Fall, Spring. Credit, three hours. Origins, principles, structures, processes, and practices of American government from a political science perspective. Emphases on democratic foundations, lining processes, government institutions, and policy making.
Fall, Spring. Credit, three hours. Introduction to analytical concepts, the nature of the interstate system, the assumptions and ideas of diplomacy, and the determinants of foreign policy.
Fall, Spring. Credit, three hours. The chief goals of this course are (1) to help students describe the disciplines most important lines of inquiry, (2) to develop student enthusiasm for political science approaches to understanding politics, and (3) to provide them with a shared vocabulary which may be built upon by the department's other courses. The course introduces students to different types of political interdependencies that are common across the subfields in political science through an examination of big questions that drive the discipline.
Fall. Credit, three hours. This course provides an introduction to the comparative study of modern political systems. It outlines the major concepts and methods of comparative political analysis and applies them to a selection of advanced industrial democracies, communist and post-communist states, and developing countries. In each case, we will examine the key institutions and patterns of political behavior as well as the historical and social context of present-day politics.
Spring. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Political Science 100. This is the second course in American government. The course moves analysis of American politics from the examination of individual institutions and mass political behavior to the analysis of how the public, elected officials, and political institutions interact to govern and make public policy. We do this to understand how our system actually works and evaluate how our democratic system is performing.
Fall, Spring. Credit, three hours. Prerequisites: Quantitative Theory and Methods 100. This course provides an introduction to the theory and method of contemporary political analysis. Political Science 208 is mandatory for majors in political science or international studies at Emory University. The department strongly encourages all students to take this course during the first two years to prepare themselves for upper-level coursework.
Spring. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Political Science 110. This is an advanced survey of current research and topics in international relations. This course will continue to introduce students to topics of inquiry and methods in the field of international relations.
Spring (alternate years). Credit, three hours. Permission of instructor required. A survey course in political philosophy, ancient to modern. It investigates the theme of human nature by consideration of varying views of the feminine.
Spring. Credit, three hours. Prerequisites: Political Science 110 or Political Science 120. This course introduces students to social scientific explanations for the causes, consequences, and resolution of insurgency and terrorism. Students use theoretical models to analyze major developments in world events. This course is designed to allow student to engage critically and seriously with recent scholarship on a variety of forms of political violence and violent conflict.
TBA. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: At least one introductory political science course taken at Oxford or permission of instructor. Comprehensive examination of African American politics and its critical influence upon the American political system. Civil rights and black power movements; the voting rights act and redistricting; African American political participation, attitudes, and governance. (Cross-listed with African American Studies 346)
TBA. Credit, three hours. Prerequisites: At least one introductory political science course taken at Oxford or permission of instructor. Examination of individual liberties guaranteed by the United States Constitution, including freedom of expression and religion; the right to privacy; and the right against discrimination based on age, sex, race or economic status.
TBA. Credit, three hours. Prerequisites: At least one introductory political science course taken at Oxford or permission of instructor. Examination of the various stages of the criminal justice process in the United States and the constitutional rights accorded to the criminally accused.
TBA. Credit, one to four hours. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Seminar and/or advanced class in selected political science topics. Primarily for students interested in politics.
TBA. Credit, one to four hours. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Independent reading and research under the direction of a faculty member. This course does not satisfy distribution requirements in history and social sciences.
