The responses of the societies of the Middle East and North Africa (Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, and the Arab world) to Western cultural and political challenges, primarily since about 1800.

Examine the origin and development of the U.S. Constitution and the structure and powers of the national government, including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, federalism, political participation, the national election process, public policy, civil liberties, and civil rights.

Develop an understanding of the Texas constitution, structure and powers of state and local government, federalism and inter-governmental relations, political participation, the election process, public policy, and the political culture of Texas.

Examine interdisciplinary perspectives (including historical, political, socio-psychological, and cultural methods and insights) on genocide as a global phenomenon.

A basic survey of American government, including fundamental political institutions, federal, state, and local; special attention to the United States and Texas Constitutions.

Analysis of underlying themes concerned with American political institutions and policies, including the United States Constitution.

Close readings from primary texts that have shaped or that reflect deeply upon American democracy, including the Declaration of Independence, The Federalist Papers, and Tocqueville's Democracy in America.

Introduction to varying topics in government and politics.

Introduction to politics and political systems of Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, and South Korea.

Current issues, visible trends, and projections for Asia's future.

An introduction to Asian American politics. Subjects include the American political process, and the historic and contemporary role of Asian Americans within that process.

Introduces the great rival conceptions of the moral basis and goals of political life as elaborated by revolutionary thinkers throughout the history of political philosophy, including Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, late modern critics of the Enlightenment, and others.

Competing viewpoints on issues of human rights from multidisciplinary perspectives.

Explores the origins of social scientific thought in the history of political philosophy and traces the development of one or more of the social sciences in modern times. Focuses on fundamental ideas about human nature, civil society, and politics, explored through reading such authors as Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Freud.

Examine issues that affect Latino political representation in the United States, specifically three aspects that are critical to political power in this country: the decennial Census, voting rights and the legal system, and electoral politics and political campaigns.

Examine how public policy has both advanced and hindered opportunities for Black people and communities from the Constitutional era to the present, addressing such areas as education, health, housing, and policing.

Examine the complex relationships between and among Black and Latinx communities and the political and structural forces and contexts that shape their interactions. Explore Black identity within the Latinx population, racial politics, coalitions of Black American and Latinx groups, race among Latinxs, racial inequality, and the politics of immigration.

Explore the trajectories of various communities many have called the new Latinas/os/xs by identifying how race, gender, sexuality, class, indigeneity, language, migration, and geography influence the lives, identities, and sociopolitical incorporation of new Latinas/os/xs.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Government. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

A survey of the origin and growth of the American constitutional system, with emphasis on political structures and processes.

In-depth study of domestic, regional, and international factors involved in politics in the Middle East, including simulation of diplomatic interaction in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

A survey of the origin and growth of the American constitutional system with an emphasis on the development of civil rights and civil liberties in America.

Survey of postwar Japanese politics; the occupation, governmental institutions, interest groups, protest movements, industrial policy, the government-business relationship, and political and economic reform.

Use the modern theory of war and cutting edge political science research to understand the evolution of war and peace over the past two centuries in East Asia.

Survey of twentieth-century China: historical trends; 1911 revolution; Warlord-Nationalist period; Communist revolution; post-1949 issues; new social and political institutions.

Survey major political ideologies like socialism, capitalism, and fascism; as well as the more recent so-called "Fourth Political Theory of Russian ideologue Aleksandr Dugin, (variable) popular ideologies, and internet manifestos. Explore each ideology through original texts and utopian/dystopian representations in popular culture (e.g., literature, film, music, graphic art, architecture, design).

Survey the political nature, profile, and patterns of populism in selected post-communist democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. Examine populism in terms of impact on agenda setting, political process, and governance of the region in focus at specific national and European Union-wide levels.

Examine the specific national approaches to foreign and domestic intelligence and espionage of former Communist bloc countries from early twentieth century to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.

Relate broad issues of economic development across the post-communist space since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Question and explore concepts, assumptions, and tools we use to assess development.

