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AS.190-AS.191 (Political Science)

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AS.190.101.    Introduction to American Politics.    3 Credits.    This course examines the ideals and operation of the American political system. It seeks to understand how our institutions and politics work, why they work as they do, and what the consequences are for representative government in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the federal government and its electoral, legislative, and executive structures and processes. As useful and appropriate, attention is also given to the federal courts and to the role of the states. The purpose of the course is to understand and confront the character and problems of modern government in the United States in a highly polarized and plebiscitary era. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.102.    Introduction To Comparative Politics.    3 Credits.    To understand politics, the sound bites of the modern media take us only so far. In this course, we will take a step back and implement an intellectually rigorous method. Scholars of comparative politics use the method of comparison in order to illuminate important political phenomena of our times. Following this method, we will embark on a scholarly tour of the world and compare the politics of various countries. We will also trace these politics back to their historical sources. We will work from the assumption that there is something to be gained from such comparisons across space and time. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.108.    Contemporary International Politics.    3 Credits.    An introduction to international politics. Emphasis will be on continuity and change in international politics and the causes of war and peace. The first half of the course will focus on events prior to the end of the Cold War, including the Peloponnesian War, the European balance of power, imperialism, the origins and consequences of WWI and WWII, and the Cold War. The second half will focus on international politics since 1990, including globalization, whether democracies produce peace, the impact of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the prospects for peace in the 21st century. Theories of realism and liberalism will also be considered. This course was previously AS.190.209. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.109.    Politics of East Asia.    3 Credits.    This course examines some of the central ideas and institutions that have transformed politics in the contemporary world through the lens of East Asia, focusing on Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China. We analyze two enduring themes of classic and contemporary scholarship in comparative politics: development and democracy. The purpose is to introduce students to the various schools of thought within comparative politics as well as to the central debates concerning East Asian politics. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.111.    Introduction to Global Studies.    3 Credits.    This course surveys scholarly approaches to processes, relations, institutions, and social structures that cross, subvert, or transcend national borders. The course will also introduce students to research tools for global studies. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.122.    Western Political Theory.    3 Credits.    An introductory overview of Western Political Theory, starting with Plato and the Greeks, moving through Machiavelli and the moderns, and ending up with a brief look at current political theory. We will analyze a range of theoretical styles and political approaches from a handful of thinkers, and develop our skills as close readers, efficient writers, and persuasive speakers. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.180.    Introduction to Political Theory.    3 Credits.    In the Republic, the ancient Greek philosopher Plato posed three questions: what is justice? How would a just person live? How would a just society be governed? These three questions form the basic subject matter of of political theory. In this course we will survey the history of political theory, reading a series of political theorists who took up Plato’s questions in a wide range of contexts, from Renaissance Italy and early modern England to late colonial India and the Jim Crow US South. Throughout, we’ll consider whether there are better and worse answers to these questions, or simply different answers that appear better or worse depending on the perspective from which one considers them. We’ll look closely at how the circumstances in which political theorists lived influenced their thinking, and how those circumstances should influence our own evaluation of their thinking. And we’ll ask whether Plato’s questions were the right questions to ask in his time, whether they are still relevant in ours, and whether there are other questions that political theorists would do better to spend their time considering. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.181.    Introduction to Political Theory: Power and Authority.    3 Credits.    This course provides an introduction to Western political theory, focusing on theories and practices of power and authority. We will examine the extent to which it is possible to describe, theorize, and make visible how political power operates, and power's relationship to authority, knowledge, truth, and political freedom. A strong tradition of political thought argues that people's consent is what makes political power legitimate. But what if one of the most insidious workings of power is its ability to prevent us from telling the difference between consent and coercion? Can power allow certain authorities to effectively brainwash people? If so, does that mean that those who obey authority should no longer be held politically responsible for their actions? Does the coercive power of norms and conformity prevent any robust practice of freedom? What role (if any) should state power play in negotiating questions of morality, religion and sexuality? Lastly, we will be haunted by a related question: can political theories of power make people free, or are those theories implicated in the very coercion they profess to oppose? Classes will be a combination of lectures, critical discussions/debates, film screenings and presentations. Throughout the term, you will sharpen your ability to formulate coherent written and spoken arguments by organizing and supporting your thoughts in a persuasive manner. An important part of this skill will include the ability to wrestle with complex and controversial political problems that lack any single answer. The stakes of these problems will be brought to life by the political examples we will study, and made legible by looking through the theoretical lenses of diverse thinkers. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.204.    Ancient Political Thought.    3 Credits.    The premise of this course is that a political perspective is tied up with a (meta)physical one, that is to say, with ideas about the nature of Nature and of the status of the human and nonhuman elements within it. How is the universe ordered? Who or what is responsible for it? What place do or should humans occupy within it? How ought we to relate to nonhuman beings and forces? We will read three different responses to such questions and show how they are linked to a particular vision of political life. In the first, the world into which human are born is ordered by gods whose actions often appear inexplicable: Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and Hippolytus by Euripedes will represent this tragic vision of the cosmos. In the second, Plato , in Republic and in Phaedrus, the forces of reason and eros play central and powerful roles. In the third, Augustine of Hippo presents a world designed by a benevolent, omnipotent God who nevertheless has allowed humans a share in their own fate. We end the course with Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy , which offers a perspective on these three visions of the world -- the tragic, the rational, and the faithful -- which will help us evaluate them in the light of contemporary political and ecological concerns. Distribution Area: Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.220.    Global Security Politics.    3 Credits.    Contemporary and emerging technologies of nuclear (weapons, terrorism, energy) outer space (missiles, missile defense, asteroids), biosecurity (bioweapons, pandemics, terrorism) and cyber (war, spying, surveillance) and implications for security, international politics, arms control, and political freedom. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.223.    Understanding the Food System.    3 Credits.    This course examines the politics and policies that shape the production and consumption of food. Topics include food security, obesity, crop and animal production, and the impacts of agriculture on climate change. We will also consider the vulnerabilities of our food system to challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as efforts to transform food and agriculture through new food technologies and grass-roots movements to create a more democratic food system. Prerequisite(s): Students who have completed AS.190.405 may not enroll in this class. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.224.    The Politics and Society of E. Asia.    3 Credits.    This introductory course seeks to examine the politics of China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan as part of a distinct region. We will seek to understand how individual polities responded to regional developments and trends, such as the tide of colonialism, socialism, regional economic developments, and democracy. The course will introduce students to the most pressing questions concerning the rise of China, the future of the innovation economy, and intra-regional tensions. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.227.    U.S. Foreign Policy.    3 Credits.    This course provides an analysis of US foreign policy with a focus on the interests, institutions, and ideas underpinning its development. It offers a broad historical survey that starts with US involvement in the First World War, covers major developments of the twentieth century, and concludes with contemporary issues. Important themes include the developments underpinning the emergence of the liberal world order, strategies of containment during the Cold War, nuclear deterrence and antiproliferation efforts, the politics of international trade, alliance politics, technological and security policy, and the re-emergence of great power competition. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.228.    The American Presidency.    3 Credits.    Over the past several decades, the power and importance of America’s presidency have greatly expanded . Of course, presidential history includes both ups and downs, some coinciding with the rise and fall of national party systems and others linked to specific problems, issues, and personalities. We should train our analytic eyes, however, to see beneath the surface of day-to-day and even decade-to-decade political turbulence. We should focus, instead, on the pronounced secular trend of more than two and a quarter centuries of American history. Two hundred years ago, presidents were weak and often bullied by Congress. Today, presidents are powerful and often thumb their noses at Congress and the courts. For better or worse, we have entered a presidentialist era. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.231.    Politics of Income Inequality.    3 Credits.    This course is about the interplay of democracy and capitalism. A core principle of democracy is equality. A core principle of capitalism is inequality. In democracies, the resource-poor are vote-rich. In contrast, the resource-rich are vote-poor. This helps combining capitalist economic systems with democratic political systems (“democratic capitalism”). But the sharp increase in income inequality in recent decades raises questions about the viability of democratic capitalism. What are the patterns, causes, and consequences of (income) inequality? How does inequality influence how democracy and capitalism interact? Why are there large differences in terms of redistribution between countries? For concreteness, the course compares the U.S. case to other rich democracies. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.239.    Power and Global Politics.    3 Credits.    Global politics involves power: hard and soft power; power over, power with, and power to; resources as power; and relations and processes of power. This course will explore aspects of power as they play out in case studies of diplomacy and war, global markets, and communications networks (cyber and other information technologies). The course will also examine the nature of actors and the powers they have to act across state borders. Readings will include classic texts on power, as well as more recent works of International Relations scholarship, and class assignments will focus on using insights from these works to draw one’s own positions on foreign policy issues. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.246.    