PSCI1205 - Constitutional Law

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Constitutional Law
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
401
Section ID
PSCI1205401
Course number integer
1205
Meeting times
TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Dejah Ann Adams
Marci Ann Hamilton
Description
This class introduces students to the United States Constitution, specifically Articles I, II, III, the Tenth Amendment, Equal Protection Clause, and the First Amendment. The format for each class will consist of a 45-minute lecture followed by small group discussions on assigned issues and questions.
Course number only
1205
Cross listings
AFRC1205401
Fulfills
Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
Use local description
No

PSCI1202 - Changing American Electorate

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
204
Title (text only)
Changing American Electorate
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
204
Section ID
PSCI1202204
Course number integer
1202
Meeting times
R 3:30 PM-4:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
In 1960, a Democratic candidate won a very narrow Presidential victory with just 100,000 votes; in 2000, the Democratic candidate lost but received 500,000 more votes than his opponent. Still, contemporary scholars and journalists have made a variety of arguments about just how much the American political landscape changed in the intervening 40 years, often calling recent decades a transformation. This course explores and critically evaluates those arguments. Key questions include: how, if at all, have Americans political attitudes and ideologies changed? How have their connections to politics changed? What has this meant for the fortunes and strategies of the two parties? How have the parties' base voters and swing voters changed? What changes in American society have advantaged some political messages and parties at the expense of others? Focusing primarily on mass-level politics, we consider a wide range of potential causes, including the role of race in American politics, suburbanization, economic transformations, the evolving constellation and structure of interest groups, declining social capital, the changing role of religion, immigration, and the actions of parties and political elites. For three weeks in the semester, we will take a break from considering broader trends to look at specific elections in some depth.
Course number only
1202
Fulfills
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

PSCI1202 - Changing American Electorate

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
203
Title (text only)
Changing American Electorate
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
203
Section ID
PSCI1202203
Course number integer
1202
Meeting times
W 5:15 PM-6:14 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
In 1960, a Democratic candidate won a very narrow Presidential victory with just 100,000 votes; in 2000, the Democratic candidate lost but received 500,000 more votes than his opponent. Still, contemporary scholars and journalists have made a variety of arguments about just how much the American political landscape changed in the intervening 40 years, often calling recent decades a transformation. This course explores and critically evaluates those arguments. Key questions include: how, if at all, have Americans political attitudes and ideologies changed? How have their connections to politics changed? What has this meant for the fortunes and strategies of the two parties? How have the parties' base voters and swing voters changed? What changes in American society have advantaged some political messages and parties at the expense of others? Focusing primarily on mass-level politics, we consider a wide range of potential causes, including the role of race in American politics, suburbanization, economic transformations, the evolving constellation and structure of interest groups, declining social capital, the changing role of religion, immigration, and the actions of parties and political elites. For three weeks in the semester, we will take a break from considering broader trends to look at specific elections in some depth.
Course number only
1202
Fulfills
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

PSCI1202 - Changing American Electorate

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
202
Title (text only)
Changing American Electorate
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
202
Section ID
PSCI1202202
Course number integer
1202
Meeting times
W 3:30 PM-4:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Description
In 1960, a Democratic candidate won a very narrow Presidential victory with just 100,000 votes; in 2000, the Democratic candidate lost but received 500,000 more votes than his opponent. Still, contemporary scholars and journalists have made a variety of arguments about just how much the American political landscape changed in the intervening 40 years, often calling recent decades a transformation. This course explores and critically evaluates those arguments. Key questions include: how, if at all, have Americans political attitudes and ideologies changed? How have their connections to politics changed? What has this meant for the fortunes and strategies of the two parties? How have the parties' base voters and swing voters changed? What changes in American society have advantaged some political messages and parties at the expense of others? Focusing primarily on mass-level politics, we consider a wide range of potential causes, including the role of race in American politics, suburbanization, economic transformations, the evolving constellation and structure of interest groups, declining social capital, the changing role of religion, immigration, and the actions of parties and political elites. For three weeks in the semester, we will take a break from considering broader trends to look at specific elections in some depth.
Course number only
1202
Fulfills
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

