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 1 TO 2

Description: POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP II ***** This course is the work component of the political science internship program. Students will be required to submit weekly progress reports and a final portfolio. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: ELECTIONS AND VOTING BEHAVIOR ***** Exploration of voting behavior and elections. Includes consideration of both individual level behavior and aggregate level patterns of election results. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: THE CONGRESS ***** Examines the role of Congress in the American political system. Attention is given to the historical development of Congress, the current status of the Congress, and the functions of Congress in the American political system. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: THE PRESIDENCY ***** Analysis of presidential powers and behavior in the context of legal, electoral, personal, and other forces that shape and limit the actions of the President. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ***** Interpretation of the Constitution by the Supreme Court. (Juniors and Seniors preferred). ***** Enrollment limited to 50.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: MINORITY POLITICS ***** Examination of the political and social position of minority groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, and women) in the U.S. This course explores the political power and behavior of these groups. The key concepts include racism, discrimination, resources, political power, culture, leadership, class, and inequality. ***** Enrollment limited to 30.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY ***** This course considers the major issues in the increasingly important public policy area of the environment. It emphasizes the American experience, but also considers certain crucial international aspects of these issues.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: URBAN POLITICS ***** Exploration of issues of political behavior and public policy in urban and metropolitan areas. Includes urban decline, regional governance, revitalization, and issues of ethnic and racial conflict. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPARATIVE LEGISLATURES ***** Examination of similarities and differences of legislatures in different countries. Includes the causes and consequences of these differences. See also POLI 433. ***** Enrollment limited to 30.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: PARTIES & INTEREST GROUPS ***** Examination of the organization and behavior of political parties and interest groups within the American political system, with emphasis on the extent to which these organizations operate differently across the national, state, and local levels of government. ***** Enrollment limited to 30.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS ***** Study of the foundation of government involvement in public policy and the institutional process guiding executive, legislative, and bureaucratic officials. Includes theories of collective action and their application in the political world. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICS OF REGULATION ***** This course will focus principally on government regulation of business and the political factors that shape its content. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: PUBLIC POLICY AND BUREAUCRACY ***** Exploration of the role that public bureaucracy plays in national policy making. Includes an examination of sources of agency power, which are linked to different policy outcomes. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLICY ANALYSIS ***** This class familiarizes students with the analytical tools necessary for evaluating and analyzing public policies. ***** Also offered as SOSC 301. ***** Enrollment limited to 30.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SOUTHERN POLITICS ***** Examination of selected political patterns and trends in the modern South. Includes political developments within the region and the impact of the South on American politics generally. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: GENDER AND POLITICS ***** Examination of politics through the lens of gender hierarchy. Emphasis on how the constructions of masculinity and femininity shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political, and ideological practices. ***** Enrollment limited to 30.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICS OF THE JUDICIARY ***** Explores the role of courts and judges in American politics. Will illustrate major characteristics of judicial institutions in the U.S. and provide understanding of forces influencing judicial decisions. Will cover federal and state organization of trial and appellate courts, judicial selection methods, and the politics of judicial decision-making. ***** Enrollment limited to 75.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ***** Political processes, institutions, and attitudes in selected Southeast Asian states. Emphasis on the postwar period, but traditional forces influencing contemporary political behavior also considered.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: REFORM IN POST-MAO CHINA ***** Study of origins and development of the gradual but revolutionary political and economic reforms in China, emphasis on changing roles of the Communist Party, the central bureaucracy and local governments, the military, of emerging entrepreneurial class, and the 80 million members of the overseas Chinese community. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS ***** Study of the political process in contemporary Latin America, with emphasis on selected major countries. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: GOVERNMENT & POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST ***** Provides an introduction to politics in the Middle East. Brief historical overview is combined with detailed description of political systems in the area. The region is then used to examine empirically, critique and revise theories of comparative politics. Emphasis on whether the region would be considered unique or exceptional. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: THE POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ***** This course examines the evolution of economic development in Latin America, focusing on its political foundations. Special attention will be given to the interaction between economic growth and the construction of democratic political institutions in Latin America. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION ***** This course will examine the theoretical and practical idea of democracy. It will do so by trying to explore the following questions: What is democracy? How does democracy arise? How may democracy survive and consolidate? ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: WESTERN EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES ***** A survey of government and politics in Western European democracies, with primary emphasis on Great Britain, France, and Germany. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ***** Examines the process of European integration since World War II. Special attention is given to the European Community (EC), its institutions and policy processes as well as the consequences of European Unity for the political process in European societies.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET POLITICS ***** This course will examine the political system of the Soviet Union, why it lasted and why it collapsed. It will focus on the transition from Soviet rule to market democracy and the various problems of transition across the former Soviet republics. ***** Enrollment limited to 30.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY ***** Examination of internal and external aspects of foreign policy leadership, presidential initiative, congressional control, press, public opinion, and crisis management. Not a Managerial Studies elective. