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	Title	Instructors	Location	Time	Description	Cross listings	Fulfills	Registration notes	Syllabus	Syllabus URL
PSCI 0010-301	First Year Seminar: America & Russia, Archetypes of Democracy & Autocracy	Daniel Jacob Hopkins		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	The primary goal of the first-year seminar program is to provide every first-year student with the opportunity for a direct personal encounter with a faculty member in a small class setting devoted to a significant intellectual endeavor. First-year seminars also fulfill College General Education Requirements.		Cultural Diviserity in the U.S. Society Sector			https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202510&c=PSCI0010301
PSCI 0601-001	Modern Political Thought	Chris Chambers		MW 3:30 PM-4:29 PM	This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.		History & Tradition Sector
PSCI 0601-202	Modern Political Thought			W 7:00 PM-7:59 PM	This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.		History & Tradition Sector
PSCI 0601-203	Modern Political Thought			R 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.		History & Tradition Sector
PSCI 0601-204	Modern Political Thought			R 7:00 PM-7:59 PM	This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.		History & Tradition Sector
PSCI 0601-205	Modern Political Thought			F 8:30 AM-9:29 AM	This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.		History & Tradition Sector
PSCI 0601-206	Modern Political Thought			F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.		History & Tradition Sector
PSCI 0601-207	Modern Political Thought			F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.		History & Tradition Sector
PSCI 0602-001	American Political Thought	Loren C Goldman		MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-202	American Political Thought	Thomas Owings		W 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-203	American Political Thought	Thomas Owings		W 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-204	American Political Thought			CANCELED	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-205	American Political Thought	Thomas Owings		R 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-206	American Political Thought			CANCELED	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-207	American Political Thought	Derek Michael Kennedy		F 9:00 AM-9:59 AM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-208	American Political Thought	Derek Michael Kennedy		F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-209	American Political Thought	Derek Michael Kennedy		F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 0602-210	American Political Thought	Derek Michael Kennedy		W 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Whether America begins with the Puritans and the Mayflower Compact, or with the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution, it is founded in resistance to empire. In the generations between, Americans have desired, dreaded and debated empire. This course will focus on empire and imperialism in American political thought. We will read primary texts addressing empire: from the departure and dissent of the Puritans, and Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, to twentieth and twenty-first century debates over America's role in the world. These texts will include political pamphlets and speeches, poetry, novels, policy papers and film.		Humanties & Social Science Sector
PSCI 1105-001	Networks and NGOs in World Politics	Sarah Bush Yara Damaj		TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	Non-state actors are increasingly important to world politics. This course will introduce you to the variety of non-state actors that are currently influencing our world, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and transnational networks related to advocacy, crime, global governance, and violence. You will develop a working understanding of these actors’ roles in shaping war, peace, human rights, democracy, the global economy, and various other aspects of contemporary global politics. Questions that we will consider include: What are non-state actors and what effects do they have on world politics? What accounts for non-state actors’ emergence and evolution? What explains their organizational forms, goals, and strategies? What are the opportunities and limits of transnational activism? In this course, we will learn what political science can tell us about these and other questions. We will read cutting-edge social science research on the topic as well as materials written by and for the people who work for and with international NGOs and transnational networks. We will reflect on the readings together in class, and you will also do so in a variety of assignments. Many of the readings are challenging, and some of them use statistics, but prior knowledge of the topic or of statistics is not required.
PSCI 1121-401	U.S. Intervention in Latin America	Jane Esberg		MW 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	Why has the United States government participated in regime change in Latin America? How have these interventions affected Latin American political and economic outcomes? How have they helped or hurt U.S. interests in the region? This lecture course provides an introduction to the history and politics of U.S. participation in regime change in Latin America since 1949. For each event, the course will help students understand (1) the goals of the U.S. government; (2) the historical and political context of the intervention; and (3) the outcomes and consequences, both in Latin America and for the United States. One set of short writing assignments will train students to identify the main argument of a reading and assess the quality of the evidence presented in support of that argument; a second set of short writing assignments will train students to make and defend their own argument (see draft syllabus for details).	LALS1121401	Cross Cultural Analysis
PSCI 1160-401	Democracy and Development in India	Tariq Thachil		TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This course introduces students to the complex issues surrounding questions of political and economic development in India, the world's largest democracy, and home to a large chunk of the globe's low-income population. Not surprisingly, the successes and failures of India are tremendously important to the study of democracy and development. The experiences of countries in this region have given rise to influential theories of development. The policy prescriptions these theories have produced have in turn been applied back onto India, with spectacular results- both positive and negative. Over the course of the semester, we will use the concrete experiences from the past seven decades in India to ask and answer fundamental questions about development, including: Does democratic politics help or hurt prospects for economic development? Why are some poor countries like India are able to maintain democracies, while equally poor countries in the region, such as Pakistan, are not? How did British colonialism shape the nature of post-colonial development? Should the state or the market play a dominant role in the economies of newly independent nations? How can we best measure poverty, and what have been the challenges to reducing it in the developing world? What are the challenges and opportunities produced by rapid international migration to rich countries? The course is divided into four thematic units, which build upon one another. Within each theme, we draw from a wide array of source materials, reading scholarship in political science, economics, sociology, and anthropology, journalistic non-fiction, and even film. While empirically focusing on India, we will also read about the experiences of other countries in South Asia, and also from East Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan African in specific weeks. This will help students place the experiences of South Asian countries in broader comparative perspective.	SAST1160401
PSCI 1171-001	International Political Economy and the European Union	Mark A Pollack		MW 5:15 PM-6:44 PM	This lecture course, after introductory sessions which outline the EU's core institutions, is built on an exposition of the works of major thinkers who have reflected on the European Union's origins, outcomes and significance. It critically reviews their arguments, especially their relevance to major recent crises, notably: the failure of the European Constitution, the current crisis of credibility facing the Euro. Whether the European Union is a confederation, a federation, an empire, or a novel political formation shall be examined. Whether its recent major widening signals an end to its institutional deepening will be discussed. Whether the Union has "a democratic deficit" is examined, as is the claim that in external relations it represents a novel form of soft power.
PSCI 1171-202	International Political Economy and the European Union			CANCELED	This lecture course, after introductory sessions which outline the EU's core institutions, is built on an exposition of the works of major thinkers who have reflected on the European Union's origins, outcomes and significance. It critically reviews their arguments, especially their relevance to major recent crises, notably: the failure of the European Constitution, the current crisis of credibility facing the Euro. Whether the European Union is a confederation, a federation, an empire, or a novel political formation shall be examined. Whether its recent major widening signals an end to its institutional deepening will be discussed. Whether the Union has "a democratic deficit" is examined, as is the claim that in external relations it represents a novel form of soft power.
PSCI 1171-203	International Political Economy and the European Union			CANCELED	This lecture course, after introductory sessions which outline the EU's core institutions, is built on an exposition of the works of major thinkers who have reflected on the European Union's origins, outcomes and significance. It critically reviews their arguments, especially their relevance to major recent crises, notably: the failure of the European Constitution, the current crisis of credibility facing the Euro. Whether the European Union is a confederation, a federation, an empire, or a novel political formation shall be examined. Whether its recent major widening signals an end to its institutional deepening will be discussed. Whether the Union has "a democratic deficit" is examined, as is the claim that in external relations it represents a novel form of soft power.
