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American Politics International Relations Methods
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(For a complete list of Carleton College Political Science Department course offerings, please see the Academic Catalog.)

AMERICAN POLITICS

POSC 100 Fall '08 (Allen) Fall '07(Allen) Fall '07 (Schier) Winter '07 Fall '05, Fall '04, Fall '01, Fall '00 , Fall '99, Fall '96
POSC 122-01 Politics in America: Liberty and Equality Fall '11 Winter '11, Fall '10, Winter '10 Fall '09, Winter '09 Winter '09 Fall '08 Winter '08 Fall '07 Spring '07, Winter '07 Fall '06, Winter '06 Fall '05 Winter '05, Winter '04, Fall '03, Spring '03, Winter '02, Spring '01, Fall '00, Spring '00 , Winter '00, Fall '99 Spring '99, Winter '99, Fall '98
POSC 122-02 Politics in America: Liberty and Equality Winter '12 Fall '11 Fall '10, Spr '10, Fall '09, Fall '08 Winter '08 Spring '07, Winter '06 Winter '05, Winter '04, Spring '03, Spring '02 , Winter '02, Winter '01, Fall '00, Winter '99, Fall '99, Fall '98
POSC 122-03 Politics in America: Liberty and Equality Fall' 11
POSC 201 National Policy Making Winter '12 Winter '09 Fall '06, Spring '05, Winter '01, Winter '99, Spring '97
POSC 202 Parties, Interest Groups and Elections (Schier) Fall '10, Spring '05, Winter '00, Spring '96
POSC 203 Political Communication: Election Campaign Advertising & Public Opinion (Allen) Fall '09, Winter '08
POSC 203 Political Psychology (Sullivan) Fall '01, Fall '00, Fall '98
POSC 204 Media and Politics (Allen) Fall '10, Fall '08 Fall '04, Fall '00, Spring '99
POSC 205 Congress and the Presidency Spring '11, Winter '09 Spring '03, Fall '97
POSC 206 American Courts (Smith) Fall '10, Winter '05, Fall '01, Winter '00
POSC 207 Urban Politics (Keiser) Fall '09 Fall '03, Spring '01
POSC 209 The Power of Citizenship (Cavanaugh) Winter '10
POSC 210 Politics Across Borders (Wong) Fall '07
POSC 211 Environment & the Evolution of Rules: Designing Institutions to Solve Political Problems (Allen) Fall '07
POSC 211 Institutions and Democracy, or Institutional Analysis and Development (Allen) Fall '05, Winter '04, Winter '02
POSC 212 Environmental Politics (Smith) Winter '11
POSC 213/313 Labor Politics in a Global Age (Wong) Spring '08
POSC 214 Visual Representations of Political Thought & Action (Allen) Spring '11, Spring '09
POSC 215 Federalism, State and Local Politics (Johnson)Spring '03, Fall '01
POSC 216 Direct Democracy (Initiative, Referendum & Public Policy) Winter '07
POSC 217 U.S. State Politics (Hanson) Spring '06
POSC 218 Schools, Scholarship & Policy (Keiser) Fall '11 Winter '11
POSC 218 Federalism (Hanson) Spring '06
POSC 219/319 Power, Protest, & Grassroots Organizing Winter '11, Winter '10 Winter '08
POSC 220 Politics & Political History in Film (Allen) Winter '11, Winter '09 Winter '08
POSC 222 Politics of Food (Cavanaugh) Spring '10
POSC 222 Intro to Latino(a) Politics (Navarro) Winter '02POSC 223 Chicana Politics and Public Policy (Navarro) Spring '02
POSC 224 Migration Politics: Asian American and Latino Experiences (Wong) Spring '07
POSC 225 Readings in American Politics (Schier) Spring '00, Spring '99
POSC 227 Agenda Setting Through Speeches & Debates (Allen) Winter '10 Winter '09
POSC 257 American Environmental Thought (Smith) Spring '09 Spring '06, Winter '04, Spring '02, Spring '00
POSC 262 Environmental Policy and Politics Spring '05, Spring '03, Spring '01, Winter '99, Winter '98
POSC 266 Urban Political Economy (Keiser) Winter '10 Spring '06, Winter '02, Spring '00
POSC 271 American Constitutional Law I Fall '09 Winter '08, Fall '05, Winter '04, Winter '02
POSC 272 American Constitutional Law II Winter '12 Winter '10 Spring '08 Winter '06, Spring '02
POSC 273 Citizenship & Immigration Politics (Wong) Winter '11, Spring '09
POSC 275 Identity Politics in America (Wong) Fall '10, Spring '09
POSC 282 Sex, Society & Justice (Wright) Winter '06
POSC 289/293 Washington, D.C. Seminar (Schier) Winter '01
POSC 301 American Constitutional Law I (Smith) Fall '99
POSC 302 American Constitutional Law II (Smith) Fall '00, Spring '99
POSC 303 Political Communication: Election Campaign Advertising & Public Opinion (Allen) Winter '08
POSC 305 Issues in American Democracy (Schier) Spring '11, Winter '09 Winter '08, Winter '06, Fall '04, Winter '02
POSC 306 How Race Matters in American Politics/Race and Ethnic Politics Spring '11, Fall '08 Fall '06, Fall '05, Spring '00
POSC 308 Poverty and Policy (Keiser) Spring '09 Fall '04, Spring '01, Spring '99
POSC 309 The American Presidency Winter '11, Fall '09 Fall '08 Spring '07, Fall '05, Winter '04, Winter '00
POSC 310 Politics Across Borders (Wong) Fall '07
POSC 310 Health Care Policy and Politics (White) Fall '97
POSC 311 Topics in Constitutional Law Winter '11, Fall '08 Winter '07 Spring '05, Winter '99
POSC 312 American Political Culture and Values (Sullivan) Fall '00, Fall '98
POSC 314 Money and Politics* (Johnson) Spring '02
POSC 318 The American Farm (Smith) Spring '01
POSC 319 Power, Protest, & Grassroots Organizing Winter '11, Winter '10 Winter '08
POSC 319 US-Mexico Border Relations (Navarro) Spring '02
POSC 353 American Separatist Movements (Allen) Spring '05, Spring '00
POSC 366 Urban Political Economy (Keiser) Spring '06
POSC 367 Suburbanization of America (Keiser) Fall '08 Fall '03, Fall '00, Fall '99, Fall '98