Relate major political and economic issues of post-Soviet Central Asia from Soviet legacy and regime types to state-business relations and investment environment. Learn about the characteristics that unite and distinguish the Central Asian region.

Explore the key issues related to the political economy of human-nature interactions in post-communist countries, including politics of point-source natural resources, diffuse resources, and the commons.

Comparative study of peoples, institutions, parties, interest groups, and bureaucracy in the countries of Western Europe, concentrating on the major political systems of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.

Analyze constitutional strategies for divided societies where social divisions like race, ethnicity, language, or religion are a driving force in politics and risk group exclusion or violence.

Analyze the structures of democratic and constitutional development, the drivers of democratic change, and the practice of actively promoting these factors through democracy assistance.

Character of the American party system, organization and leadership; pressure politics; the nominating process, campaigns, suffrage, elections, and the expression of public opinion.

Introduction to data science for the political and economic world. Explore a variety of political and economic data and develop proficiency in R and Excel.

The nature of and major influences on public attitudes, the measurement of public opinion, and the role of public opinion in government.

An introductory survey of Latin American political systems: governmental organization, political processes, and current problems.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Government. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Development of the power and influence of the president; nomination, election, and responsibility; case studies of presidential problems; comparison of president and other executives.

The role of law in the context of major social issues; legal research and oral argument.

Analyze the purpose and philosophy of Thomas Paine's writings in their relation to the political thought and politics of his time.

Examine the historical development and ideological underpinnings of Athenian democracy, the first known democracy, from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Explore a broad range of primary sources and some secondary scholarships and gain a familiarity with the key principles and practices of this unique participatory government in its political, historical, and intellectual context.

Examine the idea of patriotism and citizenship over history, from classical antiquity to contemporary times. Analyze the moral and political value of patriotism, nationalism and cosmopolitanism.

Explore religion and politics in the United States through reading of mostly primary sources addressing religious arguments taking positions on historical and contemporary issues.

Study of the fundamental moral principles that are built into the design of human nature and lie at the roots of conscience.

An in-depth study of how Hegel identifies the social conditions necessary for personal self-realization but also for freedom by means of political community.

Examines the speeches and writings by major theorists and critics of the prophetic tradition of black political thought.

Analyze the decisional challenges facing political communities in deciding how to regulate future genetic manipulation of human embryos as therapy for diseases and as enhancement of normal capacities.

Intensive examination of selected issues in political thought.

Analysis of varying topics in the study of American state government and politics.

Explores the "old battle between the poets and philosophers," in which the two sides battle for recognition as the deepest source of wisdom about politics and ethics. Includes readings from great works of political philosophy and literature.

Studies a selection of foundational modern classics in economics, psychology, sociology, political science, and anthropology, drawn mainly from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Overview of contemporary theories on core issues of justice across national borders.

A study of readings about politics, history, economics, ethics, religion, and law and their intellectual influence on founders such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton.

Issues of nationalism and state-building facing Russia and its neighbors. Evaluation of the post-Soviet experience from the perspectives of both domestic and foreign policy.

Explore Mexico's political and economic development.

Explore many of the challenges to the rule of law across Latin America and how they affect the quality of democracy in the region.

Analyze Latin America's political and economic relations with respect to external actors.

Examine major economic, political, and sociological developments in Brazil.

Examine the struggle for development in Latin America.

Examine racial and political themes among Spanish-speaking Caribbeans on the islands and in the United States. Explore racial politics in the three countries and compares notions of identity, experiences with racism and anti-racist protest with the United States

Explore racial and ethnic politics throughout the United States with a focus on Black and Latino politics. Examine group identity, racial inequality, policy making, activism, criminal justice system, and immigration.

Critically explore the multiple complementary and contradictory intellectual expressions of Mexican American political thought. Pay particular attention to Texas from the mid-nineteenth century through the period of the Chicano Movement in the latter part of the twentieth century.