PSCI 1171-204	International Political Economy and the European Union			CANCELED	This lecture course, after introductory sessions which outline the EU's core institutions, is built on an exposition of the works of major thinkers who have reflected on the European Union's origins, outcomes and significance. It critically reviews their arguments, especially their relevance to major recent crises, notably: the failure of the European Constitution, the current crisis of credibility facing the Euro. Whether the European Union is a confederation, a federation, an empire, or a novel political formation shall be examined. Whether its recent major widening signals an end to its institutional deepening will be discussed. Whether the Union has "a democratic deficit" is examined, as is the claim that in external relations it represents a novel form of soft power.
PSCI 1172-401	Russian Politics	Rudra Sil		MW 5:15 PM-6:15 PM	Keeping in mind the difficulties of teaching about an adversary embroiled in a war, this course will seek to analyze Russian politics as objectively as possible, with an eye to understanding long-term continuities and changes through alternating periods of stability and turmoil. This necessarily entails a consideration of historical complexities, especially the Soviet era (1917-1991). Thus, the first part of the course examines the origins and evolution of the Soviet regime from Lenin to Gorbachev. The point would be to identify some key continuities and transformations political dynamics, economic development, social conditions, and geopolitical ambitions -- particularly aspects that would later affect the evolution of post-Soviet Russia.  The rest of the course delves into the evolution of politics, economics, society and foreign policy, first during the early years of transition under Boris Yeltsin (1992-99), but primarily under Vladimir Putin (2000 - present). In this section, we track the evolution of Russia’s political system, the fluctuations in economic growth, and changing social conditions over time. In the process, we will consider the rise of the oligarchs, patterns of political protest, social/demographic trends, and the role of natural resources. We will then turn to the drivers of Russia’s foreign policy since the break-up of the USSR, trying to identify the sources for the sharp decline in Russia’s relations with the US/West since even before the invasion of Ukraine. We will trace some of the key forces that paved the way to the invasion of Ukraine, especially and speculate about what the future holds in terms of peace and conflict in the region.  In all these domains analysis will be informed by an underlying question: how “normal” is post-Soviet Russia’s trajectory when compared to non-western powers with their own competing historical inheritances and geopolitical aspirations (e.g. China, India, Turkey, etc.).	PSCI5172401, REES1535401	Cross Cultural Analysis			https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202510&c=PSCI1172401
PSCI 1172-402	Russian Politics			F 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	Keeping in mind the difficulties of teaching about an adversary embroiled in a war, this course will seek to analyze Russian politics as objectively as possible, with an eye to understanding long-term continuities and changes through alternating periods of stability and turmoil. This necessarily entails a consideration of historical complexities, especially the Soviet era (1917-1991). Thus, the first part of the course examines the origins and evolution of the Soviet regime from Lenin to Gorbachev. The point would be to identify some key continuities and transformations political dynamics, economic development, social conditions, and geopolitical ambitions -- particularly aspects that would later affect the evolution of post-Soviet Russia.  The rest of the course delves into the evolution of politics, economics, society and foreign policy, first during the early years of transition under Boris Yeltsin (1992-99), but primarily under Vladimir Putin (2000 - present). In this section, we track the evolution of Russia’s political system, the fluctuations in economic growth, and changing social conditions over time. In the process, we will consider the rise of the oligarchs, patterns of political protest, social/demographic trends, and the role of natural resources. We will then turn to the drivers of Russia’s foreign policy since the break-up of the USSR, trying to identify the sources for the sharp decline in Russia’s relations with the US/West since even before the invasion of Ukraine. We will trace some of the key forces that paved the way to the invasion of Ukraine, especially and speculate about what the future holds in terms of peace and conflict in the region.  In all these domains analysis will be informed by an underlying question: how “normal” is post-Soviet Russia’s trajectory when compared to non-western powers with their own competing historical inheritances and geopolitical aspirations (e.g. China, India, Turkey, etc.).	REES1535402	Cross Cultural Analysis
PSCI 1172-403	Russian Politics			F 3:30 PM-4:29 PM	Keeping in mind the difficulties of teaching about an adversary embroiled in a war, this course will seek to analyze Russian politics as objectively as possible, with an eye to understanding long-term continuities and changes through alternating periods of stability and turmoil. This necessarily entails a consideration of historical complexities, especially the Soviet era (1917-1991). Thus, the first part of the course examines the origins and evolution of the Soviet regime from Lenin to Gorbachev. The point would be to identify some key continuities and transformations political dynamics, economic development, social conditions, and geopolitical ambitions -- particularly aspects that would later affect the evolution of post-Soviet Russia.  The rest of the course delves into the evolution of politics, economics, society and foreign policy, first during the early years of transition under Boris Yeltsin (1992-99), but primarily under Vladimir Putin (2000 - present). In this section, we track the evolution of Russia’s political system, the fluctuations in economic growth, and changing social conditions over time. In the process, we will consider the rise of the oligarchs, patterns of political protest, social/demographic trends, and the role of natural resources. We will then turn to the drivers of Russia’s foreign policy since the break-up of the USSR, trying to identify the sources for the sharp decline in Russia’s relations with the US/West since even before the invasion of Ukraine. We will trace some of the key forces that paved the way to the invasion of Ukraine, especially and speculate about what the future holds in terms of peace and conflict in the region.  In all these domains analysis will be informed by an underlying question: how “normal” is post-Soviet Russia’s trajectory when compared to non-western powers with their own competing historical inheritances and geopolitical aspirations (e.g. China, India, Turkey, etc.).	REES1535403	Cross Cultural Analysis
PSCI 1172-404	Russian Politics			F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM	Keeping in mind the difficulties of teaching about an adversary embroiled in a war, this course will seek to analyze Russian politics as objectively as possible, with an eye to understanding long-term continuities and changes through alternating periods of stability and turmoil. This necessarily entails a consideration of historical complexities, especially the Soviet era (1917-1991). Thus, the first part of the course examines the origins and evolution of the Soviet regime from Lenin to Gorbachev. The point would be to identify some key continuities and transformations political dynamics, economic development, social conditions, and geopolitical ambitions -- particularly aspects that would later affect the evolution of post-Soviet Russia.  The rest of the course delves into the evolution of politics, economics, society and foreign policy, first during the early years of transition under Boris Yeltsin (1992-99), but primarily under Vladimir Putin (2000 - present). In this section, we track the evolution of Russia’s political system, the fluctuations in economic growth, and changing social conditions over time. In the process, we will consider the rise of the oligarchs, patterns of political protest, social/demographic trends, and the role of natural resources. We will then turn to the drivers of Russia’s foreign policy since the break-up of the USSR, trying to identify the sources for the sharp decline in Russia’s relations with the US/West since even before the invasion of Ukraine. We will trace some of the key forces that paved the way to the invasion of Ukraine, especially and speculate about what the future holds in terms of peace and conflict in the region.  In all these domains analysis will be informed by an underlying question: how “normal” is post-Soviet Russia’s trajectory when compared to non-western powers with their own competing historical inheritances and geopolitical aspirations (e.g. China, India, Turkey, etc.).	REES1535404	Cross Cultural Analysis
PSCI 1200-401	Public Policy Process	Parrish Bergquist		MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002401
PSCI 1200-402	Public Policy Process	Lauren Palladino		W 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002402
PSCI 1200-403	Public Policy Process	Lauren Palladino		W 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002403
PSCI 1200-404	Public Policy Process	Lauren Palladino		W 7:00 PM-7:59 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002404
PSCI 1200-405	Public Policy Process	Griffin Peter Brewer		R 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002405
PSCI 1200-406	Public Policy Process	Griffin Peter Brewer		R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002406
PSCI 1200-407	Public Policy Process	Griffin Peter Brewer		R 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002407
PSCI 1200-408	Public Policy Process	Yaxiong Chen		F 8:30 AM-9:29 AM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002408
PSCI 1200-409	Public Policy Process	Yaxiong Chen		F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002409
PSCI 1200-410	Public Policy Process	Deepaboli Chatterjee		F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002410
PSCI 1200-411	Public Policy Process	Deepaboli Chatterjee		F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002411
PSCI 1200-412	Public Policy Process	Deepaboli Chatterjee		F 3:30 PM-4:29 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002412
PSCI 1200-413	Public Policy Process	Yaxiong Chen		F 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	This course introduces students to the theories and practice of the policy-making process. There are four primary learning objectives. First, understanding how the structure of political institutions matter for the policies that they produce. Second, recognizing the constraints that policy makers face when making decisions on behalf of the public. Third, identifying the strategies that can be used to overcome these constraints. Fourth, knowing the toolbox that is available to participants in the policy-making process to help get their preferred strategies implemented. While our focus will primarily be on American political institutions, many of the ideas and topics discussed in the class apply broadly to other democratic systems of government.	PPE3002413
