PS 300

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Credit: 3 hours.

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

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

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PS 300 class schedule data for fall 2022
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
56255	Lecture-Discussion	B	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	Armory	Khoury, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Section Title: Social Movements & Contention Section Info: From the American civil rights movement to uprisings in the Middle East, social movements have shaped history. Under what conditions do people engage in contentious politics? How do they overcome barriers to collective action? What explains their strategies and the outcomes of their interaction with the state? Who and what do they target, other than the state? This course is designed to answer these questions and others by examining the causes, dynamics, and consequences of contentious politics. The course objectives are for students: (1) to become knowledgeable about debates and concepts related to dynamics of contention 2) to engage critically with a variety of views and analyses within each theme, (3) to learn and employ analytical tools to answer research questions, and (4) to discover connections between structures of power and ground-level processes that together give shape to contention and social movements. Major restrictions will be lifted at noon on Monday, April 18, 2022. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
67921	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Khoury, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Section Title: Forced Migration and Refugees Section Info: It is said that internal and cross-border forced displacement have reached historic levels. Who is a migrant, who is a refugee, and who makes those determinations? Why do people move, where do they go, and how do they impact their destinations and the places they left? Which countries and institutions should aid and host displaced people, and do they? This course is designed to answer these questions and others by examining the causes, dynamics, and consequences of human mobility. The course objectives are for students: (1) to become knowledgeable about debates and concepts related to forced migration and refugees (2) to engage critically with a variety of views and analyses within each theme, (3) to employ analytical tools to interject in debates, and (4) to discover connections between structures of power and ground-level processes that together give shape to forced migration and the everyday lives of refugees. Major restrictions will be lifted at noon on Monday, April 18, 2022. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
56909	Lecture-Discussion	D	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Jennings, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Section Title: Police Shootings in America Section Info: Topic: Research on Police Shootings. Students in the course will conduct semester-long research on the topic of police uses of lethal force in the U.S. The course will include readings covering the policies that affect police shootings, the controversies surrounding these events, and how they affect our communities. Students will work on projects that will build their research skills by interacting with a novel dataset recording police uses of lethal force. Major restrictions will be lifted at noon on Monday, April 18, 2022. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
56999	Lecture-Discussion	E	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	English Building	Moraes Lessa, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Section Title: Brazilian Foreign Policy Section Info: Brazil’s adaption to the international post–Cold War context was a complex process, yet it is possible to detect a relatively homogenous strategy during these decades that informed the foreign engagement of governments marked by otherwise different ideologies. The course presents and critically analyzes the general trends in contemporary Brazilian foreign policy, since the end of the Cold War. Three critical dimensions are considered for the analysis of the international strategy implemented since then: 1) the pursuit of the role of a regional power and its political, strategic, and economic consequences; 2) the agency around critical issues of the foreign policy agenda: human rights, democracy and democratization, environment and climate change, and economic development and; 3) finally, the changing of the decision-making process, with the reframing of the place of traditional actors (specially Itamaraty – the Ministry of External Relations) and the emergence of new ones (social movements, political parties, the parliament, NGO´s, etc.). This course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to gain or enhance the knowledge on the Contemporary Brazilian Foreign Policy and to explore an area of interest related to Brazilian Foreign Policy and/or intermediate powers in international politics research Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
56252	Lecture-Discussion	T	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	Psychology Building	Grossman, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Section Title: Terrorism Section Info: This course is about asymmetric conflicts: political and military competitions where one side possesses considerably more material resources. The dynamics of material asymmetry characterize wars involving the United States since World War II, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, and offer a framework for understanding the struggle against al Qaeda, ISIS, and the future of the War on Terrorism. Overall, this course aims to explore the strategies of both sides of an asymmetric conflict, especially the weaker actor. How do terrorists, insurgents, guerrillas, revolutionaries, and freedom fighters design strategies to achieve their goals against powerful states? More specifically, how do al Qaeda and ISIS hope to challenge the American-led international order? Knowing they’re outgunned, how do they try to win? Major restrictions will be lifted at noon on Monday, April 18, 2022. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.