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  • PLAP 7020

    American Political Development
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    Spring 2026

    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. 

  • PLIR 7020

    Core Seminar in International Security
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    Spring 2026

    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.

  • PLCP 7120

    Identity and the State
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    Spring 2026

    This course begins with the relationship of political science to identity politics. Next, we study the shift in treating identity as a given to a process and consider four approaches to identity formation. We then turn to two pressing challenges: how to study identity and the interactions of identity groups with one another. The final section of the course addresses the consequences of identity politics, such a mobilization and voting.

  • PLIR 7500

    Special Topics in International Relations
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    Spring 2026

    Special Topics in International Relations

  • PLAD 7750

    Supervised Research I
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    Spring 2026

    Supervised Research I

  • PLAP 8250

    Legislative Politics
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    Spring 2026

    Studies the legislative process in the U.S. Congress, US state legislatures, and some examination of comparative legislatures. Topics include the internal distribution of power, influences on legislative behavior, institutional changes in legislatures and their effects, relationships with other political institutions, the place of legislatures in the American polity, and the problems associated with it.

  • PLAD 8750

    Supervised Research II
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    Spring 2026

    Supervised Research II

  • PLAP 8998

    Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
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    Spring 2026

    For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.

  • PLCP 8998

    Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
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    Spring 2026

    For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.

  • PLIR 8998

    Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
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    Spring 2026

    For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.