PSCI 1201-001	Public Opinion and American Democracy	Michele Francine Margolis		TR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course examines public opinion in the American political system. We will discuss how to measure public opinion, how citizens forumlate opinions, and the role of public opinion in campaigns, elections, and policymaking. We will also consider normative questions, including the role opinion should play in American democracy. Additionally, over the course of the semester we will track public opinion polls related to ongoing elections as well as develop analytical skills to answer questions using public opinion.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1201-202	Public Opinion and American Democracy			F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course examines public opinion in the American political system. We will discuss how to measure public opinion, how citizens forumlate opinions, and the role of public opinion in campaigns, elections, and policymaking. We will also consider normative questions, including the role opinion should play in American democracy. Additionally, over the course of the semester we will track public opinion polls related to ongoing elections as well as develop analytical skills to answer questions using public opinion.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1201-203	Public Opinion and American Democracy			F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM	This course examines public opinion in the American political system. We will discuss how to measure public opinion, how citizens forumlate opinions, and the role of public opinion in campaigns, elections, and policymaking. We will also consider normative questions, including the role opinion should play in American democracy. Additionally, over the course of the semester we will track public opinion polls related to ongoing elections as well as develop analytical skills to answer questions using public opinion.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1201-204	Public Opinion and American Democracy			CANCELED	This course examines public opinion in the American political system. We will discuss how to measure public opinion, how citizens forumlate opinions, and the role of public opinion in campaigns, elections, and policymaking. We will also consider normative questions, including the role opinion should play in American democracy. Additionally, over the course of the semester we will track public opinion polls related to ongoing elections as well as develop analytical skills to answer questions using public opinion.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1203-001	The American Presidency	Marie Gottschalk		TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This course surveys the institutional development of the American presidency from the Constitutional convention through the current administration. It examines the politics of presidential leadership, and how the executive branch functions. An underlying theme of the course is the tension between the presidency, leadership, and democracy.
PSCI 1290-401	Race and Ethnic Politics	Daniel Q Gillion		TR 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course examines the role of race and ethnicity in the political discourse through a comparative survey of recent literature on the historical and contemporary political experiences of the four major minority groups (Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Latinos or Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans). A few of the key topics will include assimilation and acculturation seen in the Asian American community, understanding the political direction of Black America in a pre and post Civil Rights era, and assessing the emergence of Hispanics as the largest minority group and the political impact of this demographic change. Throughout the semester, the course will introduce students to significant minority legislation, political behavior, social movements, litigation/court rulings, media, and various forms of public opinion that have shaped the history of racial and ethnic minority relations in this country. Readings are drawn from books and articles written by contemporary political scientists.	LALS1290401	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
PSCI 1290-402	Race and Ethnic Politics			F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course examines the role of race and ethnicity in the political discourse through a comparative survey of recent literature on the historical and contemporary political experiences of the four major minority groups (Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Latinos or Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans). A few of the key topics will include assimilation and acculturation seen in the Asian American community, understanding the political direction of Black America in a pre and post Civil Rights era, and assessing the emergence of Hispanics as the largest minority group and the political impact of this demographic change. Throughout the semester, the course will introduce students to significant minority legislation, political behavior, social movements, litigation/court rulings, media, and various forms of public opinion that have shaped the history of racial and ethnic minority relations in this country. Readings are drawn from books and articles written by contemporary political scientists.	LALS1290402	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
PSCI 1290-403	Race and Ethnic Politics			R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course examines the role of race and ethnicity in the political discourse through a comparative survey of recent literature on the historical and contemporary political experiences of the four major minority groups (Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Latinos or Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans). A few of the key topics will include assimilation and acculturation seen in the Asian American community, understanding the political direction of Black America in a pre and post Civil Rights era, and assessing the emergence of Hispanics as the largest minority group and the political impact of this demographic change. Throughout the semester, the course will introduce students to significant minority legislation, political behavior, social movements, litigation/court rulings, media, and various forms of public opinion that have shaped the history of racial and ethnic minority relations in this country. Readings are drawn from books and articles written by contemporary political scientists.	LALS1290403	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
PSCI 1290-404	Race and Ethnic Politics			F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course examines the role of race and ethnicity in the political discourse through a comparative survey of recent literature on the historical and contemporary political experiences of the four major minority groups (Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Latinos or Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans). A few of the key topics will include assimilation and acculturation seen in the Asian American community, understanding the political direction of Black America in a pre and post Civil Rights era, and assessing the emergence of Hispanics as the largest minority group and the political impact of this demographic change. Throughout the semester, the course will introduce students to significant minority legislation, political behavior, social movements, litigation/court rulings, media, and various forms of public opinion that have shaped the history of racial and ethnic minority relations in this country. Readings are drawn from books and articles written by contemporary political scientists.	LALS1290404	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
PSCI 1293-401	Policing, Prisons, and Asian America	Sonya Chen		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	In the era of Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate, how do Asian Americans fit into national conversations about the role of police and prisons in society? Some Asian Americans have pushed for prosecuting anti-Asian incidents as “hate crimes” and activating other carceral responses in light of pandemic-related anti-Asian violence. Others have grappled with how Asian Americans themselves face different forms of carceral violence and what solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement looks like. This course asks: What are the varied ways Asian Americans are entangled with the prison industrial complex, as invested in, impacted by, and seeking to resist policing? What can the experiences of Asian Americans tell us about the politics of race, violence, and the carceral state? First, we will examine the debates over “hate” frameworks and carceral solutions in the Stop Asian Hate movement and the broader contemporary movement against anti-Asian violence. Second, we will consider how Asian Americans are impacted by the carceral state in multiple ways, including but not limited to post 9/11 surveillance, immigrant detention and deportation, and the policing of sex work and other forms of gendered and precarious labor. Third, we will explore how Asian Americans have been resisting carceral violence, building alternatives, and engaging in projects for police and prison abolition.	ASAM1910401
PSCI 1402-001	International Political Economy	Julia C Gray		TR 1:45 PM-2:44 PM	This course examines the politics of international economic relations. The course will analyze the interplay between politics and economics in three broad areas: international trade, international finance, and economic development. In each section, we will first discuss economic theories that explain the causes and consequences of international commerce, capital flows, and economic growth. We will then explore how political interests, institutions, and ideas alter these predictions, examining both historical examples and current policy debates.
PSCI 1402-202	International Political Economy			F 9:00 AM-9:59 AM	This course examines the politics of international economic relations. The course will analyze the interplay between politics and economics in three broad areas: international trade, international finance, and economic development. In each section, we will first discuss economic theories that explain the causes and consequences of international commerce, capital flows, and economic growth. We will then explore how political interests, institutions, and ideas alter these predictions, examining both historical examples and current policy debates.
