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3.00 Credits
J. Pitts. Spring. (A)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the realist paradigm of international relations. J. Mearsheimer. Spring. ( D)
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. Class limited to fifteen students. This course explores commonalities among psychoanalytic theory, Buddhism, and studies of emotions and brain physiology, particularly as they relate to questions of the self and political life. In addition to exploring each of these theories, we investigate particular questions (e.g., inevitability of conflict, dynamics of obedience and authority, emotional power of ideology, and non-Western understandings of human consciousness). E. Oliver. Winter. ( A)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the constitutional doctrines and political role of the U.S. Supreme Court, focusing on its evolving constitutional priorities and its response to basic governmental and political problems (e.g., maintenance of the federal system, promotion of economic welfare, protection of individual and minority rights). G. Rosenberg. Winter. ( B)
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3.00 Credits
This course covers American national security policy in the post Ccold war world, especially the principal issues of military strategy that are likely to face the United States in the next decade. This course is structured in five parts: (1) examining the key changes in strategic environment since 1990, (2) looking at the effects of multipolarity on American grand strategy and basic national goals, (3) focusing on nuclear strategy, (4) examining conventional strategy, and (5) discussing the future of war and peace in the Pacific Rim. R. Pape. Spring. (D)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces main themes in international relations that include the problems of war and peace, conflict and cooperation. We begin by considering some basic theoretical tools used to study international politics. We then focus on several prominent security issues in modern international relations, such as the cold war and post Ccold war world, nuclear weapons, nationalism, and terrorism. We also deal with economic aspects of international relations, such as globalization, world trade, environmental pollution, and European unification. C. Lipson. Autumn. (D)
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3.00 Credits
PQ: PLSC 28800 or equivalent, and consent of instructor. This course examines selected civil rights and civil liberties decisions of U.S. courts, with emphasis on the political context. Topics include speech, race, and gender. G. Rosenberg. Spring. ( B)
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Consent of faculty supervisor and program chair. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. This is a general reading and research course for independent study not related to the BA thesis or BA research. Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Required of fourth-year students who are majoring in political science majors and plan to write a BA thesis. Students participate in both Autumn and Winter Quarters but register only once (in either Autumn or Winter Quarter). PLSC 29800 counts as a single course and a single grade is reported in Winter Quarter. The colloquium is designed to help students carry out their BA thesis research and offer feedback on their progress. The class meets weekly in Autumn Quarter and every other week in Winter Quarter. Autumn, Winter.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Required of fourth-year students who are majoring in political science majors and plan to write a BA thesis. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. This is a reading and research course for independent study related to BA research and BA thesis preparation. Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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