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Undergraduate Course Syllabi - Fall 2010

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INTRODUCTORY COURSES

• POS 101 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS B. MIROFF
• POS 102 INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS V. ASAL
• POS 103 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY T. SHANKS

TOPICS COURSES

• POS 204 TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS: TIME FOR SOME CHANGE? REFORMING ELECTIONS A. HILDRETH

COURSES IN POLITICAL THEORY

• POS 301 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THEORY I P. BREINER
• POS 307 AMERICAN POLITICAL THEORY C. KLUNK
• POS 308 THEORISTS AND THEORIZING M. SCHOOLMAN
• POS 314 PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL INQUIRY V. COMMISSO
• POS 419Z SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY M. SCHOOLMAN

COURSES IN AMERICAN POLITICS

• POS/PUB 303/304 PUB POLICY THEORY & PRACTICE R.NAKAMURA
• POS/PUB 321 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT J.ZIMMERMAN
• POS 323 URBAN GOVERNMENT J. CRUZ
• POS/PUB 325 GOVERNMENT & POLITICS OF NEW YORK STATE F. MAURO
• POS 329 BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS H. SIMS
• POS 331 AMERICAN LEGISLATURES S. FRIEDMAN
• POS 334 AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES & GROUPS S. SCOTECE
• POS 337 CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS IN U.S. M. MALBIN
• POS 365 GOVERNMENT AND MASS MEDIA C. FERRADINO
• POS 439Z TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS – POLICY IMPLEMENTATION R. NAKAMURA
  

COURSES IN PUBLIC LAW

• POS 330 LAW, COURTS and POLITICS K. FLETCHER
• POS 333 WOMEN AND THE LAW N. KAPUR
• POS 335 THE AMERICAN SUPREME COURT E. SOMMER
• POS 336 CIVIL LIBERTIES E. SOMMER
• POS 399 LEGAL MOBILIZATION J. FREDETTE
• POS 399 CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY: DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL E. STEIN
• POS 426Z AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW J. NOVKOV
• POS 428Z COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS J. FREDETTE
• POS/CRJ 353 AMERICAN CRIMINAL COURTS
  

COURSES IN GLOBAL POLITICS

• POS 350 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY H. JARMAN
• POS 353 DEVELOPING POLITICAL SYSTEMS A. SOMIDE
• POS 357 LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS GONZALEZ-MURPHY
• POS 368 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & WORLD POLITICS R. KOSLOWSKI
• POS 373 GOVERNMENT & POLITICS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC C. CHEN
• POS 377 POLITICS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA M. WEISS
• POS 395 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY G. NOWELL
• POS 399 CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY: DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL E. STEIN
• POS 452Z COMMUNIST & POST COM POL SYSTEMS C. CHEN
• POS 479Z TOPICS – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS M. BASKIN

COURSES CROSS-LISTED WITH PUBLIC POLICY

• POS/PUB 140 INTRO TO PUBLIC POLICY M. CHRISTAKIS
• POS/PUB 316 METHOD. TOOLS FOR PUBLIC POLICY D. SHIM
• POS/PAD 329Z BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS H. SIMS
• POS/PUB 340 INTRO TO POLICY ANALYSIS D. SHIM
• POS/PUB 350 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY H. JARMAN
  

HONORS & ARRANGED COURSES

• POS 300 HONORS TUTORIAL IN POLITICAL SCIENCE ALL FACULTY
• POS 338/PUB 498 POLITICAL INTERNSHIP P. SMITH
• POS 400 HONORS TUTORIAL IN POLITICAL SCIENCE ALL FACULTY
• POS 496Z GREAT IDEAS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE B. MIROFF
• POS 498 INDEPENDENT STUDY (A-E) (PERM. OF INST.)
• POS 498 INDEPENDENT STUDY (S/U) (PERM. OF INST.)
• POS 498Z INDEPENDENT STUDY (PERM. OF INST.)
• POS 499Z HONORS THESIS V. ASAL

Graduate Course Syllabi - Fall 2010

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• POS 500/R POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY P. BREINER
• POS 501 FIELD SEMINAR IN POLIITICAL THEORY T. SHANKS
• POS 513 FIELD SEMINAR IN PUBLIC POLICY P. STRACH
• POS 514 INTRO TO DISCIPLINE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE TBA
• POS 516 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL INQUIRY S. FRIEDMAN
• POS 522/R STATE GOVERNMENT J. ZIMMERMAN
• POS 523 GOVERNMENT OF URBAN AREAS C. SCALLY
• POS 524/R COMMUNITY POLITICS J. CRUZ
• POS 526/R FEDERALISM AND SEPARATION OF POWERS J. NOVKOV
• POS 529 LAW AND POLICY D. LIEBSCHUTZ
• POS 539/R SEMINAR ON CAMPAIGN & ELECTIONS M. MALBIN
• POS 554/R POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INSURGENCY B. EARLY
• POS 570 FIELD SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS D. ROUSSEAU
• POS 571/R INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY G. NOWELL
• POS 572 COMPARATIVE FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY H. JARMAN
• POS 577 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & GLOBILIZATION R. KOSLOWSKI
• POS 623 AFRICA IN WORLD POLITICS A. SOMIDE
• POS 663 COMPARATIVE POLICY SYSTEMS H. SIMS
• POS 695 RESEARCH & WRITING SEMINAR I A. HILDRETH
• POS 697 SELECTED PROBLEMS - POS RESEARCH All FACULTY
• POS 698 MASTERS ESSAY All FACULTY
• POS 729 SEMINAR IN PUBLIC LAW J. NOVKOV
• POS 789/R SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: V. ASAL
• POS 789/R SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: M. WEISS
• POS 798 READINGS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE All FACULTY ARRANGED
• POS 897 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH POS All FACULTY
• POS 899 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION All FACULTY ARRANGED