Government (GOVT)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

GOVT 1101

This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the study of political power and the interaction of citizens and governments and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Cities, China, and the Environment

  • 18321 GOVT 1101   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Genocide

  • 18322 GOVT 1101   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/

GOVT 1111

A policy-centered approach to the study of government in the American experience.  Considers the American Founding and how it influenced the structure of government;  how national institutions operate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1115

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7258 GOVT 1111   LEC 001

  •  7752 GOVT 1111   DIS 201

  •  7753 GOVT 1111   DIS 202

  •  7754 GOVT 1111   DIS 203

  •  7755 GOVT 1111   DIS 204

  •  7756 GOVT 1111   DIS 205

  •  7757 GOVT 1111   DIS 206

  •  7758 GOVT 1111   DIS 207

  •  7759 GOVT 1111   DIS 208

  •  8226 GOVT 1111   DIS 209

  •  8401 GOVT 1111   DIS 210

  •  8826 GOVT 1111   DIS 211

  •  8827 GOVT 1111   DIS 212

GOVT 1503

This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas.  This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 1500ASRC 1500

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7842 GOVT 1503   LEC 001

GOVT 1817

An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of international politics with an emphasis on learning critical thinking.  The course is divided into two parts. In the first half, we will learn about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7135 GOVT 1817   LEC 001

  •  7764 GOVT 1817   DIS 201

  •  7765 GOVT 1817   DIS 202

  •  7766 GOVT 1817   DIS 203

  •  7767 GOVT 1817   DIS 204

  •  7768 GOVT 1817   DIS 205

  •  7769 GOVT 1817   DIS 206

  •  7770 GOVT 1817   DIS 207

  •  7771 GOVT 1817   DIS 208

  •  7772 GOVT 1817   DIS 209

  •  7773 GOVT 1817   DIS 210

GOVT 1901

This course will address questions of justice posed by current political controversies, for example, controversies over immigration, economic inequality, American nationalism, the government's role in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now

  •  8234 GOVT 1901   SEM 101

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); constitutional order and its vulnerability; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and global uses of American power.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now

  •  8311 GOVT 1901   SEM 102

  • Weekly discussions of urgent questions of political and social justice, such as controversies over inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); economic and racial inequality; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; and America’s role in the world. Brief readings, often from relevant controversies in political philosophy, will be starting points for mutual learning about these vital issues.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 1901SOC 1900

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy, Equality, and Justice, Now

  •  8312 GOVT 1901   SEM 103

  • Weekly discussions of urgent moral questions about politics and society in the United States and American conduct toward people abroad. Brief readings will be starting points for mutual learning about issues such as inequality of political power (“The system is rigged”); inclusion, diversity and political action (including “identity politics”); constitutional order and its vulnerability; patriotism and cosmopolitanism; immigration; economic and racial inequality; and global uses of American power.

GOVT 2055

This course introduces topics in law that vary each semester. Past topics have included: International Law, Due Process Law, and Business Law. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Psychology and Law

  • 18548 GOVT 2055   LEC 063

    • R Moravia, NY
    • Buxton, C

      Dekolf, B

      Garavito, D

  • Taught in Moravia, NY. This is part of CPEP.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Property Theory & the Law

  • 18549 GOVT 2055   LEC 064

    • T Romulus, NY
    • Chawla, G

      Kinel, D

  • Taught in Romulus, NY. This is part of CPEP.

GOVT 2225

In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details

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  •  7620 GOVT 2225   LEC 001

  •  8331 GOVT 2225   DIS 201

  •  8332 GOVT 2225   DIS 202

  •  8333 GOVT 2225   DIS 203

  •  8334 GOVT 2225   DIS 204

  •  8335 GOVT 2225   DIS 205

  •  8336 GOVT 2225   DIS 206

  •  8337 GOVT 2225   DIS 207

  •  8338 GOVT 2225   DIS 208

  •  8626 GOVT 2225   DIS 209

  •  8627 GOVT 2225   DIS 210

GOVT 2264

This course explores the causes and consequences of modern day civil wars. The first part of the course looks at individual, group, and state level factors that might cause civil wars to break out. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16479 GOVT 2264   LEC 001

GOVT 2432

The course concerns the principles and philosophical arguments underlying conflicts and moral dilemmas of central and ongoing concern to society as they arise within legal contexts. We consider questions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17170 GOVT 2432   LEC 001

