GOVT 4000

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GOVT 4000
Major Seminar

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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 classroom discussion, and students can expect to write a significant research paper. These courses are open to all Cornell students, but preference in admissions is given to seniors over juniors, and to Government majors over other students. Topics vary by semester and section. Fall 2024 Topics include: Empire and Black Radical Political Thought; Empire and (Anti)Colonial Violence; Inequality and the Welfare State, Russian Politics. Spring 2025 Topics include: Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective; Politics of Public Policy, Historical Analysis in Comparative Politics.


Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors.

Last 4 Terms Offered (None)

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Satisfies Requirement Counts toward the Government major requirement when taken for "letter grade."

Comments Co-meets vary by section.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Checks & Balances or Imperial Presidency?

  • 10001 GOVT 4000   SEM 101

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors. This course fulfills the Government major's seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Checks & Balances or Imperial Presidency?

  • 10004 GOVT 4000   IND 601

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Democracy: Development & Backsliding

  • 10002 GOVT 4000   SEM 102

  •  
    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors. This course fulfills the Government major's seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Democracy: Development & Backsliding

  • 10005 GOVT 4000   IND 602

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 6304

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Historical Analysis in Comparative Politics

  • 10003 GOVT 4000   SEM 103

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • van de Walle, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors. This course fulfills the Government major's seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Historical Analysis in Comparative Politics

  • 10006 GOVT 4000   IND 603

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • van de Walle, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective

  • 10007 GOVT 4000   SEM 104

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors. This course fulfills the Government major's seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective

  • 10008 GOVT 4000   IND 604

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Russia's Wars

  • 10009 GOVT 4000   SEM 105

  •  
    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Evangelista, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors. This course fulfills the Government major's seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Russia's Wars

  • 10010 GOVT 4000   IND 605

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Evangelista, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Marx's Critique of Capitalism

  • 10011 GOVT 4000   SEM 106

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors. This course fulfills the Government major's seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Marx's Critique of Capitalism

  • 10012 GOVT 4000   IND 606

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 6885, GOVT 6885

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Race, Empire, and Worldmaking

  • 10013 GOVT 4000   SEM 107

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Adalet, B

      Ba, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Government seniors and juniors. This course fulfills the Government major's seminar requirement.

  • Topic: Race, Empire, and Worldmaking

  • 10014 GOVT 4000   IND 607

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Adalet, B

      Ba, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies