Political Science

Political science studies a wide range of topic areas from the study of democratic and authoritarian institutions, the international system, local governance and policy, violent conflict, as well as the political behavior of individuals. Political science uses a broad set of tools for descriptive and causal inference, which rely on diverse sources of evidence, including public opinion surveys, historical archives, field and lab experiments, social media, government documents, personal interviews, as well as ancient texts. Our faculty are dedicated teachers and leading scholars conducting cutting-edge research.

The Department of Political Science offers majors in Political Science, International Studies, Math-Political Science, and a joint major in Public Policy and Analysis with the Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods. Students develop expertise in writing, conceptualization, research design, and analytic techniques to understand political phenomena. Each of our majors is excellent preparation for careers in business, government, law, non-profits, public policy, journalism, and other fields. Our students go on to top graduate programs in business, law, political science, public policy, and other disciplines.

The department offers an extensive set of experiential learning and study abroad opportunities. Students can participate in the Summer Program in European Politics, where students take political science courses with Emory-affiliated faculty, meet with activists and policymakers, and conduct visits to European historic sites and government institutions. Students have the opportunity to pursue an internship and take political science courses in Washington D.C. through our Washington Semester Program and in New York City through our Bard Semester Program. Students can conduct research with our world-class faculty through the Center for Law and Social Science and other programs. The department offers an Honors Program where students work closely with faculty mentors to develop and write a senior thesis.

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Concentrations

Courses

POLS 100-Level Courses

Origins, principles, structures, processes, and practices of American national government. Stresses different perspectives on democratic theory and practice, and the adequacy of governmental institutions.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Introduction to select perennial themes in the history of political philosophy.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Introduction to analytical concepts, nature of the interstate system, the assumptions and ideas of diplomacy, the determinants of foreign policy.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

The course is organized around the following questions: What is politics, and what is political science? How do political groups form? How do groups make decisions? How are group decisions implemented? We approach these questions using ideas that are found across the sub-fields of political science.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Political systems of major nations in comparative perspective.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Discussion based course on the foundational ideas that underlie American democracy and other major American political debates from the revolutionary era to the present. Readings drawn from classic texts and original documents, speeches and writings of leading American political figures.This course is part of Emory's Voluntary Core Curriculum program.

Credit Hours: 4
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

For first-year students only. Entry level seminar focusing on a specific topic. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: FS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

POLS 200-Level Courses

This intermediate course in American politics examines how the public, elected officials and political institutions interact to govern and make public policy.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Beginnings of the Western political heritage as shaped by such great political thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, and Xenophon.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Political thought in the early modern period, from Machiavelli through the nineteenth century.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Fundamental concepts and quantitative techniques of empirical political inquiry. Introduction to concepts of measurement, parametric, and non-parametric statistics. Basic bivariate and univariate statistics used in political science.

Credit Hours: 4
GER: SS
Requisites: QTM 100 or QTM_OX 100 or MATH_OX 117 or MATH_OX 117Q or QTM 220 or ECON 220 or ECON_OX 220 or POLS 310 or POLS 310W or ISOM 350 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Intermediate course in international politics and relations, building on analytical concepts and applying them to the interstate system, as well as further examining assumptions and ideas of diplomacy, the determinants of foreign policy, causes and cessation of conflicts, etc.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This intermediate course in comparative politics examines two core challenges of democratic and autocratic governance- how power is constructed and maintained, and how public policy is constructed and implemented.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: SS
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This course introduces students to the many political institutions, ideological visions, and demographic divisions that have driven Israeli politics from 1948 through the present day. It also gives students a broad understanding of how political institutions operate in Israel and beyond.

Credit Hours

GER

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

MESAS 223
JS 223

Credit Hours

GER

SSW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

MESAS 223W
JS 223W

Introduction to basic concepts of American environmental policy. Topics include: history of federal environmental policymaking, environmental policy tools, controversies in environmental policy, and U.S. environmental policy in the age of globalization. Field trips required.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

This course requires ENVS 131 or ENVS_ OX 131 or BIOL_OX 111, or POLS 100 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite OR permission of instructor.

