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0200 Introduction to American Politics (previously PSCI-130; satisfies Society Sector requirement)
1103 Dilemmas of Intervention (previously PSCI-243)
1121 U.S. Intervention in Latin America (previously PSCI 250; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1200 Public Policy Process (previously PSCI-236; cross-listed as PPE 3200)
1201 Public Opinion and American Democracy (previously PSCI-230; satisfies Quantitative Data Analysis requirement)
1202 Changing American Electorate (previously PSCI-234)
1205 Constitutional Law: Public Power & Civil Rights to 1912 (previously PSCI-271; satisfies Cultural Diversity US requirement)
1206 American Constitutional Law (previously PSCI-272; satisfies Cultural Diversity US requirement)
1207 Who Gets Elected and Why? The Science of Politics (previously PSCI-320; cross-listed as URBS 3200)
1208 The Politics of Food and Agriculture (previously PSCI-135)
1209 American Campaigns and Elections (previously PSCI-247)
1290 Race & Ethnic Politics (previously PSCI-231; satisfies Cultural Diversity US requirement)
1404 American Foreign Policy (previously PSCI-131)
1602 Political Action and Dissent (previously PSCI-287)
1800 Introduction to Data Science (previously PSCI-107; satisfies Quantitative Data Analysis requirement)
1801 Statistical Methods PSCI (previously PSCI-338; satisfies Quantitative Data Analysis requirement)
2201 Polarization (previously PSCI-241)
2203 Healthy Schools (previously PSCI-335; satisfies Cultural Diversity US requirement)
2204 Congress, Elections and American Democracy (previously PSCI-241)
2206 Race, Ethnicity, and Constitutional Law (previously PSCI-380)
3800 Applied Data Science (previously PSCI-207)
3802 Political Polling (previously PSCI-333)
4200 Political Psychology (previously PSCI-436)
4290 Race & Criminal Justice (previously PSCI-437)
4291 Social Movements (previously PSCI-433)
4292 Modern Presidency & Race (previously PSCI-434)
5000-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
0100 Introduction to Comparative Politics (previously PSCI-110; satisfies core and Society Sector requirements)
0101 Comparative Politics of Developing Areas (previously PSCI-116; satisfies core and Society Sector requirements)
0401 Russia & Eastern European International Affairs (previously PSCI-267; cross-listed as REES-1570; satisfies Society Sector requirement)
1100 Ethnic Conflict (previously PSCI-226; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1101 The Politics of Slow Moving Crises (previously PSCI-220)
1102 Political Economy of Development (previously PSCI-224)
1120 Latin American Politics (previously PSCI-213; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1121 U.S. Intervention in Latin America (previously PSCI-250; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1130 Contemporary African Politics (previously PSCI-210; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1140 Politics in the Contemporary Middle East (previously PSCI-211; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1150 Contemporary Chinese Politics (previously PSCI-219; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1160 Democracy and Development in India (previously PSCI-212)
1170 Politics of Post War Western Europe (previously PSCI-218)
1171 European Union (previously PSCI-215)
1172 Russian Politics (previously PSCI-217; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1173 Comparative Health Politics (previously PSCI-221)
1180 Sex and Power (previously PSCI-225)
1181 Gender and Elections in American and Beyond (previously PSCI-111)
1800 Introduction to Data Science (previously PSCI-107; satisfies Quantitative Data Analysis requirement)
1801 Statistical Methods PSCI (previously PSCI-338; satisfies Quantitative Data Analysis requirement)
2103 Information Communication Technologies for Development (previously PSCI 102)
2120 Democracy in Latin America (previously PSCI 314)
2121 People of the Land: Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile (previously PSCI 313)
2160 Modern India (previously PSCI-313)
3150 China’s Political Economy (previously PSCI-229; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
3800 Applied Data Science (previously PSCI-207)
4100 Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places – BFS (previously PSCI-395)
4170 Comparative Politics of the Welfare State (previously PSCI-414)
4180 Issue Comp Pol/Gender (previously PSCI-223)
4181 Representation & Identity Politics (previously PSCI-416)
5120 Latin American Politics (previously PSCI-513)
5000-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
0400 Introduction to International Relations (previously PSCI-150; satisfies Society Sector requirement)
1121 U.S. Intervention in Latin American (previously PSCI-250; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1171 The European Union (previously PSCI-215)
1401 International Security (previously PSCI-151)
1402 International Political Economy (previously PSCI-152)
