The seminar is on migration and displacement: why people born and rooted in one place move somewhere else.  The course explores why migrants chose different destinations, how host and home communities encourage/discourage mobility, and how those who move remain connected with those who remain.  Throughout, we will draw from a rich variety of sources while exploring displacement across countries, contexts, and histories.

This course examines both academic and policy debates about democracy and foreign policy. We begin by reviewing the theory and practice of democracy and the literature on democracy in international politics.

Part two of the Politics Department Distinguished Majors thesis seminar.

A critical analysis of important issues and works in American politics from diverse perspectives. Students are required to write weekly analytical essays and actively participate in small seminar discussions on issues including: the founding, parties and elections, public policy, federalism, the presidency, Congress, and the judicial system. Prerequisite: Admission to Politics Honors Program.

A critical analysis of important issues and works in International relations. Students are required to write weekly analytical essays and actively participate in small seminar discussions. Prerequisite: Admission to Politics Honors Program.

Supervised work on a thesis for Honors studentsPrerequisite: Enrollment in the Politics Honors Program

Investigates a special problem of political theory such as political corruption, religion and politics, science and politics, or the nature of justice.

This class surveys interpretative approaches used to study the objects that comprise political theory's purview: treatises, historical events, cultural practices, and archival materials. Students will read canonical methodological statements, like those of contextualism and ethnographic thick description. They will also survey major figures of political thought, the better to train students to use these methods in their teaching.

This seminar will critically examine both classic and current scholarship in American Political Development (APD) -- a sub-field of American Politics that explores the historical roots of politics and government in the United States. 

Provides an in-depth survey of International Relations Theory from the point of view of security studies.  Focuses on the primary problem of cooperation between great powers; the causes of conflict and war; the role of psychology and domestic politics in conflicts; the role of institutions and trade in creating "zones of peace"; and the importance of signaling and diplomacy within environments of profound uncertainty.