Climate Solutions: The Global Politics and Technology of Decarbonization.    3 Credits.    This course provides an introduction to climate solutions by reviewing the politics and technologies in all major sectors: electricity, transportation, biofuels, hydrogen, buildings, heavy industry, and agriculture. In each area, we will first understand the existing technologies and potential solutions. But to understand decarbonization, we also have to study the political economy of these technologies. What role do the technologies play in the broader economy? Who will win or lose from the transition? What firms and countries dominate and control current and emerging supply chains? What makes a climate solutions project bankable? How can states design policies, regulations, and programs to successfully manage the politics of technology change? Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.249.    Fictional World Politics: International Relations Through Fiction.    3 Credits.    The plots and settings of fictitious works provide “cases” for the exploration of international relations theories. Incorporates literature, film, and works of IR scholarship. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.251.    Labor and American Politics.    3 Credits.    This course will explore working people’s political strategies from the Civil War through the present. We'll examine the shifting alliances among trade unions and political parties, and investigate mobilizations by freed people, women, immigrants, and LGBTQ workers. And we’ll pay special attention to the ways that workers’ action shaped the development of the modern American state. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.255.    Race and Racism in International Relations.    3 Credits.    This course introduces students to the foundational importance of race and racism to the construction of our contemporary global order. Topics include the Crusades, European imperialism, eugenics, Apartheid, freedom struggles, decolonization, and global development. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.264.    What You Need to Know About Chinese Politics (Part 1).    3 Credits.    What you need to know about Chinese politics covers the major scandals, political events, and policy debates that every China watcher needs to know. This first module of a two-semester experience brings together two professors, Prof. Andrew Mertha (SAIS) and Prof. John Yasuda (KSAS), with very different perspectives on China's past achievements, its political and economic futures, and the global implications of China's rise. The course seeks to give ample coverage to every major political question about China that is often missed in a semester long class. In addition to lively debates between the instructors, students can also expect guest speakers from the policy world, business, and the academy for a fresh take on what's going on in China today. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.267.    Introduction to Political Economy.    3 Credits.    An introduction to the fundamental questions and concepts of political economy: money, commodities, profit, and capital. The course will study the nature of economic forces and relations as elements larger social and political orders. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.269.    What you need to know about Chinese Politics, Part 2.    3 Credits.    This serves as a two-semester survey of Chinese politics from 1911-Present. This second module explores the politics of the reform and post-reform eras. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.283.    Human Security.    3 Credits.    While traditional studies on security have focused largely on border protection, sovereign authority of the state, and interstate alliances, the threats posed to everyday people were not a central focus of security analyses until the end of the Cold War. The human security approach has evolved as a challenge to conventional thinking on security. This course will introduce the notion of human security, trace its emergence and evolution in the global political discourse, explore the theoretical scholarship from which it developed, and evaluate its effectiveness as a framework for addressing the most egregious threats human beings face today. From refugee flows, gender inequality, ethnic conflict, mass atrocities, poverty, to climate change, human security scholarship and policy has sought to examine the various threats to the lives of people that transcend national borders and allow us to break out of narrow thinking to develop innovative and globally-minded solutions. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.286.    Liberalism, Republicanism, and Democracy in American Political Theory.    3 Credits.    For 250 years, American politics and society have reflected tensions between two foundational ideals. On the one hand, the notion of republican citizenship in the Declaration of Independence has inspired notions of the common good and institutions from majoritarian democracy to jury duty and state militias. Meanwhile, the tradition of liberal protections eventually enshrined in the Bill of Rights has grown to guarantee equal treatment and more rights for more people. At times, these two principles have gone hand in hand – at others, they have pointed in two very different directions. In this class, we will explore the philosophical origins of liberalism and republicanism and trace them through historical events and cultural landmarks, from the Revolutionary War until today. In the process, we will study, interpret, and discuss the contentious history of democracy in America. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.300.    Racial Inequality, Policy and Politics in the US.    3 Credits.    