- POL SCI 700 Scope and Methods of Political Science
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Critical examination of the normative and empirical methodologies of political science. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
- POL SCI 701 Techniques of Political Science Research
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Introduction to basic techniques of collecting, coding, processing, analyzing, and presenting political data. - Prerequisites: grad st; one undergrad stats course or cons instr.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
- POL SCI 702 Advanced Techniques of Political Science Research
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced course in quantitative analysis stressing the application of econometric techniques to the study of politics. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 701(P).
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
- POL SCI 711 Current Topics in Political Science:
- 1-3 cr. Graduate.
This course will address a specific topic or methodological approach of general disciplinary importance. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic & cons advisor & instr to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2017, Spring 2017.
- POL SCI 715 Introduction to Comparative Politics I
- 3 cr. Graduate.
First part of a two-semester introductory seminar in comparative politics, emphasizing the logic of comparison and introducing broad themes in the subfield. - Prerequisites: grad st
- Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2015.
- POL SCI 716 Intro to Comparatv Politics II
- 3 cr. Graduate.
The second course in a graduate introduction to comparative politics. Foundation for students considering further work in comparative politics; emphasis on empirical research literature. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 715(P) or cons instr
- Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2013, Fall 2010.
- POL SCI 720 Theoretical and Methodological Issues of Comparative Politics
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar on theory construction, research design, and the logic of comparative social inquiry. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2007, Fall 2003.
- POL SCI 725 Judicial Politics and Behavior
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Readings in the field of judicial politics and behavior, with particular attention to decision making in collegial courts and to scientific methods of analysis. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2017, Fall 2013, Spring 2009.
- POL SCI 727 Seminar in Constitutional Law
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Major trends in constitutional case law and in critical analysis of the role of the court in american democracy. - Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
- POL SCI 749 Seminar in American Political Institutions
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Overview of political institutions including executives, legislatures, bureaucracies, courts, interest groups and others and the role they play in the political and policy process. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2015.
- POL SCI 750 Seminar in the Study of American Political Behavior
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Readings and research on a broad range of topics related to political behavior. Concentration on the political science literature on mass political behavior with some attention to the behavior of political elites. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2015, Spring 2013.
- POL SCI 751 Seminar in Public Policy Formation
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Nature and consequences of constraints upon policy-makers in political institutions. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- POL SCI 769 Analyzing and Evaluating Public Policies and Programs
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Examination of methods, including cost-benefit analysis and decision analysis, that aid policy makers and administrators in understanding and assessing public and nonprofit sector policies and programs. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Course Rules: Pol Sci 769 & Pub Adm 769 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
- POL SCI 801 Proseminar in Political Theory
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Political theory for graduate students in any field, based on historical and contemporary texts that illustrate different understandings of politics and political theory. - Prerequisites: grad st
- Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2013, Spring 2012.
- POL SCI 814 Major Political Theorists:
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Consideration of selected political theorists, periods, or traditions. Attention given to issues of textural interpretation, historical context, and conceptual analysis. - Prerequisites: graduate standing.
- Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2014, Spring 1990.
- POL SCI 815 Problems in Political Theory:
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Selected concepts and controversies in the historical and contemporary literature of political theory, such as authority, obligation, equality, justice and the explanation of human conduct. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2019, Fall 2016.
- POL SCI 816 Seminar in Positive Political Theory:
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Selected topics in rationality-based approaches to the study of politics. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 701(817)(P) & 875(P).
- Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2011, Fall 2009, Fall 2007, Fall 2001.
- POL SCI 817 Feminist Theory and Politics
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Examination and analysis of historical and theoretical aspects of feminist theory and politics including liberal, cultural, radical, postmodern, and queer political theory. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- POL SCI 818 Theories of International Political Economy
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Analysis of major political theories of international economic relations. Examine international political economy issues in industrial developing, and communist countries. - Prerequisites: grad st; intro courses in Econ & Intlrel.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2014.
- POL SCI 855 Comparative Urban Politics
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Examination of critical roles, structures, and processes of urban politics in different cultural settings. Selected to facilitate comparisons between the urban political process in developed and underdeveloped nations. - Prerequisites: second semester grad student.
