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HIST 212 The Era of the American Revolution 6 credits
How Revolutionary was the American Revolution? This class will examine the American Revolution as both a process and a phenomenon. It will consider the relationship of the American Revolution to social, cultural, economic, political, and ideological change in the lives of Americans from the founding fathers to the disenfranchised, focusing on the period 1750-1790. Students currently enrolled in History 212 are eligible to take the optional 2-credit digital lab, History 210, “Boston Massacre in 3D.” We will use 3D modeling and GIS to create a Boston Massacre digital game.
- Winter 2017, Fall 2019, Winter 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry Intercultural Domestic Studies
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HIST 212.00 Winter 2017
- Faculty:Serena Zabin 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 402 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLeighton 402 2:20pm-3:20pm
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HIST 212.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Serena Zabin 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 236 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 236 1:10pm-2:10pm
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HIST 212.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Serena Zabin 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 236 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLeighton 236 12:00pm-1:00pm
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HIST 270 Nuclear Nations: India and Pakistan as Rival Siblings 6 credits
At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947 India and Pakistan, two new nation states emerged from the shadow of British colonialism. This course focuses on the political trajectories of these two rival siblings and looks at the ways in which both states use the other to forge antagonistic and belligerent nations. While this is a survey course it is not a comprehensive overview of the history of the two countries. Instead it covers some of the more significant moments of rupture and violence in the political history of the two states. The first two-thirds of the course offers a top-down, macro overview of these events and processes whereas the last third examines the ways in which people experienced these developments. We use the lens of gender to see how the physical body, especially the body of the woman, is central to the process of nation building. We will consider how women’s bodies become sites of contestation and how they are disciplined and policed by the postcolonial state(s).
- Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2022
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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HIST 270.00 Fall 2017
- Faculty:Amna Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 426 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 426 9:40am-10:40am
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HIST 270.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Amna Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 426 11:10am-12:20pm
- FLeighton 426 12:00pm-1:00pm
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HIST 270.00 Winter 2020
- Faculty:Amna Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 426 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 426 1:10pm-2:10pm
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HIST 270.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Amna Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 202 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 202 1:10pm-2:10pm
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HIST 346 The Holocaust 6 credits
This course will grapple with the difficult and complicated phenomenon of the genocide of the Jews of Europe. We will explore anti-Semitism in its historical context, both in the German-speaking lands as well as in Europe as a whole. The experience of Jews in Nazi Germany will be an area of focus, but this class will look at European Jews more broadly, both before and during the Second World War. The question of responsibility and guilt will be applied to Germans as well as to other European societies, and an exploration of victims will extend to other affected groups.
- Winter 2020, Spring 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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HIST 346.00 Winter 2020
- Faculty:David Tompkins 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 303 1:15pm-3:00pm
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HIST 346.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty:David Tompkins 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 236 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 347 The Global Cold War 6 credits
In the aftermath of the Second World War and through the 1980s, the United States and the Soviet Union competed for world dominance. This Cold War spawned hot wars, as well as a cultural and economic struggle for influence all over the globe. This course will look at the experience of the Cold War from the perspective of its two main adversaries, the U.S. and USSR, but will also devote considerable attention to South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Students will write a 20 page paper based on original research.
- Winter 2019, Fall 2021
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies Writing Requirement
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HIST 347.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty:David Tompkins 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLibrary 344 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 347.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:David Tompkins 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 301 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 201 Tools of National Power: Statecraft & Military Power 3 credits
In this section of three related five-week courses covering the Tools of National Power, students will study how nations use military power to achieve national security and foreign policy objectives. Military power is often used in ways that are fundamentally different from combat operations, and yet are still highly effective. Students will learn the theoretical ways in which nations use military power as part of their statecraft, then look at case studies to assess the application of military power in the real world. Course readings, short papers, and significant classroom discussion will deliver content to students and set the stage for the follow-on courses in diplomatic and economic tools of national power.
- Fall 2020, Spring 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 201.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 236 8:15am-10:00am
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POSC 201.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty: Staff Staff Staff
- Size:25
- T, THHasenstab 105 8:15am-10:00am
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Extra time: Departmental Simulation Evening May 19th and Daytime May 20th
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POSC 204 Media and Electoral Politics: 2018 United States Election 6 credits
Our analysis of media influences on politics will draw from three fields of study: political psychology, political behavior and participation, and public opinion. Students will conduct a study of the effects of campaign ads and news using our multi-year data set of content analyzed election ads and news. We study a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods to learn how political communication affects U.S. elections. Taking this course in conjunction with Political Science 223 is highly recommended to learn methods such as focus group and depth interview methods and experiment design for conducting original research on elections.
- Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2022
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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POSC 204.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 235 1:15pm-3:00pm
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Extra Time
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POSC 204.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLocation To Be Announced TBA 10:20am-12:05pm
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POSC 204.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 402 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 402 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 223 Lab in Electoral Politics 3 credits
This lab is designed as a supplement research in POSC 203, 204, 215, or 227. Students currently enrolled in POSC 204 and students who have taken the above courses are encouraged to enroll. We learn to conduct focus groups, depth interviews, content analysis, and experimental analysis using election news, ads, speeches, and debates (in the U.S. or other democracies) as our cases for analysis.
2nd 5 weeks
- Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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POSC 223.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 235 3:10pm-4:55pm
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2nd five week
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POSC 223.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 235 3:10pm-4:55pm
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POSC 223.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:24
- T, THLocation To Be Announced TBA 1:45pm-3:30pm
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second 5 weeks
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POSC 223.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 235 3:10pm-4:55pm
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POSC 235 The Endless War on Terror 6 credits
In the aftermath of 9/11, the U.S. launched the Global War on Terror to purportedly find, stop,and defeat every terrorist group with a global reach. Without question, the Global War on Terror has radically shaped everything from U.S. foreign policies and domestic institutions to civil liberties and pop culture. In this course, we will examine the events of 9/11 and then critically assess the immediate and long-term ramifications of the endless Global War on Terror on different states and communities around the world. While we will certainly spend time interrogating U.S. policies from the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, we will also examine reactions to those policies across both the global north and the global south.
- Winter 2021, Winter 2022
- International Studies Writing Requirement
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POSC 235.00 Winter 2021
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:24
- T, THAnderson Hall 121 10:20am-12:05pm
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POSC 235.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 3:10pm-4:55pm
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POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict 6 credits
Ethnic conflict is a persistent and troubling challenge for those interested in preserving international peace and stability. By one account, ethnic violence has claimed more than ten million lives since 1945, and in the 1990s, ethnic conflicts comprised nearly half of all ongoing conflicts around the world. In this course, we will attempt to understand the conditions that contribute to ethnic tensions, identify the triggers that lead to escalation, and evaluate alternative ideas for managing and solving such disputes. The course will draw on a number of cases, including Rwanda, Bosnia, and Northern Ireland.
- Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2024
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 241.00 Winter 2018
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 241.00 Winter 2020
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 211 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 249 From the International to the Global: Critical Theories of World Politics 6 credits
Why is the world divided territorially? Why are some states considered more powerful than others? What can be done about violent conflict? This course will introduce students with critical approaches to world politics that ask these and other big questions. Marxist, feminist, post-structuralist and post-colonial scholars have challenged classical approaches of thinking about the international in terms of states and power. They have also questioned the dominance of western conceptions of politics in the way political scientists view the world. In this course will read and debate their contributions and apply them to real cases.
- Winter 2022, Spring 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 249.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Paul Petzschmann 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 114 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 114 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 249.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty:Paul Petzschmann 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 330 1:10pm-2:10pm
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Extra time: Departmental Simulation Evening May 19th and Daytime May 20th
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POSC 280 Feminist Security Studies 6 credits
Feminist security studies question and challenge traditional approaches to international relations and security, highlighting the myriad ways that state security practices can actually increase insecurity for many people. How and why does this security paradox exist and how do we escape it? In this class, we will explore the theoretical and analytical contributions of feminist security scholars and use these lessons to analyze a variety of policies, issues, and conflicts. The cases that we will cover include the UN resolution on women, peace, and security, Sweden’s feminist foreign policy, violence against women, and conflicts in Syria, Uganda, and Yemen.
- Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Winter 2024
- International Studies Social Inquiry Writing Requirement
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POSC 280.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWillis 211 1:10pm-2:10pm
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POSC 280.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THHasenstab 105 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 282 Terrorism and Counterterrorism 6 credits
This course focuses on the historic and modern use of violence or the threat of violence by non-state actors to secure political outcomes. We will review the strategy and tactics of various terror groups, use case studies to understand the logic of terrorism, assess why some groups succeed while others fail, and study terrorist organizations’ efforts at recruitment and indoctrination. These topics will be addressed from theoretical and practical perspectives, with input from expert guest speakers. Finally, we will assess counterterrorism measures, including the moral, ethical, legal, and practical approaches to creating security in the modern world.
- Winter 2019, Winter 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 282.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 282.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THHasenstab 105 8:15am-10:00am
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POSC 284 War and Peace in Northern Ireland 6 credits
This class examines the decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland between Catholics and Protestants known as “The Troubles.” We will investigate the causes of violence in this region and explore the different phases of the conflict, including initial mobilization of peaceful protestors, radicalization into violent resistance, and de-escalation. We will also consider the international dimensions of the conflict and how groups forged transnational ties with diaspora groups and separatist movements around the world. Finally, we will explore the consequences of this conflict on present-day Northern Ireland’s politics and identify lessons from the peace process for other societies in conflict.
