Introduces the basic theories and practices of political economy through the lens of globalization. Discusses the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the OECD and the former GATT as well as the WTO. Explores the complex trade relations between Asia, Europe, and the US, and the impact of financial crisis on world markets.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 10:20 | C-102 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 10:20 | C-102 |
Covers the formal structure of the international legal order; sources, uses and dynamics of law in international relations; use of force, war crimes; the status and functions of states, governments, international organizations, companies, and individuals; law of the sea, environment, jurisdiction, aliens, human rights, the diplomatic process and its protection, and treaties. Discusses theory and future directions of international law. This course is crosslisted with International Law.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 10:35 | 11:55 | C-104 |
Friday | 10:35 | 11:55 | C-104 |
Topics courses change every semester, offering advanced study in themes, theories and issues beyond the regular departmental course offerings. Taught by permanent or visiting faculty, recent Topics courses include: 'The French Elections', 'Refugee and Asylum Law', 'Turkey and the EU', or 'Law and Corruption'.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 09:00 | 11:55 | Q-609 |
Students investigate contending views of the world system and consider the relative validity of competing theories to see how theory relates to practice. They do so by re-examining classic definitions of "realism" along with concepts of neo-realism (structural realism) and geopolitics, liberalism/international ethics, neo-liberalism, pluralism, the English school, Marxism, social constructivism, post-structuralism, post-colonialism, neo-conservatism, feminism, green theory, among others.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | 10:35 | 11:55 | SD-5 |
Friday | 10:35 | 11:55 | SD-5 |
As the bridge-course for the major in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, this team-taught course offers a multidisciplinary perspective on key questions of political economy. First presenting the similarities and differences between philosophical, political and economic approaches to political and economic rationality, the course offers varied analyses of representation and government, the commons, security, inequality and debt. The overall purpose of the course is to engage students, at various levels of theoretical abstraction and empirical precision, with the fundamental issues lying between ethics, politics, and economics.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 18:30 | 19:50 | G-207 |
Monday | 16:55 | 18:15 | G-207 |
Thursday | 16:55 | 18:15 | G-207 |
This Politics Workshop fulfills the senior seminar capstone requirement for the International and Comparative Politics Major. This course is designed to be as individualized as possible, organized around the student's particular research interests with regular one-on-one sessions with the professor. This is also a course in the international and global politics in which students learn about the discipline and subdisciplines of political science.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 10:35 | 11:55 | Q-609 |
Thursday | 10:35 | 11:55 | Q-609 |
Topics vary by semester
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 09:00 | 10:20 | C-103 |
Thursday | 09:00 | 10:20 | C-103 |
Topics vary by semester
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Wednesday | 09:00 | 10:20 | C-104 |
The module topics change each semester and are taught by working professionals in the fields of international affairs, conflict resolution and civil society development. Each semester four or more different modules are offered. May be taken twice for credit.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Saturday | 10:00 | 18:00 | Q-A101 |
Wednesday | 15:20 | 21:25 | Q-A101 |
Friday | 15:20 | 21:25 | Q-A101 |
The module topics change each semester and are taught by working professionals in the fields of international affairs, conflict resolution and civil society development. Each semester four or more different modules are offered. May be taken twice for credit.
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday | 15:20 | 21:25 | Q-509 |
Saturday | 10:00 | 18:00 | Q-609 |
Wednesday | 15:20 | 21:25 | Q-604 |