Planning for a Politics Major
This document is intended to help students to plan their schedule of classes for their politics
major. The document will be periodically updated as course schedules develop.
For the major, two introductory courses are required. The introductory courses do not contribute
to completing concentrations, but they serve as appropriate training for several concentrations.
Below find a list of introductory courses and the concentrations for which they serve as gateway
courses:
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Introductory Courses
101: American Government and Politics (offered every semester; gateway
course for national institutions and policies, citizenship, identity and diversity,
law and justice, and political action concentrations)
103: Comparative Politics (offered every semester; gateway course for
development/political economy, national institutions and policies, citizenship,
and political action concentrations)
105: Introduction to Political Theory (offered every semester; gateway course
for law and justice and conflict and peace concentrations)
107: Critical Issues in American Politics (offered every year; gateway course
for national institutions and policies, citizenship, identity and diversity, law and
justice, and political action concentrations)
150: World Politics (offered every semester; gateway course for
development/political economy, global institutions and policies, and conflict
and peace concentrations)
Three courses are required in each of any three of the following concentrations.1
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Development/Political Economy
227: Africa in World Politics (offered Fall 2017)
230: Politics in Nigeria and South Africa
249: China and the World (offered Spring 2018)
250: States and Markets in East Asia
248: China’s Environmental Crisis (offered Fall 2016)
280: Politics of Development and Foreign Aid (offered Fall 2016)
311: Politics of Central America and the Caribbean (offered Spring 2018)
1
Students planning to study abroad may apply appropriate courses to satisfying these concentrations (but
no more than one transfer course per concentration). Students should consult with their faculty adviser
and the chair of the department to determine appropriate categories for those classes taken abroad.
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Development/Political Economy (continued)
318: Comparative Politics: South America and Mexico (offered Spring 2017)
326: Comparative Asian Politics
329: Comparative African Politics (offered Spring 2018)
344: Myth America
357: Religion, Activism and Socioeconomic Development in Africa
363: Comparative Democratization (offered Fall 2018)
366: International Political Economy
367: Political Economy in Latin America and Asia
381: Political Economy of Sustainable Development
382: International Environmental Policy
402: Globalization
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Law and Justice
161: Multiculturalism and Equality (Spring 2018)
205: The Judicial Process
260: Political Theory of the Environment
307: Women in American Politics (offered Spring 2017)
313: Environmental Policy (offered Spring 2017)
319: Gender and Politics from a Global Perspective (offered Spring 2017)
330: Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
331: Constitutional Law: Balancing Powers
333: Human Rights
337: Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties (offered Spring 2017)
338: Constitutional Law: Civil Rights (offered Spring 2018)
343: Visions of Constitutional Order
370: International Law in International Relations (offered Fall 2016 and Fall 2017)
373: African American Political Thought (offered Fall 2016)
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
National Institutions and Policies
203: The Presidency (offered Spring 2017 and Spring 2018)
204: Legislative Process (offered Fall 2016 and Fall 2018)
205: The Judicial Process
210: Politics of Poverty and Inequality (offered Spring 2017 and Spring 2018)
211: Democracy & Citizenship (offered Fall 2017)
216: Media in American Politics (offered Spring 2016)
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
National Institutions and Policies (continued)
223: Public Policy (offered Fall 2016, Spring 2017, and Fall 2017)
248: China’s Environmental Crisis (offered Fall 2016)
304: American Political Thought (offered Spring 2017 and Spring 2018)
311: Politics of Central America and the Caribbean (offered Spring 2018)
313: Environmental Policy (offered Spring 2017)
318: Comparative Politics: South America and Mexico (offered Spring 2017)
326: Comparative Asian Politics
328: Parties and Interest Groups in the US (offered Fall 2016)
329: Comparative African Politics
331: Constitutional Law: Balancing Powers
343: Visions of Constitutional Order
351: Modern European Politics
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Global Institutions and Policies
220: International Conflict (offered Fall 2016)
221: Peace and Diplomacy (Fall 2016 and Fall 2017)
270: Introduction to International Security (offered Spring 2018)
365: Global Institutions and Policies (offered Spring 2017)
321: Global Health Governance (offered F a l l 2 0 1 7 a n d Spring 2018)
366: International Political Economy
370: International Law in International Relations (offered Fall 2016)
381: Political Economy of Sustainable Development
382: International Environmental Policy
390: The United Nations
411: Politics of AIDS
412: Terrorism and Global Security (offered Spring 2017)
430: Topics in International Security
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Conflict and Peace
220: International Conflict (offered Fall 2016 Fall 2017)
221: Peace and Diplomacy (Fall 2016 and Fall 2017)
249: China and the World (offered Spring 2018)
270: Introduction to International Security (offered Spring 2018)
314: Civil Wars (offered Spring 2017)
322: US Foreign Policy (offered Fall 2016)
341: Gender and Violence (offered Spring 2018)
355: Art of Diplomacy
412: Terrorism and Global Security (offered Spring 2017)
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Conflict and Peace (continued)
430: Topics in International Security
431: Ethnicity and Political Violence (offered Fall 2016)
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Identity and Diversity
161: Multiculturalism and Equality (Spring 2018)
209: Immigration Politics and Identity (offered Spring 2018)
260: Political Theory of the Environment
303: Women and Politics
305: Politics of Everyday Life
307: Women in American Politics (offered Spring 2017)
319: Gender and Politics from a Global Perspective (offered Spring 2017)
330: Race and Ethnicity in US Politics
338: Constitutional Law: Civil Rights (offered Spring 2018)
341: Gender and Violence (offered Spring 2018)
346: Contemporary Social Movements (offered Fall 2016 and Spring 2018)
351: Modern European Politics (offered Fall 2017)
373: African American Political Thought (offered Fall 2016)
404: Race, Empire, Politics
409: Religion and American Politics (offered Fall 2016)
431: Ethnicity and Political Violence (offered Fall 2016)
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Citizenship
209: Immigration Politics and Identity (offered Spring 2018)
211: Democracy & Citizenship (offered Fall 2017)
216: Media in American Politics
260: Political Theory of the Environment
345: Creating Citizens
346: Contemporary Social Movements (offered Fall 2016 and Spring 2018)
370: International Law in International Relations (offered Fall 2016 and Fall 2017)
381: Political Economy of Sustainable Development
407: Political Behavior (offered Spring 2016)
Completed
or In
Progress
To Be
Taken
Political Action
212: Campaign and Elections (offered Fall 2016)
223: Public Policy (offered Fall 2016, Spring 2017, and Fall 2017)
314: Civil Wars (offered Spring 2017)
328: Parties and Interest Groups (offered Fall 2016)
346 Contemporary Social Movements (offered Fall 2016)
357: Religion, Activism and Socioeconomic Development in Africa
363: Comparative Democratization (offered Fall 2017)
407: Political Behavior (offered Spring 2017)
411: Politics of AIDS (Spring 2018)