Please note: Course offerings listed below are tentative and subject to change.

Fall 2026

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) satisfy the department's analytical requirement.
Course NumberCourse TitleInstructorSubfield
POL 220/SPI 310American PoliticsFrymerAP
POL 240/SPI 312International RelationsBlairIR
POL 300Conducting Independent Research in Political ScienceKastellecOther
POL 307/CHV 307The Just SocietyPattenPT
POL 318Law and SocietyStaszakAP
POL 321American Political ThoughtTubbsAP/PT
POL 322Public OpinionWhiteAP
POL 325The Presidency and Executive PowerWrightAP
POL 329 Policy Making in AmericaCameronAP
POL 338/AAS 325 (new)Racial Inequality and Access to American DemocracyFrymer / McConnaughyAP
POL 341*Experimental Methods in Social ScienceGuessFQ
SPI 331/SOC 312/AAS 317/POL 343Race and Public PolicyWhiteAP
POL 345/SOC 305/SPI 211*Introduction to Quantitative Social ScienceIdroboFQ 
POL 349Political EconomyGieczewskiAP/CP
POL 357/SPI 314/GSS 399/SAS 357Gender and DevelopmentGoyalCP
POL 365/SPI 366 (new)Making Democracy Work Across the WorldBoixAP/CP
POL 369/SPI 369 (new)Politics of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet UnionPop-ElechesCP
POL 385 (new title)Politics of the Global EconomyZuckerIR
POL 386Violent PoliticsShapiroCP/IR
POL 388/SPI 388Causes of WarBassIR
POL 410/CHV 410 (new)PT Seminar: Justice and the Politics of CareKimPT
GER 302/HUM 301/POL 419 (new)The Critical Theory of the Frankfurt SchoolWankhammerOther
POL 421/GSS 418/AAS 421 (new)AP Seminar: Black Women's PoliticsStephens-DouganAP
POL 423AP Seminar: The Politics of Supreme Court AppointmentsCameronAP
LAS 321/POL 437 (new)Latin American Political DevelopmentCortesiOther
POL 440 (new)IR Seminar: Russia's Relations with EuropeJamesIR
POL 455/SPI 424 (new)Civil-Military RelationsLotitoCP/IR
POL 491/CLA 491/HUM 490The Politics of Higher Education - Competing Visions of the UniversityLondreganAP

Spring 2027

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) satisfy the department's analytical requirement.
Course NumberCourse TitleInstructorSubfield
POL 210Political TheoryLanePT
POL 230/SPI 325Introduction to Comparative PoliticsWiedemannCP
POL 250*Introduction to Game TheoryBonomiFQ
POL 303/CHV 303Modern Political TheoryMehtaPT
POL 305Radical Political ThoughtMuellerPT
POL 314American Constitutional DevelopmentTubbsAP
POL 319Antidiscrimination LawFrymerAP
POL 320 (new title)The Politics of Law, Courts, and JudgingKastellecAP
POL 332Topics in American StatesmanshipThomasOther
POL 336What Does the Public Want and Do They Get It?PriorAP
POL 340Politics of PolicingMummoloAP
POL 344/AAS 344/AMS 244Race and Politics in the United StatesStephens-DouganAP
POL 346*Applied Quantitative AnalysisTBDFQ
POL 347/ECO 347*Game Theory in PoliticsIaryczowerFQ
POL 351/SPI 311/LAS 371The Politics of DevelopmentGoyalCP
POL 352/SPI 321Comparative Political EconomyLondreganCP
POL 364/NES 322Politics of the Middle EastNugentCP
POL 367/LAS 367/SPI 367Latin American PoliticsYasharCP
POL 380/SPI 319Human RightsBassIR
POL 392American Foreign PolicyBlairAP/IR
POL 396International OrganizationsVreelandIR
SPI 316/POL 399China's Foreign RelationsGreen-RileyIR
POL 422/GSS 422AP Seminar: Gender and American PoliticsMcConnaughyAP
POL 441IR Seminar: Theories of International OrderIkenberryIR
POL 442IR Seminar: Contesting Globalization - Actors, Interests, and OutcomesKapsteinIR
POL 474/CHV 474Media and Democracy: Normative and Empirical PerspectivesMuellerPT
POL 476/CHV 476/SAS 476Global Political ThoughtMehtaPT

Subfield Key

  • AP: American Politics
  • CP: Comparative Politics
  • FQ: Formal & Quantitative
  • IR: International Relations
  • PT: Political Theory

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