Survey of Russian/Soviet, Japanese, Chinese, and American foreign policies of the twentieth century, emphasizing Pacific-region interests; historical policies; intermittent conflicts, such as China versus Japan, Korean War, Indochina Wars; China's emergence as a nuclear power.

An introduction to research design, data collection and analysis, and the use of the computer and related equipment.

An introduction to the basic concepts and models using decision theory in political science, with particular emphasis on utility analysis, game theory, coalition formation, and voting behavior.

The political-economic models that have developed in this area of social science.

The aims, methods, and accomplishments of United States foreign policy since World War II, by geographic areas and by special problems.

Introductory survey of basic concepts, perspectives, approaches, and trends in comparative politics, with emphasis on the formal-legal, group, class, elite, political culture, structural-functional, and systems approaches.

Examine the patterns of women's representation over time, and in different regions of the world. Explore why gender equality in political institutions is important, tracing the evolution of feminism over time.

A survey of political developments, governmental organization, and economic and social problems in South Asia.

Study of political theory: what it is; its origins; tradition; political theory today.

A survey of past and present governments and politics of the entire Southeast Asia region.

Examine the numerous environmental challenges Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) faces. Explore the livelihoods of the people who depend on or impact the GBR, and the people who are trying to save it.

Designed to provide a detailed introduction to the European Union, one of America's major economic and political partners and one of the major actors in contemporary international relations.

Elementary statistical techniques and their applications to problems in political science.

Introduces students to classical political thought through a study of seminal works of antiquity, focusing on those of Plato and Aristotle.

Examines competing foundations of the ongoing development of political and social modernity. Examines a selection of major authors from Machiavelli to Nietzsche.

Introduces ongoing debates about identity, power, justice, rights, and democracy that are central to the theories of contemporary thinkers from Arendt to Habermas.

Examine and discuss a selection of the most relevant theories of political, social, and moral emancipation that have marked modern history. Focus on the works of political theorists, political militants, historians, and writers who have advocated visions of liberation from political oppression, social exclusion and discrimination, moral emptiness, and totalitarian domination.

Selected critics of the philosophy of the Enlightenment from both the Left and the Right, and from the time of Rousseau to the present.

Major alternative approaches to the question of the moral character of international relations, as elaborated by some of the greatest political thinkers.

Explore the origin of the idea of religious liberty in the history of political philosophy, focusing on its early modern development in core texts.

Interdisciplinary readings from major works exploring issues of ethics and leadership.

Explore Machiavelli's reputations through the examination of his works and analyze how those reputations relate to Machiavelli's own positioning and self-understanding.

Examine the political thought of Montesquieu and Rousseau, the premier thinkers of the French Enlightenment. Use the themes of conservatism and radicalism to consider the thinkers individually and as a pair.

Explore political philosophies from the continental tradition (Heidegger/Arendt, Nietzsche, Adorno/Horkheimer, and Agamben/Schmitt) implicated in radical politics and answering to political turning points, with a focus on research and reading in historical contexts.

Explore what tyranny is and how it relates to political life.

Explore the philosophical principles in the works of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) as one of the most important and still influential contributors to the European Enlightenment.

Explore the themes of morality and leadership in the writings of two great political philosophers, the ancient Athenian Xenophon and the renaissance Florentine Machiavelli.

Explore how Hegel's philosophy contributed to the founding of the modern social sciences and led to innovations in the study of religion, psychology, education, social organizations, and social reform.

A careful reading of Darwin's influential Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, together with an examination of the religious, political, and scientific controversies the book has inspired from its first publication to the present day.

Introduction to the research process in the social sciences. The primary emphasis is on engaging in research projects, writing research proposals, analyzing data, and presenting research.

Introduction to the research process in the social sciences. The primary emphasis is on engaging in research projects, writing research proposals, analyzing data, and presenting research.

An economic approach in studying rational action.

Emphasis on varying topics in government and politics of contemporary interest and concern.

