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 spring 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
55049	Lecture-Discussion	DC	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Casler, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Title: Grand Strategy Section Info: Restricted to Political Science majors until 12:00pm on Tues, Nov. 14, 2023. This course examines prominent decisions in U.S. foreign policy through various analytical and historical lenses. In the first half of the course, we begin by defining the term “grand strategy,” discussing how it has been used (and misused) by both academics and decision makers, before establishing the frames of analysis through which scholars and policymakers understand key decisions of war and peace. In the second half of the course, we apply these theories to major U.S. military operations since the dawn of the 20th century, exploring the extent to which these frameworks can help us understand successes and failures in American grand strategy. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
57026	Lecture-Discussion	RC	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	Davenport Hall	Carroll, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Title: State Formation Section Info: Restricted to Political Science majors until 12:00pm on Tues, Nov. 14, 2023. Why do we have nation-states? Out of all of the ways we could organize ourselves, why has this form emerged as the dominant in this moment? Will this dominance continue into the future, or will other organizational forms compete with the nation-state in the future? In this (highly) reading-intensive seminar, we will trace the lineage of the modern nation-state. Readings will draw from political science, international relations, history, economics, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy; we will strive to balance theory and empirics, description and prescription, retrospection and prospection, rigor and creativity. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.
65230	Lecture-Discussion	SF	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Frost, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Title: FeminismBioethicsBiopolitics Section Info: Restricted to Political Science majors until 12:00pm on Tues, Nov. 14, 2023. Topic: Feminism, Bioethics and Biopolitics. This course examines how recent developments in the life sciences prompt us to reframe debates about bioethics and biopolitics. The course will draw on research in epigenetics, microbiomics, immunology, neuroscience, and environmental toxicology according to which the biological body changes how it rebuilds itself in response to its experience of the social and material world. Exploring the implications of this work, students will engage topics such as the nature of the self, the scope of political agency and moral responsibility, and the practice of medical research, with especial attention to the politics of race, gender, and class. Applies to Law and Power concentration. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman class standing.