POL

Choose one of these courses: 4

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

General Education: Societies and Structures courses Offered: Every fall semester In this course, students will explore some of the world’s most influential historical and contemporary authors and political thinkers. The course will trace the development of political ideas from approximately 500 BCE to the present. Students will put various influential authors in conversation with each other to discover continuities and departures with their thinking, and explore the emergence of impactful ideas that shape(d) and impact(ed) global history and current events. The course will cover responses to ideas that support status quo configurations, how historical events shape(d) the development of political ideas, and how differences in power contribute to particular conceptualizations of government, inter-communal relations, race, ethnicity, war, gender, and imperialism/colonialism. In short, the ideas, themes, topics, and authors under analysis shape our current understanding of the world and structure how we live and relate to our communities and foreign populations.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Total hours = 20

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

12

Credits (max)

12

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Spring semesters, 2028 and 2030 In this course students will explore the emergence of socio-political movements advocating for equality among genders and different sexual orientations in various historical and geographic contexts. The course will explore how these socio-political movements adopted different platforms to address pertinent challenges and legitimate grievances. Further, the course will analyze how certain articulations of feminism and the dynamics of “pinkwashing” produce unique and/or detrimental effects for other marginalized communities in different domestic and international settings. Students will also investigate critical and intersectional challenges to dominant feminist and queer narratives.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

General Education: Societies and Structures course m Offered: Fall semesters, 2027 and 2029 This course explores the theories of mutual relations of states, elements of national power, and the conduct of international relations in the post-World War II period.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 ad 2028 This course focuses on the earliest political thought to the era of the Reformation; from Ancient Greece to Western Europe as it beings the transition to the Modern Era. This course focuses on the origins of political theories in their historical context and the practices that are critiqued, influenced, or developed as a result of the theories discussed. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and group work relating to secondary and primary source material. Cross-listed with HIS 2115. HIS/POL 2115 or HIS/POL 3310 fulfill the history and political science and the political science major requirements.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

Sophomore standing

Alias

HIS 2115

HIS/HPS Elective (Note: HON 2110 may substitute for a 4 2000+ course 2000-level HIS course.) HPS/POL Elective 4 2000+ course Total requirements = 41 for B.A. degree

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

ART, ECM, Requirements for B.A. degree only 4

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Choose one of these courses: 4

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course examines the structure and functions of judicial systems in the United States. It emphasizes the interrelated nature of national and state and local legal systems while underscoring the role of judges in the policy making process. Cross-listed with LGA 2210.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Alias

LGA 2210

Total requirements = 38 for B.A. degree urs HIS 1160, while a prerequisite for some required major courses, cannot be counted toward the major in history and political science.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Fall semesters, 2027 and 2029 In this course students will explore the intricacies of racial and identity formations, and their relationship to power. The course will make an explicit effort to demonstrate the particularity of racial and identity formations rather than universalize contemporary or Euro-American articulations. As a result, the course will explore racial and identity formation within the US in addition to different geographies and histories. Students will begin by analyzing the development of the term “race” as it emerged from the Spanish term raza used during the Reconquista to refer to Muslims as a different species than the Catholics. They will then investigate different articulations of racial and identity formations and their relationship to capitalism and domestic and international power structures in examples such as the Ottoman millet system and historical and contemporary European identity constructions and divisions. The course will then shift to analyzing changing racial and identity formations in the US as they emerged in response to historical events and power struggles between Islam and Christianity, and the Ottoman Empire and various European rivals, and explore critical conversations between scholars of race and identity and the communities they speak to.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Spring semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course studies the theory and practice of individual and group behavior in a representative democracy. Special emphasis is placed upon the methods of quantitative behavioral analysis.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Spring semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course studies two of the major political institutions of the U.S. national government: Congress and the Presidency. Consideration will be given to the sources of governmental power, the interrelatedness of these branches, and the ways in which they respond to societal changes.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Choose one of these courses:

