Course Listing

Courses listed below are grouped together alphabetically by subject prefix.  To search for a specific course, please follow the instructions in the course filter box below and click on “Filter.”  

Departments and interdisciplinary programs are described in detail on the Majors, Minors, and Other Programs  page within this catalog.  Please refer to the detailed sections on each area of study for more information.  Requirements to fulfill a major or minor appear within each program or area of study.

All students must also complete the courses in the Common Curriculum (General Education), including Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) requirements and other requirements that pertain to the undergraduate degree. Courses are numbered as follows.

000-049 - Non-credit courses.

050-099 - Common Curriculum (General Education) courses and others that do NOT count toward the major.

100-199 - Introductory-level courses which count for the major.

200-299 - Sophomore/junior-level courses that often may be easily taken by non-majors. (Some departments may use 200-249 and 250-259 to delineate between sophomore and junior level offerings.)

300-399 - Upper-level courses intended primarily for majors - these are courses representing the depth component of the major.

400-499 - All advanced courses for seniors, including those used to fulfill WS (Senior Writing Experience requirement), small seminars, research, thesis, and independent studies.

Wherever possible, the departments have indicated the instructor and the term during which a course is given. Some courses are offered only occasionally and are so indicated. The College retains the right not to offer a course, especially if enrollment is insufficient.

A few courses are not valued at full course credit, and some carry double credit.

A full course unit may be equated to five quarter-credit hours, or three and one-third semester credit hours.

Physics and Astronomy

Portuguese

Political Science

Political Science - Comparative Politics

Unless otherwise indicated prerequisites for the following courses are PSC 111 or PSC 112 or sophomore standing.

200-level courses in comparative politics generally cover political issues that are regionally concentrated (such as Latin America, Europe, China, and the Middle East), or they focus on themes (such as democracy, nationalism, social movements) that are framed at a conceptual level accessible to students from across the college.

300-level courses in comparative politics have a special topics theme (women and politics, the Marxist political tradition, democratization, genocide, and film) and/or a strong methodological component. The course materials are more conceptually and theoretically complex, and involve a more sophisticated set of intellectual problems.

Political Science - Independent Research

Political Science - International Politics

Unless otherwise indicated prerequisites for the following courses are PSC 111 or PSC 112 or PSC 113 or sophomore standing.

200-level courses in international relations cover foreign policy-oriented courses (China and the USA), regional interstate topics (Asia and the Middle East), and practicum-based courses (Model UN). These courses are framed at a conceptual level accessible to students from across the college.

300-level courses in international relations cover advanced issues in international political economy, institutions of global governance, US security, and transnational actors and trends. The course materials are more conceptually and theoretically complex, and involve a more sophisticated set of intellectual problems.

Political Science - Introductory Courses

Political Science - Political Theory

Unless otherwise indicated the prerequisites for the following courses are PSC 113 or sophomore standing.

200-level theory courses tend to cover special themes and tightly focused topics. You may read texts out of historical order, or across historical moments. Given their more specific focus, these courses may be geared towards students with some basic (or advanced) knowledge in key texts and issues.

300-level theory courses tend to survey a wide range of classic texts and questions in historical context. In these courses, you can expect to learn about major conceptual questions relevant to the history of political thought as well as become familiar with the arguments of key authors.

Students from across the college are welcome in 200 and 300-level courses; you may, however, want to speak with the instructor about whether knowledge beyond  PSC 113  , Introduction to Political Thought, is expected.

Political Science - Research Methods

Political Science - United States Politics

Unless otherwise indicated prerequisits for the following courses are PSC 111  or PSC 112  or sophomore standing.