POLS 101Introduction to American Politics
Introduces students to the fundamentals of American government and analyzes important and controversial political issues. Throug
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56 courses with the subject POLS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
POLS 102Introduction to International Politics
This course introduces students to major topics in international relations: power politics, IR theories of the origins of conflict, war, and
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 103Introduction to Political Theory
Introduces political theory and its contributions to the study of politics by considering problems of citizenship in different regimes. Exami
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 104Introduction to Comparative Politics
Introduces the study of governments other than the U.S. Countries selected for study include France, Russia, the People's Republic of China,
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 168Criminal Law
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POLS 202Special Topics in International Relations
Reflects the interests and experiences of the current Warburg Professor of International Relations.
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 209The Politics of American Pop Culture
Exposes students to the relationship between popular culture and the United States. Focuses on various aspects of TV, the Internet, music, ra
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 210MNational Politics Unplugged: The Way Washington Works
Travel course to Washington DC. Examines the political environment in which representatives, lobbyists, bureaucrats, and activists operate, w
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 211Politics of Cities
This course examines the development, organization, and various forms of politics in American cities, including Boston. It considers the deve
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 212Politics Unplugged: How Things Work in Massachusetts
Prepares students for direct involvement in the political process with legislators or nongovernment organizations involved in policy formatio
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 213Politics in the Republic: Congress and the Presidency
Examines decision-making at the national level of American politics, focusing on the internal operational dynamics and structural environment
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 214Constitutional Law: The Modern Court
Analyzes the Supreme Court's decisions in recent decades, with emphasis on the constitutional rights that individuals have against states and
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 215The Politics of Exclusion
Examines the changing patterns of incorporation of ethnic and racial minorities in American politics in the post-civil rights era. Considers
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 216American Judiciary & Legal Issues
Examines the American court system as an institution of the U.S. government, and the relationships among law, politics, and society. Examines
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 217American Public Policy
Examines public policy in the U.S., emphasizing how patterns of political power shape, and are shaped by state intervention. Students wil
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 218Parties and Elections
Examines political parties and their relationship to political competition in the U.S. Considers the function of parties, alternative mechani
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 219Gender and Politics
Introduces questions of how politics is gendered, and how gender is political. Explores the development of the contemporary feminist movement
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 220International Organization and Law
This course looks at the development of international organizations and their role in the post-Cold-War era. The course analyzes both
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 221The Arab-Israeli Conflict
This course examines numerous dimensions of the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Iranian conflicts. It examines the emergence of the Zionist movement and the friction
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 223Human Rights: The Basic Dilemmas
Examines the basic dilemmas surrounding the issue of human rights in international affairs since 1945. After an overview of the emergence of
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 224Human Security in Global World
Examines global security issues involving sub-actors, such as trans-national criminal gangs, terrorist organizations, and transnational issue
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 225International Politics of East Asia
Examines the international politics of East Asia, with particular attention to the foreign policies of the great powers: the U.S., China, and
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 226State and Local Politics
While national politics receives the most media attention, it is actually the lower levels of government that have the greater influence on o
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 228The War on Drugs
Explores the War on Drugs that has been waged in the United States over the last fifty years. In doin
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 229Comparative Foreign Affairs
Why do nation-states behave the way they do? This course examines foreign policy of various countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Mid
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 232Theories of Justice
Together in discussion, students will consider the promises and shortcomings of different theories of justice. We will address whethe
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 233Feminism and Capitalism
This course explores the connections between feminism and capitalism. In what ways do feminist politics perpetuate capitalism, and ho
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 234African American Political Thought in Theory, Novels, and Film
This course aims to introduce students to key themes, questions, and debates in the field of African American political thought in the U
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 235Transgender Politics and Freedom
This course aims to engage students in a discussion on transgender social, cultural, and political issues. Rather t
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 236Politics & Futuristic Literature
Although science fiction and futuristic novels are usually set in distant times and places, they very often engage and comment on the political questions, debates, structures and constructs that characterize our own times. POLS 236 provides students with an introduction to contempor
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 240Islam and the West
Conceived in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, this course is designed to investigate the putative "Clash of Civilizations" between predominantly Muslim
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 242Colonial & Postcolonial Politics of Africa
Examines political, economic and social development of Africa, with special attention to the legacy of colonialism and the Cold War era and t
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 243Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
Examines the politics of the Middle East (Near East and North Africa). Emphasizes the search for legitimacy by the Arab regimes, the role of
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 245MPolitics of Newly Industrialized Countries
Offers students an opportunity to participate in an intensive practicum on activism in global civil society in an international setting and t
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 246Politics of Western Europe
Analyzes the politics of Western Europe, focusing on the formation of European political cultures (including how and why they differ from Ame
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 247Politics of Religious Fundamentalism
Analyzes the politicization of the world's major religions over the last four decades, including the appearance of religious extremists. Disc
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 248Terrorism
Compares national liberation and terrorist groups from around the world in order to understand the modus operandi, goals, and tactics of terr
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 249U.S. Foreign Policy: 1945-Present
Examines the origins of the Cold War in the dramatically altered balance of international forces at the end of World War II. Consider
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 250Democratization in Latin America
Why does Costa Rica serve as a model for democracy and development, while next-door neighbor Nicaragua remains one of the poorest countries in the world, mired in a struggle to democratize? Why have de
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POLS 252Post-Communist Russian Empire
This course explores Russian domestic politics and foreign policy in comparative perspective. A century after t
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 261Gender and Conflict
This course examines the gendered dimensions of violent conflict and structural/systemic violence. Drawing upon a trans-disciplinary range of alog 2023-2024 Graduate Course Catalog 2023-2024 Undergraduate Course Catalog 2022-2023 Gr social theories and materials from both U.S. and international contexts, it will investig aduate Course Catalog 2022-2023 Undergraduate Course Catalog 2021-2022 Graduate Course Catalog 2021-2022 Undergraduate Course Catalog 2020-2021 Graduate Course Catalog 2020-2021 Undergraduate Course Catalog Archived Catalogs ate themes including the social construction of gender, intersectionality and feminist frameworks, gender and post-conflict peacebuilding, wartime sexual violence, white supremacy, etc.
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 268Human Rights in South Africa
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POLS 315U.S. Public Policy in a Capitalist World
This course explores the historical roots of the modern interstate capitalist system and its relationship to U.S. public policy. It examines
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 317Intersectionality and Public Policy
Investigates the political and theoretical basis of policymaking as it reflects and affects relations between social groups, especially relat
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 350Independent Study
Consent of department required. Open to students in political science wishing to do advanced work with a member of the department.
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 355Thesis
Consent of department required. Required for honors in political science. Includes oral defense with members of the department.
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 356Feminist International Relations
Analyzes global politics from a feminist and gendered perspective on foreign policies, conduct of war, military,
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 370Internship
Consent of department required.
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 380Fieldwork
Consent of department required.
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 386Prisons in Political Thought
This course is about the carceral system in political thought. Drawing heavily on the writings of incarcerated people in the US, we w
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 390Senior Seminar
Offers an intensive study of a specific topic in political science. Required of all senior political science majors.
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 393International Relations Senior Seminar
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POLS 435Transgender Politics & Freedom
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POLS 517Intersectionality and Public Policy
Investigates the political and theoretical basis of policymaking as it reflects and affects relations between socia
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 556Feminist International Relations
Analyzes global politics from a feminist and gendered perspective on foreign policies, conduct of war, military, and prospects for deve
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- 2026-2027
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POLS 590Seminar
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