Cross-Listed

ENVS 227

Credit Hours

GER

HSCW

Requisites

This course requires ENVS 131 or ENVS_ OX 131 or BIOL_OX 111, or POLS 100 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite OR permission of instructor.

Cross-Listed

ENVS 227W

Prerequisite: ENVS 131, POLS 100 or permission. An introduction to basic concepts of American environmental policy in the age of globalization. Topics include the history of federal policymaking, policy tools and controversies in environmental policy. Field trips and weekly lab required.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

ENVS 228

Credit Hours

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

ENVS 228W

Selected topics and problems in political science. Content will vary in successive offerings of this course. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours: 1 - 4
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Selected topics and problems in political science. Content will vary in successive offerings of this course. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours: 1 - 5
GER: CW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

POLS 300-Level Courses

This course takes a mathematical approach to the study of voting procedures by considering the axiomatic properties procedures satisfy. Topics include apportionment, how agendas are optimally constructed, and how systems can (or can't!) reconcile individual liberty with the collective good.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

The course examines the intersection of policing and politics. It addresses how politics influences the police and policing (e.g., stop-and-frisk) and how the police and policing influence politics (e.g., rhetoric of political campaigns, protests in response to killings of civilians, etc.).

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Intensive analysis of one or more texts of political philosophy or political science, with an emphasis on developing skills of close reading, textual analysis, and independent interpretation.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HAP
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

An introduction to classical and contemporary political theories of justice, with application to several specific contemporary questions of public policy.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HAP
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

An introduction to the various approaches to using statistics to study social phenomena.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: MQR
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

An introduction to the various approaches to using statistics to study social phenomena.

Credit Hours: 4
GER: MQRW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110. Examines general principles and problems of international conflict resolution, including strategic bargaining, issue linkage, third party involvement, and coalition formation.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110. Procedures and practices regarded by states as constituting international law, with major emphasis on contemporary problems and probable trends.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110. Nature and development of international organization, with emphasis on the interaction between international systems and organizations.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: POLS 208 or POLS_OX 208 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110. Nature and development of international organization, with emphasis on the interaction between international systems and organizations.

Credit Hours: 4
GER: HSCW
Requisites: POLS 208 or POLS_OX 208 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110. Organizations and processes involved in the formulation and execution of United States national security policy. Topics include nuclear strategy, bureaucratic politics, and the programming and budgeting process.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Comparison of post-World War II foreign policies of selected states. Primary focus on developing an understanding of the impact of internal influences on external behavior.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Traditions and assumptions of American foreign policy; analysis of post-World War II policy, including nuclear deterrence, foreign aid, and alliance policies.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110. This course delves into the philosophical and contextual underpinnings of human rights in order to create a framework for understanding the increasing importance of human rights in the international system.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Examines interactions between economic developments (domestic and external) and political changes (domestic and external). Begins with general views and then examines particular issues (e.g., trade, monetary, development, environmental).

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110 or 120. Reviews several theories of the causes and dynamics of political violence. Includes an exploration of the ethical and moral issues concerning the proper role of government, the question of ends versus means, and the value of human existence.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. Examination of the theoretical and substantive relationships between politics and economics from a comparative perspective, including macroeconomic policy, economic influence on the vote, and political control of economic behavior.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: POLS 110 or 120. Intro to the contemporary politics of SE Asia. Focus on capitalist developing countries of the region - Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore. Approach is comparative, with focus on democratization, economic growth, and environmental issues.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

EAS 322

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. This course looks at the role of political parties for democracies and at ways parties represent interests in democracies. It combines general literature on parties and detailed study of a few countries.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Examines the contemporary political systems of Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece, including the topics of authoritarian rule, transition to democracy, reform of government institutions, and other issues.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110 or 120. An introduction to the politics and governments of Eastern Europe from World War I to the present.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. Comparative examination of the contemporary political systems of democratic Europe.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110 or 120. Examines politics of contemporary Japan, with stress on political bases of Japanese economic growth and in comparison with other East Asian economic successes (e.g., Taiwan, South Korea).