PSCI 1402-203	International Political Economy			R 3:30 PM-4:29 PM	This course examines the politics of international economic relations. The course will analyze the interplay between politics and economics in three broad areas: international trade, international finance, and economic development. In each section, we will first discuss economic theories that explain the causes and consequences of international commerce, capital flows, and economic growth. We will then explore how political interests, institutions, and ideas alter these predictions, examining both historical examples and current policy debates.
PSCI 1402-204	International Political Economy			R 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	This course examines the politics of international economic relations. The course will analyze the interplay between politics and economics in three broad areas: international trade, international finance, and economic development. In each section, we will first discuss economic theories that explain the causes and consequences of international commerce, capital flows, and economic growth. We will then explore how political interests, institutions, and ideas alter these predictions, examining both historical examples and current policy debates.
PSCI 1402-205	International Political Economy			F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM	This course examines the politics of international economic relations. The course will analyze the interplay between politics and economics in three broad areas: international trade, international finance, and economic development. In each section, we will first discuss economic theories that explain the causes and consequences of international commerce, capital flows, and economic growth. We will then explore how political interests, institutions, and ideas alter these predictions, examining both historical examples and current policy debates.
PSCI 1402-206	International Political Economy			F 3:30 PM-4:29 PM	This course examines the politics of international economic relations. The course will analyze the interplay between politics and economics in three broad areas: international trade, international finance, and economic development. In each section, we will first discuss economic theories that explain the causes and consequences of international commerce, capital flows, and economic growth. We will then explore how political interests, institutions, and ideas alter these predictions, examining both historical examples and current policy debates.
PSCI 1402-207	International Political Economy			F 5:15 PM-6:14 PM	This course examines the politics of international economic relations. The course will analyze the interplay between politics and economics in three broad areas: international trade, international finance, and economic development. In each section, we will first discuss economic theories that explain the causes and consequences of international commerce, capital flows, and economic growth. We will then explore how political interests, institutions, and ideas alter these predictions, examining both historical examples and current policy debates.
PSCI 1404-001	American Foreign Policy	Melissa M. Lee		TR 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course analyzes the formation and conduct of foreign policy in the United State. The course combines three elements: a study of the history of American foreign relations; an analysis of the causes of American foreign policy such sa the international system, public opinion, and the media; and a discussion of the major policy issues in contemporary U.S. foreign policy, including terrorism, civil wars, and economic policy.
PSCI 1404-202	American Foreign Policy			R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course analyzes the formation and conduct of foreign policy in the United State. The course combines three elements: a study of the history of American foreign relations; an analysis of the causes of American foreign policy such sa the international system, public opinion, and the media; and a discussion of the major policy issues in contemporary U.S. foreign policy, including terrorism, civil wars, and economic policy.
PSCI 1404-203	American Foreign Policy			F 9:00 AM-9:59 AM	This course analyzes the formation and conduct of foreign policy in the United State. The course combines three elements: a study of the history of American foreign relations; an analysis of the causes of American foreign policy such sa the international system, public opinion, and the media; and a discussion of the major policy issues in contemporary U.S. foreign policy, including terrorism, civil wars, and economic policy.
PSCI 1404-204	American Foreign Policy			F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	This course analyzes the formation and conduct of foreign policy in the United State. The course combines three elements: a study of the history of American foreign relations; an analysis of the causes of American foreign policy such sa the international system, public opinion, and the media; and a discussion of the major policy issues in contemporary U.S. foreign policy, including terrorism, civil wars, and economic policy.
PSCI 1408-001	War, Strategy and Politics	Michael Horowitz		TR 1:45 PM-2:44 PM	This class examines the strategy and politics of warfare, focusing on the way actors plan military campaigns and the factors that are likely to lead to victory and defeat. The course readings center in particular on the factors driving changes in warfare and civil-military relations. The course will cover a wide range of topics from theories of war-fighting to historical military campaigns to insurgency warfare, terrorism, and the future of war.
PSCI 1408-202	War, Strategy and Politics			F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This class examines the strategy and politics of warfare, focusing on the way actors plan military campaigns and the factors that are likely to lead to victory and defeat. The course readings center in particular on the factors driving changes in warfare and civil-military relations. The course will cover a wide range of topics from theories of war-fighting to historical military campaigns to insurgency warfare, terrorism, and the future of war.
PSCI 1408-203	War, Strategy and Politics			F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM	This class examines the strategy and politics of warfare, focusing on the way actors plan military campaigns and the factors that are likely to lead to victory and defeat. The course readings center in particular on the factors driving changes in warfare and civil-military relations. The course will cover a wide range of topics from theories of war-fighting to historical military campaigns to insurgency warfare, terrorism, and the future of war.
PSCI 1408-204	War, Strategy and Politics			F 9:00 AM-9:59 AM	This class examines the strategy and politics of warfare, focusing on the way actors plan military campaigns and the factors that are likely to lead to victory and defeat. The course readings center in particular on the factors driving changes in warfare and civil-military relations. The course will cover a wide range of topics from theories of war-fighting to historical military campaigns to insurgency warfare, terrorism, and the future of war.
PSCI 1601-001	Political Ideas: Left, Right, and Center	Damon S Linker		TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	“Political Ideas: Left, Right, and Center” is an undergraduate lecture course aimed at all levels and does not require prerequisites. Its goal is to give students a broad orientation in theoretical reflection on politics in the Western world from the end of World War II down to the present day. What have been the primary ideological configurations, arguments, debates, trends, continuities, and fissures in European and especially American political thinking during this period? The class will focus on clashes between the broad liberal center (center left and center right) and more radical forms of dissent arising from those further out on the left and right. The structure of the course—divided into six blocks of readings (six modules on Canvas)—provides answers that will guide us through the semester. These blocks are: • Postwar Liberalism • The New Left • The New Right • The Neoliberal Center • The New New Left • Right-Populist Reaction
PSCI 1800-001	Introduction to Data Science	Marc Trussler		MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Understanding and interpreting large datasets is increasingly central in political and social science. From polling, to policing, to economic inequality, to international trade, knowing how to work with data will allow you to shed light on a wide variety of substantive topics. This is a first course in a 4-course sequence that teaches students how to work with and analyze data. This class focuses on data acquisition, management, and visualization, the core skills needed to do data science. Leaving this course, students will be able to acquire, input, format, analyze, and visualize various types of political and social science data using the statistical programming language R. While no background in statistics or political science is required, students are expected to be generally familiar with contemporary computing environments (e.g. know how to use a computer) and have a willingness to learn a variety of data science tools. Leaving this class, students will be prepared to deepen their R skills in PSCI 3800, and then use their R skills to learn statistics in PSCI 1801 and 3801. They will also be ready to use their R skills in courses in other disciplines as well.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1800-202	Introduction to Data Science			R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Understanding and interpreting large datasets is increasingly central in political and social science. From polling, to policing, to economic inequality, to international trade, knowing how to work with data will allow you to shed light on a wide variety of substantive topics. This is a first course in a 4-course sequence that teaches students how to work with and analyze data. This class focuses on data acquisition, management, and visualization, the core skills needed to do data science. Leaving this course, students will be able to acquire, input, format, analyze, and visualize various types of political and social science data using the statistical programming language R. While no background in statistics or political science is required, students are expected to be generally familiar with contemporary computing environments (e.g. know how to use a computer) and have a willingness to learn a variety of data science tools. Leaving this class, students will be prepared to deepen their R skills in PSCI 3800, and then use their R skills to learn statistics in PSCI 1801 and 3801. They will also be ready to use their R skills in courses in other disciplines as well.