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  • PLPT 4060

    Politics & Literature
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.48

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This seminar considers how works of fiction enhance our understanding of the terms of democratic life. The theme for the spring of 2020 is the life and afterlife of slavery in American political experience; and the central authors are Herman Melville, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison.

  • 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.

  • PLAP 4360

    Campaigns and Elections
     Rating

    4.73

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Reviews and analyzes the techniques and technologies of modern American election campaigns. Enrollment is limited. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • PLIR 4380

    America in a World Economy
     Rating

    4.17

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.57

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Seminar focusing on politics of the international trade and monetary systems, emphasizing third world industrialization, trade conflicts between the U.S. and Japan, and the global debt crisis. Prerequisite: PLIR 2050 or instructor permission.

  • PLAD 4500

    Special Topics
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Topics on a variety of Political issues.

  • PLPT 4500

    Special Topics in Political Theory
     Rating

    4.47

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Investigates a special problem of political theory such as political corruption, religion and politics, science and politics, or the nature of justice. Prerequisite: One course in PLPT or instructor permission.

  • PLAP 3270

    Public Opinion and American Democracy
     Rating

    2.80

     Difficulty

    3.06

     GPA

    3.26

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course examines public opinion and its place in American democracy. We study the psychological and political roots of citizens' opinions, as well as the relationship between public opinion and political campaigns, the media, and government.

  • PLAP 3500

    Special Topics in American Politics
     Rating

    3.62

     Difficulty

    3.10

     GPA

    3.51

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    Topical offerings in American Politics

  • PLPT 1010

    Introduction to Political Theory
     Rating

    3.65

     Difficulty

    3.11

     GPA

    3.20

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduces political philosophy as a mode of inquiry, and consideration of selected problems and writers in Western 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.