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POLS

39 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 100American Government & Politics (S)

POLS 111 Comparative Politics (I) or POLS 112

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 101INTRO TO PUBLIC

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 111COMPARATIVE POLITICS (I)3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 112INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (I)3

Total credits: 19

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 120POLITICS OF FOOD3

This course looks at production, consumption, and import/export of food in a political context. Food politics and policies have critical implications for the environment, for public health, for political equality, for budget priorities, and for relations among states. This course looks at food politics through a series of “food fights”—both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and its trade partners. We will examine controversies over agricultural subsidies, labeling requirements, taxation, farming practices, food safety, nutrition guidelines, import/export laws, and education.

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 128UNITED STATES FOREIGN3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 200STATE AND LOCAL3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 203THE U.S. CONGRESS

This course studies the major legislative institution of the U.S. federal government. Each of the two centers of legislative power in the American system are examined through use of the methods of political science.

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 205POLITICAL PARTIES

& INTEREST GROUPS Students examine the nature of political parties and interest groups and the role they play in

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 208CONGRESS AND THE

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 209WOMEN AND POLITICS (G)3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 210JUDICIAL PROCESS3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 212REGISTER FOR COMM3

212

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 213UNITED STATES

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 215POLITICS OF DEVELOPING3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 216RUSSIA & EASTERN

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 220TOPICS IN CAMPAIGNS/3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 222SOCIAL SCIENCE

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 244POLITICS MIDDLE3

EAST & N. AFR (IR) This course will introduce students to the contemporary political systems of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the region stretching from Morocco to Iran. We will not be able to cover the politics of each country in depth, but we will study broad themes that are common throughout the region: the struggle for independence; the problems of forming nation- states; the persistence of strong social forces; the role of individual leaders; the weakness of institutions; the emergence and persistence of authoritarian regimes; the political reasons for economic underdevelopment; the importance of oil in the formation of rentier states; religion and politics; ethnicity and national identity; and the pressures for expanded participation and democracy as recently shown in the Arab Spring.

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 245HEALTH CARE

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 248POLITICS OF

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 249LATIN AMERICAN

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 260PUBLIC POLICY (R)3

This course explains the nature of public policy and analyzes stages in its making, including problem identification and policy agenda, formulation, adoption, implementation, and evaluation. Case studies in varied policy areas will show how the process actually works, i.e., what the results of policy look like in the real world. Leadership roles of individuals, groups, and institutions will be reviewed in depth. Cross listed as ECON 260.

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 261EDUCATION LAW3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 277COLLOQUIUM3

These courses look into subjects best covered in intensive group study experiences. Core readings and seminar discussions form common experiences for the group, and individual projects refine understanding. Offered as needed.

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 287DEPARTMENTAL

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 295DEMOCRACY AFRICA3

& LATIN AMER (I) This course is designed to study the underlying processes of democratization in Latin America and Africa—in comparison to the nations of Western Europe. We will try to answer the following questions using case-studies from Latin America and Africa: what are the similarities and differences between states of Latin America and Africa in their experience with democratization? And, what can we learn about democratic stability by looking at the experiences of these regions? We will discuss the politics, economics, and legacies of colonialism in the two regions and how they may have influenced democratic transitions in Latin American and African states.

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 300POLITICAL BEHAVIOR (Q)3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 301ADVANCED DATA

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 309SUPREME COURT3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 311CIVIL WARS & ETHNIC3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 321CONSTITUTIONAL3

LAW I:STRUCTURE/POWR This course is a case-method study of the significant decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court that define judicial, presidential, and congressional powers and their limits. Federalism and administrative power also will be examined.

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 322CONSTITUTIONAL3

LAW II:CIVIL RIGHTS A case-method study of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the areas of First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and religion. Constitutional protections in criminal law, the right to privacy and equal protection will be examined.

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 377COLLOQUIUM3

Credits: 3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 380TEACHING

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 387DEPARTMENTAL

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 400SEMINAR IN POLITICAL3

Subject: POLS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 487DEPARTMENTAL

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

POLS 490ON CATALOG

Subject: POLS
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.marybaldwin.edu

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