Political Science Program

An introduction to the institutions and processes of American national government, including the Constitution, civil liberties, elections, political partiess, Congress and the legislative process, the presidency and modern bureaucracy, and the Supreme Court and judicial branch. Prerequisites: WR 121.

An introduction to regime types and the diverse domestic political systems around the world, including varieties of authoritarian and democratic systems, and different ways of arranging the institutions of government in different countries and cultures. Prerequisites: WR 121 and MTH 095.

An introduction to the international system and world politics, including both relations between countries and transnational issues, as well as interstate processes such as international law, diplomacy, and war. Prerequisites: WR 121.

An introduction to global political philosophy through thinkers such as Plato, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Confucius, Mencius, Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming, Mawardi, Ghazali, Qutb, Soroush, and others. Prerequisites: WR 121 and MTH 095.

An introduction to issues in international health and medicine, including transnational infectious disease, global health governance, comparative national health systems, chronic diseases and global nutrition, and international mental health. Prerequisites: WR121.