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GOVT 1101
Course Description
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
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Topic: FWS: Contemporary Political Protest
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- TR White Hall B06
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Valdez Tappata, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Topic: FWS: Just Words? Just Inequality
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- TR White Hall B04
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Swanson, J
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For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Topic: FWS: Women and Political Violence
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- MW White Hall 106
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Barnes, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
GOVT 1313
Course Description
This course will introduce students to comparative politics—the study of the political institutions, identities, and organized interests in countries around the world. Emphasis is on how to make meaningful ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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van de Walle, N
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Additional Information
This course will be offered in partnership with the French and Spanish Language Programs. Students enrolled in GOVT 1313 may enroll in an optional one credit course, FREN 3020 or SPAN 3020. Interested students should contact the instructor.
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- M White Hall 106
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- M McGraw Hall 365
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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- W White Hall 104
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- W McGraw Hall 365
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- F McGraw Hall 365
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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- F Uris Hall 369
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GOVT 1615
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This course offers a survey of modern political theory in the West. We will examine some of the persistent dilemmas of political modernity and the attempts of several canonical political theorists to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 1920
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Frank, J
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- T McGraw Hall 145
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- T Rockefeller Hall 127
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- W Uris Hall 204
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- R McGraw Hall 365
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- R Uris Hall 303
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- F McGraw Hall 365
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GOVT 1901
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Weekly informal discussion of urgent public issues posed by a central theme, such as inequality, foreign policy and immigration, or challenges to liberty and democracy. Recent public lectures organized ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: The New Presidency and Its Problems
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- W Carl Becker House 120
Instructors
Boeglin, A
Miller, R
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Additional Information
This semester's course will discuss central issues raised by the election and agenda of the new US President, in light of competing moral perspectives, informed by social-scientific inquiry. While specific topics will depend on the election's outcome, concerns will include economic and racial inequality, poverty, immigration policy, uses of American power abroad, the political power of economic elites, and divisions and attitudes that are shaping American politics.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Topic: The New Presidency and Its Problems
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- W Hans Bethe House 240
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Miller, R
Valdez Tappata, M
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This semester's course will discuss central issues raised by the election and agenda of the new US President, in light of competing moral perspectives, informed by social-scientific inquiry. While specific topics will depend on the election's outcome, concerns will include economic and racial inequality, poverty, immigration policy, uses of American power abroad, the political power of economic elites, and divisions and attitudes that are shaping American politics.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 1901, SOC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Topic: The New Presidency and Its Problems
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 181
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Miller, R
Paskell, M
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This semester's course will discuss central issues raised by the election and agenda of the new US President, in light of competing moral perspectives, informed by social-scientific inquiry. While specific topics will depend on the election's outcome, concerns will include economic and racial inequality, poverty, immigration policy, uses of American power abroad, the political power of economic elites, and divisions and attitudes that are shaping American politics.
GOVT 2604
Course Description
The election of Barack Obama to the presidency has raised new questions in the American debate on race, politics, and social science. Has America entered a post-racial society in which racism and inequality ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2504, ASRC 2504, SOC 2520
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Stimson Hall 206
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Gosa, T
GOVT 2673
Course Description
This lecture class will explore the socio-cultural history of modern Egypt from the late 18th century to the 21st century "Arab Spring." We will explore Egyptian history under the Ottomans and the Mamluks, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2670, HIST 2672, NES 2670
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
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Fahmy, Z
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Additional Information
For students interested in an optional 1-credit section taught in Arabic, please enroll in NES 3366.
GOVT 3002
Course Description
This course presents an overview of the law regarding civil rights and civil liberties. But the law is only part of our focus. Rights do not spring into existence simply because a judge pounded a gavel ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3002
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
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Margulies, J
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- W White Hall 110
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- W White Hall 110
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 283
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GOVT 3041
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In the U.S. Presidential election of 2000, a Supreme Court ruling ultimately cleared the way for Florida's Secretary of State to certify electors pledged to the Republican party. Yet thousands of mis-marked ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 103
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Corrigan, B
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- M White Hall 104
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Corrigan, B
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- W White Hall 104
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Corrigan, B
GOVT 3091
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3911, STS 3911
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Baker Laboratory 335
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Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
Enrollment limited to Senior, Junior and Sophomore students.