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1800-203	Introduction to Data Science			R 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	Understanding and interpreting large datasets is increasingly central in political and social science. From polling, to policing, to economic inequality, to international trade, knowing how to work with data will allow you to shed light on a wide variety of substantive topics. This is a first course in a 4-course sequence that teaches students how to work with and analyze data. This class focuses on data acquisition, management, and visualization, the core skills needed to do data science. Leaving this course, students will be able to acquire, input, format, analyze, and visualize various types of political and social science data using the statistical programming language R. While no background in statistics or political science is required, students are expected to be generally familiar with contemporary computing environments (e.g. know how to use a computer) and have a willingness to learn a variety of data science tools. Leaving this class, students will be prepared to deepen their R skills in PSCI 3800, and then use their R skills to learn statistics in PSCI 1801 and 3801. They will also be ready to use their R skills in courses in other disciplines as well.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1800-204	Introduction to Data Science			F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	Understanding and interpreting large datasets is increasingly central in political and social science. From polling, to policing, to economic inequality, to international trade, knowing how to work with data will allow you to shed light on a wide variety of substantive topics. This is a first course in a 4-course sequence that teaches students how to work with and analyze data. This class focuses on data acquisition, management, and visualization, the core skills needed to do data science. Leaving this course, students will be able to acquire, input, format, analyze, and visualize various types of political and social science data using the statistical programming language R. While no background in statistics or political science is required, students are expected to be generally familiar with contemporary computing environments (e.g. know how to use a computer) and have a willingness to learn a variety of data science tools. Leaving this class, students will be prepared to deepen their R skills in PSCI 3800, and then use their R skills to learn statistics in PSCI 1801 and 3801. They will also be ready to use their R skills in courses in other disciplines as well.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1800-205	Introduction to Data Science			F 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Understanding and interpreting large datasets is increasingly central in political and social science. From polling, to policing, to economic inequality, to international trade, knowing how to work with data will allow you to shed light on a wide variety of substantive topics. This is a first course in a 4-course sequence that teaches students how to work with and analyze data. This class focuses on data acquisition, management, and visualization, the core skills needed to do data science. Leaving this course, students will be able to acquire, input, format, analyze, and visualize various types of political and social science data using the statistical programming language R. While no background in statistics or political science is required, students are expected to be generally familiar with contemporary computing environments (e.g. know how to use a computer) and have a willingness to learn a variety of data science tools. Leaving this class, students will be prepared to deepen their R skills in PSCI 3800, and then use their R skills to learn statistics in PSCI 1801 and 3801. They will also be ready to use their R skills in courses in other disciplines as well.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 1993-001	Selected Topics in American Politics: Politics of Racial Demographic Change	Andrew Thompson		M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Consult the department for detailed descriptions or if you think the course could count toward a subfield other than American Politics. More than one course may be taken in a given semester.
PSCI 1996-001	Selected Topics in Political Theory: The Palestinian Question or, Why Palestine Matters to Americans	Anne Norton		T 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	Consult the department for detailed descriptions or if you think the course could count toward a subfield other than Political Theory. More than one course may be taken in a given semester.
PSCI 2100-301	Preparing for Policy Work in Washington	Deirdre Martinez		R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	While the Penn in Washington program allows students to apply what they are learning in the classroom to their internships in real time, some amount of preparation in advance of the semester would make students both stronger applicants and employees, more able to take advantage of learning opportunities, and develop meaningful connections with mentors and peers in the policymaking world. In this course, students will learn what Washington reads, how Washington writes, and what Washington expects from interns and entry level staff. Students will learn for example why congressional hearings matter, will map the actors in policy subsystems, and will explore the importance of the budget process to every policy issue. Hearing directly from Penn alumni working across Washington, students will also spend time learning who the employers in Washington are, how Congressional offices are staffed, what role interns and entry level staff play in different institutions, and how to communicate effectively in the internship search process. Finally, a substantial part of the course will be devoted to learning how to write for policy audiences. Assignments will be devoted to practicing writing think tank reports, congressional memos, State Department after action reports, and other products common in Washington. This course is offered during the spring semester on campus and is open to all students, regardless of their interest in the Penn in Washington program.
PSCI 2121-401	People of the Land: Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile (Penn Global Seminar - PGS)	Tulia G Falleti		M 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This undergraduate seminar compares the evolution of relations between States and Indigenous peoples and movements throughout the Americas, with a particular focus on the Mapuche people of the Patagonia region, in the south of nowadays Argentina and Chile. The main goal of the course is to comparatively study the organization of Indigenous communities and analyze their political demands regarding plurinationality, self-determination, territory, prior consultation, living well, and intercultural education and health, as well as the different ways in which States repress, ignore, or address such demands. The course starts by reviewing what does it mean to indigenize and decolonize the academy and political science. We then focus on the controversial question of who is Indigenous and comparatively assess the legal answer to this question in different countries of the Americas. Next, we tackle the issue of research methodology and positionality of the researcher, the ethics of studying Indigenous peoples, and using in-depth interviews as a tool for social science research. After briefly reviewing some of the consequences of the conquest and colonialism, we study the topic of global Indigenous rights and politics and from there we zoom in the politics of Indigenous peoples in Argentina, and the Mapuche of Neuquén, in particular. In the last part of the course, including during our travel component, we delve into what are the main issues that Mapuche communities of Neuquén confront in the present: from territorial land claims, to interactions with extractive industries, co-management of natural resources with the National Parks Service, intercultural education, and intercultural health, among other topics.	LALS2121401	Cross Cultural Analysis
PSCI 2200-301	From Theory to Practice in Washington D.C.	Deirdre Martinez		M 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	Designed to complement a policy internship, this two credit course will focus on content and skills that are likely to be useful in typical Washington offices. Students will develop literacy on the most pressing domestic policy topics and will work on writing and presentation skills. All students will participate in a public policy internship for at least ten hours a week.
PSCI 2203-401	Healthy Schools	Amanda T. Dilodovico		W 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This Fox Leadership and academically based community service seminar will use course readings and students' own observations and interviews in their service learning projects in West Philadelphia schools to analyze the causes and impact of school health and educational inequalities and efforts to address them. Course readings will include works by Jonathan Kozol, studies of health inequalities and their causes, and studies of No Child Left Behind, the CDC's School Health Index, recess, school meal, and nutrition education programs. Course speakers will help us examine the history, theories, politics and leadership behind different strategies for addressing school-based inequalities and their outcomes. Service options will focus especially on the West Philadelphia Recess Initiative. Other service options will include work with Community School Student Partnerships and the Urban Nutrition Initiative.	HSOC2312401	Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
PSCI 2210-301	Balance of Power in American Politics (PIW)			T 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	How do the Constitution's checks and balances work in practice? And where are they not working? This course examines the fault lines between Washington's two most powerful institutions - Congress and the President - how they clash, and where they work together. Students learn how Congress and the President share and compete for power in lawmaking, spending, investigations, nominations, foreign policy, and impeachment. The course is designed to foster skills in formulating strategies for conducting policy in an environment of institutions competing for power.
