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  • PLIR 4500

    Special Topics in International Relations
     Rating

    3.10

     Difficulty

    3.57

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts in international relations. Prerequisite: One course in PLIR or instructor permission.

  • PLCP 2420

    Politics of Modernity
     Rating

    3.11

     Difficulty

    3.42

     GPA

    3.26

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Introduces key analytical concepts used by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkeim in their analysis of how the development of modern society has shaped the nature of modern politics.

  • PLAP 3700

    Racial Politics
     Rating

    3.14

     Difficulty

    2.76

     GPA

    3.22

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Examines how attributions of racial difference have shaped American Politics. Topics include how race affects American political partisanship, campaigns and elections, public policy, public opinion, and American political science. Prerequisite: One course in PLAP or instructor permission.

  • PLCP 4201

    Comparative Political Parties
     Rating

    3.17

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.19

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Examines political parties in a variety of institutional and socioeconomic settings, focusing on parties in the democratic political systems of Europe, the United States, and Japan.

  • PLIR 3500

    Special Topics in International Relations
     Rating

    3.23

     Difficulty

    2.74

     GPA

    3.39

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Special Topics in International Relations

  • PLPT 3010

    Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
     Rating

    3.29

     Difficulty

    3.48

     GPA

    3.20

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Western Political Theory from Plato to the Reformation. Among authors covered are Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Martin Luther. For the medieval period, central themes are natural law, allegorical interpretation of Scripture, and the origins of modern liberal political theory.

  • PLIR 2020

    Foreign Policies of the Powers
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    3.13

     GPA

    3.34

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Comparative analysis of the content and definition of foreign policies of select states in historical and contemporary periods.

  • PLIR 5500

    Special Topics
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    3.67

     GPA

    3.62

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Special Topics

  • PLIR 3400

    Foreign Policy of the United States
     Rating

    3.51

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.24

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    Analyzes major themes in American foreign policy, emphasizing security issues, from World War I through the Nixon administration. Prerequisite: Some background in the field of international relations or in U.S. history.

  • PLCP 3110

    The Politics of Western Europe
     Rating

    3.55

     Difficulty

    3.44

     GPA

    3.26

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Surveys developments since 1945 in democratic stability, party politics, and political economy in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.