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  • PLAD 2500

    Special Topics in Politics
     Rating

    3.07

     Difficulty

    1.80

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Special Topics in Politics

  • PLPT 4500

    Special Topics in Political Theory
     Rating

    4.47

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Investigates a special problem of political theory such as political corruption, religion and politics, science and politics, or the nature of justice. Prerequisite: One course in PLPT or instructor permission.

  • PLIR 4500

    Special Topics in International Relations
     Rating

    3.10

     Difficulty

    3.57

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts in international relations. Prerequisite: One course in PLIR or instructor permission.

  • PLAP 4601

    Democracy in America
     Rating

    3.89

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Democracy in America

  • PLCP 4220

    Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy
     Rating

    3.00

     Difficulty

    1.50

     GPA

    3.46

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy

  • PLPT 3050

    Survey of American Political Theory
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.47

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Surveys the development of the American tradition of free government emphasizing the major contributors and their critics.

  • PLCP 4500

    Special Topics in Comparative Politics
     Rating

    3.79

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    3.48

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts in comparative government. Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission.

  • PLPT 4060

    Politics & Literature
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.48

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This seminar considers how works of fiction enhance our understanding of the terms of democratic life. The theme for the spring of 2020 is the life and afterlife of slavery in American political experience; and the central authors are Herman Melville, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison.

  • PLAP 3160

    Politics of Food
     Rating

    4.83

     Difficulty

    2.80

     GPA

    3.49

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    This course looks at the production and consumption of food in a political context. We will explore legislation, regulation, and other policies that affect the food system and examine their implications for the environment, public health and democratic politics. We will look closely at controversies over agricultural subsidies, labeling requirements, farming practices, food safety, advertising and education.

  • PLIR 1010

    International Relations
     Rating

    3.66

     Difficulty

    2.25

     GPA

    3.49

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Studies the geographic, demographic, economic, and ideological factors conditioning the policies of states, and the methods and institutions of conflict and adjustment among states, including the functions of power, diplomacy, international law and organization.