PSCI 2211-301	The Mechanics of American Foreign Policy (PIW)			W 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	The Trump Presidency has profoundly shifted America's role in the world and the way in which key institutions of foreign policy making are staffed and positioned to advance America's interests. The ascent of extreme nationalists and nationalism in other power centers in the world along with growing distrust in government and public institutions may have marked the close of the two-decade post 9/11 era. Indeed, the global COVID-19 pandemic and the ways in which actors across the international spectrum have responded (or failed to respond) has led many to question the assumptions inherent in the post-9/11 international order and has marked the beginning of a new era of competition, a return to great-power politics, and the diminishing power of traditional actors, systems, and ideals on the global stage. This course will provide students with an in-depth, practical analysis of foreign policy and foreign policy making, with a view from Washington. It will also provide a baseline global literacy, through the lens of emerging ideas, institutions, interests, and actors, and focus on a framework for understanding shifts already underway in how Washington views the world. We will utilize less traditional resources, and instead focus on practical and "real-world" course material as well as less traditional instruction methods - utilizing and analyzing the sources and resources that policy makers in Washington rely upon. These include long-form journalism, official government documents, hearings and Congressional debate, think tank products, and news sources. Students will have the opportunity to engage with a variety of guest-speakers, all of whom have held senior official and non-governmental roles in American foreign policy making and influencing. Guest speakers will provide unique insight into their own experiences at the highest levels of foreign policy making and advocacy, and offer guidance as to how to pursue careers in foreign policy, national security, and international development. In the past, guest speakers have included: Former Deputy Secretaries of State William Burns and Heather Higginbottom; Executive Director of the ONE Campaign; Former Director of Policy Planning at the State Department; Former Ambassadors, Senior Professional Staff from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, former Assistant Secretary of Population, Refugees, and Migration, among others.
PSCI 2421-401	International Organizations in Latin America	Catherine E.M. Bartch		TR 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	International organizations (IOs) play a powerful role in mitigating conflict at the global level.  What role do they play in solving problems related to politics, economic development, corruption, inequality, and civil society in Latin America? How much power, influence, and control do they possess in the region?  This course examines the role and impact international organizations have had on Latin America since the mid-20th century.  After a review of theoretical perspectives on the significance of IOs in inter-American affairs, students will examine the workings, issues, and controversies surrounding IOs in Latin America across themes of democracy, human rights, security, and development - the four main pillars of the OAS. Through readings, short presentations/debates, and guest speakers, students will explore IOs and their action in the region. Some of these IOs include the IMF, World Bank, UN, ICC as well as regional organizations and area trade blocs and agreements of USMCA/NAFTA, Mercosur, Pacific Alliance, ALBA, and other civil society and human rights organizations. A large part of the course will focus on the Organization of American States and its various departments and divisions such as the Inter American Commission for Human Rights.  Students will be invited to participate in the Washington Model OAS simulation in April.	LALS2020401	Cross Cultural Analysis
PSCI 3200-001	Global Development: Intermediate Topics in Politics, Policy, and Data	Jeremy R.G. Springman Carolina Torreblanca		MW 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	New sources of data (big data, small data and everything in between) raise the exciting possibility that such data could benefit the world’s poor. This course provides students with an intermediate-level review of recent research that deploys new data for insights on development and hands-on analysis of different kinds of datasets. Students will investigate key themes in development –citizen tech for accountability, corruption, household economics, climate change resilience and press freedom. As we explore these topics, students will develop data analytical skills that are useful across a wide range of research and real-world applications. As such, students will come face-to-face with the opportunities and challenges for data-intensive approaches to international development. Students should have taken PSCI 1800 or an equivalent course and be ready to both discuss course readings and engage with data assignments in the programming language R (students more comfortable in Python are welcome). This class is also designed as a follow-up to PSCI 1102, and students are encouraged (but not required) to take that course before this one.
PSCI 3800-001	Applied Data Science	Stephen Scott Pettigrew		MW 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	Jobs in data science are quickly proliferating throughout nearly every industry in the American economy. The purpose of this class is to build the statistics, programming, and qualitative skills that are required to excel in data science. The substantive focus of the class will largely be on topics related to politics and elections, although the technical skills can be applied to any subject matter.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSCI 3803-001	Advanced Statistical Methods for Political Science	Marc N. Meredith		TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	The goal of this class is to build upon the content of PSCI 1801 and expose students to the process by which quantitative political science research is conducted, The class will take us down three separate, but related tracks. Before engaging in any statistical analysis, we must think about why we engaging in that analysis. Thus, the first track will cover the basics of research design. Topics discussed will include what makes a good model, the art of theory building, the difference between a theory and a hypothesis, and common research designs. The second track will cover several statistical techniques that are frequently used in quantitative political science research that build upon multivariate regression analysis. Two types of statistical techniques will be emphasized. The first half of the course will focus on important statistical concepts for conducting research using survey data. Topics we cover include sampling strategies, estimating uncertainty, non-response, measurement error, and working with categorical variables. The second half of the course will focus on methods for establishing causal relationship between independent and dependent variables. Topics we will cover include the potential outcomes framework, experiments, panel data, instrumental variables, and regression discontinuity designs. Finally, we need to be able to communicate the results of our statistical analyses to interested consumers. Thus, track three will cover how we write-up the results of a statistical analysis. Students are expected to have taken PSCI 1801 or another course that covers multivariate regression analysis using R.
PSCI 4201-301	Political Empathy & Deliberative Democracy in the US (SNF Paideia Program Course)	Lia Howard		MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This course seeks to understand contemporary political divisions in the United States. Guiding our analysis will be scholarship from the discipline of political science, with particular attention given to political culture, American political development and federalism while incorporating scholarship from several other disciplines. As we study political culture at the national level, we will unpack our own individual attitudes towards politics. There will be an emphasis throughout the course on personal wellness during dialogue with assignments ranging from written reflections on experiences to textual analysis to their combination.
PSCI 4205-301	American Conservatism from Taft to Trump (SNF Paideia Course)	Brian Rosenwald		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	The early 1950s may have been the nadir for modern American conservatism. Conservative hero Robert Taft had lost the Republican nomination for President to a more moderate candidate for the third time, many in the Republican Party had moved to accept some of the most popular New Deal programs, and a moderate, internationalist consensus had taken hold in the country. Yet, from these ashes, conservatism rose to become a potent political force — maybe the driving force — in the United States over the last half century. This seminar explores the contours of that rise, beginning with infrastructure laid and coalitions forged in the 1950s and early 1960s. We will see how conservatives built upon this infrastructure to overcome Barry Goldwater’s crushing 1964 defeat to elect one of their own, Ronald Reagan, president in 1980. Reagan’s presidency transformed the public philosophy and helped shape subsequent American political development. Our study of conservatism will also include the struggles that conservatives confronted in trying to enact their ideas into public policy, and the repercussions of those struggles. We will explore conservatism’s triumphs and failures politically, as well as the cultural changes that have helped, hindered, and shaped its rise. In many ways, this class is a study in the transformation of American politics and in American culture over the last sixty-five years. Its focus is on the hows and the whys of the rise of conservatism from the low point of the early 50s to the rise of Trumpism in the 2010s. In many places, we will discover a surprisingly complex story. This complexity means that we must grapple with clashing interpretations as to why and how conservatism developed, why conservatism appealed to many Americans at various points in time, and even whether there was an agreed upon conservative vision unifying the forces pushing America rightward. The seminar will be oriented chronologically to the degree that it is possible, spending several weeks on each decade between the 1960s and the 2010s, Yet, we will also focus on several themes and relationships throughout the class. These include the role played by certain pivotal political figures, the ideas that propelled conservatism and bound the conservative movement together, the relationship between conservatives and the Republican Party, the tensions within the diverse Reagan coalition (which have spilled over with increasing regularity, especially during the 2010s) and the impact of the courts and the conservative legal movement in seeding conservatism over the last 30 years. We will ask critical and often difficult questions involving topics such as the role of racism and bigotry in the rise of conservatism. We will also consider the big picture—is the United States really any more conservative in 2023 than it was in 1950? If not, why do many consider conservatism to have risen politically? At the end of the semester we will ponder whether some of the current conservative divisions are new, or continuations of fissures that have long existed and we will consider the big picture in American politics: are our divisions too big to foster functional governance?