COMPARATIVE POLITICS

POSC 120-01 Comparative Political Regimes Winter '12 Spring '11, Fall '10, Winter '10 Fall '09 Spring '09 Winter '09 Fall '08 Spring '08, Winter '08, Fall '07 Spring '07, Fall '06, Winter '06, Fall '05, Spring '05, Winter '05, Fall '04, Winter '04, Fall '03, Spring '03, Spring '02 , Fall '01, Spring '01, Winter '01 , Fall '00, Spring '00, Winter '00, Fall '99, Spring '99, Winter '99, Fall '98
POSC 120-02 Comparative Political Regimes Winter '10 Spring '07, Winter '06, Winter '04, Fall '03, Winter '02, Winter '01 , Winter '00, Winter '99
POSC 221 Latin American Politics (Montero) Fall '08 Winter '05, Spring '01, Fall '99
POSC 233 The Global Resurgence of Democracy Spring '10, Fall '04, Winter '04, Spring '03, Spring '01, Spring '00, Winter '99
POSC 238 West European Politics (Kollman) Winter '05
POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict Fall '11 Winter '11, Spring '09 Winter '07
POSC 244 Post-Communist States--East Central Europe Winter '04
POSC 245 Comparative Environmental Politics & Policy Winter '07 Fall '03
POSC 247 Comparative Nationalism Fall '10, Winter '07 Winter '06
POSC 263 European Political Economy (Montero) Winter '08 Spring '04 Winter '01, Winter '00
POSC 264 Politics of Contemporary China (Heurlin) Fall '09
POSC 264 Introduction to Political Economy (Vig) Spring '98
POSC 322 Political Economy of Latin America (Montero) Fall '09 Winter '06, Fall '03, Fall '01, Spring '99
POSC 323 Cuban Politics (Montero) Winter '11
POSC 323 Russian Government and Foreign Policy (Grow) Fall '98
POSC 331 Urban Politics in Latin America (Dosh) Spring '03
POSC 332 Religion and Politics (Gupta) Fall '11 Spring '08
POSC 358 Comparative Social Movements* Fall '10, Winter '09 Spring '07, Spring '03
POSC 361 Approaches to Development (Myint) Winter '12 Winter '10
POSC 361 Public Policy Seminar: Rethinking Environmental Politics* (Vig) Winter '05
POSC 362 Globalization & the State* Spring '08
POSC 364 Capitalism and Its Critics* (Montero) Fall '11 Fall '10, Fall '08 Fall '05
POSC 365 Political Economy of Global Tourism (Keiser) Winter '12
POSC 383 Maastricht Program: Political & Economic Integration of Europe (Vig, Montero) Spring '08 Spring '02, Spring '99
POSC 384 Maastricht Program: Environmental Policy of the European Union (Vig) Spring '99
POSC 385 Comparative Democratic Systems (Montero) Fall '06, Fall '04, Fall '99
POSC 386 Comparing China & Mexico (Grow/Montero) Fall/Winter '00
POSC 387 Maastricht Program: The Europe of Regions (Montero) Spring '08 Spring '02