Follows the timeline of World War I events as they happened. Using the tools of political science, engages modern, cutting edge theories and evidence about the origins and conduct of war to address why "the seminal tragedy of modern times" occurred when it did, and what we can learn from it in the present.

A survey of approaches to the study of the state as a social structure; political power and power systems; ideology; political parties and elites.

Designed to improve reasoning and communication skills through constitutional interpretation. Determining what the Constitution means, how to determine what it means, and who should determine what it means.

Explore the United States constitution and Supreme Court with a focus on civil rights and liberties.

Explore the effects of American politics and culture on the Supreme Court and vice versa.

Explore the structures of power in a constitutional democracy.

Explore the ways in which the Constitution protects individual rights while accommodating the often competing claims of state, groups, and communities.

Explore the design and implementation of national constitutions.

Explore theoretical and philosophical issues at the intersection of law and politics.

Introduction to traditional and modern approaches to the study of the judicial process, with emphasis on the nature and origin of judicial decisions and the factors that affect judicial decision making.

Intensive study of various aspects of law and the legal system.

Examine the evolution of the United States Constitution from the founding to the present, with a focus on the major forces and fault lines that have made the Constitution today one of the world's most difficult to amend.

Examine the historical development of United States law and its relationship to Asian Americans, and of Asian American jurisprudence as an independent field of legal scholarship.

A survey of American public policy, with emphasis on modern problems and trends.

Explore the conditions and motivations behind the use of military force in world politics.

Study of the changing relationship between political and economic power in international relations.

Explore the forces that shape global stability and instability with a focus on international agreements.

Examine the relationship between international trade, and domestic and international politics.

Explore the evolution of the global economy.

Explore the relationship between firms and society, including the role of regulation and government policy in shaping economic outcomes. Examine how governments encourage economic activity.

In-depth introduction to the theory and practice of international organizations.

Study of the ethnic conflicts and civil wars that pose the greatest threats to international peace and security today.

Examines the historical origins of terrorist violence, the primary causes of terrorist acts committed both by opposition and government forces, as well as counter terrorist measures taken by states and international organizations.

Study the ways governments use international economic law to shape international business.

Examine the modern globalization process that also incorporates a description of the current Coronavirus pandemic as a phenomenon that is inextricably linked with modern globalization.

Fieldwork in research and analysis on governmental and political problems.

Fieldwork in research and analysis on governmental and political problems.

Consider the ways the wars of the twentieth and twenty-first century are being remembered in Germany and the United States - from poems, novels and films to monuments and the controversial debates about military conflicts that the two countries have been involved in. Utilize theories of social memory, and concepts of individual and social mourning, to analyze how war affects individual lives, how societies mourn, and how remembering war impacts national identity and politics.

Examine key contemporary security issues and policy dilemmas through the perspective of post-communist Eastern European countries in the context of European Union (EU) enlargement waves, and in the framework of their membership in supranational organizations. Consider the transformation of regional states' national security strategies, threat perception, and priorities transitioning from former Warsaw pact to full-fledged EU and NATO membership in shaping their respective national security priorities.

Investigate how the small European country of Switzerland positions itself in a globalized world and how it competes and thrives in it. Explore the questions of how globalization impacts a small, affluent country and how its economy copes with globalization. Consider Swiss history, and its development of direct democracy, to understand Swiss exceptionalism, its response to contemporary issues, and its influence abroad.

An introduction to Islamic political thought.

Explore the global evolution of Special Operations Forces from different theoretical perspectives, including historical institutionalism, complexity, and bureaucratic politics.

Examine the remarkable variety among the political systems of the 28 remaining monarchies and the survival and thriving of mini-states around the world.

Examine the significance of music in the social and political uprisings of countries across the Middle East.

Explore the social and economic life, religion, law, government, ideology, arts, and sciences of the Ottomans. Examine the Ottoman political governance and the course of its development through a socio-historical lens.

Examine the phenomenon of political warfare in a contemporary global context, focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe. Explore the evolution of techniques of political warfare, including psychological warfare and propaganda.

