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  • 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. 

  • 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.

  • PLCP 3500

    Special Topics in Comparative Politics
     Rating

    3.03

     Difficulty

    3.26

     GPA

    3.40

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Analysis of selected issues and concepts in comparative politics.

  • 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 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

  • 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.

  • 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 4410

    Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.25

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Examines the political economy of foreign direct investment (FDI) including the determinants of FDI and its economic and political consequences. Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and ECON 2020.

  • PLIR 2030

    International Relations of East Asia
     Rating

    3.68

     Difficulty

    3.23

     GPA

    3.31

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    An introduction to leading theories in the field of international relations with reference to major events in the history of diplomacy, war, and economic relations in the East Asian region.