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

EAS 328

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. Provides a survey and analysis of ways states undergo transitions from authoritarian to democratic regimes. Emphasizes interplay of elite and social factors, and addresses relationship between political and economic reform.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Overview of the major political systems in Latin America; emphasis on patterns of authority; development of groups; the nature of institutions; political culture; forces of change; and the role of the state.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. Institutions and processes of the European Union including issues of membership, federalism, regional cohesion, effectiveness, accountability, and identity.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Politics of sub-Saharan Africa are examined, with emphasis on the major issues of social and political analysis as well as the African economic predicament and its political implications.

Credit Hours

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

AAS 334
AFS 334

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. Surveys the main contemporary theories of ethnic mobilization and nation building. Discusses the relationship between ethnicity and nationalism, and examines ethnic conflict and ways of resolving and preventing it.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. This course discusses the contemporary Russian political system, including major institutions and processes. Reviews development and collapse of the U.S.S.R. and briefly examines developments in other newly independent successor states.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

A broad introduction to the relationship between Islam and politics in twentieth-century Iran, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Political Science 120 is recommended but not required. Introduces students to critical issues in Middle East politics. Central themes include the colonial encounter, the rise of the authoritarian state, Israel and Palestine, and the rise of political Islam.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Examines the connection between political activity and environmental management. Focus ranges from regulatory activity to the environmental consequences of particular electoral forms of democratic governance.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

The course studies extralegal violence - violence that takes place outside of the legal and criminal justice system - with a particular focus on its impact on Black people and Black communities in the United States.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: ETHN
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

An introduction to the structure and behavior of the American presidency. Examines presidential elections, the organization of the office, and its relations with the other national political institutions.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Constitutional responsibilities of the federal legislature. Effects of internal procedures and organization, external links, and member goals on congressional decisions.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Examination of how and why national, state, and local governments in the American federal system interact (or fail to interact) to resolve important public policy problems.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Party organization, candidate recruitment, political campaigning, and legislative parties as facets of the total political system. Effect of parties in differing national and cultural contexts in fostering or inhibiting democratic values and practices.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Comprehensive examination of African American politics and its critical influence upon the American political system. Civil rights and black power movements; the voting rights act and redistricting; African American political participation, attitudes, and governance.

Credit Hours

GER

HSCE

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

AAS 346

Examination of the past, present, and future of Latino politics in the U.S. Analyzes historical and contemporary political preferences, voting, and representation of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, and other Latino populations, and how Latinos shape U.S.politics broadly.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSCE
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Voter and candidate decision-making during primary and general elections, patterns of partisan support in the electorate, and factors affecting campaign strategy in American elections.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Comprehensive examination of the significance of race in the development of the American political system. Topics include Reconstruction, the civil rights movement, and the contemporary political attitudes and behavior of black and white Americans.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 100. Basic concepts of American law, judicial selection, the legal profession, court systems, and judicial behavior.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Course focuses on the Supreme Court as an institution. Legal, attitudinal, and strategic models are employed to examine the court's history and processes, and its role in the political system.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 100. Basic principles of the Constitution and powers of the national and state governments, examined through Supreme Court decisions and secondary works.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Personal liberties guaranteed by the United States Constitution, including freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition; the right of privacy; the right against age, sex, race, or economic discrimination.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Examination of the various stages of the criminal justice process in the United States and the constitutional rights accorded to the criminally accused.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Identifies and examines the ways in which the nonprofit sector has and continues to organize communities for political action, foster citizen participation, promote social responsibility, influence local elections, inform public policy, and critique government decisions.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Overview of the role of gender in defining and shaping politics, political systems, political beliefs, political behavior, and public policy in the American and/or international context.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