GOVT 3112
Course Description
The course will be a lecture course on Congress, introducing them to the political science literature on the topic and the major research questions and approaches. We will examine the development of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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Bateman, D
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- F Uris Hall G88
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Staff
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- F White Hall 110
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- R Stimson Hall 105
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
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GOVT 3131
Course Description
A general-education course to acquaint students with how our legal system pursues the goals of society. The course introduces students to various perspectives on the nature of law, what functions it ought ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3131, LAW 4131
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Myron Taylor Hall 184
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Chutkow, D
GOVT 3142
Course Description
This class is intended to provoke some hard thinking about the relationship of committed "outsiders" and advocates of change to the experience of crime, punishment, and incarceration and to the men we ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3142
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M White Hall 110
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Owens, T
Scott, R
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: participation as a Teaching Assistant in the CPEP program in Auburn or Cayuga or work in a juvenile or other correctional facility.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
GOVT 3152
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3155
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Michener, J
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- W White Hall 110
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- W Stimson Hall 206
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- F White Hall 110
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- W Klarman Hall KG42
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- F White Hall B04
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- F White Hall B04
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GOVT 3223
Course Description
Questions have arisen recently about the wisdom of the 2011 Western intervention in Libya, which resulted in the removal and assassination of Colonel Gaddafi, that country's long-time ruler. The question ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3220, NES 3223
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Africana Ctr B07
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Grovogui, S
GOVT 3333
Course Description
One key question about China's rise as an economic power has been what it does or is doing around the world. In this regard, China observers have taken note of emergence as the largest investors of late ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3330
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall 204
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Grovogui, S
GOVT 3401
Course Description
"We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something," writes Judith Butler in Precarious Life. Can our mutual vulnerability serve as the basis for political intervention and social justice? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3420, FGSS 3400, LSP 3401
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 104
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Juffer, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall 110
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Juffer, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
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Juffer, J
GOVT 3403
Course Description
This course provides a broad overview of the evolution of Chinese politics from the early part of the 20th century to the present. It is roughly divided into two sections. The first traces the formation ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3321, CAPS 3403
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Malott Hall 253
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Mertha, A
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Additional Information
This course will be offered in partnership with the Mandarin Language Program. Students enrolled in GOVT 3403 may enroll in an optional one credit Mandarin language discussion section, CHIN 3316. Interested students should contact the instructor.
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- M McGraw Hall 365
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- R White Hall B14
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- R McGraw Hall 366
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GOVT 3494
Course Description
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3854, CRP 3854
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Growth and Development
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- M Washington, DC
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Lekus, I
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
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GOVT 3503
Course Description
This seminar examines the various issues that surround being a specialist of one of the world's most complex and exciting places. The course will first look at the various groups of people that have been ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CAPS 3502
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 110
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Mertha, A
GOVT 3553
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This course will cover international current events as they unfold during the semester. Faculty from across the university will be invited to contextualize and deepen students' understanding of elections, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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- T Malott Hall 228-Bache Aud
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Way, C
GOVT 3675
Course Description
A historical introduction to democratic theory through the writings of its greatest thinkers and their critics. Beginning with a study of the theory and practice of democratic rule in ancient Athens, we ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3678, CLASS 3675
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 110
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Livingston, A
GOVT 3736
Course Description
This course explores Ancient Greek and Roman political theory. We study key texts of thinkers such as Sophocles, Aristophanes Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero, to learn about differing constitutional ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3676
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Morrill Hall 106
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Frank, J
GOVT 3745
Course Description
Survey of European social theory from Hegel to Foucault (via Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, and the Frankfurt School). view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 2240
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 132
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Kosch, M
GOVT 3809
Course Description
The 10 years from 1967 to 1976 were an extraordinary time both in the history of American politics and in the history of American film. In the same period that the country was rocked by the Vietnam War, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3809
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Kirshner, J
GOVT 3897
Course Description
The 20th century witnessed some of the world's most destructive wars and human-rights atrocities - most of them connected to war and conflict. This course examines the impact of war on human rights and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Evangelista, M
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This course will be offered in partnership with the Spanish Language Program. Students enrolled in GOVT 3897 may enroll in an optional one credit Spanish language discussion section, SPAN 3020. Interested students should contact the instructor.
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- T McGraw Hall 365
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- F White Hall 104
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- F White Hall 104
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- T Uris Hall 254
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Evangelista, M
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- F Uris Hall 369
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 160
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
GOVT 3990
Course Description
We introduce basic statistical reasoning with an emphasis on problems encountered in social science research. We explore the use of statistical tools to answer scientific research questions, and investigate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Baker Laboratory 335
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Garcia-Rios, S
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Additional Information
This class is intended as a follow-on course to 3999 and while it is not a pre-requisite it is strongly recommended that you take 3999 before taking this class.
