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                      | Academic Catalog 2024-2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 
 
 Political Science |  
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 Chair: Professor G. SeriFaculty: Professors M. Angrist, C. Brown, C. Cidam, M. Dallas (on leave until the end of Fall 2025), R. Hislope (on leave in the Spring 2025), L. Marso, Z. Oxley, G. Seri; Associate Professor B. Hays; Assistant Professor S. Benegal
 The Political Science Department helps build within students the knowledge, skills, and desire to be lifelong public and global citizens. Students are challenged to think critically about their beliefs and understandings of the world around them, while developing the language, analytical and writing skills necessary for them to present these ideas effectively to others. Beyond the classroom we hope to provide students with the inspiration and opportunities to engage with politics in its multiple forms and locations. We offer instruction in the four traditional subfields of the discipline of Political Science: Political Theory, Comparative Politics, International Politics, and United States Politics. For a listing of all the Political Science courses broken down by category, please go to Course Listing  and select the Prefix PSC. ProgramsMajorInterdepartmental MajorMinorCourses  PSC 111 -  Introduction to US Politics  PSC 112 -  Introduction to Global Politics  PSC 113 -  Introduction to Political Thought  PSC 123 -  Topics in Mathematical Political Science  PSC 160 -  Presidential Elections  PSC 176 -  Mathematics and Democracy  PSC 201T -  Cambodia Study Abroad: Crossing Cultures  PSC 213 -  Contemporary China: Politics, Economy and Society  PSC 216 -  Politics in Africa  PSC 220 -  Social Data Analysis  PSC 223 -  Critical Comparisons in Politics  PSC 230 -  Ancient Political Thought  PSC 231 -  Theories of Peace and War  PSC 232 -  Violence and Politics  PSC 234 -  Women Political Theorists  PSC 235 -  African American Political Thought  PSC 236 -  Police, Security and Biopower  PSC 237 -  Music and Politics  PSC 239 -  American Political Thought Through the Progressive Era  PSC 240 -  Comparative Ethnic and Racial Politics  PSC 241 -  Russian Politics  PSC 242 -  Comparative Climate Change Politics  PSC 243 -  Latin American Politics  PSC 244 -  The Politics of Extraction in the Americas  PSC 245 -  Populisms in Latin America & Beyond  PSC 246 -  Asian Development: Industrialization Beyond the West  PSC 247 -  Human (In) Security in a Comparative Perspective  PSC 248 -  The Politics of the New Europe  PSC 249 -  Middle East Politics  PSC 251 -  American Foreign Policy  PSC 252 -  Global Value Chains  PSC 253 -  International Relations of East Asia  PSC 254 -  Politics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict  PSC 255 -  Human Rights, International Law, and Humanitarianism  PSC 257 -  International Political Economy  PSC 258 -  Strategies of WWII  PSC 260 -  Policy Making and American Society  PSC 261 -  Public Opinion  PSC 263 -  US Environmental Policy  PSC 264 -  Climate Communication  PSC 266 -  Women and Politics  PSC 268 -  Electoral Politics  PSC 269 -  Media and Politics  PSC 270 -  CIA and the Art of Intelligence  PSC 272 -  The Environment, Energy, and US Politics  PSC 273 -  The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics  PSC 277 -  Capital Region Political Internships  PSC 280T -  Washington, D.C. Internship Program  PSC 282 -  Health Politics and Policy  PSC 283 -  Social Movements, the Environment and Society  PSC 284 -  Political Sociology  PSC 286 -  The Modern Presidency  PSC 287 -  The Contemporary Presidency  PSC 289T -  New Hampshire Primary Mini-Term  PSC 295H -  Political Science Honors Independent Project 1  PSC 296H -  Political Science Honors Independent Project 2  PSC 302 -  U.S. Energy Policy  PSC 330 -  Enlightenment and Its Discontents  PSC 333 -  Twenty-First Century American Political Thought  PSC 334 -  Contemporary Continental Theory  PSC 336 -  Political Wisdom  PSC 339 -  Seminar: Political Theory  PSC 340 -  Politics and Film  PSC 341 -  Genocide  PSC 342 -  Challenges to Democracy in Latin America  PSC 342R -  Challenges to Democratization in Latin America  PSC 343 -  Women and Politics in the Muslim World  PSC 346 -  Technologies in Society: Power, Politics and Economy across Industrial Revolutions  PSC 347 -  Comparative Left Politics  PSC 349 -  Seminar: Comparative Politics  PSC 350 -  Theories of International Politics  PSC 351 -  Global Organized Crime  PSC 352 -  International Organizations  PSC 353 -  Terrorism and Torture  PSC 354 -  Human Rights and Immigration  PSC 355 -  Defense Policy  PSC 357 -  Global Environmental Politics  PSC 358 -  Wealth and Power Among Nations  PSC 359 -  Seminar: International Politics  PSC 361 -  Political Psychology  PSC 364 -  Law and Film  PSC 365 -  Law, Society, and the Wire  PSC 369 -  Seminar: US Politics  PSC 370 -  Constitutional Law  PSC 371 -  Civil Rights and Civil Liberties  PSC 372 -  Supreme Court & Revolution  PSC 374 -  Pop Culture & Rock Music in the 1970s  PSC 388 -  Politics of Protest  PSC 388R -  Politics of Protest  PSC 397 -  North-South Relations  PSC 434 -  Feminist Film  PSC 490 -  Political Science Independent Study 1  PSC 498 -  Political Science Senior Thesis 1  PSC 499 -  Political Science Senior Thesis 2
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