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Undergraduate Program
Prof. Ivan Ascher
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Graduate Program
Prof. Paru Shah
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Administration
Kathryn Krueger
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Phone: (414) 229-4221
Helpful Links
Undergraduate Program Overview & Application
- Overview of the Political Science Major
- Declare a major
- Overview of the Political Science Minor
- Declare a minor
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Graduate Program Overview & Admission
Spring 2021 POL SCI Courses
Course Code | Course Title and Section Details |
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POL SCI 103 | Introduction to Political Science |
POL SCI 104 | Introduction to American Government and Politics |
POL SCI 106 | Politics of the World's Nations |
POL SCI 216 | Environmental Politics |
POL SCI 243 | Public Administration |
POL SCI 310 | Russian and Post-Soviet Politics |
POL SCI 310G | Russian and Post-Soviet Politics |
POL SCI 314 | Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy |
POL SCI 316 | International Law |
POL SCI 316G | International Law |
POL SCI 328 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict |
POL SCI 328G | The Arab-Israeli Conflict |
POL SCI 338 | Seminar in International Relations: |
POL SCI 338G | Seminar in International Relations: |
POL SCI 379 | Morality, Conflict and War |
POL SCI 384 | The Philosophy of Law |
POL SCI 384G | The Philosophy of Law |
POL SCI 386 | Contemporary Political Theory |
POL SCI 386G | Contemporary Political Theory |
POL SCI 390 | Political Data Analysis |
POL SCI 390G | Political Data Analysis |
POL SCI 391 | Current Crises and Events in International Relations |
POL SCI 412 | Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties |
POL SCI 412G | Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties |
POL SCI 415 | The Politics of Race, Ethnicity and Immigration |
POL SCI 416 | Judicial Politics |
POL SCI 416G | Judicial Politics |
POL SCI 421 | Party Politics in America |
POL SCI 421G | Party Politics in America |
POL SCI 425 | Women in Politics |
POL SCI 452 | Administrative Law |
POL SCI 452G | Administrative Law |
POL SCI 489 | Internship in Political Science |
POL SCI 699 | Independent Reading |
POL SCI 702 | Advanced Techniques of Political Science Research |
POL SCI 769 | Analyzing and Evaluating Public Policies and Programs |
POL SCI 791 | Nonprofit Advocacy and Public Policy |
POL SCI 818 | Theories of International Political Economy |
POL SCI 888 | Candidate for Degree |
POL SCI 914 | Seminar in Intergovernmental Relations |
POL SCI 929 | Seminar in Voting Behavior |
POL SCI 975 | Comparative Authoritarianism |
POL SCI 990 | Research and Thesis |
POL SCI 999 | Independent Work |