This course offers an institutional, historical, and theoretical survey of United States politics with a consideration of contemporary policy issues, the distribution of power in the United States, and the relationship between politics and economics. Fall, Spring (US) (C8)
One credit of course is online.
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
This course will serve as an introduction to the major strands of political ideology and political theory, such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism/Marxism, feminism, and fascism. Students will read major political theorists as well as history putting great thinkers in historical and theoretical context. These ideas about politics will be applicable to future courses in all aspects of the discipline, including not only political theory but also American politics, comparative politics, and international relations. (C8)
Hybrid course, one credit online
This course will serve as an introduction to the major strands of political ideology and political theory, such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism/Marxism, feminism, and fascism. Students will read major political theorists as well as history putting great thinkers in historical and theoretical context. These ideas about politics will be applicable to future courses in all aspects of the discipline, including not only political theory but also American politics, comparative politics, and international relations. (C8)
Hybrid course, one credit online.
This course studies major contemporary international problems utilizing salient concepts and theories in the discipline. Fall (IR) (C8)
Open to all students. Cannot be taken Pass/Fail.
Race is at the center of so much conflict, disagreement, and violence in the US. Race has been a central formative force in American history whose categories and meanings have constantly shifted and been contested. This course is designed to interrogate the invention and development of race in America as a central nodule in the power structure and discover the ways it has been deployed, especially as it relates to the control, surveillance and incarceration of the black body, as well as other communities of color. We will begin with a historical analysis of the post emancipation convict leasing system along with a careful unpacking of the social and historical construction of race and the work it performs. We will then embark on a philosophical exploration of the relationship between the power order and what this means for how we determine what constitutes "punishment." The final section of the course will turn more explicitly to the complicity of public education in the prison industrial complex, the school to prison pipeline, racial capitalism, and techniques of surveillance to define, police, and terrorize communities of color and the poor and working class. (C8)
Hybrid One credit of this course is online.
This course examines the academic treatment of race and ethnicity as political structures in the United States. Readings and discussions include close examinations of theories about race and ethnicity, especially comparing "constructivist" and "essentialist" approaches. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisite: POS 112 (US)
Hybrid course, one credit online.
This course examines the development of Soviet-American relations since the Bolshevik Revolution, with special emphasis on the Gorbachev era, the dissolution of the USSR, and the emergence of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisite: POS 171 (IR)
Supervised work in federal, state, or local government offices and/or agencies. Internships are also available with community organization, labor unions, and public interest groups. Brochure listing internship opportunities is available from Intern Director, Dr. Ryane Straus. Restricted to upper-class students.
Instructor's Sign/Approval.
This capstone course will be an examination of the history and politics related to a given topic that will vary by semester.
Restricted to Second Semester Junior and Senior HIS/POS Majors and SS Concentrators ONLY. Instructor's Permission Required. Cross-listed with HIS 498.
Independent Study Application required; Arranged