- Winter 2019, Winter 2021, Spring 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 284.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 114 9:50am-11:00am
- FWillis 114 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 284.00 Winter 2021
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLocation To Be Announced TBA 11:30am-12:40pm
- FLocation To Be Announced TBA 11:10am-12:10pm
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POSC 284.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WHasenstab 105 9:50am-11:00am
- FHasenstab 105 9:40am-10:40am
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POSC 285 Intelligence, Policy and Conflict 6 credits
This course will study the U.S. Intelligence Community and how intelligence complements policy development and supports the creation and implementation of national security and foreign policy strategy. Using case studies, we will examine forms of conflict and assess how intelligence supported or failed policymakers in the areas of conventional warfare, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism. We will conclude with the study of asymmetric warfare in our modern age.
- Winter 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2022
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 285.00 Winter 2017
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 211 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 285.00 Spring 2019
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THCMC 210 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 285.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 8:15am-10:00am
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POSC 289 Politics and Public Policy in Washington, D.C., Program: Politics & Public Policy in Washington DC 6 credits
Students will participate in a seminar centered around meetings with experts in areas of U.S. politics and policy. Over the course of the term they will collaborate in groups to produce a presentation exploring the political dimensions of public policy with a focus on how problem identification, institutional capacity, and stakeholder interests combine to shape policy options.
Requires participation in OCS Program: Politics and Public Policy in Washington, D.C.
- Winter 2024
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Social Inquiry
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Mathematics 215, Statistics 120 or other statistics course and participation in Washington DC OCS program
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POSC 307 Go Our Own Way: Autonomy in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement* 6 credits
“Every civil rights bill was passed for white people, not black people. I am a human being. I know … I have right(s). White people didn’t know that. … so [they] had to … to tell that white man, ‘he’s a human being, don’t stop him.’ That bill was for the white man…. I knew [my rights] all the time.” Stokely Carmichael spoke for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee viewpoint in 1966. The Black Panther Party enacted basic civic responsibilities in their programs. Ella Baker spoke of autonomy in community. This seminar brings voices across generations speaking to current affairs.
- Winter 2019, Fall 2021
- Intercultural Domestic Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 307.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 231 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 307.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 136 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 308 Global Gender Politics* 6 credits
How have gendered divisions of power, labor, and resources contributed to the global crises of violence, sustainability, and inequity? Where and why has the pursuit of gender justice elicited intense backlash, especially within the last two decades? In this course, we will explore the global consequences of gender inequality and the ongoing pursuit of gender justice both transnationally and in different regions of the world. We will investigate a variety of cases ranging from land rights movements in East Africa, to the international movement to ban nuclear weapons. Finally, we will pay special attention to how hard-won gains in women’s rights and other related inequalities in world affairs are being jeopardized by new and old authoritarianisms.
- Winter 2022, Fall 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 308.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 136 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 308.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WHasenstab 002 1:50pm-3:45pm
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POSC 328 Foreign Policy Analysis* 6 credits
Foreign policy analysis is a distinct sub-field within international relations that focuses on explaining the actions and choices of actors in world politics. After a review of the historical development of the sub-field, we will explore approaches to foreign policy that emphasize the empirical testing of hypotheses that explain how policies and choices are formulated and implemented. The psychological sources of foreign policy decisions (including leaders’ beliefs and personalities and the effect of decision-making groups) are a central theme. Completion of a lower level IR course and the stats/methods sequence is recommended.
- Fall 2018, Winter 2021, Fall 2022
- Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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POSC 328.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WWillis 203 1:50pm-3:35pm
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POSC 328.00 Winter 2021
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WLocation To Be Announced TBA 7:00pm-9:30pm
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POSC 328.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THHasenstab 105 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 330 The Complexity of Politics* 6 credits
Theories of complexity and emergence relate to how large-scale collective properties and characteristics of a system can arise from the behavior and attributes of component parts. This course explores the relevance of these concepts, studied mainly in physics and biology, for the social sciences. Students will explore agent-based modeling to discover emergent properties of social systems through computer simulations they create using NetLogo software. Reading and seminar discussion topics include conflict and cooperation, electoral competition, transmission of culture and social networks. Completion of the stats/methods sequence is highly recommended.
- Winter 2017, Winter 2019, Spring 2022
- Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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POSC 330.00 Winter 2017
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WLibrary 344 1:50pm-3:35pm
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POSC 330.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THWeitz Center 136 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 335 Navigating Environmental Complexity—Challenges to Democratic Governance and Political Communication 6 credits
How can we design democratic institutions to deal with environmental and social problems? Are there universal approaches to solving political problems in physically and socially diverse communities? Do people come up with different institutional ways to address shared problems because of environmental or cultural differences? Our seminar considers current thinking about complex social-ecological systems and how we communicate and work collectively to address the problems of local and global commons.
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POSC 335.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Barbara Allen 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THHasenstab 109 10:10am-11:55am
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