To concentrate in Law and Political Theory, students must complete their two Foundations Courses, the Democracy: Ancient and Modern(PS 211) or Inequality in Western Political Thought course (PS 384), four electives within the concentration, one capstone course within the concentration, and two additional Political Science Courses not in the concentration.
This document provides a list of the courses that meet each requirement. Below is a description of each class taught by political science faculty.
| Number | Title | Codes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLSCI 106CN | What Rules Do We Need? | SB | |
| POLSCI 120 | The Challenges of Living an Ethical Life | EI, HI, CZ | |
| POLSCI 141CN | The Morality of Exchange and Commercial Systems | IJ | |
| POLSCI 175 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | EI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 175D | Introduction to Political Philosophy | EI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 180FS | Hierarchy and Spontaneous Order: The Nature of Freedom in Political and Economic Organizations (C-N) | EI, W, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 195FS | Freedom and Moral Obligation | EI, W, HI, CZ | |
| POLSCI 203 | Women and the Political Process | R, IJ, SS | |
| POLSCI 206 | American Values, Institutions, and Culture | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 208S | Civil Discourse In An Age of Political Polarization | EI, W, SB, CZ | |
| POLSCI 210 | Conservatism | EI, IJ, CZ | |
| POLSCI 211 | Democracy: Ancient and Modern | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 217 | Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence | QC, SB, QS, SS | |
| POLSCI 218 | Men and Women: Theory, Politics, and Life Together | W, CZ | |
| POLSCI 245 | American Constitutional Development and Interpretation I: The Constitutional Structure | EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 246 | American Constitutional Development and Interpretation II: Individual Rights | EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 247S | Liberalism and its Critics | EI, SB, CZ | |
| POLSCI 252 | Life Within Capitalism: A History of its Values, Measures and Struggles | EI, IJ, CZ | |
| POLSCI 256S | Contemporary Nationalism and Classical Political Theory | EI, IJ, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 265S | Introduction to American Political Thought | EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 267 | Religion and Politics in American History | CCI, EI, SB, CZ | |
| POLSCI 268 | Politics and Literature | EI, ALP, SS | |
| POLSCI 270 | Ambition and Politics | CCI, EI, W, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 272 | Human Rights in Theory and Practice | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 275 | Left, Right, and Center: Competing Political Ideals | CCI, EI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 275S | Left, Right, and Center: Competing Political Ideals | CCI, EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 277D | The Ethics of War: Self-Defense, Humanitarian Intervention, Terrorism and Law | EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 285 | Crime and Punishment in America | EI, IJ, SS | |
| POLSCI 290 | Special Topics in Political Science | ||
| POLSCI 290S | Special Topics in Political Science | ||
| POLSCI 297A | Political Philosophy of Globalization | CCI, EI, IJ, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 302 | Constitutional Law in the American Political Tradition | EI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 327S | The Economic and Political Performance of Civilizations | CCI, R, W, IJ, WR, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 331 | What Rules Do We Need? | EI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 334 | How to Rule the World: Empire and Global Governance from Greece to America | CCI, EI, W, IJ, WR, CZ | |
| POLSCI 346 | Business, Politics, and Economic Growth | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 351 | Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East | CCI, W, SB, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 355S | Michel Foucault and Theories of Power | CCI, HI, ALP | |
| POLSCI 371 | Marxism and Society | EI, HI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 372S | Sex, Politics and Feminist Philosophy | EI, CZ | |
| POLSCI 373 | Law and Politics | SS | |
| POLSCI 375 | News as a Moral Battleground | EI, R, IJ, SS | |
| POLSCI 378 | Marx, Nietzsche, Freud | CCI, HI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 380 | Ancient Athenian Law | CCI, IJ, CZ | |
| POLSCI 384 | Inequality in Western Political Thought | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 390-1 | Special Topics in Political Theory | ||
| POLSCI 405S | What Makes Punishment Political? Capstone on the American Carceral State | This Course will count as a Capstone for American Political Institutions and Behavior This Course will count as a Capstone for Law & Political Theory |
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| POLSCI 421S | Constitutionalism and Crisis: From Catalina's Conspiracy to Covid | CCI, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for American Political Institutions and Behavior |
| POLSCI 432S | Money and Power in Christian Thought and the Social Sciences | EI, IJ, CZ | This Course will Count as a Capstone for International Relations and Law & Political Theory. |
| POLSCI 449S | Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Capstone | R, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 483 | What Machiavelli Really Says | EI, R, HI, ALP, CZ | |
| POLSCI 506S | Theorists of Modern Politics: Marx, Durkheim, Weber | CCI, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 514S | Political Values | EI, IJ, CZ | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 527S | Global Africa | CCI, EI, SS | |
| POLSCI 570 | Frankfurt School Critical Theory | EI, IJ, CZ | |
| POLSCI 574S | Dissent, Disobedience and Revolution | R, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 575S | Ancient Political Philosophy | CCI, EI, HI, IJ, SS | |
| POLSCI 577S | Nietzsche's Political Philosophy | EI, HI, CZ, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 578S | Contemporary Theories of Democracy | EI, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 579S | Topics in Early Modern Political Thought from Machiavelli to Mills | CCI, R, SS | |
| POLSCI 582S | Contemporary Ethical Theories | EI, HI, CZ, SS | |
| POLSCI 585S | Adversarial Ethics | EI, HI, SS | |
| POLSCI 590-1 | Intermediate Topics in Political Theory | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory | |
| POLSCI 676S | Hegel's Political Philosophy | EI, R, HI, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 681S | Law and Philosophy | EI, CZ, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 683S | Theology and Political Philosophy | CCI, EI, IJ | |
| POLSCI 684S | Republicanism | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 685S | Social Contract Theory | EI, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 686S | Injustice, Domination and Exploitation | EI, CZ, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory |
| POLSCI 687S | Classics of Political Economy | EI, R, CZ, SS | This Course will count as a Capstone for Law and Political Theory This course will count as a capstone course for Political Economy |
| POLSCI 690S-1 | Advanced Topics in Political Theory |