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT ***** Exploration of the theoretical basis of, and empirical evidence for, a number of explanations for interstate war. Includes contemporary theories dealing with dispute escalation, arms races, deterrence, crisis management, and low-intensity conflict. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** Introduction to the uses of game theory in the study of international relations. ***** Enrollment limited to 25.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ***** Study of the development and role of international organizations in world politics. Topics include the history and evolution of international organizations, the effects of international law on behavior, and the extent to which international cooperation has been effective at resolving global problems. ***** Enrollment limited to 25.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICS OF AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY ***** Examination of major issues of national security policy. Includes strategic doctrines, policy-making processes on defense issues, arms control, and the defense of Europe. Not a managerial studies elective. ***** Enrollment limited to 76.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** Explores the relationship between politics and economics. The objective is to understand the historical development of trade and monetary relationships between the countries of the world. ***** Enrollment limited to 35. ***** Prerequisite(s): POLI 395 or equivalent. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL BEHAVIOR ***** Examines basic concepts in political behavior including political socialization, models of voting behavior, public opinion, and political participation.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: PUBLIC OPINION, POLLING & THE MEDIA ***** Covers survey research methodology as it applies to political opinion polling. Attention is given to theories of attitude formation and change, the impact of the media on public opinion, and measurement issues in the survey research process. Prior coursework in the social sciences is required.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS ***** Introduction to research design and quantitative methods used in contemporary political science research. Students will apply the tools of social science inquiry in a series of projects designed to examine political attitudes and behavior. ***** Enrollment limited to 40.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: STATE POLITICS RESEARCH SEMINAR ***** A research seminar in state politics and policy with an emphasis on state institutions.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SENIOR THESIS ***** Open to senior honors majors with the permission of the department. Students must complete both POLI 405 and 406 to obtain credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SENIOR THESIS ***** See POLI 405. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR ON THE PRESIDENCY ***** Provides students with a broad introduction to the presidency. Topics include a review of the executive's constitutional powers and their changes over time; processes and politics of presidential nomination and election; struggles between the president and other political elites and dynamics of White House decision-making. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT ***** Examines the creation and evolution of American political institutions using new institutionalism as a theoretical perspective. New institutionalism focuses on how rules influence the behavior of individuals, having important consequences for political outcomes. Explores the impact of political preferences on congressional development, political parties, interest groups, and bureaucratic agencies. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY ***** Can democracy survive its enemies: tyranny of ruling elites and classes, tyranny of the majority, ethnic and religious conflict, individualism, government secrecy, citizen apathy? ***** Enrollment limited to 15. ***** Also offered as SOCI 425.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR IN TEXAS POLITICS ***** Research seminar in the history of Texas politics. ***** Enrollment limited to 13. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS ***** Examines the role of campaigns in determining the outcome of political races.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: URBAN POLITICS ***** Enriched version of POLI 332, conducted as a research seminar. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPARATIVE LEGISLATURES ***** Enriched version of POLI 333, conducted as a research seminar.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: PUBLIC POLICY AND METROPOLITAN AREA GOVERNANCE ***** This course will examine the market-like relationship among metropolitan area governments. It will address questions of urban/suburban relationships as well as policy topics such as education and local service provision. ***** Enrollment limited to 15.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ***** Seminar will consider normative issues, theories, and empirical evidence relating to the value, meaning, and consequences of political participation, with readings taken from American and comparative politics. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICS OF REGULATION ***** Study of the government's regulation of business and the political factors that shape its content. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: EDUCATION POLICY ***** Examines educational politics and policy from micro and macro perspectives. We will focus on school governance, structure, and finance at the federal, state, and local levels and examine the design, implementation and effects of various school reform initiatives in U.S., and to a more limited extent in other countries. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY ***** Study of minority group politics and how race structures contemporary U.S. politics. Includes myths and realities of minority groups, symbolic politics and race, pluralism as a model of U.S. democracy, the intersection of class, race, and gender, civil rights movements, group consciousness, public opinion regarding minorities, and responses of national institutions to race issues. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: RESEARCH SEMINAR ON SOUTHERN POLITICS ***** Examination of political behavior and political institutions in the southern states, with emphasis on contemporary Texas politics. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES ***** Common Property Resources (CPRs), such as fisheries, aquifers, and the Internet, appear in many guises and pose a fundamental problem for governing. Exploration of theoretical underpinnings for CPRs, their growing literature, and the political and economic institutions mediating CPR dilemmas. Included is an original research project in conjunction with the instructor. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: REGIME TRANSFORMATIONS AND TRANSITIONS ***** Examines why political systems may change from democratic to authoritarian, or vice versa. Distinguishes between different regime types and explores the conditions promoting social movements, political unrest, and military coups. Examines factors that help to consolidate newly formed regimes. Examples are drawn from a variety of postcolonial states. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: CONDITIONS OF DEMOCRACY ***** This course starts with definitions and theories/preconditions of democracy and then looks at specific cases of democratic transition throughout the world, democratic consolidation, reaction, and the prospects for the future. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT ***** This seminar will analyze authoritarian regimes from a comparative perspective.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY ***** Seminar examining the process and substance of public policy across nations, with emphasis on social policy in industrialized democracies. ***** Enrollment limited to 13. ***** Instructor signature requried for registration. ***** Instructor(s): Ambler