PSCI 4206-301	How Divided Is America? Polarization in the United States	Matthew Levendusky		M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	This class explores whether or not America, and its politics, are divided. Is the American public polarized? What about political elites? Is there any connection between mass and elite polarization? What do we even mean when we say some group is “polarized”? This class will explore these questions in some detail. We will begin at the elite level and ask whether or the political class is now more polarized than it was a half century ago. The answer will be a fairly unambiguous “yes.” We’ll then explore several different explanations for why elites have become more divided since mid-century. After that, we’ll turn our attention to the mass public. The situation there will be considerably more complicated, with evidence both for and against polarization. We’ll explore this evidence in some detail and try to document the ways in which the American public has—and has not—become more polarization over time, paying attention to differences based on issues as well as affect/sentiment toward the other party. Finally, we’ll conclude by exploring the effects of polarization on the legislative process and the mass electorate, and ask what (if anything) can or should be done about polarization.
PSCI 4210-401	Advanced Seminar in Political Science: The Politics of Climate Change	Parrish Bergquist		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	The purpose of this course is to explore the political dynamics that shape the debate, enactment, and implementation of policies to address climate change. By reading the latest research on the political determinants of climate policy, the course will help students develop a nuanced understanding of the ideas, institutions, and behaviors that structure the climate policy process. We will focus primarily on climate policy and politics in the United States, while occasionally incorporating comparative perspectives to provide insight into the US case. Throughout the course, we will discuss why climate policies are designed in particular ways; when and why policies pass or fail to pass; how various institutional, organizational, and public interests influence the climate policy process; and what questions remain unanswered about how to address the problem of climate change.	PPE4650401
PSCI 4602-301	Politics and Ethics	Roxanne L Euben		T 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	This course is designed to investigate the relationship, if any, between ethics and politics. During the semester, we’ll examine texts of political, social, and feminist theory as well as case studies, dialogues, novels, non-fiction essays, short stories, newspaper and magazine articles and film to critically engage with questions such as: Can politics be a moral enterprise or is it a realm where violence, deception and cruelty are and must be routine? How do we judge whether a political act is ethical or unethical? Does the context of war negate the moral precepts that hold in peacetime? Do national borders mark the place where our moral commitments to others end? Who’s included in the “we” that determines the content of moral judgments and the reach of our ethical obligations? How do inequalities of wealth, power and the burden of history help determine whose pain counts and whose voices are heard in moral arguments? Along the way, we’ll examine whether and to what extent the diverse genres, style and form of these texts influences how receptive we are the perspectives and arguments they contain. We’ll also consider how our class discussions might serve as experiments in what it means to think, argue and act ethically with one another.
PSCI 4610-301	Key Questions in Political Theory (SNF Paideia Program Course)	Jeffrey E. Green		R 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	This course is a basic introduction to certain fundamental topics in political theory. It aims to provide students with concepts and ideas by which to more clearly make sense of political reality. In general, the course proceeds by elucidating major distinctions, such as: ancient vs. modern; deontology vs. consequentialism; “Athens” vs. “Jerusalem” (or: reason vs. revelation); thinking vs. knowing; liberalism vs. democracy; sovereign power vs. disciplinary power; being secular vs. being a secularist; politics as subset of morality vs. political responsibility as requiring the transgression of morality; the grounds of legitimate authority (tradition vs. legal-rational vs. charisma); etc. Overall, the course has three goals: (i) to introduce students to alternate approaches to the practice of political theory; (ii) to introduce students to numerous relatively selfcontained debates important to contemporary political theorists; and (iii) to address major figures from the history of political thought, with an eye toward explaining what makes them vital to political theorists today.					https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202510&c=PSCI4610301
PSCI 4611-301	Citizenship, Patriotism, & Identity (SNF Paideia Program Course)	Ian Macmullen		TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	This course introduces students to fundamental moral questions about countries and individuals’ membership in them. Do people owe more to their compatriots than to foreigners? Is it desirable – or at least permissible – for countries to have and promote a national identity? What different forms can patriotism take, and in which (if any) of these forms is it a virtue? Should we all be “citizens of the world"? These questions will be explored primarily through readings in contemporary moral and political philosophy.
PSCI 4680-401	Feminist Political Theory	Katerina Traut		R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	In what ways has Western Political Theory constructed, excluded, and denigrated gendered and sexualized political subjects? In what ways have these subjects resisted these politics, and organized for their freedom and sovereignty? This course will explore feminist political theories of the body, reproduction, and empire through a variety of theoretical styles and methodological approaches, including historical, textual, interpretative, ethnographic, and literary. Liberalism, Marxist feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, Black feminism, Chicana feminism, and Indigenous feminism will be explored throughout the semester. The course will be taught as a seminar and will be discussion-based. Students can expect to read 75-150 pages a week.	GSWS4680401
PSCI 4991-301	Selected Topics in PSCI: Intro to Machine Learning & AI in Sociology, Economics, & Political Science	Daniel Q Gillion		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Consult department for detailed descriptions. Recent topics include: Globalization; Race & Criminal Justice; Democracy & Markets in Postcommunist Europe.
PSCI 4991-302	Selected Topics in PSCI: Trump 2.0	Damon S Linker		T 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	Consult department for detailed descriptions. Recent topics include: Globalization; Race & Criminal Justice; Democracy & Markets in Postcommunist Europe.
PSCI 4993-301	Selected Topics in American Politics: The Politics of Violence & Crime in the United States	Marie Gottschalk		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Consult the department for detailed descriptions or if you think the course could count toward a subfield other than American Politics. More than one course may be taken in a given semester.
PSCI 4993-302	Selected Topics in American Politics: Campaigns, Elections, & Political Communication	Andrew Thompson		W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Consult the department for detailed descriptions or if you think the course could count toward a subfield other than American Politics. More than one course may be taken in a given semester.
PSCI 4994-301	Selected Topics in International Relations: Psychology of International Security	Hohyun Yoon		R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	Consult the department for detailed descriptions or if you think the course could count toward a subfield other than International Relations. More than one course may be taken in a given semester.
PSCI 4995-301	Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Researching Migration	Bess Davis		M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Consult the department for detailed descriptions or if you think the course could count toward a subfield other than Comparative Politics. More than one course may be taken in a given semester.
PSCI 5170-301	Territorial Restructuring	Brendan O'Leary		W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	In the two centuries since the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the world has seen numerous partitions, secessions, annexations, and unifications, and that includes attempts, completions and repeats, but have political scientists adequately treated these features of our collective experience? This course focuses on how and why political territories are restructured, through secessions, partitions, annexations, and unifications, and with what consequences. We begin by addressing conceptual, definitional, and coding questions related to partitions, secessions, annexations, unifications, and adjacent phenomena. Then we shall review explanations of these phenomena through evaluating case studies and large-N studies (students may specialize in either, or both). We will discuss whether specific and distinctive explanations of these four phenomena are appropriate, or whether general explanations are available—and satisfying. In the cases of Ireland, British India, mandate Palestine, and Cyprus we shall review explanations, implementations, and evaluations of the consequences of the respective partitions. We shall then address cases of failed, i.e., defeated secessions, e.g., the Confederate States of America, Kurdistan, as well as successful, i.e. accomplished, secessions, e.g., Bangladesh and South Sudan. Then we shall look at explanations of the occurrence of secessionist bids, at both the macro- and micro-level. Efforts to link general theories of conflict to secessionist or non-secessionist outcomes are welcome. The final outcomes of secessionist conflicts will be considered, examining whether a stable settlement is produced, or whether conflict recurs. Historic cases of unifications are then considered e.g., nineteenth-century German and Italian unifications, possibly paired with some failed “pan-national” movements, as well as more recent cases of unification, e.g., Germany, Vietnam, failed reunifications, e.g., Cyprus, and possible future reunifications (e.g., Ireland, Korea, China-Taiwan). General literature on annexation in international law, international relations and comparative politics will be examined. Have there been any decisive trends in annexations, and are these being reversed? Creeping or incremental as well as wholesale annexations will be considered. Case studies will include American, Chinese, Israeli, Russian, and Turkish annexations. We will ask why governments choose not to annex territories they control. Normative debates will be encouraged, subject to consideration of historic evidence. This course straddles the borders between comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. Normative literature addresses whether orderly practices should be followed amid state break-ups, e.g., dividing assets, protecting citizenship rights, and border delimitation and demarcation.