  • 17171 GOVT 2432   DIS 201

  • 17172 GOVT 2432   DIS 202

GOVT 2523

Islamophobia and Judeophobia are ideas and like all ideas they have a history of their own. Although today many might think of Islamophobia or Judeophobia as unchangeable---fear of and hatred for Islam ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 2523JWST 2523NES 2523RELST 2523

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16492 GOVT 2523   LEC 001

  • 16496 GOVT 2523   DIS 201

  • 16497 GOVT 2523   DIS 202

  • 16498 GOVT 2523   DIS 203

  • 16499 GOVT 2523   DIS 204

GOVT 2553

This course will cover current events in Europe as they unfold during the semester. Each week the two meetings will features a "topic" day in which students learn about a current issue of importance for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8433 GOVT 2553   LEC 001

  •  9282 GOVT 2553   DIS 201

  •  9283 GOVT 2553   DIS 202

  •  9756 GOVT 2553   DIS 204

GOVT 2605

This course will examine key issues in social and political philosophy. Topics may include the legitimacy of the state, political obligation, the nature and demands of justice, equality, liberty, and autonomy. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 2420

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17149 GOVT 2605   LEC 001

GOVT 2755

This seminar offers an introduction to the humanities by exploring the historical, cultural, social and political stakes of the Society for the Humanities annual focal theme. Students will consider novels, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2750ENGL 2950SHUM 2750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Energy

  • 18517 GOVT 2755   SEM 101

GOVT 2817

Donald Trump and Barack Obama give us two visions of America and of the world: xenophobic nationalism and pragmatic cosmopolitanism.  America and the world are thus constituted by great diversity. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2817

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16404 GOVT 2817   LEC 001

  • 16405 GOVT 2817   DIS 201

  • 16406 GOVT 2817   DIS 202

  • 16407 GOVT 2817   DIS 203

  • 16408 GOVT 2817   DIS 204

  • 18616 GOVT 2817   DIS 205

  • 18617 GOVT 2817   DIS 206

GOVT 3032

Public policies are political outcomes determined by processes that are complex, convoluted and often controversial. The aim of this course is to equip students with the conceptual tools necessary to understand ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3033

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16474 GOVT 3032   LEC 001

  • 17106 GOVT 3032   DIS 201

  • 17107 GOVT 3032   DIS 202

  • 17108 GOVT 3032   DIS 203

  • 17109 GOVT 3032   DIS 204

  • 17110 GOVT 3032   DIS 205

  • 17111 GOVT 3032   DIS 206

  • 17112 GOVT 3032   DIS 207

GOVT 3071

The US and the global community face a number of complex, interconnected and enduring issues that pose challenges for our political and policy governance institutions and society at large.  Exploring how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9663 GOVT 3071   LEC 001

  • Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

GOVT 3082

This course focuses on political campaigns, a central feature of American democracy. We will examine how they work and the conditions under which they affect citizens' decisions. The course looks at campaign ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3082

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16461 GOVT 3082   LEC 001

  • 16462 GOVT 3082   DIS 201

  • 16463 GOVT 3082   DIS 202

  • 16464 GOVT 3082   DIS 203

  • 16465 GOVT 3082   DIS 204

GOVT 3091

This course reviews the changing political relations between science, technology, and the state in America from 1960 to the present. It focuses on policy choices involving science and technology in different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3911STS 3911

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17147 GOVT 3091   LEC 001

GOVT 3152

Prisons are social and political institutions governed by local, state and national policies. They have a profound influence on American society, especially on our political community.  They amplify inequality ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3155

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16527 GOVT 3152   LEC 001

  • 17114 GOVT 3152   DIS 201

  • 17115 GOVT 3152   DIS 202

  • 17116 GOVT 3152   DIS 203

  • 17117 GOVT 3152   DIS 204

  • 17118 GOVT 3152   DIS 205

  • 17119 GOVT 3152   DIS 206

  • 18109 GOVT 3152   DIS 207

  • 18110 GOVT 3152   DIS 208

GOVT 3161

This course will explore and seek explanations for the performance of the 20-21st century presidency, focusing on its institutional and political development, recruitment process (nominations and elections), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3161

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9187 GOVT 3161   LEC 001

  •  9335 GOVT 3161   DIS 201

  •  9336 GOVT 3161   DIS 202

GOVT 3192

This course offers students a chance to write and reflect intensively on their engagement inside Auburn, Cayuga, Elmira or Five Points Correctional Facilities. We will read essays by incarcerated writers ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3895

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18514 GOVT 3192   SEM 101

  • Students must be current or recent volunteers for the Cornell Prison Education Program, for Art Beyond Cornell at MacCormick Secure Facility or Finger Lakes Residential Center, or for another prison education volunteer program.