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY ***** Seminar exploring the interrelationship of economics and politics in advanced industrial societies. Includes economic policy making, political behavior and economic conditions, and the role of institutions in channeling conflicts between democracy and capitalism. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPING NATIONS ***** A central priority developing nations face today concerns establishing economic growth. How best to achieve strong economic performance has both an economic and political dimension. This course seeks a rudimentary understanding of economic growth, concentrating on its political determinants.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: WESTERN DEMOCRACIES ***** This seminar will deal with the determinants of party systems, the structure and functions of parties, and theories of voting behavior in Western democracies. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** Conflict modeling and quantitative analysis of alliance formation. ***** Enrollment limited to 13. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY ***** The content of American foreign policy, its sources, and the process of policy formulation.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): POLI 211

Description: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ***** Research seminar on theories and evidence of international cooperation. The course will explore conditions conducive to establishing and maintaining cooperation in international politics, the design of international agreements and institutions, and the influence of international agreements and institutions of international relations. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY ***** This course is designed to survey the theoretical and empirical analysis of the politics of international economic relations. In particular, the course is designed to examine the interrelationships of economics and politics by applying economic theory to the study of politics. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DOMESTIC POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** Seminar on the influence of domestic politics on international relations. The course will explore when, why, and how the political, economic, and social conditions within countries affect international political and economic relations. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR IN QUANTITATIVE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** Seminar exploring the quantitative study of international relations, with a focus on the study of international conflict. Students will be required to write a quantitative research paper. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor ***** Enrollment limited to 15. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR IN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR ***** Undergraduate research seminar covering the field of political behavior with special emphasis on the application of social and cognitive psychology to the study of mass political behavior. Topics include political socialization, models of voting behavior, and political participation. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: MODERN POLITICAL THEORY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS ***** Study of the development of modern political theory and its relevance to contemporary problems. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS ***** This course aims at providing students with a working knowledge of statistics in political science. It involves the study of descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as hands-on experience with computer statistical packages.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC THINKING I ***** This course introduces students to the practice of social science research including empirical description, theoretical development, and hypothesis generation and testing. It includes projects on the design and implementaiton of surveys, controlled experiments, archival data collection, fieldwork, case studies, and qualitive analysis. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC THINKING II ***** This course is a continuation of POLI 500. Students will plan and execute an original research project and write a paper reporting the results. ***** Enrollment limited to 13. ***** Instructor(s): Stevenson, Hamm

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS ***** This course aims at providing students with a working knowledge of statistics in political science. It involves the study of descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as hands-on experience with computer statistical packages. ***** Also offered as STAT 495. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: TOPICS IN METHODS & DATA ANALYSIS ***** Applications of least squares and general linear mode. ***** Also offered as STAT 503.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: METHODOLOGY AND DATA ANALYSIS ***** Study of applications of maximum likelihood estimation. ***** Enrollment limited to 13. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: TOPICS IN POLITICAL METHODOLOGY ***** Special topics in political methodology. ***** Enrollment limited to 13. ***** Instructor(s): Branton, Marschall

