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Undergraduate Course Syllabi - Fall 2011

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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 M. SCHOOLMAN
• POS 140 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY M. CHRISTAKIS

TOPICS COURSES

• POS 204 CURRENT CONTROVERSIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS S. KOZAK

COURSES IN POLITICAL THEORY

• POS 301 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THEORY I P. BREINER
• POS 306 CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRATIC THEORY P. BREINER
• POS 307 AMERICAN POLITICAL THEORY M. SCHOOLMAN
• POS 308 THEORISTS AND THEORIZING T. SHANKS
• POS 314 PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL INQUIRY V. COMMISSO

COURSES IN AMERICAN POLITICS

• POS/PUB 321 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT J.ZIMMERMAN
• POS/PUB 325 GOVERNMENT & POLITICS OF NEW YORK STATE F. MAURO
• POS 329 BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS STAFF
• POS 331 AMERICAN LEGISLATURES M. MALBIN
• POS 332 THE PRESIDENCY T. LINDBERG
• POS 334 AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES & GROUPS J. CRUZ
• POS 399 SELECTED TOPICS: VOTING TRENDS IN B. GYORY NATIONAL AND STATE ELECTIONS
• POS 439Z TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS – A. HILDRETH
  

COURSES IN PUBLIC LAW

• POS 328 LAW AND POLICY S. BARCLAY
• POS 346 LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS, & SEXUAL ORIENTATION S. BARCLAY
• POS 399 LEGAL MOBILIZATION J. FREDETTE
• POS 399 CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY: E. STEIN DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL
• POS 428Z COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS J. FREDETTE
  

COURSES IN GLOBAL POLITICS

• POS 354 RUSSIAN DOMESTIC POLITICS E. HOFFMANN
• POS 357 LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN POLITICS S. RIVERA
• POS 360 VIOLENT POLITICAL CONFLICT R. TYNES
• POS 364 BUILDING DEMOCRACY M. BASKIN
• POS 371 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: PRACTICE G. NOWELL
• POS 373 GOVERNMENT & POLITICS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
  C. CHEN
• POS 377 POLITICS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA M. WEISS
• POS 383 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY R. TYNES
• POS 384 FORMULATION AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY STAFF
• POS 399 CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY: E. STEIN DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL
• POS 479Z TOPICS – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS B. EARLY

COURSES CROSS-LISTED WITH PUBLIC POLICY

• POS/PUB 140 INTRO TO PUBLIC POLICY M. CHRISTAKIS
• POS/PUB 316 METHOD. TOOLS FOR PUBLIC POLICY STAFF
• POS/PAD 329Z BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS STAFF
• POS/PUB 340 INTRO TO POLICY ANALYSIS E. MARTIN
  

HONORS & ARRANGED COURSES

• POS 300 HONORS TUTORIAL IN POLITICAL SCIENCE ALL FACULTY
• POS 338/PUB 498 POLITICAL INTERNSHIP
• 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

Graduate Course Syllabi - Fall 2011

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• POS 513 FIELD SEMINAR IN PUBLIC POLICY P. STRACH
• POS 514 INTRO TO DISCIPLINE OF M. WEISS POLITICAL SCIENCE
• POS 516 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL INQUIRY A. HILDRETH
• POS 520/R AMERICAN FEDERALISM & J. ZIMMERMAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL REALTIONS
• POS 525Q FEMINIST THOUGHT & PUBLIC POLICY V. EUBANKS
• POS 531/R THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS M. MALBIN
• POS 534/R AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES J. CRUZ
• POS 541 FIELD SEMINAR IN PUBLIC LAW J. NOVKOV
• POS 554/R POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INSURGENCY V. ASAL
• POS 564/R RUSSIAN DOMESTIC POLITICS E. HOFFMANN
• POS 565 FEMINIST THEORY T. SHANKS
• POS 567/R CONTENTIOUS POLITICS M. WEISS
• POS 570 FIELD SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL G. NOWELL POLITICAL SYSTEMS
• POS 582 GLOBAL SECURITY R. KOSLOWSKI
• POS 618 QUALITATIVE METHODS P. STRACH
• POS 695 RESEARCH & WRITING SEMINAR I V. ASAL
• POS 697 SELECTED PROBLEMS - POS RESEARCH Arranged (Permission of Instructor) All Faculty
• POS 698 MASTERS ESSAY Arranged (Permission of Instructor) All Faculty
• POS 798 READINGS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Arranged (Permission of Instructor)
  All Faculty
• POS 897 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH POS Arranged (Permission of Instructor) LOAD CREDIT ONLY All Faculty
• POS 899 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION Arranged (Permission of Instructor) LOAD CREDIT ONLY, ABD STATUS ONLY All Faculty