Supervised readings and research in various areas of Political Science. Section numbers must be obtained from the Political Science office.

Individual research to be taken under direction of faculty member. Students wishing to do an independent study should contact the Political Science department.

Supervised readings and research in various areas of Political Science. Section numbers must be obtained from the Political Science office.

Supervised readings and research in various areas of Political Science. Section numbers must be obtained from the Political Science office.

Supervised readings and research in various areas of Political Science. Section numbers must be obtained from the Political Science office.

The focus is human rights in global, political, and developmental contexts, especially since 1945. Human rights are part of a wide range of academic disciplines, engineering, history, law, philosophy, and religion being among the obvious. These disciplinary perspectives will be touched upon; politics will be the central one. Some of the main topics include justifications; cross- cultural perspectives; global and international institutional developments and foreign policy. Selected topics will include war, hunger, life, reproduction, servitude, consent, information and the environment.

This course is designed to introduce students to comparative political analysis. How can the political behavior, circumstances, institutions, and dynamic patterns of change that people experience in very different societies be analyzed using the same set of concepts and theories? Key themes include nationalism, political culture, democratization, authoritarianism, and the nature of protracted conflict.

Individual research to be taken under direction of faculty member. Students wishing to do an independent study should contact the Political Science department.

Professionals - in business, medicine, law, and politics - face myriad ethical dilemmas in their daily work life that challenge, and sometimes conflict with, the moral commitments that guide their everyday life. This course systematically examines the ethical dimensions of these four professional roles, asking questions such as: Are there limits to what we should sell? How far should competitors go to "win"? Who should get ventilators in a flu pandemic? Is it morally permissible for physicians to assist in suicide? Should lawyers represent terrorists or child killers? How far does attorney-client privilege go? Is it morally justifiable to torture enemy combatants? Should politicians lie?