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Spring semesters, 2027 and 2029

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

HIS 1160

Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course examines the social, political, and military history of the American Civil War from its long and short-term causes through its short and long-term legacies. Particular attention is given to Reconstruction in the immediate aftermath of the war and the legacies/implications of the policies created during this tumultuous period in US history. Cross-listed with HIS 3320.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

One of HIS 1210, HIS 1220, HIS 1230, or HIS 3250

Alias

HIS 3320

Offered: Spring semesters, 2028 & 2030 In this course, students will investigate the various dynamics associated with war and conflict. Students will be exposed to historical and contemporary conflicts, different types of wars, theories related to war initiation and termination, and explore conditions and (im)possibilities for peace. Further, students will analyze the destructive and generative components of war and conflict. These include the physical destruction of life and infrastructure, the generation and targeting of specific identities, and how these processes shape politics, states, communities, individuals, and the environment. The course will also expose students to the discipline of critical war and security studies which challenges dominant narratives related to past and present conflict(s) and reveals how differences in power shape how wars are fought and how they are remembered and studied. Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 373

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Spring semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course focuses on the formation of the modern nation-state in the West from the 16th century to the modern era, the emergence of nationalism(s), and various forms of national identity; a subject to be understood as an ever-changing concept relevant to the historical context and the ideological forces surrounding the role and purpose of the nation-state. Primary and secondary sources will be utilized in this course. Cross-listed with HIS 3360.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

HIS 1150 or HIS 1160 or HIS 1210 or HIS 1220 or HIS 1230 or HIS 1240

Alias

HIS 3360

Offered: Spring semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course is an historical study of crime and criminal justice in the United States from the colonial era to the present. It will highlight the different (and changing) behaviors that Americans have criminalized, patterns in criminal justice related to race, class, gender, and other factors, and “the punitive turn” in criminal justice in relatively recent years. Primary and secondary sources will be utilized to understand the changing behaviors in criminalization and criminal activity as well as historical interpretations of crime and criminal justice from social, political, and cultural perspectives. Cross-listed with HIS 3390.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

CRI 2260 or HIS 1210 or HIS 1220 or HIS 1230 or HIS 1240

Alias

HIS 3390

Offered: Fall semesters, 2025 and 2027 This course examines the theories and development of international law up to the present, the role of international law, coalitions, alliances and economic communities and resort to force.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course studies the political structures and administrative practices of selected countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa. An analysis of particular cultural, social and economic variables peculiar to those nations will also be emphasized.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

in the internship; completion of internship contract with the Director of Career and Personal Development, including required signatures Offered: Every semester as needed This course offers students the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge to practical experiences in the field and learn about vocational options in political science. For information on policies and procedures for enrolling in internships, see the section of this Catalog entitled Internships 3800.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

8

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing; at least 12 credit hours completed at Greensboro College prior to enrolling

Choose two of these courses: 8

Subject

POL

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Spring semesters, 2027 and 2029 This is a study of the development of federal constitutional law. Each amendment to the Constitution will be studied independently while lecture emphasis will deal with a survey of the development of the Supreme Court Decisions affecting each amendment. Special emphasis will be given to the Fourteenth Amendment and the incorporation theory of the Bill of Rights. Cross-listed with LGA 4200.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

POL 2130 or LGA/POL 2210

Alias

LGA 4200

Offered: Periodically based on student need This course provides an opportunity for advanced study of topics of current interest in American politics. May be repeated for a total of eight credit hours under different topics. Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2025-2026 373

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for a total of eight credit hours under different topics.

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing or above

Choose one of these courses: 4

Subject

POL

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Offered: Every fall semester This seminar is a capstone experience for political science or history/political science majors. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze public policy issues and understand the interaction between process, political institutions and policy outcomes. Students must demonstrate factual knowledge on major field test.

Subject

POL

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

www.greensboro.edu

Prerequisite

Political Science major or History and Political Science major; senior standing