PSCI 5172-401	Russian Politics in Comparative-Historical Perspective	Rudra Sil		MW 5:15 PM-6:15 PM	Course examines Russian politics, with an eye to how political, economic and social changes have been engineered, experienced, and perceived by Russians. For those with graduate standing or advanced background in Russian studies, graduate credit is available for additional readings and research to be discussed with the professor. For either version, the goal is to gain an in-depth understanding of contemporary Russia, its regime, its economy, its society, and its foreign policy (the latter being especially critical against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine). This process begins with a consideration of the historical inheritance bequeathed by the Soviet era. Thus, the first part of the course examines the origins and evolution of the Soviet regime from Lenin to Gorbachev. The point is not to master historical details but to grasp the continuities and changes in political dynamics, social conditions, and planned economic development, since some of these would shape aspects of the post-Soviet transition. The second part delves into the evolution of Russia's politics, economics, society and foreign policy, first during the early years of transition under Boris Yeltsin (1992-99), and then primarily under Vladimir Putin (2000- ). In this section, we cover Russia’s state and political system, the fluctuations in economic growth, changing social conditions over time, as well as foreign policy. In the process, we will also consider the origins and role of oligarchs, patterns of political protest, social/demographic trends and the management of Russia’s energy resources. We will also seek to better understand the shifts in Russia’s foreign policy over time and the sources of the sharp decline in US-Russia relations, with a focus on the conditions leading up to the Ukraine war and the increasing alienation of Russia from the West. In all these domains, we will consider what the empirical evidence suggests about Russia relative to conventional images as presented in the West and also in comparison to the trajectories of other non-Western countries (e.g. China, Turkey, India).	PSCI1172401, REES1535401				https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202510&c=PSCI5172401
PSCI 5290-401	Inequality & Race Policy	Daniel Q Gillion		R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	There is little question that inequality along the lines of race and ethnicity remain a constant problem in American society. And over time, the federal government has implemented several policy initiatives to address these inequities. However, less well understood is the success of these federal policies or the process in which they emerge from government as a viable solution. This course will provide an overview of the link between federal government action and changes in minority inequality. We will analyze several issue spaces that cover health, crime and incarceration, social policy and equal rights, education, welfare, and economics. We will take a multi-method approach to exploring the success of federal policies by conducting historical assessments and statistical analysis. Advanced undergraduates are welcome to take the course with permission.	AFRC5240401
PSCI 5680-401	Gender, Power & Feminist Theory	Nancy J. Hirschmann		CANCELED	This seminar will examine the theme of power as it engages questions of sex andgender. Subsidiary themes that will be developed over the course of the semester include: the modernism/ postmodernism debate as it particularly relates to feminism; the intersectionality of race, gender, sexuality and class and how feminists can and do talk about "women"; the relevance of feminist theory to policy issues, and which theoretical approaches are the most appropriate or have the most powerful potential. The readings will start with "foundational" texts in feminist theory-- texts that anyone who wants to work in or teach feminist theory needs to have in their repertoire, they set out the background and history of contemporary feminist theory, and they operate from a variety of disciplinary frameworks. We then will move onto some newer scholarship and some more specific political issues and topics, depending on what students in the course are interested in studying. This course is open to undergraduates who have had some prior course work in feminist theory, gender and sexuality studies, and/or political theory, in consultation with the professor.	GSWS5680401
PSCI 5991-301	Selected Topics: Histories of Capitalism	Chris Chambers		R 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: Race Development and American International Relations, Hegel and Marx, and Logic of the West.
PSCI 5991-640	Conflict and Cooperation in Global Politics	Eileen Doherty-Sil		W 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: Race Development and American International Relations, Hegel and Marx, and Logic of the West.					https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202510&c=PSCI5991640
PSCI 5999-640	Independent Study	Lia Howard Christopher Pastore			Individual research to be taken under the direction of a Political Science faculty member.
PSCI 6103-301	Identity Politics	Tariq Thachil		R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	This course is a graduate seminar intended to introduce Ph.D. students to the study of identity politics within political science. The course is primarily divided into two sections. The first section focuses on identity as a dependent variable. Each week, we read a distinct theoretical approach to the study of when, when, and how certain identities become politically salient. The second section focuses politicized identities as an independent variable. Readings in this section assess how such identities affect a range of outcomes, including policy preferences, intergroup cooperation, patronage, and violence.
PSCI 6110-301	Comparative Political Analysis II	Erik Wibbels		T 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This seminar is the second in a two-course sequence aimed primarily at PhD students planning to take the comprehensive exam in comparative politics or those interested in the analytical and methodological debates surrounding the study of states and markets. The course is designed (1) to provide a critical survey of the subfield of comparative politics and alternative methodological approaches and research designs; and (2) to expose students to a range of substantive topics bearing on political order, economic development and political regimes. Over the course of the two semesters, students should gain a broad understanding of the field of comparative politics and begin to develop their own research projects.
PSCI 6200-301	Survey of American Institutions	John S Lapinski William Marble		W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	This course is designed to introduce students to the scholarly study of American political institutions. The course is intended for students who intend to specialize in American politics as well as those who want a basic overview of this work. It is a part of the sequence in the political science department at Penn that serves as the basic preparation for the American politics field exam and more broadly for expertise in the academic study of American politics.
PSCI 6402-301	International Political Economy	Julia C Gray		T 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	Examination of the relationship between the international, political, and economic systems from a variety of theoretical perspectives that have emerged in the postwar period, including liberalism, transnationalism, statism, Marxism, and dependency.
PSCI 6801-301	Statistical Analysis for Political Science II	Marc N. Meredith		TR 8:30 AM-9:59 AM	This course continues the exploration of statistical methods for analyzing political science data. It is a continuation of PSCI-692, although some of the topics covered in PSCI-692 are covered again in greater detail. We will cover the following topics: sampling, sampling distributions, expectation, basic linear algebra, multivariate regression, hypothesis testing, instrumental variables, non-standard standard error and data issues, quantile regression, maximum likelihood, limited dependent variables, selection models, and treatment effects. The class also focuses on teaching students programming skills using R.
PSCI 6802-301	Qualitative Methods	Osman Bekir Balkan		M 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	This seminar is an introduction to principles of research design and to the collection and analysis of qualitative data in the social sciences. It is worth noting that many of the methods traditionally considered to be qualitative actually employ quantitative data, and vice versa; and that many of the principles underlying research design, case selection, and the process of data collection are common across empirically-oriented research methods, whether qualitative, quantitative, or formal. Hence, the course should be useful to students planning to utilize a variety of different kinds of research tools. Readings encompass theory, how-to, and examples drawn from political science and cognate social science disciplines. There are no prerequisites for the course, but some background in statistics and/or an idea of the substantive research questions you would like to pursue will be helpful.