2022-23 Year at a Glance

This page provides an overview of the department's course offerings for the fall and spring semesters to help students plan for the year. Please note that this schedule may be subject to change, and the online Directory of Courses and Vergil are the authoritative sources for current course descriptions and meeting times.

Fall 2022

Fall term courses begin Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022; the last day of classes is Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.
Course descriptions, as well as specific sections and meeting times, can be found in the online Directory of Classes.

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN1101
Course Title: Political Theory I
Instructor: TBA

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN1601
Course Title: Introduction to International Politics
Instructor: TBA

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3104
Course Title: What was Nazism?
Instructor: Clara Maier

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3112
Course Title: Gandhi, King and the Politics of Nonviolence
Instructor: Karuna Mantena

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3285
Course Title: Freedom of Speech and Press
Instructor: Lee C Bollinger

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3290
Course Title: Voting and American Politics
Instructor: Robert Erikson

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3534
Course Title: Autocracy and Democracy
Instructor: Timothy M Frye

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3704
Course Title: Research Design: Data Analysis
Instructor: Shigeo Hirano

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3768
Course Title: Experimental Research
Instructor: Donald Green

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3871
Course Title: China's Foreign Relations
Instructor: Thomas J Christensen

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3901
Course Title: Independent Reading and Research I
Instructor: Faculty

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3911.001
Course Title: Populism, Democracy and Rights
Instructor: Jean L Cohen

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3911.002
Course Title: Ethics of International Relations
Instructor: Turkuler Isiksel

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.002
Course Title: Political Parties in U.S. Politics
Instructor: Shigeo Hirano

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.003
Course Title: Political Psychology
Instructor: Yamil R Velez

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.004
Course Title: Political Inequality in the U.S.
Instructor: Jeffrey R Lax

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.005
Course Title: Issues on Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
Instructor: Carlos Vargas-Ramos

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.006
Course Title: Equality and the Law
Instructor: Robert L Amdur

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.007
Course Title: Seminar in American Politics
Instructor: TBA

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.008
Course Title: The Politics of Income Inequality
Instructor: Judith Russell

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3951.001
Course Title: Information, Media and Political Behavior
Instructor: John Marshall

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3951.002
Course Title: Corruption and Rule of Law
Instructor: Timothy M Frye

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.001
Course Title: Advances in International Political Economy
Instructor: Allison Carnegie

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.003
Course Title: Solving Global Problems
Instructor: Giulio Gallarotti

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.004
Course Title: Foreign Economic Policy
Instructor: David Spiro

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.005
Course Title: International Security
Instructor: Jack Snyder

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.006
Course Title: Foreign Policy and Decision Making
Instructor: Keren Yarhi-Milo

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.007
Course Title: Seminar in International Politics
Instructor: Linda Kirschke

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3998
Course Title: Honors Seminar
Instructor: John Huber

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4110
Course Title: Recent Continental Political Thought
Instructor: Jean L Cohen

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4132
Course Title: Political Thought: Classical and Medieval
Instructor: TBA

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4472
Course Title: Japanese Politics
Instructor: Daniel Smith

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4453
Course Title: Politics in Russia
Instructor: Elise Giuliano

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4496
Course Title: Contemporary African Politics
Instructor: Kimuli Kasara

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4700
Course Title: Mathematics and Statistics for Political Science
Instructor: Naoki Egami

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4710
Course Title: Principles of Quantitative Political Research 1
Instructor: Robert Y Shapiro

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4720
Course Title: Quantitative Methods 1: Applied Regression and Causal Inference
Instructor: TBA

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4801
Course Title: Grand Strategy: Theory, History and Debates
Instructor: TBA

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4814
Course Title: Global Energy and Climate Change: Security and Geopolitics
Instructor: Albert Bininachvili

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4845
Course Title: National Security Strategies of the Middle East
Instructor: TBA

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4865
Course Title: International Political Economy
Instructor: Davit Sahakyan

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4895
Course Title: War, Peace and Strategy
Instructor: Richard K Betts

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR5000
Course Title: M.A. Proseminar
Instructor: Chiara Superti

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR5760
Course Title: Experimental Studies for Politics and Economics
Instructor: Alessandra Casella and Donald Green

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR6101
Course Title: Issues in Political Theory
Instructor: David C Johnston

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR6210
Course Title: Issues and Debates in American Politics
Instructor: Justin H Phillips

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR6411
Course Title: Comparative Politics Survey I
Instructor: M Victoria Murillo

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR6801
Course Title: Theories of International Relations
Instructor: Jack L Snyder

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8113
Course Title: Democracy: Postwar Readings
Instructor: Ira Katznelson and Nadia Urbinati

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8221
Course Title: Political Psychology
Instructor: Donald Green

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8265
Course Title: Political Inequality in the U.S.
Instructor: Jeffrey R Lax

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8412
Course Title: Political Economy of Development
Instructor: Junyan Jiang

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8471
Course Title: Chinese Political Economy-Comparative Perspective
Instructor: Xiaobo Lu

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8804
Course Title: International Political Economy
Instructor: Nikhar Gaikwad

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR9010
Course Title: Special Research Course
Instructor: Faculty

Term: Fall
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR9901
Course Title: Dissertation Seminar
Instructor: M Victoria Murillo

Spring 2023

Spring term courses begin Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023; the last day of classes is Monday, May 1, 2023.
Course descriptions, as well as specific sections and meeting times, can be found in the online Directory of Classes.