Examine the foreign and domestic determinants of Japanese foreign policy.

Examine the international relations of East and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to postwar economic and security issues, the changing political landscape of the post-Cold War period, and the development and functions of regional institutions.

Explore the political economies of East Asia with an emphasis on Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Explore the nature, functional principles, leadership, and policy-making process of contemporary Asian regionalism in comparison to the experiences of European integration.

Explore the history and political science explanations of authoritarian governments.

Compare and contrast the state building process in mainland China and Taiwan.

Analysis of varying topics in the comparative study of political processes.

Comparative study of political processes.

Comparative study of the nature of courts and law, their position in political systems, and their potential impact on society.

Studies the causes of suicide terrorism at elite, community, and rank-and-file levels.

The history of environmental politics in both the member states of the European Union and the EU itself, including conceptual treatment of general environmental politics and policies, history of European environmentalism, and institutional responses at important 'traditional' and new EU member states. Also examines EU environmental policies themselves, such as the EU Emissions Trading System, chemicals policy, and GMO policy.

Examines the conceptual and practical aspects of European comprehensive security via the institutions charged with implementing it: the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Introduction to the political and policy dimensions of human rights.

Explore questions related to an outside power intervening in another country, such as whether foreign military intervention is ever justified and whether outside powers have a responsibility to protect vulnerable populations.

Explore tensions between capitalism, socialism, and democracy and investigate the interdependence of economics and politics.

Explore key issues in the study of migration policy and immigration politics.

Explore important issues in the politics of developing countries.

Explore key aspects of British politics and government.

Analysis of Israeli politics and society in a comparative perspective with a major focus on the social and political cleavages in Israel.

Explore ethnic politics in Taiwan including some comparison with ethnic politics in neighboring countries.

Explore global development including patterns of development, variation in development, and the impact of development.

Explore the ways that China, India, Brazil and other lower-income countries are transforming the patterns in global finance, trade, aid, women's empowerment, and the control or corruption.

Introduction to some of the most pertinent social and political themes in celebrated films across Arab countries, Turkey, Iran, and Israel and Palestine.

Explore cross cultural contacts between the East and the West during the modern period. Analyze Islamic civilization in the Middle East of the modern era by addressing the development of religion, law, government, and morality during and after the colonial period.

Examine the cultural production that surrounds key moments of political and social change in the Middle East.

Examine the history of the Levant, a region that includes Syria, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan.

Explore the evolution of crime and law enforcement in the modern Middle East.

Discover the experiences and memories of many different groups affected by the Partition of British India in 1947 while tracing the effects of the Partition until the present.

History of diverse views and movements regarding German national identity within their respective contexts, 1800-present.

Examine the role that narratives of the past play in politics and policies in both Germany and the United States, by engaging with key theoretical and empirical debates. Focus on the role of memory in German and US immigration politics.

Explore fundamental questions about the unique role of culture in modern democracies and dictatorships by taking an overview of culture and politics in the Third Reich. Examine questions about the relationship between political propaganda and modern entertainment, mass media and authoritarianism, political aesthetics and ideology, and the dynamics of oppression, resistance, and consent.

The study of contemporary American election campaigns.

Study the United States armed forces and the implications of military service and international conflict for domestic politics and policy.

Examination of congressional campaigns and election outcomes from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Examine the relationship between the public and elected officials in representative democracy.

Examine politics and political history of food production and consumption in the United States.

Introduction to American political campaigns and elections with a focus on federal elections.

An examination of the role of racial and ethnic minorities in politics and of the impact of politics on these minorities.

Analysis of varying topics in the study of American government and politics.

Independent research on lawmaking in the modern United States Congress.

Continuation of independent research on lawmaking in the modern United States Congress.

Examine how the passage of Title IX has affected the educational and career opportunities of women in the United States, with a particular emphasis on collegiate athletics.

Focus on the role of Congress and the President in the policy-making process.

