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• POSC 120 Democracy and Dictatorship 6 credits

  An introduction to the array of different democratic and authoritarian political institutions in both developing and developed countries. We will also explore key issues in contemporary politics in countries around the world, such as nationalism and independence movements, revolution, regime change, state-making, and social movements.

  • Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
  • Tags: CL: 100 level EAST Supporting POSI Core CCST Principles Cross-Cultural Analysis EUST Transnational Support SAST Support Social Inquiry

  • POSC  120.01 Fall 2025

  • Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WWillis 204 9:50am-11:00am
  • FWillis 204 9:40am-10:40am

  • POSC  120.01 Winter 2026

  • Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WWillis 204 11:10am-12:20pm
  • FWillis 204 12:00pm-1:00pm

  • POSC  120.01 Spring 2026

  • Faculty:Alfred Montero 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WHasenstab 002 9:50am-11:00am
  • FHasenstab 002 9:40am-10:40am

• POSC 122 Politics in America: Liberty and Equality 6 credits

  An introduction to American government and politics. Focus on the Congress, Presidency, political parties and interest groups, the courts and the Constitution. Particular attention will be given to the public policy debates that divide liberals and conservatives and how these divisions are rooted in American political culture.

  • Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry
  • Tags: AFST Pertinent AMST America in the World AMST Democracy Activism AMST Survey 1 CL: 100 level POSI Core POSI Elective AMST Race Ethnicity Indigeneity EDUC 3 Public Policy Educational Reform

  • POSC  122.01 Fall 2025

  • Faculty:Christina Farhart 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • T, THHulings 316 1:15pm-3:00pm

  • POSC  122.01 Winter 2026

  • Faculty:Adam Le 🏫
  • Size:30
  • M, WLeighton 304 11:10am-12:20pm
  • FLeighton 304 12:00pm-1:00pm

  • POSC  122.01 Spring 2026

  • Faculty:Ryan Dawkins 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 11:10am-12:20pm
  • FLanguage & Dining Center 104 12:00pm-1:00pm

• POSC 160 Political Philosophy 6 credits

  Introduction to ancient and modern political philosophy. We will investigate several fundamentally different approaches to the basic questions of politics–questions concerning the character of political life, the possibilities and limits of politics, justice, and the good society–and the philosophic presuppositions (concerning human nature and human flourishing) that underlie these, and all, political questions.

  • Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: HI, Humanistic Inquiry WR2 Writing Requirement 2
  • Tags: CL: 100 level PHIL Social and Political Theory 1 PHIL Traditions 2 POSI Core

  • POSC  160.01 Fall 2025

  • Faculty:Mihaela Czobor-Lupp 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • T, THWeitz Center 233 1:15pm-3:00pm

  • POSC  160.01 Winter 2026

  • Faculty:Laurence Cooper 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • T, THHasenstab 105 3:10pm-4:55pm

• POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics 6 credits

  What are the foundational theories and practices of international relations and world politics? This course addresses topics of a geopolitical, commercial and ideological character as they relate to global systems including: great power politics, polycentricity, and international organizations. It also explores the dynamic intersection of world politics with war, terrorism, nuclear weapons, national security, human security, human rights, and the globalization of economic and social development.

  • Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry
  • Tags: ASST East Asia ASST Pertinent ASST South Asia CL: 100 level EAST Supporting POSI Core ASST Social Inquiry

  • POSC  170.01 Fall 2025

  • Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • T, THWeitz Center 233 8:15am-10:00am

  • POSC  170.01 Winter 2026

  • Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WWeitz Center 132 9:50am-11:00am
  • FWeitz Center 132 9:40am-10:40am

  • POSC  170.01 Spring 2026

  • Faculty:Tun Myint 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • T, THHasenstab 002 10:10am-11:55am