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SCOPE AND METHODS ***** Introduction to research in political science, problems of the discipline, and basic political concepts. Includes the history of political science as a discipline. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: MEASUREMENT & RESEARCH DESIGN ***** Study of advanced topics in research design and measurement theory. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: APPROACHES TO COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT ***** Core graduate course analyzing basic approaches to the study of comparative government. Open to qualified undergraduates with permission of instructor. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS ***** Examination of applications of organization theory to the study of American political institutions. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: APPROACHES TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ***** Core graduate course. Includes an analysis of basic approaches to the study of American politics. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: STATE POLITICS ***** Examines similarities and differences in the organization of state politics. Major issues include state legislative organization, state elite behavior, and policy implementation. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPARATIVE LEGISLATURES ***** Provides the student with the basic concepts and theories necessary to understand the functions and organization of legislatures/parliaments/assemblies in democratic societies. This course takes a broad-based perspective, including research that focuses on national parliaments and U. S. state legislatures. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: ADVANCED TOPICS IN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR ***** Graduate research seminar in the subfield of political behavior. Content varies from year to year. ***** Enrollment limited to 15.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTEREST GROUPS AND POLITICAL PARTIES ***** Graduate research seminar in the subfields of interest groups and political behavior. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: RACE, ETHNICITY, AND AMERICAN POLITICS ***** Graduate seminar that examines the role of race and ethnicity in American politics. This course provides an examination of the behavioral and electoral implications of racial and ethnic diversity. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: PUBLIC POLICY AND BUREAUCRACY ***** Study of the administration and implementation of public policies across federal, state, and substate governments. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF POLICY CHANGE ***** This course will explore policy and political change primarily, but not exclusively, in the United States. Using a political economy approach, we will explore different models of change and identify the actors, institutions, and conditions that facilitate stability in change in state, local and national policymaking. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** Core graduate course. Includes an analysis of basic approaches to the study of international relations. Open to qualified undergraduates with permission of instructor. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ***** Graduate seminar on theories and evidence of international cooperation. Discussion of the difficulties in establishing cooperation under anarchy and the conditions under which international cooperation is most likely to occur. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT ***** A central priority developing nations face today concerns establishing economic growth; how best to achieve strong economic performance has both an economic and political dimension. This course seeks a rudimentary understanding of economic growth, concentrating on its political determinants. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: POLITICAL PROTEST ***** This course looks at various theories of collective action and social movements. It will examine theoretical debates about why individuals and groups occasionally redress their grievances through protest and more often endure hardships passively. It will evaluate the relative merit of these theories in explaining cases of protest and passivity worldwide. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR ***** In this course we will explore the nature and sources of cross-national differences in mass political behavior. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ***** Examines the design of political institutions in democracies, and their effect on elections, governance, and representation. Explores topics such as the presidential-parliamentary debate, electoral laws and party systems. political parties, electoral institutions and the election of women and minorities, institutional engineering, and U.S. experiences with alternative electoral systems. ***** Enrolment limited to 13. ***** Course offered Spring. ***** Instructor(s): Jones.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT ***** Seminar in international conflict. Emphasis on formal theories and quantitative analysis of the causes of war. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FOREIGN POLICY DECISION MAKING ***** Study of foreign policy, its sources, and the process of policy formulation. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COLLECTIVE SOCIAL CHOICE ***** Introduction to a growing body of literature on how and why individual preferences dominate those of others. Includes the relationship between decision-making structures and the nature of decisional outcomes. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: GAME THEORY ***** Examination of current developments in game theory with application to political science. ***** Enrollment limited to 13.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY ***** Seminar surveying some of the primary theoretical perspectives and analytical approaches for studying international political economy. Includes a survey of contemporary literature, with special emphasis on theory and research, as well as instructions in how to critically evaluate research and set up a research project. ***** Enrollment limited to 15.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR IN MODELING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** Topic varies from year to year. ***** Enrollment limited to 13. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SEMINAR IN AMERICAN POLITICS ***** No description. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING-METHODOLOGY ***** No description. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING METHODOLOGY ***** No description. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING-AMERICAN POLITICS ***** No description. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING AMERICAN POLITICS ***** No description. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** No description. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ***** No description. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING-COMPARATIVE POLITICS ***** No description. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: DIRECTED READING-COMPARATIVE POLITICS ***** No description. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1

Description: TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE ***** This course prepares graduate students to design and teach classes at the college level. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 1 TO 15

Description: MA RESEARCH AND THESIS ***** Research and thesis for resident students. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required. Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Political Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 1 TO 15

Description: PH.D. RESEARCH AND THESIS ***** No description. ***** Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required. Repeatable for Credit.