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POSC-112 The International Politics of Climate Change
Eleonora Mattiacci
(Section 01)
POSC-135 Justice
Kristin Bumiller
(Section 01)
POSC-152 Guns in American Politics
Jonathan M. Obert
(Section 01)
POSC-160 Sexualities in International Relations
Manuela Picq
(Section 01)
POSC-215 Democratic Backsliding
Javier Corrales
(Section 01)
POSC-222 Histories of the Far-Right
Adi Gordon
(Section 01)
Gilles Verniers
(Section 01)
POSC-228 Lovers and Friends: A Democratic Idea?
Jared Loggins
(Section 01)
POSC-229 African-American Political Thought
Jared Loggins
(Section 01)
POSC-235 Globalization Through the Lens of Border Culture
Lorne Falk
(Section 01)
POSC-252 Introductory International Relations
Eleonora Mattiacci
(Section 01)
POSC-254 Ancient Political Thought
Thomas L. Dumm
(Section 01)
POSC-264 The Backlash Against Globalization
Nataliia Bychkova
(Section 01)
POSC-269 Public Policy in Stories: East Asian Perspectives
Alex Jingwei He
(Section 01)
POSC-301 Terrorism and Revolution: A Case Study of Russia
Constantine V. Pleshakov
(Section 01)
POSC-305 New Cold Wars: Great Power Relations in the 21st Century
Pavel Machala
(Section 01)
POSC-307 States of Extraction: Nature, Women, and World Politics
Manuela Picq
(Section 01)
POSC-360 From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and Punishment in the United States
Austin D. Sarat
(Section 01)
POSC-366 Marxism and Law
Michaela J. Brangan
(Section 01)
Pavel Machala
(Section 01)
POSC-429 Science and Politics: Michel Foucault and Bruno Latour
Jaeyoon Park
(Section 01)
POSC-437 Disabling Institutions
Kristin Bumiller
(Section 01)
POSC-438 Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Scott A. Smitson
(Section 01)
POSC-480 Contemporary Political Theory
Thomas L. Dumm
(Section 01)
POSC-486 U.S.–Latin American Relations
Javier Corrales
(Section 01)
POSC-490 Special Topics
TBA (Section 01)
Thomas L. Dumm
(Section 02)
Austin D. Sarat
(Section 03)
POSC-499 Senior Departmental Honors
TBA (Section 01)
Thomas L. Dumm
(Section 02)
Jared Loggins
(Section 03)
Pavel Machala
(Section 04)
Eleonora Mattiacci
(Section 05)
Jonathan M. Obert
(Section 06)
Ruxandra Paul
(Section 07)
Constantine V. Pleshakov
(Section 08)
POSC-499D Senior Departmental Honors
TBA (Section 01)
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