PS 300

Spring 2013 All Classes

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Special Topics

Credit: 3 hours.

Selected readings and research in political science. See Class Schedule for current topics.

Prerequisite: May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topic varies. Prerequisite: Six hours of political science, or consent of instructor.

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PS 300 class schedule data for spring 2013
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
54780	Lecture-Discussion	B	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	307 David Kinley Hall	Wood, G Pahre, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and UIUC Social Sciences course. Section Title: Environ Chges & the Midwest Section Info: TOPIC: Mapping the Past, Modeling the Future: Environmental Changes and the Midwest This 200/300-level course, to be cross-listed in ESE, Political Science and English, provides a systems-based study of the environmental history of the Midwestern United States with a view to its future management, preservation, and sustainable development. A fundamental principle of sustainability theory dictates that complex systems such as human societies or ecosystems can be understood only through close observation over time. Accordingly, this course begins with expansive spatial and temporal frames?the entire Midwest region from the pre-settlement period to the present?before focusing on a specific place and timeframe: the fate of the Indiana Dunes region in the coming decades. Along the way, students will learn to think in terms of using multiple models for specific problems. Ecosystem models, geographic information systems, economic models, maps and metaphors, etc. The goal of the course is to provide students practical experience in environmental assessment and management, one driven by rich, system-wide understanding and principles of sustainability rather than the short-term stakeholder interests of politicians and developers. This course is part of the LAS blockbuster initiative: LAS students will receive General Education credit in two categories: Humanities & the Arts (Literature & the Arts) and Social & Behavioral Sciences (Social Science) Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
57684	Lecture-Discussion	EU	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	215B David Kinley Hall	Rota, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Europe and the Mediterranean Section Info: Europe and the Mediterranean. This is an interdisciplinary course designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The course presents Europe and the Mediterranean as interdependent, multicultural and multinational spaceshistorically connected by cultural, economic and migratory networks. It pays special attention to the role of the European Union and its policies in the Mediterranean. By exploring these economic, social and cultural bridges, the course introduces students to the complexities of an area too often represented in terms of mere opposition to the West. The course meets with: ANTH 399 (CRN 57806 undergrad), ANTH 515 (CRN 57807 grad), CLCV 491 (CRN 31346 undergrad; CRN 59391 grad), CWL 395 (CRN 59054 undergrad), CWL 593 (CRN 59055 grad), FR 443 (CRN 39733 undergrad & grad), HIST 396 (CRN 41125 undergrad), HIST 502 (CRN 32435 grad), JS 399 (CRN 59394 undergrad), PS 300 (CRN 57684 undergrad), PS 590 (CRN 57689 grad), SOC 596 (CRN 32822 grad) Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing. Restricted to Political Science major(s).
57026	Lecture-Discussion	JB	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	222 David Kinley Hall	Bowers, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Future Politics Section Info: What can political science learn from science fiction? How can we use what we currently know about politics, society, and economics to more create plausible and compelling visions of the future? In this course we will read social science together with science fiction in an attempt to enhance the currently impoverished political, social and economic imagination of the social sciences. Political Theory subfield. Not intended for students with Freshman class standing. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
54818	Lecture-Discussion	SVM	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	115 David Kinley Hall	Miller, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Democracy and Peace Section Info: The democratic peace -- the virtual absence of any war fought between two democracies in the international system -- is one of the strongest and most important findings in the entirety of our discipline. Called the closest thing to an empirical law in political science, the policy relevance of these findings has informed the foreign policies of the Clinton and Bush Administrations, in particular. This special topics course will carefully consider the core elements of this important phenomenon. The topics discussed include what is unique about democracies, what is the nature of "peace" involving democracies, and the underlying skepticism of the causal connection between democracies and peace. Students who complete this course will be better able to critically assess the dialogue on democracies in the international system, as this dialogue appears in both the classroom and in policy discussions. This course is in the International Relations subfield and is not intended for students with freshman standing. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
55783	Lecture-Discussion	W	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	223 David Kinley Hall	Weir, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Terrorism Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.