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Undergraduate Course Syllabi - Spring 2012

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INTRODUCTORY COURSES

• POS 101 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS P. STRACH
• POS 102 INTRO. TO COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS G. NOWELL
• POS 103 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY P. BREINER
• POS 140 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY S. APPE

TOPICS COURSES

• POS 204Y NORTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS: A. LOPATINA
• POS 204Y LOBBYISTS & SPECIAL INTERESTS IN NEW YORK GOV'T S. NEJAME

COURSES IN POLITICAL THEORY

• POS 302 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THEORY II T. SHANKS
• POS 313 FEMINIST SOCIAL & POLITICAL THOUGHT T. SHANKS
• POS 419Z SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY M. SCHOOLMAN

COURSES IN AMERICAN POLITICS

• POS 320 AMERICAN FEDERALISM J. ZIMMERMAN
• POS 322 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF NEW YORK CITY F. MAURO
• POS 324 LATINO POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES J. CRUZ
• POS 332 THE PRESIDENCY B. MIROFF
• POS 334 POLITICAL PARTIES & GROUPS T. LINDBERG
• POS 433Z WOMEN, POLITICS AND POWER S. FRIEDMAN
• POS 439Z TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS S. FRIEDMAN - POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION & POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
  

COURSES IN PUBLIC LAW

• POS 326 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC LAW J. NOVKOV
• POS 328 LAW AND POLICY A. JOHNSON
• POS 336 CIVIL LIB ERTIES J. FREDETTE
• POS 346 LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS, & SEXUAL ORIENTATION N. KAPUR
• POS 399 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW J. MATTHEWS
• POS 426Z AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A. JOHNSON
• POS 437Z LAW, SOCIETY AND COLONIALISM THROUGH J. FREDETTE
  

COURSES IN GLOBAL POLITICS

• TPOS 260 HONORS COURSE ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE V. ASAL
• POS 343 HOMELAND SECURITY R. MATHEWS
• POS 350 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY H. JARMAN
• POS 351 EUROPEAN POLITICS H. JARMAN
• POS 355 GOVERNMENT & POLITICS OF SUB-SAHARA AFRICA R. TYNES
• POS 375 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION S. PAMPINELLA
• POS 448Z IDENTITIES, BOUNDARIES, & MOBILIZATION M. WEISS
• POS 469Z TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS J. ZIMMERMAN
• POS 479Z TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS M. BASKIN

COURSES IN PUBLIC POLICY

• POS 316 METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR PUBLIC POLICY J. LEE
• POS 329Z BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS H. SIMS
• POS 340 INTRODUCTION TO POLICY ANALYSIS D. SHIM
  

HONORS & ARRANGED COURSES

• POS 300 HONORS TUTORIAL IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
• POS 390 POLITICAL INTERNSHIP B. SLATER
• POS 341 WASHINGTON IN PERSPECTIVE
• POS 342 WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP
• POS 397 SERVICE LEARNING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE A. HILDRETH
• POS 498 INDEPENDENT STUDY
• POS 499Z HONORS THESIS

Graduate Course Syllabi - Spring 2012

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• POS 501 Field Seminar in Political Theory. P. Breiner
• POS 509/R Citizen Participation and Public Policy P. Strach
• POS 517 Empirical Data Analysis DC Shim
• POS 521 Field Seminar - American Political Systems J. Cruz
• POS 533/R Women and Politics S. Friedman
• POS 540 Urban Policy in United States C. Scally
• POS 544 American Political Development B. Miroff
• POS 550 Field Seminar – Comparative M. Weiss
• POS 553 Politics in Developing Countries H. Sims
• POS 554/R Political Violence, Insurgency B. Nussbaum
• POS 563 Government and Politics in People's C. Chen
• POS 571/R International Political Economy G. Nowell
• POS 583 / R Global Governance B. Early
• POS 585 Information Technology & Homeland Security R. Koslowski
• POS 603 / R Contemporary Political Theory: M. Schoolman
• POS 604 Inequality & Public Policy J. Dodge
• POS 612 Seminar: Preparing for the Professoriate
• POS 696 Selected Problems in Political V. Asal
• POS 697 SELECTED PROBLEMS - POS RESEARCH All Faculty ARRANGED (PERM. OF INST.)
• POS 698 MASTERS ESSAY All Faculty ARRANGED (PERM. OF INST.)
• POS 798 READINGS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE All Faculty ARRANGED (PERM OF INST.)
• POS 897 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH POS All Faculty ARRANGED (PERM. OF INST. - LOAD CREDIT ONLY)
• POS 899 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION All Faculty ARRANGED (PERM. OF INST. - LOAD CREDIT ONLY) ABD STATUS ONLY (1 credit constitutes full-time study)