Study of the role of psychological theories in understanding politics and forming political views.

Study of the nature and consequences of campaign finance on American politics.

Explores the thought that national politics has become more prone to institutional and partisan conflict, policy gridlock and that national institutions do not function as intended.

Examine politics in American cities.

The role of political institutions and the public in the development of the American health care system.

Explore the territorial or geographic dimension of US political development, examining how the United States became a continent-wide republic and, later, an overseas power.

Examine potential problems in United States politics, seeking to conceptualize and measure them, and explore their causes, effects, and possible solutions.

Explore inequalities between black Americans and white Americans considering origins of inequalities, and their social and political consequences.

Examine the policy-making process in the United States. Focus on the actors and institutions involved in the formulation and implementation of public policy.

Explore the political role of the Black church in the African American experience.

Explore the evolution, nature, and role of African-American politics within the American political system.

Examine the modern Congress and analyze various factors influencing the legislative process.

Explore the politics of vote suppression and its policy remedies, including manipulation of the size and composition of elections. Examine how excluded citizens have addressed such measures via politics, policy reforms, and court appeals.

Explore the political experiences of the United States Latino populations.

Explore Black feminism and African-American women's political participation.

Students perform research and related activities in a national, state, or local administrative agency. Written reports required.

Examine how American politics, institutions, and political culture evolved and changed from the founding to the present.

Examine the relationship between race and the development of United States social policy. Explore how specific social policies affect racial and ethnic inequality.

Analysis of the key topics in religion and politics in the United States.

Analyze the roles that the institutional and social media have in American politics and government.

Explore the importance of political life as it has been captured on screen and examine the role of film in important political events.

Explore the concepts of membership, belonging, immigration and citizenship in the Latina/o/x experience. Examine how historically, politically, socially and culturally, Latinas/os/xs have been construed as belonging or not belonging members of the United States society.

Explore the history of immigration policy to the United States with memoirs of migration, immigration policy, and incorporation to provide a fuller picture of how immigrants are affected by these policies in the United States.

Explore the creation of the pan-ethnic Latino group identity, differences between national origin groups from Latin America, and how Latino group and national origin identities influence political participation.

Examine how power dynamics and financial forces shape education opportunity, who controls what gets taught, how resources are allocated, the political influences behind educational decisions, and the impact of the decisions upon different groups of students.

Examine key educational policy moments that have impacted Black communities--including anti-literacy laws, segregation, contemporary funding, and curriculum debates. Explore how Black communities have responded through institution-building, legal advocacy, and alternative educational practices.

Examine the origins and evolution of policing in the United States, with a focus on the development and impact of policing policies. Analyze how policies have supported or oppressed Black, working-class, and ethnic communities.

Students perform research and related activities in political campaigns and polling. Written reports required.

Students perform research and related activities in a national, state, or local legislature. Written reports required.

Students perform research and related activities for an entity directly related to government and politics. Written reports required.

Explore American politics and culture and examine how the parts of America fit together as a whole.

Examine the role of ordinary citizens in democratic politics.

Examine the works of Homer and Plato. Explore the ideas of human nature, existence, leadership, courage, honor, ambition, justice, necessity, fate, divine power, human freedom, and moral responsibility.

Examine perspectives on American politics and government through works of fiction.

Examine the age-old confrontation between the teaching of the Bible and the politics and philosophy of the ancient Greeks.

Lectures and supervised individual research and the writing of a substantial paper on a special topic in the field of government. No grade is awarded until the student has completed the two-semester sequence.

Substantive focus varies each semester. Topics include but are not limited to constitutional interpretation, political thought, the evolution of American politics, and comparative politics.

An introduction to mathematical concepts essential for quantitative analysis, such as statistics and formal political theory.

Local, state, and national political institutions and policy processes, and specific areas of public policy. Field core course.

Explores the role, nature, and consequences of money in American politics.

An examination of the status and behavior of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities in the American political system.

