POLS 100(Area E2)
CSCI 156 CSCI 156 CSCI 156 and CSCI 157 ECON 202
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
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POLS
34 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 110American Politics4
POLS/SJST 316 American Constitutional Law and Politics 4
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 150World Politics4
Sub-Total Credits 11-12 186 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
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- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 200Special Topics
Examines topics of special interest not normally covered in other political science courses. Examples are Biopolitics; Political Socialization. (Sufficient demand) Credits 1-4
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- POLS
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 214Environment Politics and Society4
This course examines multiple trajectories of environmental change in the United States since the dawn of the industrial age; explores the basic societal forces that drive processes o environmental decay today; and explores major environmental issues/controversies at the center of contemporary debate. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 229Social Science Inquiry
This course aims to introduce students to how to research society. Students examine different research approaches (both qualitative and quantitative); learn how to read/ understand published research; demonstrate an understanding of various research approaches; and understand; interpret; and critically analyze published research on social and political phenomena. Credits 4
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- POLS
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- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 230Introduction to Data Analysis and Statistics4
163 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
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- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 232Judicial Processes
The theory and practice of judicatory systems with primary emphasis on Anglo-American judicial processes and problems. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
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- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 237Media and Politics4
This course examines the relationship between mass media and politics. We will explore the ways in which mass communications media shape the politics of elections; daily governance; U.S. foreign policy; interest groups; social movements; and identity. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 253Dictatorship and Democracy
This course comparatively examines four political movements (Liberalism; Communism; Fascism; and Islamic Fundamentalism) that have shaped the evolution of modern politics around the world; from authoritarian rule to representative democracy. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 271World Politics
This course examines the changing nature of world politics; exploring broad themes such as the evolution of warfare; the role of leading powers; the rise of international organizations and global political economy. Specific transnational challenges addressed include terrorism; human rights; nuclear proliferation; clashing collective identities and environmental degradation. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CLAS: (E2) Soc Sci-Pols/Econ AU: Global Perspective CoB: Social Science SoAD: Humanities-'Other'
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- POLS
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 300Special Topics1-4
POLS/SJST 316 American Constitutional Law and Politics 4 HIST/POLS 321 The History of Fascism 4 HIST/PHIL/POLS 329 Revolution and Culture: Hegel Marx Nietzsche 4
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 304Equality
Equality is a core concept in contemporary philosophy and in discussions of social justice generally. In this course we discuss different kinds of equality: equality of opportunity; racial equality; sexual equality and political equality. Previous coursework in political science or philosophy is desirable but not required. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CoB: Humanities
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 310Executive Branch Institutions4
289 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 313State and Local Politics4
POLS/SJST 316 American Constitutional Law and Politics 4
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 316American Constitutional Law and Politics
In this course we examine the development of the Supreme Court as a major political institution concentrating primarily on the Court's decisions and its internal politics. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
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- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 318The Presidency4
After studying the evolution of presidential power; this course will examine the relationship of the presidency to other branches of government. Students will also learn how presidents work within and against political constraints in order to get policies enacted. Prerequisite: POLS 110. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 321The History of Fascism
This course is a study of the history of fascism. We examine the origins of fascist ideas and organizations; the varieties of fascist organizations and beliefs in Europe and European colonies; and the impact of fascism on politics and society before; during and after the Second World War. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Humanities
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 329Revolution and Culture: Hegel Marx
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 331Parties and Elections4
Sub-Total Credits 4 Political Thought: Course Code Title Credits PHIL/POLS/SJST 341 Modern Political Theory 4 POLS/SOCI 420 Social Theory: A Survey 4 Sub-Total Credits 4
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- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 332Judicial Processes4
Sub-Total Credits 12 Plus one course from the following: Course Code Title Credits
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 341Modern Political Theory
This course is a survey of the major political theorists from the Renaissance through the twentieth century; with primary emphasis on western thinkers. Particular attention is given to theory as an historical and cultural phenomenon. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 351European Politics
From post-WWII attempts to prevent future conflicts has grown a unique political structure called the European Union. This course analyzes the political institutions and political culture of both the European Union and some important countries making up the EU. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 354History and Politics of the Middle East
This course offers an exploration of the ways in which two sets of transnational forces have together shaped the politics of the Middle East over the past four decades: A) the resurgence of “political Islam” within the wider Muslim world and B) the increasingly complex and direct intervention of the United States and other external powers in the region. Focal points include legacies of regional empires (Islamic; Ottoman; Safavid; etc.) and of European colonialism; the evolution of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian conflict; the Iranian Revolution; Sunni-Shiite sectarian tensions/rivalries (centered around a Saudi-Iranian fulcrum since 1979); Iraq’s recurrent slides toward war; the anti-authoritarian struggles of the Arab Spring (particularly in Tunisia and Egypt); Syria’s violent fragmentation (including the rise of ISIS as well as a wide array of outside interventions by self-serving nation-states) and 21st-century Turkey under Erdogan’s “moderate” version of political Islam. Along the way we will endeavor to identify and to appreciate both key overarching patterns that are widely shared throughout the Middle East and important differences that mark the region’s distinct national and sub- national communities. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective
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- POLS
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 355Public Policy4
POLS/SJST/SOCI 356 Social Movements 4
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- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 356Social Movements
This course explores the experiences of social movements that struggle for justice and societal transformation along lines of class; race; ethnicity; gender; sexuality; religion; a more. Why do they emerge? How do they organize and operate? Why do they succeed or fail? Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 373Terrorism and International Security4
This course will deepen students' understandings of 1) what terrorism is; 2) how terrorism has evolved over time; 3) the key factors generating contemporary terrorism; 4) how terrorism is inspired; financed and organized; and 5) counterterrorist strategies. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Social Science
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 382Latin American Politics
After a brief review of the region's colonial and 19th-century political histories; this course focuses on the changing patterns of modern politics in leading Latin American countries; from oligarchical plutocracy to mass-based populism and socialist revolution; from repressive military authoritarianism to more recently established models of representative and participatory democracy. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 400Special Topics1-4
Credits 1-4 549
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 417American Civil Liberties2
Analysis of such current legal and political issues as free speech; religion; poverty; privacy; obscenity; and racial and nd sexual discrimination with attention to both established and latent areas of concern. Focuses on Supreme Court activity. Other governmental action considered; along with the theoretical and social contexts of the problems examined. junior or senior standing. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science
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- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 420Social Theory: A Survey
An examination of contemporary theoretical schools; e.g. symbolic interactionism; structural functionalism; exchange and conflict; and ethnomethodology. Special attention devoted to the precursors and contemporary representatives of the respective schools. (Offered Fall; odd years) Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Social Science Semester Offered Offered Fall; odd years
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- POLS
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- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 442Western Legal Thought4
Sub-Total Credits 4 Upper level courses have prerequisites; see course descriptions. Total Credits 16 293 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 450Independent Study1-4
Sub-Total Credits 8 Two courses in related social sciences and geography Course Code Title Credits
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
POLS 470Field Work2-4
Sub-Total Credits 12 See course descriptions for course prerequisites. 292 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- POLS
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
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