Graduate Curriculum

POLS 500 03 (3-0-0). Government and Politics in the U.S. F, S. Prerequisite: Three upper division credits in American Politics with grade of B or better.

• Selected primary materials on the performance of governmental actors and institutions at federal, state and local levels. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Courtenay Daum; Dr. Sandra Davis

POLS 501 03 (3-0-0. Citizen Politics in the U.S. F, S. Prerequisite: Three upper division credits in American politics with grade of B or better.

• Selected primary materials on the behavior of individuals and groups in American politics. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Kyle Saunders

POLS 509 03 (3-0-0). Gender and the Law. F, S.
Taught by: Dr. Courtenay Daum

POLS 520 03(0-0-0). Theories of Political Action. F, S. Prerequisite: PO420 or PO421 or written consent of instructor.

• Intensive review of primary material on Western political thought. (Annually.)
  Taught by: Dr. Bradley Macdonald

POLS 530 03 (3-0-0).International Relations. F, S. Prerequisite: Nine credits in international relations or related studies.

• Theory and methodology utilized in different approaches to international relations. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Valerie Assetto; Ursula Daxecker

POLS 531 03 (3-0-0). Policy Making, Diplomacy and World Politics. F, S. Prerequisite: Three upper division credits in international relations with grade of B or better.

• Theories of policy making and bargaining in international politics as applied to different countries, organizations and historical periods. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Dimitris Stevis; Ursula Daxecker

POLS 532 03 (3-0-0).Governance of the World Political Economy. F, S. Prerequisite: Nine upper division credits in international relations with grade of B of better or written consent of instructor.

• Theoretical and practical debates on the organization and governance of the world political economy
  Instructors: Dr. Michele Betsill, Dr. Dimitris Stevis

POLS 540 03 (3-0-0). Comparative Politics. F, S. Prerequisite: Three upper division credits in comparative politics with grade of B or better.

• Theories, methods and approaches to the study of comparative politics. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Stephen Mumme; Gamze Cavdar

POLS 541 03 (3-0-0). Political Economy of Change and Development. F, S. Prerequisite: Three upper division credits in comparative politics with grade of B or better.

• Responses of the state and its institutions to political, economic and social change. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Valerie Assetto; Marcela Velasco; Stephen Mumme

POLS 542 03 (3-0-0). Democracy and Democratization. F, S.
Taught by: Dr. Gamze Cavdar Yasar

POLS 550 03 (3-0-0). Advanced Public Administration. F, S. Prerequisite: PO351, written consent of instructor.

• Overview of study of public administration; recent developments in theory and practice. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Scott Moore

POLS 552A 03 (3-0-0). Topics in Public Administration--Personnel. F, S. Prerequisite: POLS 351 and GPA of 3.00 or better. (Irregular.)

POLS 552B 03 (3-0-0). Topics in Public Administration--Budgeting and Finance. F, S. Prerequisite: POLS 351 and GPA of 3.00 or better. (Irregular.)

POLS 552C 03 (3-0-0). Topics in Public Administration--Regulation. F, S. Prerequisite: PO351 and GPA of 3.00 or better. (Irregular.)
Taught by: Dr. Charles Davis

POLS 620 03 (3-0-0). Approaches to the Study of Politics. F. Prerequisite: Fifteen credits in political science. (Annually.)
Taught by: Dr. Bradley Macdonald

POLS 621 03 (3-0-0). Qualitative Methods in Political Science. F. Prerequisite: POLS 620 or concurrent registration.

• Research design, data gathering and organization, ethical issues, and computer applications in qualitative political research. (Alternating years.)
  Taught by: Michele Betsill

POLS 624 Scope and Methods of Political Science.

• Graduate Scope and Methods is a course intended to socialize and "professionalize" graduate students in the discipline of political science. The course is also designed to prepare students to be conversant with the discipline; following this course, students should be able to understand and explain the ideas offered in primary scientific literature. Taught by: Dr Kyle Saunders; Susan Opp.

POLS 625 03 (3-0-0). Quantitative Methods of Political Research. S. Prerequisite: POLS 320
Quantitative approaches and methods for the study of political life. (Annually.)
Taught by: Dr. Kyle Saunders

POLS 652 03 (0-0-3). Public Organization Theory. F. Prerequisite POLS 351 or written consent of instructor.

• Theories of behavior of individuals and organizations in governmental bureaucracies. (Every third or fourth semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Scott Moore

POLS 660 03 (3-0-0). Theories of the Policy Process. S. Prerequisite: POLS 460 or PO351.
Recent developments in policy analysis. (Every third or fourth semester.)
Taught by: Dr. Robert Duffy; Dr.Charles Davis

POLS 670 03 (3-0-0). Politics of the Environment and Sustainability. F. Prerequisite: Written consent of instructor.

• Domestic, international and comparative dimensions of environment and natural resource politics and policy. (Annually.)
  Taught by: Dr. Sandra Davis; Dr. Robert Duffy; Dr. Dimitris Stevis

POLS 6801 Public Policy Analysis.Prerequisite: POLS 625 or instructor permission.

• Public Policy Analysis. An introduction to the professional practice of policy analysis and the tools used to conduct a rigorous analysis including: forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, and policy design. Taught by: Dr. Susan Opp.

POLS 684 Var. Supervised College Teaching

POLS 695 Var. Independent Study.
Teaching Practicum: Non-funded political science graduate students who have successfully completed at least one year of graduate work in the department are eligible to enroll in a teaching practicum for one to three academic credits of POLS 695. (These credits may not count toward the minimum credit-hour requirements in a student's program of study.) Students may assist in undergraduate courses only, and no more than ten hours of course-related work per week may be performed. Requests to enroll in a teaching practicum with a particular faculty member are student-initiated and the terms of instructional involvement are to be negotiated in advance to the mutual satisfaction of the faculty member and the student. The sponsoring faculty member will submit a written evaluation of the student's performance at the end of the semester.

POLS 692 03 (3-0-0). Seminar in Environmental Policy. (Scheduled as faculty resources and student interests dictate.)
Taught by various faculty

POLS 699 Var. Thesis.

POLS 709 03 (3-0-0). Environmental Politics in the U.S. F, S. Prerequisite: Either POLS 500 or 501; POLS 670.

• Selected primary materials on governmental performance, groups and mass public in American environmental politics. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Sandra Davis; Dr. Robert Duffy

POLS 729 03 (3-0-0). Political Theory and the Environment. F,S Prerequisite: POLS 520 and POLS 670.

• Political thought applied to questions of the environment. (Alternating years.)
  Taught by: Dr. Bradley Macdonald

POLS 739 03 (3-0-0). International Environmental Politics. F, S. Prerequisite: POLS 530 and POLS 670.

• Theories and methodologies used in analyzing international environmental politics and policy. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Valerie Assetto; Dr. Michele Betsill; Dr. Dimitris Stevis

POLS 749 03 (3-0-0). Comparative Environmental Politics. F, S. Prerequisite: POLS 670 and either POLS 540 or POLS 541.

• Application of comparative political theory to analysis of environmental politics. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Stephen Mumme; Marcela Velasco

POLS 759 03 (3-0-0). Environmental Policy and Administration. F, S. Prerequisite: PO670.

• Effects of regulation, intergovernmental relations and resource availability on federal environmental programs in U.S. (Every third semester.)
  Taught by: Dr. Charles Davis

POLS 795 Var. Independent Study.

POLS 799 Var. Dissertation.

***NOTE: In addition to these courses, graduate students may take a number of courses numbered 300-400 for graduate credit.