Political socialization, political psychology, public opinion, and electoral behavior. Field core course.

Intensive study of selected classical and contemporary theorists and source materials related to political theory and philosophy. Field core course.

Analysis of contemporary theoretical problems and detailed study of the works of contemporary Western theorists.

Examination of the origins and development of political ideas that have influenced the evolution of the American political system.

Normative orientations in research, theory formation and empirical assessment, various conceptions of explanation, and historical development of the social sciences.

Analysis of selected problems in politics and international relations of the countries of Latin America.

Quantitative assessment and analysis of the impact and consequences of public policies.

Study of the nature and operation of the national policymaking process.

Analysis of the structure and operation of complex public bureaucracies.

Study of administrative theory and practice in comparative perspective.

Analysis of the executive function in the public sector.

An exploration of the nature of the judicial function, with emphasis on the roles of law and discretion in the decisional process.

Introduction to major institutions, values, processes, and problems that shape contemporary public policies. Review and appraisal of current international, national, state, and local policy debates. Sampling of theoretical literature in policy analysis, American politics, institutional and organizational theory, macroeconomic management, democratic theory, policy evaluation, and politics-governance conflicts. Field core course.

Intensive examination of selected issues in the methodology of political inquiry.

Bayesian statistics with a focus on social science (especially political science) examples and applications.

Field roundtables, reports of current research, and panel discussions of significant issues in the study of politics.

Critical, comparative survey of important formal theories of political processes, stressing general approaches rather than mathematical results. Presupposes no technical background. Field core course.

A survey of research methods focused on applications for policy, legislative, and advocacy purposes. Covers quantitative and qualitative methods including basic statistical analysis as well as legal and public source research.

An introduction to the use of statistical methods in political practice, including an overview of statistical concepts; special attention is paid to survey design, analysis, and use of common statistical applications.

Comparison of various theories of international politics and analysis of basic forces that underlie national policies and condition the nature and concerns of contemporary international relations. Discussion, reading, and research. Field core course.

Studies of the determinants of foreign policy in selected countries, with consideration of both domestic and international factors.

Topics in the study of American foreign policy, including the problems and instruments of American diplomacy, and the process by which policy is made.

Study of the political determinants and the substantive issues of national security policy with particular emphasis upon the United States.

An analysis of major current developments and issues in international politics and military relations.

An analysis of the forms and functions of international law and organization, with particular emphasis on the case method as means of adjusting interstate relations.

Theory and method of comparative political study; varieties of governmental institutions in Western and non-Western countries; comparative examination of political institutions. Field core course.

Analysis of Western European politics; may include both particular political systems and comparative study of political institutions, processes, and behavior.

Designed to provide theoretical and analytical tools to engage in cross-national study and research of political processes in Latin America.

Examine new analytical approaches to understanding the Middle East, including its social and political dynamics, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach.

Readings and research on the political systems of the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan. Precise topics vary.

Comparative study of authoritarian and totalitarian patterns of government, past and present, Western and non-Western; special emphasis on Communist and Fascist systems.

An introductory course covering estimation theory and hypothesis testing for statistical models in political science and the basic probability theory needed for statistical theory.

Examine the craft of writing and data presentation in the social sciences.

Examine the craft of writing and publishing in political science. Designed for students specializing in political theory.

Multivariate statistical techniques and their applications to problems in political science. Field core course.

Examine the history, scope, and methods of political science as a discipline; major paradigms and current subfields; conceptions of explanation in the social sciences; concept formation, theory construction, and empirical assessment; problems of interpretation, comparison, measurement, and experimentation; designs for research; and normative orientations in research.

Forum for development of research projects and dissertation proposals.

Readings in the literature of political science in fields in which the student is preparing for the qualifying examinations for the Doctor of Philosophy.

Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.

Designed for fourth year GOV Ph.D. students interested in academia. Discuss the academic job market.

Teaching under the close supervision of the course instructor; group meetings with the instructor, individual consultations, and reports throughout the teaching period.