Major themes of political theory such as justice, obligation, and equality, and their relevance to contemporary political concerns. CA 1.

A survey of institutions, politics, and ideologies in democratic and non-democratic states. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

A survey of institutions, ideologies, development strategies, and the political processes in nonwestern culture. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

The nature and problems of international politics. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

The nature and problems of international politics. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

Analysis of the organization and operation of the American political system. CA 2.

Analysis of the organization and operation of the American political system. CA 2.

Introduction to research and research methods in political science.

Exploration of political theoretical questions through essays and films. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

Honors course providing a thematic overview of privacy from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Public policy, legal and ethical debates surrounding privacy and the impact of technology and scientific advances on how privacy is conceptualized, valued, enacted, and protected.

Provides a thematic overview of privacy from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Public policy, legal and ethical debates surrounding privacy and the impact of technology and scientific advances on how privacy is conceptualized, valued, enacted, and protected.

Explanation of the quantitative methods used in political science. Application of these methods for the analysis of substantive political questions.

Explanation of advanced quantitative methods used in political science. Application of these methods and relevant statistical software for the analysis of substantive political questions.

The politics of the contemporary Middle East. Topics may include state formation, authoritarianism, democratization, and the Arab Spring uprising. Taught in English. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

The politics of the contemporary Middle East. Topics may include state formation, authoritarianism, democratization, and the Arab Spring uprising. Taught in English. CA 2. CA 4-INT.

Comparative analysis of the governments and politics of Western Europe.

The forms, causes, and consequences of political violence including terrorism, insurgency, and civil war. Addresses why individuals and groups take up arms; how and why nonstate actors employ specific strategies of violence; how states fight back; and how conflicts end. Formerly offered as POLS 3429.

The development of nuclear weapons and their consequences. Topics include the science and history of nuclear weapons, as well as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and strategy.

(Also offered as MAST 2460E.) The political dimensions of the world’s oceans. This course draws upon international relations theories to analyze states, international law, intergovernmental organizations, trade, and non-state actors with respect to the world's largest bodies of water. CA 2.

The interaction and relationship between religion and politics in the U.S. political system. CA 4.

An analysis of the aims, organization, and growth of parties in the United States.

An analysis of the aims, organization, and growth of parties in the United States.

The practical working of democracy and the role of state and local governments.

Simulation of the "Moot Court" experience. Students will develop legal writing and oral argumentation skills in relation to hypothetical appellate cases about free speech, religion, rights of the accused, separation of powers, and equal protection claims.

(Also offered as WGSS 2807.) The development of constitutional and statutory standards for treatment of women under the law in the United States.

(Also offered as WGSS 2807W.) The development of constitutional and statutory standards for treatment of women under the law in the United States.

Exploration of the American Criminal Justice system through simulations, interactions with practitioners in the field, visits to institutions within the system, and service projects with organizations working within the system.

An exploration of political issues at the national and international levels.

Faculty-directed investigation of a research topic in political science.

An exploration of contemporary political issues at the national and international levels. May be repeated for credit with a change in subject matter.

An exploration of contemporary political issues at the national and international levels. May be repeated for credit with a change in subject matter.

An examination of Greek, Roman and early Judeo-Christian political ideas and institutions, and their relevance to the present.

Major political doctrines of the modern period up through the end of the 19th century, and their influence upon political movements and institutions as they are reflected in the democratic and nondemocratic forms of government.

Major political writings from 1900 to the present.

Exploration of black U.S., Caribbean, and African political thought, with a focus on processes of and resistance to racialization, enslavement, and colonization.

Exploration of the social and political theories of Marx and Engels, and of later interpretations and modifications of their ideas.

Exploration of political theories and their relationships to contemporary popular musical genres including folk, hip-hop, pop, reggae, and rock. Students will conduct original analyses connecting political theories to contemporary popular music genres and artists.

(Also offered as WGSS 3027W.) Critical study of the writings of several historical women political thinkers.

American political thought from the colonial to the contemporary period. Political thought discussed as the ideological expression of the larger sociopolitical situation.