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

POSC 170 International Relations & World Politics Winter '12 Fall '11 Spring '10, Winter '10 Spring '09 Winter '09 Winter '08 Winter '08, Spring '07, Spring '06, Winter '06, Fall '05, Spring '05, Winter '05, Fall '04, Winter '04, Fall '03, Spring '03, Winter '02, Winter '01, Spring '00, Fall '99, Spring '99, Winter '99, Fall '98
POSC 229 International Institutions Fall '09 Spring '08
POSC 231 American Foreign Policy Spring '05, Winter '04, Spring '02, Spring '01, Fall '00
POSC 232 Taiwan: Political and Economic Change (Levin) Spring '03
POSC 234 State, Society & International Relations of the Middle East Fall '11
POSC 234 The Arab-Israeli Conflict (Packer) Fall '00, Fall '98
POSC 235 Cold War: US and Soviet Foreign Policy (Grow & Levin) Fall '99
POSC 236 National Security Policy (Sathasivam) Winter '02, Fall '00
POSC 237 Southeast Asian Politics (Myint) Winter '09 Fall '07
POSC 237 Asia and American Foreign Policy (Grow & Levin) Fall '98
POSC 239 The Diplomat's Craft (Levin) Fall '11 Spring '10, Spring '09 Spring '07, Spring '05
POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict (Sathasivam) Spring '02, Winter '01
POSC 242 Hong Kong: A Relic of the Past or a Model for the Future (Levin) Spring '01
POSC 246 International Perspectives on Human Rights (Shawki) Fall '06, Winter '06, Fall '04
POSC 253 Communist Political Thought Marx to Mao (Grow) Spring '01, Spring '99, Fall '97
POSC 265 The Politics of Global Economic Relations Winter '12 Winter '10 Winter '09 Winter '07 Winter '06, Winter '05, Winter '04, Spring '03, Winter '01, Winter '99
POSC 268 Int'l. Environmental Politics and Policy Winter '12 Fall '09 Fall '08 Spring '07
POSC 268 Int'l. Environmental Law & Politics Winter '08, Spring '06, Fall '04, Winter '02, Winter '00, Spring '98
POSC 281 Global Society and World Politics Winter '12 Winter '10 Spring '08, Spring '05
POSC 320 Government and Politics of Africa (Packer) Spring '99
POSC 323 Russian Government and Foreign Policy (Grow) Spring '01, Fall '98
POSC 325 Japanese Government and Foreign Policy (Grow) Fall '99, Spring '98Fa
POSC 326 America's China Policy (Grow, Levin) Fall '10, Fall '05 Fall '03, Fall '01, Spring '99
POSC 327 Politics of African Development (Westerhout) Winter '06
POSC 328 Foreign Policy Analysis (Marfleet) Winter '10 Spring '07, Spring '06, Winter '05
POSC 329 The Vietnam War, Iraq, and American Foreign Policy (Grow) Spring '08, Fall '04, Fall '00, Fall '97
POSC 330 The Complexity of Politics (Marfleet) Fall '11 Fall '10, Winter '09 Fall '05, Fall '04
POSC 333 Sustainability Science (Myint) Spring '09
POSC 339 International Organizations (Shawki) Fall '06
POSC 342 War, Diplomacy & Peacemaking Fall '11
POSC 342 International Conflict and War (Packer) Fall '99
POSC 343 Turbulence in World Politics Winter '05, Winter '01, Winter '00, Winter '99
POSC 344 America's War on International Terrorism (Grow) Fall '03
POSC 345 Guerrillas, Warlords and Bandits: The Art of Asymmetric War (Grow) Fall '11 Fall '07, Fall '05
POSC 346 Spies, Rogues, and Statesmen (Grow) Fall '10, Fall '08 Winter '07 Fall '04
POSC 347 America & Its Wars (Grow & Levin) Fall '09
POSC 360 Seminar in Political Economy Winter '07 Spring '03 Spring '00 Spring '99
POSC 363 Political Economy of Internal War (Westerhout) Spring '05
POSC 365 International Public Policy (Westerhout) Spring '06
POSC 378 Beijing Program: Chinese Social & Political Institutions (Grow) Spring '09 Spring '06 Spring '00
POSC 379 Beijing Program: Chinese Decision Making (Grow) Spring '09 Spring '06 Spring '00
POSC 381 Beijing Program: Political Economy of China (Grow) Spring '09 Spring '06 Spring '00
POSC 382 Beijing Program: Chinese Economy in Transition (Grow) Spring '09 Spring '06 Spring '00

