Politics

Stephen Crowley, Professor and Chair
Marc Jeremy Blecher, James Monroe Professor of Politics
Michael David Forrest, Assistant Professor
Joshua Freedman, Visiting Assistant Professor
Jennifer Garcia, Assistant Professor
Harry Hirsch, Professor
Adam Howat, Visiting Assistant Professor
Chris Howell, James Monroe Professor of Politics
Sonia Kruks, Robert S. Danforth Professor
Kristina Mani, Associate Professor
Michael Parkin, Professor
Robert Reamer, Visiting Assistant Professor
Eve Sandberg, Professor
Jade Schiff, Assistant Professor

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Advanced Placement

A student with a score of 5 on the American Politics, Comparative Politics, or General Politics AP exam will earn  one full course (within the maximum limit of five full courses of work accepted before matriculation) toward the Politics major and toward graduation requirements.

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Majors and Minors

• Politics Major  
• Politics Minor  

Courses

• POLT 100 - Introduction to American Politics
• POLT 107 - Intro to US Politics
• POLT 110 - Revolution, Socialism and Reform in China
• POLT 112 - Introduction to Middle East Politics
• POLT 116 - The Theory and Practice of Contemporary Left Politics
• POLT 119 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
• POLT 120 - Introduction to International Politics
• POLT 121 - Current Challenges to World Order
• POLT 122 - Colloquium: Israel-Palestine Conflict
• POLT 130 - Being Political: Political Theory and Political Action
• POLT 132 - Explaining Social Power: Classical and Contemporary Theories
• POLT 133 - Introduction to Political Theory: What to do with the canon in political theory?
• POLT 134 - Political Theory Live: Thinking in Practice
• POLT 135 - Political Ideas and Ideologies
• POLT 138 - Political Concepts
• POLT 200 - Mass Politics in a Media Age
• POLT 201 - Constitutional Interpretation
• POLT 202 - American Constitutional Law
• POLT 203 - The First Amendment
• POLT 204 - Research Methods and Public Policy
• POLT 205 - Political Research and Analysis
• POLT 206 - The Politics of Sexual Minority Communities
• POLT 207 - Social Movements and the Policy Process
• POLT 208 - Environmental Policy
• POLT 210 - Latin American Politics
• POLT 211 - Revolutions
• POLT 212 - Political Economy of Development in Asia
• POLT 214 - Social and Political Change in Eastern Europe
• POLT 216 - The Political Economy of Advanced Capitalism
• POLT 219 - Work, Workers and Trade Unions in Advanced Capitalist Societies
• POLT 220 - International Security
• POLT 223 - Global Political Economy
• POLT 224 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• POLT 225 - U.S. Foreign Policy and the Anti-Apartheid Movement
• POLT 226 - International Law
• POLT 227 - War, Weapons & Arms Control
• POLT 228 - US Foreign Policy
• POLT 229 - Politics & Power of International Law”
• POLT 230 - Feminist Theory
• POLT 231 - Justice, Virtue, and the Good Life
• POLT 232 - European Political Theory: Rousseau & After
• POLT 234 - Critical Theory and Its Legacies
• POLT 235 - Debating Democracy
• POLT 237 - Neoliberalism and Its Critics
• POLT 238 - Modern American Political Thought
• POLT 239 - Marxian Theory
• POLT 240 - Militarization of Global Politics, Economy & Society
• POLT 241 - Antisemitism & White Supremacy
• POLT 244 - Politics of Transitional Justice
• POLT 245 - Human Security
• POLT 246 - International Law and Organizations
• POLT 247 - Transnational Movements, Advocacy, and Contentious Politics
• POLT 248 - Carceral Geographies: Global border regimes, punitive landscapes, and the politics of mobility
• POLT 249 - From Bandung to the Black Panthers: The past, present and future of the Third World Internationalism
• POLT 250 - Neoliberalism: Origins, Problems, Possibilities
• POLT 251 - Political Responsibility
• POLT 254 - American Political Theory from the Foundings to the Progressive Era
• POLT 255 - Democratic Theory, Citizenship, and Race
• POLT 256 - Environmental Political Theory
• POLT 258 - The Social Contract & Its Critics
• POLT 259 - Political Theories of Obedience and Disobedience
• POLT 260 - Post Soviet Politics
• POLT 263 - Comparative Political Economy in the Middle East
• POLT 267 - European Politics and Society
• POLT 269 - Latin American Politics Past and Present through Film
• POLT 270 - The Politics of COVID-19
• POLT 271 - Gender, Sexuality and the Law
• POLT 272 - Political Parties, Candidates, and the Law in the 2016 Election
• POLT 273 - Is the U.S. a Democracy?
• POLT 275 - Criminal Law
• POLT 276 - Women and Politics
• POLT 277 - Imgrn, Refugee & Asylm Policy
• POLT 278 - Ideal vs Practice of US Democracy: Gender, Race, and the War on Terror
• POLT 279 - American Presidency & Presidential Power
• POLT 280 - U.S. Congressional Politics and Legislative Strategies
• POLT 281 - Interest Groups and American Democracy
• POLT 282 - Politics of Inequality in the United States
• POLT 283OC - Election 2020: Propaganda, Polls and the People’s Choice
• POLT 284 - The American Right
• POLT 285 - Racial Politics in a Post-Obama Era
• POLT 286 - Power, Politics, and the American City
• POLT 304 - Topics in Political Psychology
• POLT 306 - Gender and Migration
• POLT 308 - Constitutional Interpretation and Individual Rights
• POLT 309 - Justice
• POLT 312 - Mastering Nature: The Politics of Science and Technology in the Middle East
• POLT 313 - Seminar: Transition to Capitalist Society in China
• POLT 314 - Global Infrastructure Politics
• POLT 315 - Seminar: Future of Organized Labor
• POLT 316 - Post-Communist Transformations
• POLT 317 - Seminar: The Transformation of the Welfare State
• POLT 320 - Imperialism and Global War
• POLT 321 - Seminar: International Politics
• POLT 323 - Responding to Atrocity
• POLT 325 - International Arms Trade: Purpose, Policy and Practice
• POLT 326 - Topics in Democracy and Development Seminar
• POLT 327 - Identity in Global Politics
• POLT 328 - Seminar: Pirates, Priests and Protestors: Non-state Actors in International Politics
• POLT 329 - Seminar: Globalization
• POLT 330 - Seminar: Responding to Disaster: Politics, Philosophy, Literature
• POLT 331 - Seminar: Modernity and Postmodernity in Contemporary Political Theory