WGS 357

Comprehensive analysis of legal issues relevant to women's status in society. Constitutional and statutory law addressed.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

WGS 358

How national public policies develop. Focus on who American governing actors and elites are, what they control, how they work together, and how issues thereby develop, recur, and evolve into policy.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

SOC 377

Examines how American executive branch agencies behave as organizations and how they relate in practice to the rest of the people in government and the nation.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

The nature, sources, and consequences of Americans' political preferences and beliefs. Topics include public opinion research methods, political socialization, self interest, reference groups, and voting behavior.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Focusing primarily on politics in the United States, this course examines the important roles played by organized interest groups and broader social movements in democratic politics.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Structures and political processes of state and local governments. Emphasis on the roles of state and local governments in the American federal system.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Three fundamental questions about poverty in America will be assessed: Who are the poor and how has the composition of the poverty population changed recently? What role do politics and ideology play in assessing the needs of the poor? What has been the effect of government programs and policies?

Credit Hours: 3
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Introduction and overview to the politics and governance of American cities. Emphasis is on understanding the relationships among governing structures, decision-making processes, and policy outcomes.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Overview of major public policy problems confronting American urban areas today and the responses city, state, and national governments have made to address these problems. Policy areas covered include poverty, education, crime, housing, and community development.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Overview of the quantitative and qualitative methodologies employed by analysts in determining whether public programs and policies work. Attention is also given to research utilization and the role of analysis in the policymaking process.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Open only to undergraduate students by permission of the instructor. Additionally, this course is required for all students seeking to apply for the fellowship in Community Building and Social Change.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

CBSC 370A
SOC 370A
ENVS 370A

Open only to students admitted as fellows in the program in Community Building and Social Change.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

CBSC 370B
SOC 370B
ENVS 370B

Open only to students admitted as fellows in the program in Community Building and Social Change.

Credit Hours

GER

HSCW

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

CBSC 370BW
SOC 370BW
ENVS 370BW

Open only to students admitted as fellows in the program in Community Building and Social Change.

Credit Hours

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

SOC 370L
ENVS 370L
CBSC 370L

Practical, applied course on how to express political ideas using the video medium. This course is appropriate for students with no prior experience in video production. This course also addresses the theory of political television advertising, political documentaries and commentaries.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HAP
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This course examines the science, history, politics and policy of nuclear weapons.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 110 or 120. Describes the manifold consequences of war to the individual, the state, and the international system; reviews a variety of theories of war consequences and explores the possible political and moral implications.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This class covers a variety of topics regarding the nature, causes, prosecution, and consequences of war. Specific topics discussed include counterinsurgency, deterrence, public opinion and war, economic development and war, democracy and war, civil-military relations, civil war, ethnicity and war.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: POLS 110 or POLS_OX 110 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Credit Hours: 4
GER: HSCW
Requisites: POLS 110 or POLS_OX 110 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Examines contemporary Chinese politics, covering regime institutions and processes, policies and their effects, and the dynamics of political development, including Chinese Communist party and central government, as well as the role of subnational government.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

EAS 375

Introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Foundational building blocks of non-cooperative games including normal and strategic form games, Nash equilibrium concept, various equilibrium concept refinements including backwards induction, sub-game perfection, and perfect Bayesian equilibrium.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

QTM 315

Suggested prerequisite: Political Science 120. Analysis of the contemporary Spanish political system, including its transition to democracy, political institutions, and governmental processes.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

An examination of political information as it is conveyed through music and music video/film art forms. Course fulfills an elective requirement for the political science major.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Influence of political institutions (e.g. democracy), domestic interests, external constraints (e.g. global value chains), and structural factors (e.g. natural resources) on various types of development (e.g. GDP growth, economic upgrading, poverty alleviation, green growth, human development).