1403 International Law & Institutions (previously PSCI-153)
1404 American Foreign Policy (previously PSCI-131)
1405 America and the World (previously PSCI-235)
1406 International Human Rights (previously PSCI-258)
1407 Ethics and International Relations (previously PSCI-260)
1408 War, Strategy and Politics (previously PSCI-252)
1440 International Politics of the Middle East (previously PSCI-253)
1141 Arab Israeli Relations (previously PSCI-251)
1800 Introduction to Data Science (previously PSCI-107; satisfies Quantitative Data Analysis requirement)
1801 Statistical Methods PSCI (previously PSCI-338; satisfies Quantitative Data Analysis requirement)
2401 Emerging Technologies and the Future of the World (previously PSCI-261)
2420 Diplomacy in Americas (previously PSCI-328; cross-listed as LALS-3020; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
2490 Topics in Race and International Relations (previously PSCI-355)
3400 The Causes of War & Peace (previously PSCI-255)
3401 International Law (previously PSCI-358)
3800 Applied Data Science (previously PSCI-207)
4400 Security & Anxiety at International Borders: Turkey & USA in Global Perspective (previously PSCI-353)
5400 Borders & Boundaries in IR (previously PSCI-550)
5401 Human Rights (previously PSCI-558)
5800 Game Theory (previously PSCI-552)
Other 5000-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
0600 Ancient Political Thought (previously PSCI-180; satisfies History & Tradition and core requirements)
0601 Modern Political Thought (previously PSCI-181; satisfies History & Tradition and core requirements)
0602 American Political Thought (previously PSCI-183; satisfies Humanities & Social Science requirement)
0680 Feminist Political Thought (previously PSCI-280; satisfies Society requirement)
1205 Constitutional Law: Public Power & Civil Rights to 1912 (previously PSCI-271; satisfies Cultural Diversity requirement)
1206 American Constitutional Law II (previously PSCI-272; satisfies Cultural Diversity requirement)
1600 Contemporary Political Thought (previously PSCI-182)
1606 Freedom, Power, and Equality
1640 Islamist Political Theory: from al-Banna to bin Laden (previously PSCI-286)
4600 Meaning of Democracy (previously PSCI-281)
4680 Feminist Politics, Feminist Theory (previously PSCI-280)
5000-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
0101 Comparative Politics of Developing Areas (previously PSCI-116; satisfies Society requirement)
1100 Ethnic Conflict (previously PSCI-226)
1102 Political Economy of Development (previously PSCI-224)
1103 Dilemmas of Immigration (previously PSCI-243)
1120 Latin American Politics (previously PSCI-213; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1121 U.S. Intervention in Latin America (previously PSCI-250; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1130 Contemporary African Politics (previously PSCI-210; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1140 Politics in the Contemporary Middle East (previously PSCI-211; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1150 Contemporary Chinese Politics (previously PSCI-219; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1170 Politics of Post War Western Europe (previously PSCI-218)
1171 The European Union (previously PSCI-215)
1172 Russian Politics (previously PSCI-217; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
1208 The Politics of Food and Agriculture (previously PSCI-145)
1402 International Political Economy (previously PSCI-152)
2103 Information Communication Technologies for Development (previously PSCI-102)
2120 Democracy in Latin America (previously PSCI-314)
2121 People of the Land: Indigeneity and Politics in Argentina and Chile (previously PSCI-313)
2160 Modern India (previously PSCI-327)
3150 China’s Political Economy (previously PSCI-229; satisfies Cross Cultural Analysis requirement)
4170 Comparative Politics of the Welfare State (previously PSCI-414)
4800 Evidence Based Policies of Economic and Political Development (previously PSCI-413)
5180 The Political Economy of Gender (previously PSCI-530)
5290 Inequality & Race Policy (previously PSCI-535)
5800 Game Theory (previously PSCI-552)
6104 Political Economy of Development (previously PSCI-615)
Other 5000-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
(One of the following courses offered by other departments may be used as major related courses. Other major related courses are identified on a case by case basis, depending on the extent of complementarity with substantive topics covered in a PSCI course taken by a student)
ANTH 002 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ECON 001 Intro to Economics - Micro
ECON 002 Intro to Economics - Macro
SOCI 001 Intro to Sociology
SOCI 135 Law and Society
PSYC 001 Intro to Psychology
PSYC 170 Social Psychology
This is NOT an exhaustive list; new or "special topics" courses are offered each semester.
Note that some courses (e.g. PSCI 1404, 1205) may be listed under more than one subfield.