POLS 631: American Political Behavior This course provides an analysis of the informal institutional veto players of the United States government including public opinion, elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media. The process of decision-making at...
POLS 689: Comparative Political Institutions This course examines the origin and consequences of institutions. The topics include patterns of political institutions under democratic and authoritarian regimes, and the consequences of institutions on parties and...
POLS 612: International Security All states face the problem of achieving security in an anarchic international system haunted by the ever-present threat of violent conflict. This course is designed to familiarize graduate students with the core literature on how...
POLS 632: The American Presidency This course will explore the theoretical, historical, and contemporary forces that combine to shape the modern presidency. The process of decision-making at national level by the executive branch will be highlighted examining the...
POLS 615: Western Political Theory Selection of key theories and ideas in the Western political tradition, with emphasis on how political theory enables deeper thinking about contemporary security challenges, including international, national, human, environmental,...
POLS 611: International Political Economy Trade and investment in the international economy are not shaped and directed by market forces alone. Politics both within and between states dramatically alter flows of goods, services, labor, and capital across borders. The...
POLS 610: Issues in International Relations This course examines important theoretical questions confronting students of international relations as a basis for examining current issues that are changing the nature of global and regional relationships. For Summer 2021...