GOVT 3281

This course investigates the United States Supreme Court and its role in politics and government. It traces the development of constitutional doctrine, the growth of the Court's institutional power, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3281LAW 3281

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17472 GOVT 3281   LEC 001

GOVT 3303

From a perspective based on comparative political economy, this course examines pressing contemporary issues such as the politics of growing inequality.  We consider conflicts around markets, democracy, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRIC 4330

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16623 GOVT 3303   LEC 001

GOVT 3353

This is an introductory course on the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal is to provide students with historical background and theoretical tools to understand present-day politics on the continent. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 3353

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9196 GOVT 3353   LEC 001

  •  9252 GOVT 3353   DIS 201

  •  9253 GOVT 3353   DIS 202

  • 16529 GOVT 3353   DIS 203

  • 16530 GOVT 3353   DIS 204

GOVT 3354

Three decades from the fall of the Berlin Wall, we have gained broad perspective on the challenges of societal transformations away from socialism.  This course explores the process and social consequences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 3430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16658 GOVT 3354   LEC 001

GOVT 3494

This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3854CRP 3854

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Growth and Development

  •  7456 GOVT 3494   LEC 080

  • Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

GOVT 3547

Do you want to learn the discussion-based case method as taught at the Harvard Business School? Do you want to learn how to write a long research paper? Do you not want to take a final examination? If ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEM 3547DSOC 3547ILRIC 3547

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16651 GOVT 3547   LEC 001

  • 16652 GOVT 3547   DIS 201

  • 16653 GOVT 3547   DIS 202

  • 16654 GOVT 3547   DIS 203

  • 16655 GOVT 3547   DIS 204

  • 18626 GOVT 3547   DIS 205

  • 18627 GOVT 3547   DIS 206

GOVT 3595

This course examines the contemporary transformation processes in the higher education with special emphasis on everyday academic life. The course starts with an exploration of space accorded to (academic) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16618 GOVT 3595   SEM 101

GOVT 3636

Shortly after the last election, The New Yorker published an article entitled "The Frankfurt School Knew Trump was Coming." This course examines what the Frankfurt School knew by introducing students to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: COML 3541ENGL 3920GERST 3620

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16133 GOVT 3636   SEM 101

  • 16134 GOVT 3636   DIS 201

  • 16135 GOVT 3636   DIS 202

GOVT 3683

Corruption, and the perception of corruption, pervades many aspects of society and has become a source of political protest around the world. This course focuses on the similarities and differences between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 3680

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17445 GOVT 3683   LEC 001

GOVT 3715

This seminar overviews political theories of colonialism and empire, and in doing so, allows us to pose questions about the constitutive elements of our modernity, such as slavery, racism, dependency, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9277 GOVT 3715   LEC 001

GOVT 3736

Ancient political debates about democracy, empire, and justice appear in late fifth-century BCE Athenian dramatic, historical, and philosophical literatures composed against the backdrop of the 27-year ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3676

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16709 GOVT 3736   LEC 001

GOVT 3786

When Jean-Jacques Rousseau introduced the concept of the "general will" in his classic text The Social Contract, he made what was then an unprecedented and scandalous claim: that the people as a whole, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3780FREN 3780

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17216 GOVT 3786   SEM 101

GOVT 3805

We are all the living dead – alive but bound to die, and know it. In this course we will learn how existential fears and anxieties shape our politics, partly through moral meaning-making. While the politics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3805NES 3805

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17066 GOVT 3805   SEM 101

GOVT 3867

The possibility of major war – on the Korean Peninsula, in the Persian Gulf, in Eastern Europe, in the South China Sea – is higher today than it has been at any point since the end of the Cold War. This ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9197 GOVT 3867   LEC 001

  •  9326 GOVT 3867   DIS 201

  •  9327 GOVT 3867   DIS 202

GOVT 4000

Major seminars in the Government department are small, advanced courses that cover an important theme or topic in contemporary politics in depth. Courses place particular emphasis on careful reading and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy and Representation

  •  8065 GOVT 4000   SEM 101

  • Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4019

The goal of this course is to introduce probability and statistics as fundamental building blocks for quantitative political analysis, with regression modeling as a focal application. We will begin with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 6019

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7779 GOVT 4019   SEM 101

  • This class does not fulfill the government senior seminar requirement. Co-meets with GOVT 6019.

  •  8822 GOVT 4019   DIS 201

GOVT 4021

American conservative thought rests on assumptions that are strikingly different from those made by mainstream American liberals.  However, conservative thinkers are themselves committed to principles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4021

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8211 GOVT 4021   SEM 101

  • Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4022

This course explores how a rapidly changing media environment and popular cultural are changing American governance and popular perceptions of democratic institutions. The course examines more than eighty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18655 GOVT 4022   SEM 101

GOVT 4283

This class will examine the history and contemporary role of Latinos as a minority group in the U.S. political system. This course is intended as an overview of the political position of Latinos y Latinas ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4283LSP 4283

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16610 GOVT 4283   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors and Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4293

For the first time in history, more than half of the world's people reside in cities. Why do people congregate in cities? How do states address urbanization, and how does urbanization affect states? This ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6293

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16622 GOVT 4293   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors and Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4365

Throughout human history, and its modern incarnation, communities have clashed just as often as states. This course sheds light on ethnic communities and conflicts, explicating their historical dynamics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 4365NES 4365

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16611 GOVT 4365   SEM 101

  • This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement. Government Seniors and Juniors given preference.

GOVT 4403

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the study of the nexus between violence and the creation of the modern state. It is intended to familiarize students with the role that war and other ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9198 GOVT 4403   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4543

This course a offers comparative political sociology of democratic and non-democratic institutions in the United States and beyond. Topics will include nationalism, fascism and populism. My focus will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 4540

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17444 GOVT 4543   SEM 101

GOVT 4735

This is an introduction to the three 'master thinkers' who have helped determine the discourses of modernity and post-modernity. We consider basic aspects of their work: (a) specific critical and historical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4250GERST 4250

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16199 GOVT 4735   LEC 001

GOVT 4816

This course examines the role of space and geography in shaping political projects, imaginaries, and subjectivities. We will approach the question of space from multiple scales (urban, national, transnational) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6826

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18575 GOVT 4816   SEM 101

  • Preference given to: Government Seniors and Juniors. This class satisfies the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4827

Seminar intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16745 GOVT 4827   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors and Juniors given preference. This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4949

This seminar creates a structured environment in which honors students will examine different  research approaches and methods and construct a research design for their own theses—a thesis proposal that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7139 GOVT 4949   SEM 101

  • This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

GOVT 4999

One-on-one tutorial arranged by the student with a faculty member of his or her choosing. Open to government majors doing superior work, and it is the responsibility of the student to establish the research ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6320 GOVT 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Bensel, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6334 GOVT 4999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kreps, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6336 GOVT 4999   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Corrigan, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6337 GOVT 4999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Mettler, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6347 GOVT 4999   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6348 GOVT 4999   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Michener, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6350 GOVT 4999   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Roberts, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6351 GOVT 4999   IND 626

    • TBA
    • Rubenstein, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6352 GOVT 4999   IND 627

    • TBA
    • Sanders, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6353 GOVT 4999   IND 628

    • TBA
    • Ward, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6355 GOVT 4999   IND 631

    • TBA
    • van de Walle, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6356 GOVT 4999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Way, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6358 GOVT 4999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Margulies, J

GOVT 6019

The goal of this course is to introduce probability and statistics as fundamental building blocks for quantitative political analysis, with regression modeling as a focal application. We will begin with ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 4019

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7259 GOVT 6019   SEM 101

  • Co-meets with GOVT 4019.