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN1501
Course Title: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN1601
Course Title: Introduction to International Politics
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3100
Course Title: Justice
Instructor: David C Johnston

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3208
Course Title: State Politics
Instructor: Justin Phillips

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3210
Course Title: Judicial Politics
Instructor: Jeffrey Lax

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3225
Course Title: American Constitutional Law
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3245
Course Title: Racial and Ethnic Politics
Instructor: Yamil R Velez

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3260
Course Title: Latino Political Experience
Instructor: Carlos Vargas-Ramos

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3528
Course Title: New and Old Forms of Political Protest
Instructor: Chiara Superti

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3648
Course Title: Governing the Global Economy
Instructor: Nikhar Gaikwad

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3720
Course Title: Scope and Methods
Instructor: Scope and Methods

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3902
Course Title: Independent Reading and Research II
Instructor: Faculty

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3911.001
Course Title: Theories of Political Action
Instructor: Karuna Mantena

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3911.002
Course Title: Seminar in Political Theory
Instructor: David C Johnston

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3911.003
Course Title: Theorizing the Crisis of Weimar Democracy
Instructor: Clara Maier

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.001
Course Title: Elections
Instructor: Robert Erikson

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.002
Course Title: Sexuality and Citizenship in the U.S.
Instructor: Justin H Phillips

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.003
Course Title: Seminar on Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Instructor: Donald Green

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.004
Course Title: Bureaucratic Politics
Instructor: Michael Ting

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.005
Course Title: The First Amendment
Instructor: Robert L Amdur

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.006
Course Title: Topics in American Democracy
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3921.007
Course Title: Policymaking
Instructor: Judith Russell

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3951.001
Course Title: Seminar in Comparative Politics
Instructor: Chiara Superti

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3951.002
Course Title: Seminar in Comparative Politics
Instructor: Daniel Smith

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3951.003
Course Title: Power, Organizations and Institutions
Instructor: Junyan Jiang

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3951.004
Course Title: European Union Politics
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.001
Course Title: The Politics of Trade, Aid and Investment
Instructor: Allison Carnegie

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.002
Course Title: Coercion and World Politics
Instructor: Sarah Daly

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.003
Course Title: International Law
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.004
Course Title: Ethical Dimensions of International Politics
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.005
Course Title: American Foreign Policy and International Relations Theory
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.006
Course Title: Advances in IPE
Instructor: Davit Sahakyan

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3961.007
Course Title: Inequality Within and Between Nations
Instructor: David Spiro

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: UN3999
Course Title: Honors Seminar
Instructor: John Huber

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4134
Course Title: Modern Political Thought
Instructor: Nadia Urbinati

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4423
Course Title: Elites and Institutions
Instructor: John Marshall

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4471
Course Title: Chinese Politics
Instructor: Junyan Jiang

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4702
Course Title: Methods of Inquiry and Design
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4712
Course Title: Principles of Quantitative Political Research 2
Instructor: Robert Y Shapiro

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4722
Course Title: Quantitative Methods 2: Statistical Theory
Instructor: Naoki Egami

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4730
Course Title: Game Theory and Political Theory
Instructor: John Huber

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GU4863
Course Title: International Political Economy of Development
Instructor: Nikhar Gaikwad

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR6211
Course Title: Theories and Debates II
Instructor: Robert Y Shapiro

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR6412
Course Title: Comparative Politics Survey II
Instructor: Daniel Corstange

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8140
Course Title: Commerce and Civic Virtue
Instructor: Turkuler Isiksel

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR81XX
Course Title: Du Bois & Tocqueville
Instructor: TBA

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR82XX
Course Title: Political Parties in U.S. Politics
Instructor: Shigeo Hirano

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8420
Course Title: Political Culture and Political Participation
Instructor: Andrew Nathan

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8866
Course Title: International Signaling and Communication
Instructor: Keren Yarhi-Milo

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8854
Course Title: Civil and Ethnic Wars
Instructor: Sarah Daly

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR8880
Course Title: Decision Making and Diplomacy
Instructor: Giulio Gallarotti

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR9010
Course Title: Special Research Course
Instructor: Faculty

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR9441
Course Title: Study of Development Strategies
Instructor: Macartan Humphreys

Term: Spring
Subject Code: POLS
Course Number: GR9902
Course Title: Dissertation Seminar
Instructor: M Victoria Murillo