PSCI1202 - Changing American Electorate

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Changing American Electorate
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
001
Section ID
PSCI1202001
Course number integer
1202
Meeting times
MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Daniel Jacob Hopkins
Description
In 1960, a Democratic candidate won a very narrow Presidential victory with just 100,000 votes; in 2000, the Democratic candidate lost but received 500,000 more votes than his opponent. Still, contemporary scholars and journalists have made a variety of arguments about just how much the American political landscape changed in the intervening 40 years, often calling recent decades a transformation. This course explores and critically evaluates those arguments. Key questions include: how, if at all, have Americans political attitudes and ideologies changed? How have their connections to politics changed? What has this meant for the fortunes and strategies of the two parties? How have the parties' base voters and swing voters changed? What changes in American society have advantaged some political messages and parties at the expense of others? Focusing primarily on mass-level politics, we consider a wide range of potential causes, including the role of race in American politics, suburbanization, economic transformations, the evolving constellation and structure of interest groups, declining social capital, the changing role of religion, immigration, and the actions of parties and political elites. For three weeks in the semester, we will take a break from considering broader trends to look at specific elections in some depth.
Course number only
1202
Fulfills
Quantitative Data Analysis
Use local description
No

PSCI1102 - Global Development: Data, Politics and Practice

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Global Development: Data, Politics and Practice
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
001
Section ID
PSCI1102001
Course number integer
1102
Meeting times
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Erik Wibbels
Description
Why are some countries rich and some poor? Why are some households rich and some poor? This course introduces students to the intellectual tools for understanding why development varies across the globe and the practical tools for designing and evaluating policies aimed at alleviating poverty. To that end, the course is organized into three parts. The first part focuses on the big picture: the macroeconomic and political foundations for sustained economic growth, including historical legacies, technological innovation and political institutions. The second part focuses on the micro-picture: the household-level dynamics of poverty and development, including access to food and credit, the role of health and education, the transition from village to city life, and day-to-day governance. The third part of the course introduces students to the practicalities of designing and evaluating the efficacy of governance and poverty relief interventions and policies. The focus will be on the use of field experiments to study interventions to promote better governance and household wellbeing.
Course number only
1102
Use local description
No

PSCI0601 - Modern Political Thought

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
601
Title (text only)
Modern Political Thought
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
601
Section ID
PSCI0601601
Course number integer
601
Meeting times
T 5:15 PM-8:14 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Yara Damaj
Description
This course will provide an overview of major figures and themes of modern political thought. We will focus on themes and questions pertinent to political theory in the modern era, particularly focusing on the relationship of the individual to community, society, and state. Although the emergence of the individual as a central moral, political, and conceptual category arguably began in earlier eras, it is in the seventeenth century that it takes firm hold in defining the state, political institutions, moral thinking, and social relations. The centrality of "the individual" has created difficulties, even paradoxes, for community and social relations, and political theorists have struggled to reconicle those throughout the modern era. We will consider the political forms that emerged out of those struggles, as well as the changed and distinctly "modern" conceptualizations of political theory such as freedom, responsibilty, justice, rights and obligations, as central categories for organizing moral and political life.
Course number only
0601
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No

PSCI0600 - Ancient Political Thought

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
405
Title (text only)
Ancient Political Thought
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
405
Section ID
PSCI0600405
Course number integer
600
Meeting times
F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Level
undergraduate
Description
This course aims to provide a broad survey of some of the most influential political thinkers and ideas from classical antiquity. Among the central figures to be examined are: Homer, Sophocles, Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Jesus, and Augustine. Major themes include: ancient theories of justice (with special attention to the relation between the just state and the just person), the emergence of political philosophy as a distinct pursuit, the Athenian polis, the Roman republic and its demise, and the rise of Christianity.
Course number only
0600
Cross listings
CLST1503405
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No

PSCI0600 - Ancient Political Thought

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
404
Title (text only)
Ancient Political Thought
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
404
Section ID
PSCI0600404
Course number integer
600
Meeting times
F 1:45 PM-2:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jeffrey E. Green
Thomas Andrew Pattiz
Description
This course aims to provide a broad survey of some of the most influential political thinkers and ideas from classical antiquity. Among the central figures to be examined are: Homer, Sophocles, Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Jesus, and Augustine. Major themes include: ancient theories of justice (with special attention to the relation between the just state and the just person), the emergence of political philosophy as a distinct pursuit, the Athenian polis, the Roman republic and its demise, and the rise of Christianity.
Course number only
0600
Cross listings
CLST1503404
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No

PSCI0600 - Ancient Political Thought

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
403
Title (text only)
Ancient Political Thought
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
403
Section ID
PSCI0600403
Course number integer
600
Meeting times
W 7:00 PM-7:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Jeffrey E. Green
Thomas Andrew Pattiz
Description
This course aims to provide a broad survey of some of the most influential political thinkers and ideas from classical antiquity. Among the central figures to be examined are: Homer, Sophocles, Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Jesus, and Augustine. Major themes include: ancient theories of justice (with special attention to the relation between the just state and the just person), the emergence of political philosophy as a distinct pursuit, the Athenian polis, the Roman republic and its demise, and the rise of Christianity.
Course number only
0600
Cross listings
CLST1503403
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Use local description
No