2023-24 Year at a Glance
This page provides a list 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 2023
- Fall term courses begin Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023; the last day of classes is Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
- Course descriptions, as well as specific sections and meeting times, can be found in the online Directory of Classes.
- Course Number
- Course Title
- Instructor
- UN1201
- Introduction to American Politics
- Andrew McCall
- UN1501
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Benjamin McClelland
- UN1601
- International Politics
- Jayme Schlesinger
- UN3106
- Democracy: Principles, Critics and Problems
- Nadia Urbinati
- UN3141
- Humans, Nature and the Future: An Introduction to Environmental Political Theory
- Benjamin Mylius
- UN3220
- Logic of Collective Choice
- Jeffrey Lax
- UN3290
- Voting and American Politics
- Robert Erikson
- UN3623
- Ending War & Building Peace
- Sarah Daly
- UN3704
- Research Design: Data Analysis
- Shigeo Hirano
- UN3720
- Research Design: Scope and Methods
- Daniel Corstange
- UN3768
- Experimental Research
- Yamil Velez
- UN3911.001
- Populism, Democracy and Rights
- Jean Cohen
- UN3911.002
- Theorizing Crisis of Weimar Germany
- Clara Maier
- UN3911.003
- Environmental & Climate Justice
- Rebecca Marwege
- UN3921.001
- 20th Century African American Political Thought
- Fredrick Harris
- UN3921.002
- Political Parties in US Politics
- Shigeo Hirano
- UN3921.003
- Topics in Judical Politics
- Jeffrey Lax
- UN3921.004
- Bureaucratic Politics
- Michael Ting
- UN3921.005
- Equality and the Law
- Robert Amdur
- UN3921.006
- Public Opinion Research
- Greg Bovitz
- UN3921.007
- Political Inequality in the US
- Judith Russell
- UN3921.008
- Issues of Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
- Carlos Vargas-Ramos
- UN3951.001
- Corruption and the Rule of Law
- Timothy Frye
- UN3951.003
- Information, Media, and Political Behavior
- John Marshall
- UN3961.001
- International Security Topics
- Jack Snyder
- UN3961.002
- Politics of Mulinational Enterprises
- Calvin Thrall
- UN3961.003
- Political Violence
- Linda Kirschke
- UN3961.004
- Solving Global Problems
- Giulio Gallarotti
- UN3961.005
- Inequality Within and Between Nations
- David Spiro
- UN3998
- Honors Seminar
- John Huber
- GU4455
- Russian Politics: How Autocracy Works
- Timothy Frye
- GU4461
- Latin American Politics
- Maria Victoria Murillo
- GU4496
- Contemporary African Politics
- Kimuli Kasara
- GU4700
- Math and Statistics for Political Science
- Benjamin Goodrich
- GU4710
- Principles of Quantitative Political Research I
- Robert Shapiro
- GU4716
- Data Science for Political Analytics
- Gregory Wawro
- GU4720
- Quantitative Methods I: Applied Regression & Causal Inference
- Andrew Gelman
- GU4724
- Quantitative Methods 3: Experimental Methods
- Donald Green
- GU4732
- Research Topics in Game Theory
- Carlo Prato
- GU4768
- Experimental Research
- Donald Green
- GU4814
- Global Energy: Security and Geopolitics
- Albert Bininachvilli
- GU4845
- National Security Strategies of the Middle East
- Charles Freilich
- GU4865
- International Political Economy
- Davit Sahakyan
- GU5000
- M.A. Proseminar
- Chiara Superti
- GR6101
- Issues in Political Theory
- David Johnston
- GR6211
- Theories and Debates in American Politics II
- Yamil Velez
- GR6411
- Comparative Politics Survey I
- Maria Victoria Murillo
- GR6801
- Theories of International Relations
- Jack Snyder
- GR8105
- Theory of Democracy Revisited
- Nadia Urbinati
- GR8180
- Political Theory of Democratization, De-Democratization & Regime Change
- Jean Cohen
- GR8275
- Institutional Roots of Race and Inequality
- Andrew McCall
- GR8412
- Political Economy of Development
- Junyan Jiang
- GR8422
- Political Economic Analysis of Political Behavior
- John Marshall
- GR8471
- Chinese Political Economy in Comparative Perspective
- Xiaobo Lu
- GR8832
- Theories of War and Peace
- Jack Levy
- GR8854
- Civil and Ethnic Wars
- Sarah Daly
Spring 2024
- Spring term courses begin Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024; the last day of classes is Monday, April 29, 2024.