  •  8823 GOVT 6019   DIS 201

GOVT 6031

The major issues, approaches, and institutions of American government and the various subfields of American politics are introduced. The focus is on both substantive information and theoretical analysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16736 GOVT 6031   SEM 101

GOVT 6049

This course continues the path of 6019 and 6029 in offering a hybrid of applied social statistics and econometric modeling for graduate students, with a focus on the analysis of categorical and count data ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16744 GOVT 6049   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall 114
    • Aug 29 - Oct 18, 2019
    • Corrigan, B

GOVT 6059

This course continues the path of 6019 and 6029 in offering a hybrid of applied social statistics and econometric modeling for graduate students, with a focus on panel, time-series cross-section, and multilevel ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16740 GOVT 6059   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall 114
    • Oct 21 - Dec 10, 2019
    • Corrigan, B

GOVT 6202

This course will explore the relationship between popular belief, political action, and the institutional deployment of social power. The class will be roughly divided in three parts, opening with a discussion ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16775 GOVT 6202   SEM 101

GOVT 6293

For the first time in history, more than half of the world's people reside in cities. Why do people congregate in cities? How do states address urbanization, and how does urbanization affect states? This ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4293

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17236 GOVT 6293   SEM 101

GOVT 6353

This course provides a graduate-level survey of the field of comparative politics, introducing students to classic works as well as recent contributions that build upon those works. Readings will draw ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6445 GOVT 6353   SEM 101

GOVT 6426

Contemporaries Read Ancients has twin pedagogic goals. The first is to deepen the understanding of antique thought and build upon prior study of canonical texts (Phaedrus, Republic, Nicomachean Ethics); ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16788 GOVT 6426   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall G22
    • Frank, J

      Rubenstein, D

GOVT 6525

What is the relationship of history to the practice of contemporary political theory? What role does attention to history—or its neglect—play in the reproduction and contestation of theoretical authority? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16791 GOVT 6525   SEM 101

GOVT 6619

This is a course on networks and text in quantitative social science. The course will cover published research using text and social network data, focusing on health, politics, and everyday life, and it ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 6610SOC 6610

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16113 GOVT 6619   SEM 101

GOVT 6779

This course will examine cosmopolitanism as a cultural, moral, and political concept both historically, with reference primarily to the eighteenth century, and theoretically, in contemporary debates. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6970ENGL 6970

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17737 GOVT 6779   SEM 101

GOVT 6826

This course examines the role of space and geography in shaping political projects, imaginaries, and subjectivities. We will approach the question of space from multiple scales (urban, national, transnational) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4816

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18576 GOVT 6826   SEM 101

GOVT 6827

This seminar is intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 4827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16743 GOVT 6827   SEM 101

GOVT 6897

This course will examine a variety of international relations theories in studying a broad range of security issues, including the causes of war, alliance formation, balance-of-power politics, security ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16763 GOVT 6897   SEM 101

GOVT 6946

This course explores the philosophical concept of biopolitics and its diverse translations and/or adaptations across multiple disciplines and across the globe (Africa, Far East, South East Asia, and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16907 GOVT 6946   SEM 101

GOVT 6987

How do states make foreign policy decisions? What factors influence states' international behavior and prospects for war and peace? This seminar has two main goals: to familiarize students with the burgeoning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16766 GOVT 6987   SEM 101

GOVT 7073

Game theory provides a scientific approach to the study of social, political, and economic interactions that focuses on the strategic aspects of decision-making between two or more individuals or groups. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9290 GOVT 7073   SEM 101

  • 17245 GOVT 7073   DIS 201

GOVT 7937

The Proseminar in Peace Studies offers a multidisciplinary review of issues related to peace and conflict at the graduate level. The course is led by the director of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 7937STS 7937

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16767 GOVT 7937   SEM 101

    • R
    • Slayton, R

GOVT 7998

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-12 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 18045 GOVT 7998   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 7999

Individualized readings and research for graduate students. Topics, readings, and writing requirements are designed through consultation between the student and the instructor. Graduate students in government ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6392 GOVT 7999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Bensel, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6394 GOVT 7999   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Bunce, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6396 GOVT 7999   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Enns, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6404 GOVT 7999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Kreps, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6405 GOVT 7999   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Frank, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6407 GOVT 7999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Mettler, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6408 GOVT 7999   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Michener, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6410 GOVT 7999   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Roberts, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6411 GOVT 7999   IND 626

    • TBA
    • Rubenstein, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6413 GOVT 7999   IND 630

    • TBA
    • Wallace, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6414 GOVT 7999   IND 631

    • TBA
    • van de Walle, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6415 GOVT 7999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Way, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6416 GOVT 7999   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Ward, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6458 GOVT 7999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Flores-Macias, G