- POL SCI 888 Candidate for Degree
- 0 cr. Graduate.
Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirements. - Prerequisites: graduate standing.
- Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
- Last Taught: Fall 2020, Summer 2017, Fall 2012, Summer 2012.
- POL SCI 913 Seminar in Urban Political Process
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Analysis of the forces and processes that shape urban political life, with particular emphasis on patterns of government, political culture, power structures, and civic participation in urban and metropolitan communities. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Course Rules: Pol Sci 913 & Urb Std 913 are jointly-offered; they count as repeats of one another.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2013.
- POL SCI 925 Applied Bayesian Modeling for the Social Sciences
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Theoretical foundations of Bayesian in comparison to Frequentist inference as well as applications of MCMC simulation to GLMs, hierarchical, time-series and measurement models. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 935(P) or equiv.
- POL SCI 926 Seminar in the Legislative Process
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Analysis of the legislative process and the role of the legislature in the political system and research in legislative behavior. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2018, Spring 2012, Fall 2010.
- POL SCI 929 Seminar in Voting Behavior
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Voter decision making within and between elections. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2017, Fall 2011, Spring 2009.
- POL SCI 935 Seminar in Advanced Political Science Methodology
- 3 cr. Graduate.
An advanced seminar in selected topics on political science methodology. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 701(817)(P).
- Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2015, Fall 2013.
- POL SCI 936 Applied Bayesian Modeling for the Social Sciences
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Theoretical foundations of Bayesian in comparison to Frequentist inference as well as applications of MCMC simulation to GLMs, hierarchical, time-series and measurement models. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 935(P) or equiv.
- Last Taught: Fall 2012.
- POL SCI 950 Seminar in Comparative Politics: Western Nations
- 3 cr. Graduate.
- Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Fall 2005, Spring 2002, Fall 1999, Spring 1998.
- POL SCI 952 The Politics of Developing Nations:
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Variable content course. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016.
- POL SCI 953 Seminar in American Foreign Policy
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Analysis-in-depth of selected issues in the formulation and execution of American foreign policy, emphasizing recent problems, changes in world conditions, and methods of studying American policy. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Fall 2012.
- POL SCI 956 Political Culture and Behavior: Industrial Nations
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Political culture and mass political behavior in industrialized societies, including theories of ideology, multiculturism, and political parties. A data-based paper is required. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 701(817)(P) or equiv prep in statistics.
- POL SCI 960 International Conflict
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Examines positive theories and quantitative research pertaining to causes and resolution of international conflict. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2018, Fall 2015.
- POL SCI 961 International Political Theory
- 3 cr. Graduate.
The study of the moral and political philosophy of international relations. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Fall 2004, Fall 2002, Spring 2000, Fall 1995.
- POL SCI 962 Ethnic Conflict
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Origins, strategies, duration, and termination of ethnic conflicts; international intervention. - Prerequisites: grad st
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2013.
- POL SCI 964 Seminar in Constitutional Politics
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Various approaches to the study of constitutional politics, including law as ideology, noninterpretivism, originalism, and departmentalism. - Prerequisites: grad st; Pol Sci 727(P).
- POL SCI 972 Interest Groups and Public Policy
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Research seminar in the formal and informal role of interest groups in policy development enactment, and administration access and tactics of political pressure, analysis of private and public power relationships. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2003, Spring 2002.
- POL SCI 974 Seminar in Politics and Public Policy
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Research in the formulation and execution of public policy in a democratic society. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016.
- POL SCI 975 Comparative Authoritarianism
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Domestic and international politics of authoritarian regimes; methods of rule, regime survival strategies, and political economy. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Fall 2016.
- POL SCI 976 Seminar in Comparative Public Policy:
- 3 cr. Graduate.
Major theories and methods in comparative public policy relevant to specific areas of the world. Area focus varies from semester to semester. - Prerequisites: grad st.
- Course Rules: Retakable w/ chg in topic to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2015, Spring 2013.
- POL SCI 990 Research and Thesis
- 1-3 cr. Graduate.
- Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
- Last Taught: Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023.
- POL SCI 999 Independent Work
- 1-3 cr. Graduate.
Individual work directed by a member of the graduate faculty. - Prerequisites: grad st & cons instr.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021.