Please consult the following list to determine the subfield of each course for purposes of satisfying field distribution requirements for the Politics concentration. Courses listed under "Other" count as departmental courses but do not satisfy field distribution requirements.

Fall 2026

American Politics (AP)

  • POL 220/SPI 310: American Politics
  • POL 318: Law and Society
  • POL 321: American Political Thought
  • POL 322: Public Opinion
  • POL 325: The Presidency and Executive Power
  • POL 326: Constitutional Difficulties in the Age of Trump
  • POL 329: Policy Making in America
  • POL 338/AAS 325: Racial Inequality and Access to American Democracy
  • SPI 331/SOC 312/AAS 317/POL 343: Race and Public Policy
  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 365/SPI 366: Making Democracy Work Across the World
  • POL 423: AP Seminar: The Politics of Supreme Court Appointments
  • POL 491/CLA 491/HUM 490: The Politics of Higher Education - Competing Visions of the University

Comparative Politics (CP)

  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 357/SPI 314/GSS 358/SAS 357: Gender and Development
  • POL 365/SPI 366: Making Democracy Work Across the World
  • POL 369/SPI 369/EPS 369/RES 370: Politics of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
  • POL 386: Violent Politics
  • POL 455/SPI 424: Civil-Military Relations

Formal & Quantitative (FQ)

  • POL 341: Experimental Methods in Social Science
  • POL 345/SOC 305/SPI 211: Introduction to Quantitative Social Science

International Relations (IR)

  • POL 240/SPI 312: International Relations
  • POL 385: Politics of the Global Economy
  • POL 386: Violent Politics
  • EGR 360/SPI 376/POL 387: Policy Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century
  • POL 388/SPI 388: Causes of War
  • POL 440/RES 440: IR Seminar: Russia's Relations with Europe
  • POL 455/SPI 424: Civil-Military Relations

Political Theory (PT)

  • POL 307/CHV 307: The Just Society
  • POL 321: American Political Thought
  • POL 410/CHV 410: PT Seminar: Justice and the Politics of Care

OTHER

  • POL 300: Conducting Independent Research in Political Science
  • NES 269/POL 353: The Politics of Modern Islam
  • GER 302/POL 419: The Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School
  • LAS 321/POL 437: Latin American Political Development
  • COM 336/LAS 316/POL 456: Art, Memory, and Human Rights in Latin America

Spring 2026

American Politics (AP)

  • POL 316: Civil Liberties
  • POL 318: Law and Society
  • POL 324: Congressional Politics
  • POL 335: The Political Economy of the United States
  • POL 336: Democratic Representation and Accountability: What Does the Public Want and Do They Get It?
  • POL 344/AAS 344/AMS 244/URB 341: Race and Politics in the United States
  • POL 420: AP Seminar: Threats to American Democracy

Comparative Politics (CP)

  • POL 351/SPI 311/LAS 371: The Politics of Development
  • POL 362/SPI 323/EAS 362: Chinese Politics
  • POL 379: The Politics of Southeast Asia
  • POL 432/SPI 426: CP Seminar: Democratic Backsliding and the Demise of Democracy
  • SPI 421/POL 479/CHV 470: Comparative Constitutional Law

Formal & Quantitative (FQ)

  • POL 250: Introduction to Game Theory
  • POL 347/ECO 347: Game Theory in Politics

International Relations (IR)

  • POL 240/SPI 312: International Relations
  • SPI 315/POL 393: Grand Strategy
  • POL 396: International Organizations
  • POL 441: IR Seminar: Theories of International Order
  • POL 442: IR Seminar: Contesting Globalization - Actors, Interests, and Outcomes
  • SPI 320/POL 445: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

Political Theory (PT)

  • POL 303/CHV 303: Modern Political Theory
  • POL 309/REL 309/CHV 312: Politics and Religion
  • POL 316: Civil Liberties
  • POL 411/CHV 414: PT Seminar: Authority and (dis)obedience
  • POL 412/CHV 412: PT Seminar: Democracy, Expertise, and the Deep State
  • POL 413: PT Seminar: Natural Law and Natural Rights
  • ECS 338/POL 473: Fascism: Politics and Culture
  • POL 476/CHV 476/SAS 476: Global Political Thought
  • CHV 479/POL 483: Realizing Democracy

OTHER

  • CLA 232/HLS 232/POL 363: Rhetoric and Politics
  • LAS 357/POL 471: Latin American Theories of International Relations
  • HIS 412/POL 482: Marx and the Marxist Method of Analysis: A Primer for All Disciplines
  • NES 354/RES 327/POL 484: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Eurasia, 1991-2023
  • POL 485: The Constitution and the Presidency
  • AAS 400/POL 444: Fascism and Black Political Thought
  • AAS 247/POL 311/AMS 247: Black Politics Since 1965

Fall 2025

American Politics (AP)