While policies were passed to ensure equal opportunity for racially subjugated Americans, the United States witnessed increasing stratification of wealth and income and deepening concentration of poverty, stagnation in closing racial gaps, and new forms of inequality posed by the striking upsurge in contact with the criminal justice system at the bottom of the skills ladder and concentration of wealth at the top. At the same time, the welfare state came under attack and faced challenges posed by an aging population, women entering the labor force, deindustrialization, and international pressures of globalization. Social spending withered in some areas while spending on citizens was increasingly likely to happen through tax expenditures and private means. This course investigates the politics around these developments and competing perspectives in debates over redistributive policies in the United States and their impact on inequality, particularly race and gender inequality. We will examine the contours of inequality and explanations for why it has expanded over the past several decades. We explore why the US is exceptional in both the level of inequality it tolerates and the generosity and types of remedies to alleviate poverty in comparison to its European counterparts and debate the role of race, unions, electoral politics and institutions. We investigate several specific cases of persistent racial inequality – concentrated poverty, segregation, and incarceration. We investigate both how policies have reinforced racial and gender divisions from a top-down perspective as well as examining under what conditions the disadvantaged contest inequality, exploring how political struggle shapes policy from the bottom-up. The last part of the course examines the consequences of inequality and social policy for representation and citizenship and how economic inequality affects political representation and responsiveness of elites to masses. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.302.    Human Rights and Global Justice.    3 Credits.    This course investigates the norms, rules, and institutions associated with efforts to achieve international and global justice. We begin with arguably the most familiar vehicle for moral advocacy and global justice in the latter part of the twentieth century: international human rights. Readings consider both the achievements and limitations of human rights ideas and institutions. The second part of the course then reflects on the more ambitious question of what global justice could and should look like in the future. The course will address liberal theories as well as critical perspectives, including those concerned with the experiences and struggles of marginalized groups and societies. Readings and discussions will address various pressing topics in global affairs, which may include: food insecurity, humanitarian crises, climate change, racism, global health, migration, and artificial intelligence. Students will complete the course with a deeper understanding of the challenges associated with using rights-based instruments and institutions to remedy global injustices with complex social, cultural, economic, and political underpinnings. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.305.    Human Rights as a Practice, Weapon, and Symbol.    3 Credits.    This course studies the complexity of international human rights as a vehicle for political change. The course approaches human rights as a set of legal instruments and practices, but also as a flexible political and symbolic toolbox used to address sometimes very divergent claims to justice. It pays attention to the roles of states, as well as the growing authority of human rights organizations, institutions, and online networks. We begin with a survey of major international human rights instruments before using a series of case studies to better understand how those instruments are used in practice. Rather than assume that human rights are always effective and benevolent, we set out to consider which kinds of policies they enable and which they foreclose. Cases also raise questions about the universality of human rights across cultural settings and demand critical reflection on how human rights function in North-South relations. The course draws from research aimed at improving the practice of human rights, as well as perspectives approaching human rights as instruments of power. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.306.    Latin American Politics and Society in Comparative and Historical Prespective.    3 Credits.    The seminar will introduce students to the political and economic trajectories of Latin America as a whole and of individual countries, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Special attention will be paid to the long-term trajectory of the political regime (democracy versus dictatorship) and of economic development (variations in GDP per capita). Competing theories, from economic dependence to historical institutionalism, will be examined for their contribution to our understanding of Latin America’s relative economic backwardness and low quality democracies. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.308.    Democracy and Dictatorship: Theory and Cases.    3 Credits.    The course will cover three topics: 1) The conceptualization of political regime, democracy and authoritarianism. We will also consider neighboring concepts of other macro-political structures—government, state, and administration—in order to be able to demarcate what is distinctive about the study of political regimes.2) The characterization of political regimes in most Western and some non-Western countries, in history and today. We will centrally focus on the so called “Waves of Democratization,” but we will also consider stories with less happy outcomes, that is, processes that led to the breakdown of democracies and the installation of repressive dictatorships.3) The explanation(s) of the stability and change of political regimes around the world. Theoretical accounts of regime change come in many flavors—emphasis on economic versus political causes, focus on agents and choices versus structures and constraints, international versus domestic factors, among others. We will consider most of them. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.310.    The Global Color Line: American Segregation and Colonial Order.    3 Credits.    At the end of the 19th century racial segregation was imagined as a more than a part of Jim Crow in the U.S. South: it was imagined as a model for global order. Theorists of imperial rule crisscrossed the Atlantic to study “race relations” in the United States to bolster projects of colonial rule in Africa and the Pacific. This course will unpack the theories of spatial, racial, and urban control that underwrote these visions of global order as well as the long-lasting material impact of these ideas on cities across the globe. Together, we will also uncover the role of Baltimore, as the first city in the United States to try and implement a law upholding residential segregation, in these international relations. Other case studies include Charleston, Chicago, and Johannesburg and topics include the politics of rioting, racial capitalism, race war, gender and sexuality, and public health. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.314.    What is Money?.    3 Credits.    This undergraduate seminar will explore the mysteries of money. We will focus on a central and straightforward, but vexing question: what is money? Pursuing this question will take us from deep philosophical explorations of the nature of money, through the diverse history of money and theories of money, to today’s complex and dynamic financial instruments – from securities, to derivatives, to crypto. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Science and Data (FA2), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) AS.190.315.    Asian American Politics.    3 Credits.    This course examines issues of political identity, political incorporation, and political participation of Asian Americans. Themes include Asian American panethnicity, the struggle for immigration and citizenship, Asian American electoral politics, political activism and resistance since the 1960s, and the impact of Asian Americans on the politics of race and ethnicity in the United States. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.316.    America at War in Korea.    3 Credits.    This course takes a “war and society” approach to the Korean War. It explores the ways in which the war entangled the United States and Korea, shaping society and politics in the US and on the Korean peninsula. The course looks at the Korean War “in the round,” as involving culture, gender, and economy as well as military operations, diplomacy and strategy. We will consider the causes, course and consequences of the war locally and globally and we will look at literature and film as well as history and social science. Properly understanding a war requires an interdisciplinary approach. Students will come away from the course not only knowing about the Korean War but also how to approach understanding any war in all its dimensions. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.317.    Marxism and Revolution.    3 Credits.    What is "Marxism"? After years of obscurity, Marxism has returned to recent political and academic debates, often without any clear indication of what the term might actually mean, or how it might differ from other "radical" political traditions. In this class, we will study and discuss the most important works of Karl Marx and Marxian thinkers, from their philosophical foundations to their analysis of global capitalism, class struggle, and the roles of states and culture. In the second part of the semester, we will trace this tradition through some of the great upheavals in the 20th century: from the Russian Revolution to particular variants of the struggles against colonialism in the developing world and against racism in the United States. In the process, we will focus on the central ideas distinguishing Marxism from other philosophies as well as from adjacent, allied, and rival political movements. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.318.    Does Israel Have a Future?.    3 Credits.    The future of Israel has never been more uncertain. Although external threats from Arab countries have abated, the danger posed by a nuclear attack from Iran grows with each passing day. Equally alarming is the growing domestic threat to Israel’s existence as a Jewish democracy. Efforts by Israel’s ruling coalition to weaken the High Court call into question whether the liberal democratic character of Israel can persist. The possibility of civil war, once thought impossible, cannot be discounted. In assessing how Israel can cope with these existential threats, lessons from the destruction of the ancient Israelite kingdoms will be examined. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.319.    Policy & Politics Design.    3 Credits.    The study of public policy is the study of power—who has it, how it is acquired, and how policies themselves grant or diminish the power of individuals and groups. It is also the study of choice—how political actors make consequential decisions to deploy their resources in different ways, some of which enhance magnify their power while others diminish it. This class will examine the scholarly literature on how public policy is made and how it can be changed. We will also engage directly with actors seeking to change public policy, in order to integrate our academic knowledge with their practical experience. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.322.    Future of American Democracy.    3 Credits.    For the most part, observers of American politics have not considered the possibility that the American democratic regime might be at risk. But the unexpected election of Donald Trump in 2016 and the subsequent course of his presidency have occasioned a great deal of uncertainty and anxiety about whether democracy in the United States is at risk and whether American political institutions can withstand the stresses of contemporary politics. This course will use the Trump era to explore the conditions that seem to threaten the stability of the American regime. We will begin by exploring the political circumstances that led to Trump’s rise. We will then examine what we can learn from the experience of other countries about the conditions that make democracy either robust or fragile. Finally, we will consider how a set of contemporary political conditions in the United States — extreme partisan polarization, intense racial antagonism, growing economic inequality, and expanded executive power — contribute to the challenges facing American democracy today and in the future. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.324.    The Law of Democracy: The United States and Canada in Comparative Perspective.    3 Credits.    The Law of Democracy refers to the statutes, court decisions, and other practices that govern the electoral processes. Although the United States and Canada have a great deal in common, they have approached many of the problems involved in institutionalizing democracy quite differently. Recognizing these differences should contribute to understanding both the strengths, and the problems, of the two approaches. Specific topic will include the right to vote, political finance, delineation of district boundaries, electoral dispute resolution, and the role of electoral management bodies and elections administrators. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.326.    Democracy And Elections.    3 Credits.    An examination of most aspects of democratic elections with the exception of th e behavior of voters. Topics include the impact of various electoral systems and administrative reforms on the outcome of elections, standards for evaluations of electoral systems, and the impact of the Arrow problem on normative theories of democratic elections. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.327.    Politics of Information.    3 Credits.    