GOVT 4000
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Campaigning and Voting in Europe
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Krewel, M
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Additional Information
Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This course fulfills the Government seminar requirement.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Politics and Entertainment
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- M White Hall 104
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Krewel, M
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Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This course fulfills the Government seminar requirement.
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: American Grand Strategy
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- T Uris Hall 301
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Ward, S
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Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This course fulfills the Government seminar requirement.
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Topic: Gender, Nationalism & War
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 350
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Evangelista, M
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Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This course fulfills the Government seminar requirement.
GOVT 4032
Course Description
Latinos are a greater presence in American society and political life than ever before.  Students in this course will explore themes such as immigration, political incorporation, inter-ethnic relations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4032, LSP 4032
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M McGraw Hall 366
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Garcia-Rios, S
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Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This course fulfills the government seminar requirement.
GOVT 4735
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4250, GERST 4250
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Baker Laboratory 335
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Waite, G
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This is a lecture course, but there will be plenty of time for discussion. Formerly GERST 4150 – students who previously took GERST 4150 cannot enroll in this course. Film-screening one evening night per week, TBA.
GOVT 4827
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4448, CAPS 4827, GOVT 6827
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Uris Hall G24
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Carlson, A
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Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This course fulfills the Government seminar requirement.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
GOVT 4959
Course Description
GOVT 4959 is the second semester of honors thesis research, limited to students who have completed GOVT 4949, Honors Thesis Program. There is no formal class meeting. Instead, students will work on their ... view course details
GOVT 4967
Course Description
This course examines the main factors that caused the collapse of the Soviet superpower at the end of the Cold War by situating the events of 1985-1991 in the wider context of Soviet history and post-1991 ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4967
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Uris Hall 369
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Bergmane, U
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Additional Information
Government Seniors/Juniors given preference. This course fulfills the government seminar requirement.
GOVT 4999
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Bateman, D
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Bensel, R
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Buck-Morss, S
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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Regular Academic Session.
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Way, C
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GOVT 6029
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This course builds upon 6019, covering in detail the interpretation and estimation of multivariate linear regression models. We derive the Ordinary Least Squares estimator and its characteristics using ... view course details
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Enns, P
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GOVT 6045
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What can lawyers and judges learn from the study of literature? This course explores the relevance of imaginative literature (novels, drama, poetry, and film) to questions of law and social justice from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3762, ENGL 6710, LAW 6710
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- TR Myron Taylor Hall G85
- Jan 23 - Apr 28, 2017
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Anker, E
GOVT 6053
Course Description
An in-depth, graduate-level introduction to qualitative and comparative methods of political analysis, with special emphasis on the application of these methods in comparative and international politics. ... view course details
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- W Uris Hall 302
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Pepinsky, T
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GOVT 6069
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In this seminar we study the assumptions and estimators that can estimate causal effects in the social sciences, with particular emphasis on addressing effect heterogeneity and robustness to assumption ... view course details
Seven Week - First.
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- MW White Hall 106
- Jan 25 - Mar 17, 2017
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Corrigan, B
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GOVT 6075
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The seminar will explore readings in the history of political thought from Homer to the Twenty-first century. view course details
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Frank, J
Livingston, A
GOVT 6079
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In this 7-week seminar we elaborate social statistics topics only briefly covered in earlier courses, depending on student research interests. Example broad approaches could include Bayesian or nonparametric ... view course details
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- Mar 20 - May 10, 2017
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Corrigan, B
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GOVT 6171
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The prevailing approach to policy analysis gives little attention to politics, yet public policies are defined through political processes, designed and implemented in the context of political institutions, ... view course details
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- W Stimson Hall 206
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Mettler, S
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GOVT 6304
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This is a graduate seminar in political science on the application of historical analysis in comparative politics. The goals of the course are for students to understand the contemporary application of ... view course details
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van de Walle, N
GOVT 6586
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This is an advanced graduate seminar exploring the work of three important twentieth century political theorists: Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt. We will engage their work chronologically ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6586
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Frank, J
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GOVT 6827
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4448, CAPS 4827, GOVT 4827
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Carlson, A
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GOVT 6897
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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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Ward, S
GOVT 7999
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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