A study of power and politics through a survey of major political ideologies and their expression in art and architecture, in various past and present cultures, both as a means of political socialization and a tool of resistance and protest. CA 4-INT.

(Also offered as HRTS 3042.) Various theories of human rights, both historical and contemporary. Conceptual arguments both in favor and critical of the theory and practice of human rights will be considered, with literature taken primarily from philosophy and political theory.

Survey of theories of democracy from classical times to the present; analysis of defenders and critics of democracy.

Variants of major ideologies such as liberalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, and feminism in their socio-historical context, as well as alternative visions from the Third World.

(Also offered as AMST 3082.) Interdisciplinary scholarship on racial identity, legal decisions, and political action from the perspective of political science and political theory. Topics include interactions between states and social movements, the intersections of race, class, gender, and membership, and the problems with both post-racialism and identity politics.

A focus on political party and electoral systems around the world, including advanced industrial nations, transitional nations, and less developed nations. Issues such as the relationship between electoral and party systems, democratic reform, voting behavior, and organization of political parties are examined.

A focus on political party and electoral systems around the world, including advanced industrial nations, transitional nations, and less developed nations. Issues such as the relationship between electoral and party systems, democratic reform, voting behavior, and organization of political parties are examined.

(Also offered as PP 3203.) Development of environmental policies and institutions and their effects on the motivations and the actions of individuals and groups with implications for questions of equity, justice, and sustainability. Draws on approaches from comparative politics, public policy, and international relations.

How voting behavior differs across countries. Topics may include turnout, class voting, the electoral role of religion, accountability for the economy, vote buying, ethnic politics, attitudes toward welfare, support for democracy, and anti-Americanism.

Introduction to overlapping themes in economics and political science including the substantive and emperical relationship between these two in advanced industrial democracies.

Historical and contemporary role of oil in comparative politics and international relations. CA 2.

(Also offered as ENGR 3209.) Political, socioeconomic, environmental, science and engineering challenges of energy sources; comparison of feasibility and sustainability of energy policies around the world.

(Also offered as HRTS 3212.) Cultural difference and human rights in areas of legal equality, women's rights, political violence, criminal justice, religious pluralism, global security, and race relations.

Institutional structures of modern welfare states, including systems of social insurance, healthcare, and education. Assessment of leading political explanations for their growth and cross-national differences among them.

(Also offered as WGSS 3216.) How women and gender circumscribe political life and generate relationships of inequality and justice on a global scale. Topics may include conflict and security, development, human rights and legal systems, labor and migration, nation building, political economy, and transnational justice.

The social and political structure of the former Soviet Union, the causes and outcome of efforts to reform it, and the development of democratic politics in Russia and other former Soviet republics.

Theories and institutions of Latin American politics, with emphasis on issues of stability and change.

Chinese political structure and policymaking process, attempts at democratization, process and outcome of economic reforms, development challenges in contemporary China.

(Also offered as WGSS 3247.) Gender aspects of war. Masculinities and militaries; gender-based war violence; laws of war and post-war conditions for male and female soldiers and civilians.

(Also offered as WGSS 3249.) Construction of gender in Islamic texts and history, the religion's interaction with other patriarchal cultures and systems, western interventions and their impact, male leaders' reform efforts, women's movements.

Economic, political, and social development of East Asia. CA 2.

Economic, political, and social development of East Asia. CA 2.

(Also offered as AFRA 3252.) The political systems in contemporary Africa; the background of the slave trade, imperialism, colonialism, and the present concerns of nationalism, independence, economic development and military rule. Emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa.

(Also offered as HRTS 3256.) Political and human rights implications of regulating contemporary global supply chains: official regulatory frameworks; non-regulatory approaches to rule-making (such as voluntary corporate codes of conduct and industry standards); social responses to the dilemmas of "ethical" sourcing of goods and services.

(Also offered as HRTS 3256W.) Political and human rights implications of regulating contemporary global supply chains: official regulatory frameworks; non-regulatory approaches to rule-making (such as voluntary corporate codes of conduct and industry standards); social responses to the dilemmas of "ethical" sourcing of goods and services.

