Listing of recent 300-level Selected Topics Courses by Area
Selected Topics courses are special courses that are not listed in the catalog, but which are offered by Politics faculty, usually on an irregular basis. Each subfield in the department has Selected Topics offerings:
US Politics (POLT 31900 and POLT 32000)
POLT 31900 Faith and Race in US Politics Carlos Figueroa (Spring 2017)
POLT 31900 US Labor & the Civil Rights Movement Carlos Figueroa (Spring 2021)
POLT 32000 Politics of US Citizenship Carlos Figueroa (Fall 2014; Fall 2018)
POLT 32000 Elections in the US Don Beachler (Spring 2019, Fall 2020)
POLT 32000 Politics of Criminal Justice in the US Don Beachler (Spring 2020)
POLT 32000 Constitutional Law: National Powers & Federalism Alex Moon (Fall 2020)
Comparative and International Studies (POLT 34000 - POLT 34099)
For the purposes of the international studies concentration in the major, and for the International Politics minor, selected topics courses are identified as either "theme" or "place" courses, as listed below:
'Theme' courses
POLT 34002 Pirates & Mercenaries: Sovereignty in the Int'l System Chip Gagnon
POLT 34003 Militarization of Everday Life Kelly Dietz
POLT 34004 The Politics of Global Capitalism Don Beachler
POLT 34005 International Organizations Juan Arroyo
POLT 34006 Rebellions: Violence and Peace Patricia Rodriguez
POLT 34008 Working Beyond Borders: Identity, Justice, and Ethics Peyi Soyinka-Airewele
POLT 34009 The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention Asma Barlas
POLT 34010 Catholics and Politics Juan Arroyo
POLT 34011 Human Rights and Genocide Amy Rothschild
POLT 34011 Gender and Globalization Begum Adit (Spring 2015)
POLT 34012 Race and International Relations Theory Naeem Inayatullah
POLT 34013 Global Indigenous Struggle Patricia Rodriguez
POLT 34014 Terrorism and Insurgencies Chip Gagnon
POLT 34015 International Human Rights Law Peyi Soyinka-Airewele
POLT 34016 Sex/Gender Systems in the World Naeem Inayatullah
'Place' courses
POLT 34050 Politics in East Asia Kelly Dietz
POLT 34051 European Union Juan Arroyo
POLT 34052 Political Violence and Human Rights in Latin America Patricia Rodriguez
POLT 34053 Africa in World Politics Peyi Soyinka-Airewele
POLT 34054 The Holocaust Don Beachler
POLT 34055 Politics of Security in East Asia Kelly Dietz
Political Theory (POLT 35000 - POLT 35099)
POLT 35001 Governing Gender Sumru Atuk
POLT 35002 Dialogue and Dialectics Evgenia Ilieva
POLT 35004 Continental Political Thought Evgenia Ilieva
POLT 35005 Writing and Criticism Naeem Inayatullah
POLT 35006 Truth, Illusion and Politics Alex Moon
POLT 35006 Race in modern political theory Alex Moon
POLT 35007 Encounters between Indigenous & European Cosmologies Naeem Inayatullah
POLT 35008 Radical Critique of Society Alex Moon
Public Policy (POLT 37000 - POLT 37099)
POLT 37000 Politics of Wealth and Poverty Don Beachler
POLT 37000 Politics of Health Care Don Beachler
POLT 37000 Labor Policy Don Beachler
POLT 37000 Race, Class and Geographies of Housing Carlos Figueroa
POLT 37000 Drug Politics, Policy, Law Tom Shevory
POLT 37000 US Poverty and Public Policy Carlos Figueroa