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This course examines the logic and exercise of violence in contemporary Asia, including insurgency, terrorism, intervention, political violence during decolonization, conflict between regional powers, & social mobilization in e.g. Afghanistan, Philippines, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, and North Korea.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Course focuses on economic development in post-World War II dictatorships, emphasizing conceptual issues, typologies of dictatorships, dynamics of dictatorships, and benefits of democracy vs. dictatorship for development.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Progression of the conflict from the 19th century to the present is reviewed in a multidisciplinary manner. Topics include political history, communal disparities, and the various wars and their diplomatic outcomes.

Credit Hours

GER

HSC

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

HIST 383
JS 383

Focuses on the complexity of policy problems surrounding international environmental issues, the fragility of international environmental institutions, and specific policy problems such as free trade, sustainable development, population growth, climate change, and endangered species.

Credit Hours

GER

HSCW

Requisites

This course requires ENVS 131 or ENVS_ OX 131 or POLS 110 or equivalent transfer credit as a prerequisite OR permission of instructor.

Cross-Listed

ENVS 377W

Selected topics and problems in political science. Content will vary in successive offerings of this course. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours: 1 - 4
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Selected topics and problems in political science. Content will vary in successive offerings of this course. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Credit Hours: 1 - 5
GER: CW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This is a variable credit course; special topics in Political Science.

Credit Hours: 1 - 4
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This is a variable credit course; special topics in Political Science.

Credit Hours: 1 - 5
GER: CW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This course offers independent research study credit. Participating students are matched with a member of the Emory faculty (or advanced graduate student) and conduct independent research under the faculty member's supervision.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: XA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Research on selected topics and problems in political science. Class will fulfill the "research" requirement for the political science major. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: None
Requisites: POLS 208 or POLS_OX 208 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Research on selected topics and problems in political science. Class will fulfill the "research" requirement for the political science major. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours: 4
GER: CW
Requisites: POLS 208 or POLS_OX 208 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

The basic internship course provides students with an opportunity to earn 1 to 4 hours of S/U academic credit while gaining practical workplace experience. Unlike the advanced internship course (POLS 496RW), this course has no prerequisites. May be repeated up to a total of 8 credit hours.

Credit Hours: 1 - 4
GER: XA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This course offers 3 hours of independent research study credit. Participating students are matched with a member of the Emory faculty (or an advanced graduate student) and conduct independent research under the faculty member's supervision. May be repeated up to a total of 12 credit hours.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

POLS 400-Level Courses

Credit sixteen hours, satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Special course for students selected by the department to study for one semester in the nation's capital, with an occasional abroad component.

Credit Hours: 16
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Credit sixteen hours, satisfactory/unsatisfactory.Special course for students selected by the department to study for one semester in New York City.

Credit Hours: 16
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Open only to senior and junior majors and others by permission of instructor. Selected topics in political science.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Open only to senior and junior majors and others by permission of instructor. Selected topics in political science.

Credit Hours: 4
GER: CW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This is a variable credit course; special topics class in Political Science that will be a variation of a senior seminar.

Credit Hours: 1 - 4
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

This is a variable credit course; special topics class in Political Science that will be a variation of a senior seminar.

Credit Hours: 1 - 5
GER: CW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Open only to students admitted as fellows in the program in Community Building and Social Change.

Credit Hours

GER

None

Requisites

None

Cross-Listed

CBSC 492R
SOC 492R
ENVS 492R

Research Seminar on selected topics and problems in political science. Class will fulfill the "research" requirement for the political science major. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: HSC
Requisites: POLS 208 or POLS_OX 208 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Research Seminar on selected topics and problems in political science. Class will fulfill the "research" requirement for the political science major. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies.

Credit Hours: 4
GER: HSCW
Requisites: POLS 208 or POLS_OX 208 or equivalent transfer credit as prerequisite.
Cross-Listed: None

Open only to students selected to participate in the department's Honors Program. Basic social science research methods and preparation of an honors thesis on some previously uninvestigated or insufficiently investigated area of political science. This course is required for completion of the Honors Program in political science.