  • POL 220/SPI 310: American Politics
  • POL 315: Constitutional Interpretation
  • POL 320: Judicial Politics
  • POL 329: Policy Making in America
  • POL 342/AMS 342/AAS 332: Racial Climate and Multiracial Democracy
  • SPI 331/SOC 312/AAS 317/POL 343: Race and Public Policy
  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 423: AP Seminar: The Politics of Supreme Court Appointments
  • SPI 327/AMS 327/POL 428: The American State
  • POL 477/CHV 477/JRN 477: Expressive Rights and Wrongs - Speech, Offense, Commemoration
  • POL 491/CLA 491/HUM 490: The Politics of Higher Education - Competing Visions of the University

Comparative Politics (CP)

  • POL 230/SPI 325: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 386: Violent Politics
  • POL 434: CP Seminar: The Political Economy of China, Past and Present

Formal & Quantitative (FQ)

  • POL 345/SOC 305/SPI 211: Introduction to Quantitative Social Science
  • POL 346: Applied Quantitative Analysis 

International Relations (IR)

  • POL 385: International Political Economy
  • POL 386: Violent Politics
  • SPI 316/POL 399: China's Foreign Relations

Political Theory (PT)

  • POL 210: Political Theory
  • POL 301/CLA 301/HLS 303/PHI 353: Political Theory, Athens to Augustine
  • SPI 370/POL 308/CHV 301: Ethics and Public Policy
  • POL 315: Constitutional Interpretation
  • CHV 367/POL 475/PHI 368: A Democratic Philosophy
  • POL 477/CHV 477/JRN 477: Expressive Rights and Wrongs - Speech, Offense, Commemoration

Other

  • POL 300, L01 and L02: Conducting Independent Research in Political Science
  • LAS 323/POL 461: Latin American Perspectives on the Rise of China
  • LAS 324/POL 464: Reckoning with Violence: Human Rights and Transitional Justice in Latin America
  • HIS 445/EPS 445/POL 487: Winston Churchill, Anglo-America and the 'Special Relationship' in the 20th Century
  • POL 490: Integrity and Political Responsibility 

Spring 2025

American Politics (AP)

  • POL 316: Civil Liberties
  • POL 335: The Political Economy of the United States
  • POL 340: The Politics of Policing
  • POL 348/SPI 348/AAS 340: Race and Electoral Systems
  • POL 422/GSS 422: Gender and American Politics

Comparative Politics (CP)

  • POL 351/SPI 311/LAS 371: The Politics of Development
  • POL 352/SPI 321: Comparative Political Economy
  • POL 357/SPI 314/GSS 399/SAS 357: Gender and Development
  • POL 364/NES 322: Politics of the Middle East
  • POL 366/AFS 366: Politics in Africa
  • POL 379: Politics of Southeast Asia
  • POL 430/SPI 424: CP Seminar: Military, State, and Society
  • POL 432/SPI 426: CP Seminar: Democratic Backsliding and the Demise of Democracy

Formal & Quantitative (FQ)

  • POL 347/ECO 347: Game Theory in Politics

International Relations (IR)

  • POL 240/SPI 312: International Relations
  • POL 380/SPI 319: Human Rights
  • SPI 315/POL 393: Grand Strategy
  • POL 396: International Organizations
  • POL 441: IR Seminar: Theories of International Order
  • POL 442: IR Seminar: Contesting Globalization- Actors, Interests, Outcomes
  • SPI 320/POL 445: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

Political Theory (PT)

  • POL 303: Modern Political Theory
  • SPI 370/POL 308/CHV 301: Ethics and Public Policy
  • POL 316: Civil Liberties
  • POL 476/CHV 476: Global Political Thought
  • CHV 479/POL 483: Realizing Democracy
  • CHV 480/POL 480: Legal Foundations of Liberal Democracy

Other

  • POL 332: American Statesmanship: The Art of Statesmanship and the Political Life
  • COM 336/LAS 316/POL 456: Art, Memory, and Human Rights in Latin America
  • NES 354/RES 327/POL 484: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Eurasia, 1991-2023
  • AFS 322/POL 463/ANT 222/AAS 334: Contemporary African Politics and Society: Ethnographic Reading, Thinking, and Writing
  • POL 488/HUM 488/AMS 488: Secession, the Civil War, and the Constitution

Fall 2024

American Politics (AP)

  • POL 220/SPI 310: American Politics
  • POL 315: Constitutional Interpretation
  • POL 329: Policy Making in America
  • SPI 331/SOC 312/AAS 317/POL 343: Race and Public Policy
  • POL 344/AAS 344/AMS 244: Race and Politics in the United States
  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 392: American Foreign Policy
  • POL 420: Seminar in American Politics: Money in American Politics
  • POL 423: Seminar in American Politics: The Politics of Supreme Court Appointments
  • POL 491/CLA 491/HUM 490: The Politics of Higher Education: Competing Visions of the University

Comparative Politics (CP)

  • POL 230/SPI 325: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 360: Social Movements and Revolutions
  • POL 362/EAS 362/SPI 323: Chinese Politics

Formal & Quantitative (FQ)

  • POL 345/SOC 305/SPI 211: Introduction to Quantitative Social Science

International Relations (IR)