- Course descriptions, as well as specific sections and meeting times, can be found in the online Directory of Classes.
- Course Number
- Course Title
- Instructor
- UN1101
- Political Theory I
- Alissa Battistoni
- UN1601
- International Politics
- Jayme Schlesinger
- UN3213
- American Urban Politics
- Carlos Vargas-Ramos
- UN3222
- The American Congress
- Gregory Wawro
- UN3225
- American Constitutional History
- Robert Tortoriello
- UN3255
- Race and the US Carceral System
- Andrew McCall
- UN3528
- New and Old Forms of Political Protest
- Chiara Superti
- UN3534
- Autocracy and Democracy
- Timothy Frye
- UN36xx
- Business and Politics in the Globalized World
- Calvin Thrall
- UN3619
- Nationalism and Contemporary World Politics
- Jack Snyder
- UN3720
- Research Design: Scope and Methods
- Daniel Corstange
- UN3911.001
- Hannah Arendt
- Clara Maier
- UN3911.002
- Seminar in Political Theory
- Daniel Luban
- UN3911.003
- Racial Capitalism
- Charles Battaglini
- UN3921.001
- Sexuality & Citizenship in the US
- Justin Phillips
- UN3921.002
- Contemporary Electoral Politics
- Robert Erikson
- UN3921.003
- The First Amendment
- Robert Amdur
- UN3921.004
- Politics and Policy: State and Local Government
- Gerrard Bushell
- UN3921.005
- The Politics of American Policymaking
- Judith Russell
- UN3921.006
- Topics in American Democracy
- Lincoln Mitchell
- UN3951.001
- Power, Organizations, and Institutions
- Junyan Jiang
- UN3951.02
- Voters without Borders
- Chiara Superti
- UN3061.001
- International Order
- Michel Doyle
- UN3961.002
- Coercion
- Sarah Daly
- UN3961.003
- Peacemaking and Negotiation
- Jean Krasno
- UN3961.004
- American Foreign Policy
- Gideon Rose
- UN3961.005
- INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SEMINAR
- Jeremiah Pam
- UN3061.006
- Advances in International Political Economy
- David Sahakyan
- UN3999
- Honors Seminar
- John Huber
- GU4132
- Political Thought: Ancient and Medieval
- Diana Moser
- GU4134
- Modern Political Thought
- Naida Urbinati
- GU4434
- Ethnic Politics Across Post-Soviet Eurasia
- Elise Giuliano
- GU4457
- Russian Propaganda Dom & Global Politics
- Anton Shirikov
- GU4471
- Chinese Politcs
- Junyan Jiang
- GU4702
- Methods of Inquiry and Research Design
- Virginia Page Fortna
- GU4712
- Principles of Quantitative Political Research 2
- Robert Shapiro
- GU4722
- Quant Methods 2: Mathematical Foundations of Statistics & Causal Inference
- TBA
- GU4726
- Quantiative Methods 4: Advanced Modeling
- Andrew Gelman
- GU4730
- Game Theory and Political Theory
- John Huber
- GR6210
- Issues and Debates in American Politics
- Jeffrey Lax
- GR6412
- Comparative Politics Survey II
- Kimuli Kasara
- GR81xx
- Law and Violence: Critical Perspectives
- Ayten Gundogdu
- GR81xx
- Settler Colonialism in a Modern Context
- Mahmood Mamdani
- GR81xx
- Religionization of Politics
- Alain Dieckhoff
- GR8245
- Controversies in American Politics
- Shigoe Hirano
- GR8420
- Political Culture and Participation
- Andrew Nathan
- GR8428
- Politics of Autocracy
- Timothy Frye
- GR88xx
- Firms in International Political Economy
- Calvin Thrall
- GR8866
- International Signaling and Communication
- Paola Solimena
- GR8880
- Decision-making and Diplomacy
- Giulio Gallarotti