Privacy | Terms

theCourseForum
© v1.3.0

  • PLPT 3020

    Modern Political Thought
     Rating

    3.84

     Difficulty

    3.53

     GPA

    3.16

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Studies the development of political theory from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century.

  • PLAP 3810

    Constitutional Interpretation: Separation of Powers and Federalism
     Rating

    3.71

     Difficulty

    4.05

     GPA

    3.19

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Studies the legislative, executive, and judicial branches and the functional and territorial distribution of powers as reflected by Supreme Court decisions. Includes the nature of the judicial process. (No CR/NC enrollees.)

  • 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 2050

    Introduction to Political Economy
     Rating

    3.70

     Difficulty

    3.13

     GPA

    3.19

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Introduces core concepts in political economy, including the institutional bases for states and markets, and the way these interact through the exercise of exit, voice, and collective action. Empirical material drawn from the last five centuries.

  • PLAP 2030

    Politics, Science and Values: An Introduction to Environmental Policy
     Rating

    2.58

     Difficulty

    4.25

     GPA

    3.20

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introduces a wide variety of domestic and international environmental policy issues.  Explores how political processes, scientific evidence, ideas, and values affect environmental policymaking. 

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • PLCP 2500

    Special Topics in Comparative Politics
     Rating

    2.67

     Difficulty

    4.40

     GPA

    3.21

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    Special Topics in Comparative Politics.

  • PLCP 4200

    Comparative Legislatures
     Rating

    2.67

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    3.22

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Examines how and why legislators and legislative parties make the decisions they do. Compares legislative decision-making processes and outcomes in a variety of institutional settings. Prerequisite: At least two courses at the 3000 level in American politics and/or comparative politics.

  • PLCP 4652

    Markets, Inequality, and the Politics of Development
     Rating

    2.33

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.22

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Examination of how politics affects the historical development of markets and the impact of inequality on the development of markets and economic development more generally.