Politics Minor

Politics Minor Distribution Courses

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Note: Students must complete courses in at least two of the department’s four fields.

Politics Minor Elective Courses

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• AAST 132 - Introduction to African Studies: Patterns, Issues and Controversies
• AAST 235 - Government and Politics of Africa
• AAST 236 - Politics and Society in Africa since the 1980s
• AAST 337 - Seminar: African Capitalists and African Development
• AAST 355 - Black Feminist Theory ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 355
• EVSS 208 - Environmental Policy ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 208
• EVSS 323 - Seminar: Global Environmental Politics
• EVSS 324 - Seminar: Natural Resources and Conflict
• JWST 218 - Jews and Power ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 218
• JWST 224 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 224
• JWST 241 - Anti-Semitism and White Supremacy ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 241
• JWST 310 - Zionisms ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 310
• POLT 100 - Introduction to American Politics
• POLT 110 - Revolution, Socialism and Reform in China
• POLT 111 - Theater and Politics
• POLT 112 - Capitalism and Democracy in the US and Europe
• POLT 117 - Power in Political Economy
• POLT 119 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies ⇒ cross-listed with PSYC 118
• POLT 120 - Introduction to International Politics
• POLT 131 - Modern Political Theory
• POLT 134 - Political Theory Live: Thinking in Practice
• POLT 135 - What is Freedom?
• POLT 139 - American Political Thought ⇒ cross-listed with AAST 139
• POLT 201 - Comparative Courts
• POLT 205 - Political Research and Analysis
• POLT 206 - Intergroup Political Conflict and Polarization
• POLT 207 - Social Movements and the Policy Process
• POLT 208 - Environmental Policy ⇒ cross-listed with EVSS 208
• POLT 210 - Latin American Politics
• POLT 211 - Revolutions
• POLT 212 - Political Economy of Development in Asia
• POLT 213 - The Politics of Oil
• POLT 214 - Social and Political Change in Eastern Europe ⇒ cross-listed with SOCI 230
• POLT 215 - The Autocratic Turn
• POLT 216 - Women, Work and Politics
• POLT 217 - Queer Comparative Politics
• POLT 218 - Jews and Power ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 218
• POLT 220 - International Security
• POLT 222 - Comparative Foreign Aid Studies
• POLT 224 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 224
• POLT 226 - International Political Economy
• POLT 227 - Queering International Development
• POLT 228 - U.S. Foreign Policy
• POLT 229 - Politics and Power of International Law
• POLT 230 - The Odyssey of Critical Theory
• POLT 231 - Justice, Virtue, and the Good Life
• POLT 236 - Rebellion and Revolution
• POLT 238 - Empire and Political Thought
• POLT 239 - Marxian Theory
• POLT 241 - Anti-Semitism and White Supremacy ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 241
• POLT 244 - Politics of Transitional Justice
• POLT 258 - The Social Contract & Its Critics
• POLT 260 - Post-Soviet Politics
• POLT 263 - Comparative Political Economy of Race and Gender
• POLT 265 - Russian and Eurasian Politics
• POLT 266 - The Happiest Country? Finland and its Welfare State ⇒ cross-listed with SOCI 266
• POLT 269 - Latin American Politics Past and Present through Film
• POLT 272 - American Voting and Elections
• POLT 273 - Is the U.S. a Democracy?
• POLT 276 - American Political Economy
• POLT 277 - American Democracy in Crisis?
• POLT 279 - American Presidency and Presidential Power
• POLT 280 - U.S. Congressional Politics and Legislative Strategies
• POLT 281 - Interest Groups and American Democracy
• POLT 282 - The Politics of Inequality in the United States
• POLT 283 - Judicial Politics
• POLT 284 - The American Right
• POLT 287 - Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• POLT 288 - Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers
• POLT 292 - Das Kapital
• POLT 304 - Topics in Political Psychology
• POLT 310 - Zionisms ⇒ cross-listed with JWST 310
• POLT 313 - Seminar: Transition to Capitalist Society in China
• POLT 316 - Post-Communist Transformations
• POLT 317 - Immigrants and Politics
• POLT 321 - Technological Change and the (Re)making of World Order
• POLT 324 - Political Memoirs
• 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 332 - Global Marxisms
• POLT 333 - Education for Politics: Discipline, Resistance, Virtue
• POLT 340 - Global Capitalism: Corporate Citizens and Shareholder States
• POLT 355 - Black Feminist Theory ⇒ cross-listed with AAST 355
• POLT 370 - Race in Congress
• POLT 371 - Power and American Democracy
• POLT 403F - Politics Senior Honors - Full
• POLT 404F - Politics Senior Honors - Full
• POLT 411 - Practicum in Applied Research
• POLT 413 - The Politics of Work and Organized Labor
• POLT 414 - Advanced Colloquium in Labor Politics
• POLT 421F - Studies in Electoral Politics - Full
• POLT 422F - Projects in Electoral Politics - Full
• POLT 995F - Private Reading - Full
• POLT 995H - Private Reading - Half
• SOCI 230 - Social Change and Political Transformation in Eastern Europe ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 214
• SOCI 266 - The Happiest Country? Finland and its Welfare State ⇒ cross-listed with POLT 266