Problems in international relations with emphasis on changing characteristics of international politics.

Origins and contested definitions of globalization, and its impact on national, regional and international institutions and political processes. Designed for upper-level undergraduate students with a solid grounding in comparative politics and international relations.

Origins and contested definitions of globalization, and its impact on national, regional and international institutions and political processes. Designed for upper-level undergraduate students with a solid grounding in comparative politics and international relations.

Politics of international economic relations: trade, finance, foreign direct investment, aid.

(Also offered as EVST 3412.) Politics of how humans and natural systems interact. Managing the global environment, regulating resource commons, and coordinating to solve environmental problems.

Theory and practice of international security. Topics include why groups use terrorism, why states go to war, the emergence of humanitarian intervention, and the role of technology ranging from nuclear weapons to computer viruses. CA 2.

Theory and practice of international security. Topics include why groups use terrorism, why states go to war, the emergence of humanitarian intervention, and the role of technology ranging from nuclear weapons to computer viruses. CA 2.

Key American national security issues as integral parts of the larger problem of global security.

(Also offered as HRTS 3418.) The role of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and international law in world affairs with special attention to contemporary issues.

The role of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and international law in world affairs with special attention to contemporary issues.

Lectures and films from several nations serve to illustrate techniques and effects of propaganda, analyzing the pervasive impact that propaganda has on our lives. The course concentrates on the World War II era.

(Also offered as HRTS 3428.) Examination of the usage of torture by state and non-state actors. Questions include, "Why is torture perpetrated?" "What domestic and international legal frameworks and issues related to the use of torture?" "How effective are existing legal prohibitions and remedies?" "Who tortures?" and "How does torture affect transitional justice?"

(Also offered as HRTS 3430.) Examination of the ways in which governments, businesses, NGOs, IGOs, and scholars assess which human rights are being respected by governments of the world. Hands-on experience in rating the level of government respect for human rights in countries around the world.

Examination of daily international practices utilizing an everyday objects lens, with attention to ethical implications for activism, change, and social justice.

The foreign relations of the United States from the first World War to the present.

Instructions, forces and processes in the making of American foreign policy. Emphasis will be on contemporary issues.

Exploration of how technological developments affect the causes, conduct, and outcomes of war.

The foreign policies and security problems of Middle Eastern States; sources of regional conflict and competition - oil, water, borders, religion, ideology, alliances, geopolitics, refugees, and superpower intervention.

Political relations between Arabs and Israelis with an emphasis on war and diplomacy.

Political relations between Arabs and Israelis with an emphasis on war and diplomacy.

Developments in the presidency from the constitutional era through President Hoover.

Developments in the presidency from President Franklin Roosevelt to the present.

The contemporary Presidency and its interactions with the Congress in the formation of public policy.

Empirical analyses and reporting of research on these fundamental democratic processes. CA 2.

In-depth analysis of the U.S. Congress, including representation, elections, policy formation, law making, and organization.

An analysis of the politics of election administration. Topics include: the roles of state and local governments; the participation of candidates, political parties, and voters; convenience-voting options, new technologies, voter turnout, and voter errors; redistricting; voter suppression and voter fraud; and prospects for reform.

An analysis of strategy, communications, fundraising, and voter mobilization in contemporary political campaigns.

An examination of films that describe the development of American political institutions, norms, and values; that portray the processes exhibited in contemporary political institutions or the behaviors that characterize modern-day politicians; or that interpret recurring clashes in American politics. CA 2.

Explaining elections and the basis for voters' decisions.

Campaign organization, strategy, and election outcomes in Congressional elections. Topics include candidates and nominations, the roles of political parties and interest groups, campaign communications, campaign finance, and electoral reform.

Theoretical foundations of the American political economy. Examination of selected public policy issues, including interaction between economic factors and incentives, and democratic institutions and processes.

Relationship between democracy and inequality. Economic inequality and its causes, poverty, public opinion, inequalities in political voice and representation, public policy, the role of money in politics.

