Aug 26, 2025  
2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin 
  
2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin

Political Science


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Faculty/Staff

Rosa Aloisi, Ph.D., Department Chair, Associate Professor
Austin Bussing, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
David Crockett, Ph.D., Professor
John Hermann, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Hye Yun Kang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Shannon Mariotti, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
Katsuo A. Nishikawa, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Peter O’Brien, Ph.D., Professor
Laura Rodriguez, Academic Office Manager
Sussan Siavoshi, Ph.D., Una Chapman Cox Professor of International Affairs
Tamara Wattnem, Ph.D., Lecturer 


Programs

Courses

1000 - 2000 Level 

PLSI  -  1301 American Politics  
PLSI  -  1331 Global Politics  
PLSI  -  1342 International Politics  
PLSI  -  1361 Politics & Morality  
PLSI  -  1362 Theorizing Politics  
PLSI  -  2150 Trial Procedure and Argumentation  
PLSI  -  2432 Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World  

American Politics

PLSI  -  3301 Political Parties and Interest Groups  
PLSI  -  3304 Political Communication  
PLSI  -  3329 Special Topics in American Politics 
PLSI  -  3403 Elections and Campaigns 
PLSI  -  3405 The U.S. Congress  
PLSI  -  3406 The American Presidency 
PLSI  -  3413 Policy Analysis and the Policymaking Process  
PLSI  -  3416 Urban Politics  

Comparative Politics

PLSI  -  3333 Latin American Politics  
PLSI  -  3339 Special Topics in Comparative Politics  
PLSI  -  3430 European Politics  
PLSI  -  3431 Comparative Political Economy of North America, Europe, and East Asia  
PLSI  -  3434 State, Society, and Change in the Middle East  
PLSI  -  3435 Global City Berlin  

International Politics

PLSI  -  3345 US Foreign Policy  
PLSI  -  3349 Special Topics in International Politics  
PLSI  -  3440 Performing Human Rights  
PLSI  -  3441 East Asian Security  
PLSI  -  3442 International Law  
PLSI  -  3443 Chinese Foreign Policy  
PLSI  -  3444 The Middle East and the World  
PLSI  -  3445 Gender Perspectives in Intl. Politics  
PLSI  -  3446 War and Alliance  
PLSI  -  3447 International Criminal Justice: The Hague Program  
PLSI  -  3448 International Human Rights  
PLSI  -  4341 International Political Economy  

Political Theory

PLSI  -  3369 Special Topics in Political Theory  
PLSI  -  3461 Classical Political Thought 
PLSI  -  3462 Modern Political Thought  
PLSI  -  3463 Masters of Suspicion: Contemporary Political Thought   
PLSI  -  3464 Environmental Political Theory  
PLSI  -  3465 American Political Thought  
PLSI  -  3466 Gender Politics and Political Theory  
PLSI  -  3467 Feminist Political Theory  
PLSI  -  3468 Contemporary Democratic Theory  

Public Law

PLSI  -  3359 Special Topics in Public Law  
PLSI  -  3451 Constitutional Law  
PLSI  -  3452 Civil Rights and Liberties  
PLSI  -  3454 Judicial Process  

Special Courses

PLSI  -  3190 Reading and Conference  
PLSI  -  3191 Special Topics in Political Science  
PLSI  -  3197 Internship in Politics, Administration, And Law  
PLSI  -  3290 Reading and Conference  
PLSI  -  3291 Special Topics in Political Science  
PLSI  -  3297 Internship in Politics, Administration, And Law 
PLSI  -  3366 Governance and Public Policy in Contemporary China 
PLSI  -  3372 Research Methods in Political Science  
PLSI  -  3390 Reading and Conference  
PLSI  -  3391 Special Topics in Political Science  
PLSI  -  3397 Internship in Politics, Administration, And Law  
PLSI  -  3490 Reading and Conference  
PLSI  -  3491 Special Topics in Political Science  
PLSI  -  3497 Internship in Politics, Administration, And Law  
PLSI  -  3597 Internship in Politics, Administration, And Law 
PLSI  -  3697 Internship in Politics, Administration, And Law  

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