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

POSC 100 View of the World and the Good Life Fall '11
POSC 100 Ethics & Politics (Smith) Winter '01
POSC 160 Introduction to Political Philosophy Winter '12 Fall '11 Spring '11, Fall '10, Spring '10, Winter '10 Fall '09 Spring '09 Winter '09 Fall '08 Spring '08 Winter '08, Winter '08, Fall '07 Spring '07, Winter '07 Fall '06, Fall '06, Spring '06, Winter '06, Fall '05, Spring '05, Winter '05, Fall '04, Fall '04, Winter '04, Fall '03, Fall '03, Spring '03, Spring '02 , Winter '02, Fall '01, Spring '01, Winter '01, Fall '00, Spring '00, Winter '00, Fall '99, Spring '99, Winter '99, Fall '98, Fall '97
POSC 208 Civil Rights and Social Justice: The Political Ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Allen) Spring '07
POSC 211 Institutional Analysis & Development (Allen) Winter '02
POSC 228 Foucault: Bodies in Politics Fall '11
POSC 240 Religion, Democracy and Pragmatism (crosslisted with POSC 348) Winter '07
POSC 249 Globalization and Political Philosophy (Wolf) Spring '06
POSC 250 Ancient Political Philosophy: Plato's Republic (Cooper) Fall '10, Fall '08 Fall '06, Fall '04, Fall '00, Fall '98
POSC 251 Modern Political Philosophy (Schlosser) Winter '10
POSC 251 Modern Political Philosophy: The New Science & Humanity (Cooper) Fall '11 Fall '07
POSC 251 Modern Political Philosophy: Freedom, Nature & History (Cooper) Fall '01
POSC 251 Modern Political Philosophy: Liberalism and Its Critics (Cusher) Winter '06
POSC 251 Modern Political Philosophy Fall '03, Fall '99, Fall '97
POSC 252 American Political Thought Spring '07, Winter '05, Winter '01
POSC 253 Communist Political Thought Marx to Mao (Grow) Spring '99, Fall '97
POSC 254 Freedom, Excellence, Happiness--Aristotle's Ethics (Cooper) Winter '11
POSC 255 Post-Modern Political Thought Spring '11, Spring '06, Winter '04, Winter '02, Winter '00
POSC 256 Nietzsche & Political Philosophy (Cooper) Winter /11
POSC 256 Democracy and Its Critics (Steedman) Winter '05
POSC 256 The Family in Political Thought (Cohen) Spring '99
POSC 258 Politics and Ambition (Cooper) Spring '11, Spring '08, Spring '06, Winter '01
POSC 259 Justice Among Nations Spring '10, Winter '07
POSC 260 Political Philosophy of Rousseau (Cusher) Spring '05
POSC 261 Political Theory of Alexis de Tocqueville (crosslisted with POSC 352) Winter '07
POSC 276 Arendt: Imagination & Politics Fall '10
POSC 281 Social Capital and Civic Engagement (Wright) Winter '06
POSC 348 Religion, Democracy and Pragmatism Winter '07
POSC 350 Ancient Political Philosophy: Plato's Republic (Cooper) Fall '08 Fall '06
POSC 350 Political Philosophy and the Book of Genesis (Cooper) Fall '09, Winter '06
POSC 350 Reason and Enlightenment: The Frankfurt School and Political Theory (Steedman) Fall '04
POSC 350 Plato's Laws (Cooper) Winter '04
POSC 350 Nietzsche and Political Philosophy (Cooper) Winter '11, Spring '07, Fall '03, Spring '99
POSC 350 Aristotle & the Foundations of Politics (Cooper) Spring '00
POSC 350 Political Theory of Thomas Hobbes (Allen) Winter '00
POSC 351 The Political Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Allen) Spring '07, Winter '04, Fall '01, Winter '99
POSC 352 Political Theory of Alexis de Tocqueville Fall '11 Winter '09 Winter '07 Winter '05, Winter '01
POSC 354 Feminist Political Theory (Allen) Winter '01
POSC 355 Identity, Culture, & Rights (Allen) Winter '11
POSC 355 Contemporary Feminist Thought (Allen) Spring '07, Winter '02, Fall '99
POSC 356 Green Political Theory Winter '07
POSC 357 Tocqueville and Hate Speech at Carleton (Allen) Spring '99
POSC 359 Cosmopolitanism (Czobor-Lupp) Winter '12

METHODS / COMPS SEQUENCE

POSC 230 (formerly 190) Methods of Political Research Winter '12 Fall '11 Fall '09 Spring '09 Winter '09 Spring '08 Fall '07 Winter '07 Fall '06, Spring '06, Winter '06, Winter '05, Winter '05, Spring '04, Winter '04, Fall '03, Spring '03, Spring '02, Winter '02, Spring '01 ,Fall '00 , Spring '00, Fall '99, Winter '99
POSC 394 The Logic of Inquiry Fall '03, Fall '02, Fall '01, Fall '00, Fall '99, Fall '98
POSC 396 Questions in Political Science Winter '01, Winter '00, Winter '99
Comps Reading List: 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03


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