Study of American political leadership as it relates to political culture, institutions and democratic principles.

(Also offered as PP 3030.) Concepts, theories, structure, and substance of public opinion.

(Also offered as PP 3030W.) Concepts, theories, structure, and substance of public opinion.

An examination of contemporary Connecticut politics on the state and municipal levels.

Study of the state's legislative process through readings, discussions, and field work.

(Also offered as URBN 3632.) Political systems and problems confronting urban governments.

(Also offered as URBN 3632W.) Political systems and problems confronting urban governments.

(Also offered as PP 3033.) Examination of contemporary public policy through the lens of race.

(Also offered as AFRA 3642.) Political behavior, theory, and ideology of African-Americans, with emphasis on contemporary U.S. politics. CA 4.

(Also offered as AFRA 3647.) Black leadership, emphasizing the principles, goals, and strategies used by African-American men and women to secure basic citizenship rights during the civil rights era.

(Also offered as WGSS 3652.) An introduction to major philosophical and theoretical debates at the core of black feminist thought, emphasizing the ways in which interlocking systems of oppression uphold and sustain each other.

(Also offered as LLAS 3270.) Latino politics in the United States. Political histories of four different Latino populations: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Central American. Different forms of political expressions, ranging from electoral behavior to political art. CA 4.

(Also offered as LLAS 3667.) Legal and political history of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States with an emphasis on the question of United States empire and the politics of cultural resistance.

(Also offered as WGSS 3052.) An introduction to feminist thought, the study of women as political actors, the feminist movement and several public policy issues affecting women.

Study of and skill-development to effectively participate in U.S. political campaigns and elections.

International relations theory and speculative fiction as interpretations and interrogations of war, peace, politics, knowledge, and imagination.

The role of the Supreme court in expounding and developing the United States Constitution. Topics include judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, and due process.

(Also offered as HRTS 3807.) The role of the Supreme Court in interpreting the Bill of Rights. Topics include freedoms of speech and religion, criminal due process, and equal protection.

The Supreme Court in the Political Process.

An evaluation of America’s founding Constitution as an anti-democratic text that can be interpreted to enable a dictatorship. Political theories and constitutional interpretations of democracy and dictatorship. Examination of case studies that document how dictatorial interpretations of the Constitution have been used to legitimate the oppression of various groups of people, including women and people of color.

Leading schools of legal thought, fundamental principles and concepts of law, the basic framework of legal institutions, and judicial procedure. Particular attention is devoted to the general features of American law as it affects the citizen, and primary emphasis is placed on the function of law as a medium for attaining a balance of social interests in a politically organized society.

(Also offered as AMST 3822.) Exploration of themes in the study of law and courts by contrasting scholarly work against representations of such themes in movies, televisions, and other media of popular culture.

(Also offered as AMST 3822W.) Exploration of themes in the study of law and courts by contrasting scholarly work against representations of such themes in movies, televisions, and other media of popular culture.

Criminal justice in the United States, with emphasis on the links between law, politics, and administration.

(Also offered as MAST 3832.) International and domestic legal concepts concerning jurisdiction in a maritime setting.

The politics of public administration. Role of administrative agencies and officials in American national, state, and local governments.

Introduction to the study of policy analysis. Consideration of description and prescriptive models of policy-making. Examination of several substantive areas of national policy in the United States.

Analysis of interactions among educational policy, politics, and other social forces. Insights and concerns from politics and other social sciences disciplines applied to different levels and types of schooling.

Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Consent of Department Head required, normally to be granted before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.

Faculty-directed investigation of a research topic in political science.

Open only with consent of instructor and department head.

Faculty research presentations demonstrating current topics of investigation within the department, literature review skills, and research design techniques. Recommended for sophomore and junior Honors students who are beginning their thesis research. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

Required for students in the Honors Program. Weekly seminar on selected topics in political science. Students must complete this course prior to their final semester.

All honors students writing an honors thesis in Political Science must take this course in each of their last two semesters.