Credit Hours: 3
GER: XA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Credit Hours: 4
GER: XAW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Credit, four to twelve hours. Supervised participation in a government/political internship approved by the department.

Credit Hours: 4 - 12
GER: XA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Credit, four to twelve hours. Supervised participation in a government/political internship approved by the department.

Credit Hours: 4 - 12
GER: XAW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Credit, one to twelve hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Independent reading and research under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit.

Credit Hours: 1 - 12
GER: None
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Credit, one to twelve hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Independent reading and research under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit.

Credit Hours: 1 - 12
GER: CW
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Credit, one to eight hours. Independent research course for students selected to participate in the department's Honors Program. This course is required for completion of the Honors Program in political science.

Credit Hours: 1 - 8
GER: XA
Requisites: None
Cross-Listed: None

Political Science

Concentrations

Faculty

Courses

POLS 100-Level Courses

POLS 100: Natl Politics/United States

POLS 102: Intro to Political Theory

POLS 110: Intr.to International Politics

POLS 111: Principles of Pol.Science

POLS 120: Intro.to Comparative Politics

POLS 150: Foundations of Amer. Democracy

POLS 190: Fresh Sem: Poli Sci

POLS 200-Level Courses

POLS 200: Intermed.Natl.Politics of U.S.

POLS 201: Classical Political Thought

POLS 202: Modern Political Thought

POLS 208: Research Design and Methods

POLS 210: Interm. International Politics

POLS 220: Intermed. Comparative Politics

POLS 223: Israeli Politics

POLS 223W: Israeli Politics

POLS 227: Environmental Policy

POLS 227W: Environmental Policy

POLS 228: Environmental Policy with Lab

POLS 228W: Environmental Policy with Lab

POLS 285: Spec.Topics: Political Science

POLS 285W: Spec.Topics: Political Science

POLS 300-Level Courses

POLS 300: Social Choice and Elections

POLS 303: Policing & Politics

POLS 304: Maj Texts In Political Theory

POLS 306: Contemporary Democratic Theory

POLS 310: Research: Statistical Modeling

POLS 310W: Research: Statistical Modeling

POLS 311: Intl Conflict Resolution

POLS 312: International Law

POLS 313: Rch: Intl.Organizations

POLS 313W: Rch: Intl.Organizations

POLS 314: U.S. National Security Policy

POLS 315: Foreign Policies of Maj Powers

POLS 316: Foreign Policy/The U States

POLS 317: Global Human Rights

POLS 319: Int'l Political Economy

POLS 320: Political Violence

POLS 321: Comparative Political Economy

POLS 322: Politics of Southeast Asia

POLS 323: Comparative Political Parties

POLS 324: Sthrn Euro Political System

POLS 325: Eastern European Politics

POLS 326: Western European Politics

POLS 328: Politics of Japan & East Asia

POLS 329: Democratic Transitions

POLS 331: Latin American Politics

POLS 333: Politics in the European Union

POLS 334: Contemporary African Politics

POLS 335: Nations And Nationalism

POLS 336: Politics in Russia

POLS 337: Islam and Politics

POLS 338: Politics of the Middle East

POLS 339: Politics & the Environment

POLS 340: Race and Extralegal Violence

POLS 341: The Presidency

POLS 342: Congressional Politics

POLS 343: Federalism&Intergovrnl Relatns

POLS 345: American Political Parties

POLS 346: African American Politics

POLS 347: Latino Politics in the U.S.

POLS 348: Elections and Voting

POLS 349: Politics of Race in the U.S.

POLS 350: American Legal System

POLS 351: United States Supreme Court

POLS 352: Constitutional Law

POLS 353: Civil Liberties

POLS 354: Criminal Justice

POLS 355: Nonprofits and Politics

POLS 357: Gender Politics

POLS 358: Women and the Law

POLS 360: Public Policy

POLS 362: Executive Branch Governance

POLS 363: Public Opinion