  • POL 313/CHV 313: Global Justice
  • POL 388/SPI 388: Causes of War
  • POL 392: American Foreign Policy
  • SPI 316/POL 399: China's Foreign Relations
  • POL 443: Seminar in International Relations: Violent Non-State Actors in World Politics
  • EGR 360/SPI 376/POL 387: Policy Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century

Political Theory (PT)

  • POL 210: Political Theory
  • POL 313/CHV 313: Global Justice
  • POL 315: Constitutional Interpretation
  • POL 410/CHV 410: Seminar in Political Theory: Theory and Social Change
  • POL 412/HUM 411: Seminar in Political Theory: Capitalism and its Critics

Other

  • POL 300 (L01 & L02): Conducting Independent Research in Political Science (Quantitative & Conceptual)
  • NES 269/POL 353: The Politics of Modern Islam
  • LAS 312/POL 459: The Politics of Climate Change and Energy Transitions in Latin America
  • AFS 322/POL 463/ANT 222: Contemporary African Politics and Society: Enthographic Reading, Thinking and Writing

Spring 2024

American Politics (AP)

  • POL 316: Civil Liberties
  • POL 320: Judicial Politics
  • POL 324: Congressional Politics
  • POL 327/JRN 327: Mass Media, Social Media, and American Politics
  • POL 335: The Political Economy of the United States

Comparative Politics (CP)

  • POL 351/SPI 311/LAS 371: The Politics of Development
  • POL 376/SPI 317: Dictators and Their Demise
  • POL 431/LAS 390/SPI 425: CP Seminar- The Political Economy of Latin America
  • POL 432/SPI 426: CP Seminar- Democratic Backsliding and the Demise of Democracy
  • SPI 421/POL 479/CHV 470: Comparative Constitutional Law

Formal & Quantitative (FQ)

  • POL 347/ECO 347: Game Theory in Politics

International Relations (IR)

  • POL 240/SPI 312: International Relations
  • POL 380/SPI 319: Human Rights
  • POL 396: International Organizations
  • POL 442: IR Seminar- Contesting Globalization - Actors, Interests, and Outcomes

Political Theory (PT)

  • POL 303: Modern Political Theory
  • POL 305: Radical Political Thought
  • POL 316: Civil Liberties
  • POL 476/CHV 476: Global Political Thought
  • CHV 479/POL 497: Realizing Democracy

Other

  • CLA 310/CHV 314/AAS 311/POL 310: Citizenships Ancient and Modern
  • POL 332: American Statesmanship- The Art of Statesmanship and the Political Life
  • LAS 324/POL 455: Dynamics and Narratives of the Latin American Drug Trade
  • NES 465/POL 465: Political and Economic Development of the Middle East and North Africa
  • HIS 445/EPS 445/POL 487: Winston Churchill, Anglo-America and the 'Special Relationship' in the 20th Century

Fall 2023

American Politics (AP)

  • POL 220/SPI 310: American Politics
  • POL 315: Constitutional Interpretation
  • POL 335: The Political Economy of the United States
  • POL 344/AAS 344/AMS 244: Race and Politics in the United States
  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 392: American Foreign Policy
  • POL 423: AP Seminar - Free Speech and the Law
  • POL 477/CHV477/JRN 477: Expressive Rights and Wrongs - Speech, Offense, Commemoration

Comparative Politics (CP)

  • POL 230/SPI 325: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POL 349: Political Economy
  • POL 360: Social Movements and Revolutions
  • POL 364/NES 322: Politics of the Middle East
  • POL 386: Violent Politics
  • POL 430/SPI 424: CP Seminar: Military, State and Society
  • POL 434: CP Seminar - The Political Economy of China, Past and Present
  • SPI 409/SAS 409/POL 457: Modern India - Political Economy Since Independence
  • POL 492/SPI 422: Political Economy of Development

Formal & Quantitative (FQ)

  • POL 345/SOC 305/SPI 211: Introduction to Quantitative Social Science

International Relations (IR)

  • POL 385: International Political Economy
  • POL 386: Violent Politics
  • POL 388: Causes of War
  • POL 392: American Foreign Policy
  • SPI 316/POL 399: China’s Foreign Relations
  • SPI 320/POL 445: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
  • EGR 360/SPI 376/POL 495: Policy Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century

Political Theory (PT)

  • POL 210: Political Theory
  • POL 301/CLA 301/HLS 303/PHI 353: Political Theory, Athens to Augustine
  • SPI 370/POL 308/CHV 301: Ethics and Public Policy
  • POL 315: Constitutional Interpretation
  • POL 477/CHV 477/JRN 477: Expressive Rights and Wrongs - Speech, Offense, Commemoration

Other

  • POL 300 (L01, L02): Conducting Independent Research in Political Science
  • POL 331/HUM 305: Abraham Lincoln’s Politics - Concepts, Conflicts, and Context
  • AAS 306/POL 425: Topics in Race and Public Policy - Black Politics Since 1965
  • NES 326/POL 489: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East Since 1979
  • LAS 382/POL 384: The State, Conflict, and Political Order in Latin America