Considers global and comparative politics of information, information technologies, and the Internet. Examines governance of information (ownership of information, rights to information, privacy) and governance of information technologies (domain names, social media websites, etc.). Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.328.    Political Thought in the Americas.    3 Credits.    Reflection on political ideas and institutions in the United States is often oriented by the notion that the US is in some sense exceptional. For some commentators, the US is exceptionally democratic, exceptionally stable, exceptionally productive, and exceptionally innovative. For others, the US is exceptionally racist, exceptionally unequal, exceptionally violent, and exceptionally unhealthy. What both sides share is a common point of comparative reference in Europe. For all these commentators, Europe is the norm against which all of the exceptional qualities of the US stand out. In this course, we will ask how well notions of US exceptionalism stand up against the different comparative references found in the Americas, focusing in particular on the history of political thought in the Americas. We’ll begin by studying texts from the pre-colonial and colonial periods, noting similarities and differences between the political institutions, economies, and social and racial hierarchies of in the regions that comprised British, Spanish, Portuguese, and French America. Next, we’ll consider the US, Latin American, and Caribbean independence movements, early constitutionalism, and debates on women’s role in society, slavery, and the rights of Indigenous Americans, asking what, if anything, distinguished the US from its neighbors in its early years. Finally, we’ll examine theories of imperialism, racism, patriarchy, exploitation, and environmental destruction that have emerged from the Americas in the course of the 20th century, to see how both shared and divergent historical experiences have shaped perspectives relevant to contemporary political issues. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.329.    National Security-Nuclear Age.    3 Credits.    This course examines the impact of weapons of mass destruction on international politics with an emphasis on security issues. The first half of the course focuses on the history of nuclear weapons development during the Cold War and theories of deterrence. The second half of the class considers contemporary issues including terrorism, chemical and biological weapons, ballistic missile defense and proliferation. Requirements include a midterm, final and a ten page paper. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.330.    Japanese Politics.    3 Credits.    This course introduces students to the major debates and issues of postwar Japanese politics. Topics include nationalism, electoral politics, civil society, and immigration. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.331.    America and the World.    3 Credits.    This course is a survey of the unique position of the United States in world politics. We will cover the broader international relations literature on the dynamics of hegemony and empire, from work in the realist tradition to more critical approaches. The course will encompass security politics as well as the economic and monetary dimensions of American influence. Interested students must have at least completed one 100 or 200 level introductory course in international relations. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.333.    American Constitutional Law.    3 Credits.    This course covers enduring debates about the way the Constitution has structured the U.S. government and about which powers the Constitution assigns to the federal government and to the states. We will examine these debates in the context of American political history and thought by studying the writings of prominent participants, and landmark Supreme Court cases. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.334.    Constitutional Law.    3 Credits.    Topics include executive and emergency power, racial and gender equality, and selected free speech and religious freedom issues. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.335.    Imagining Borders.    3 Credits.    What is a border and why do borders matter in global politics. What do borders mean under conditions of globalization? An examination of the politics of borders, transborder flows, and networks within and across borders. The readings, which come from political science and other social science disciplines, will include theoretical and case-specific works. Goals for this writing intensive course also include learning to identify researchable questions, to engage with the scholarly literature, and to understand appropriate standards of evidence for making claims. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.339.    American Racial Politics.    3 Credits.    Recommended Course Background: AS.190.214 Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.340.    Black Politics I.    3 Credits.    This course is a survey of the bases and substance of politics among black Americans and the relation of black politics to the American political system up to the end of Jim Crow. The intention is both to provide a general sense of pertinent issues and relations over this period as a way of helping to make sense of the present and to develop criteria for evaluating political scientists' and others' claims regarding the status and characteristics of black American political activity. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.342.    Black Politics II.    3 Credits.    Recommended Course Background: AS.190.340 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.344.    Seminar In Anti-Semitism.    3 Credits.    Jews exercise a good deal of power in contemporary America.. They are prominent in a number of key industries, play important roles in the political process, and hold many major national offices. For example, though Jews constitute barely two percent of America’s citizens, about one-third of the nation’s wealthiest 400 individuals are Jewish and more than ten percent of the seats in the U.S. Congress are held by Jews. One recent book declared that, “From the Vatican to the Kremlin, from the White House to Capitol Hill, the world’s movers and shakers view American Jewry as a force to be reckoned with.” Of course, Jews have risen to power in many times and places ranging from the medieval Muslim world and early modern Spain through Germany and the Soviet Union in the 20th century. In nearly every prior instance, though, Jewish power proved to be evanescent. No sooner had the Jews become “a force to be reckoned with” than they found themselves banished to the political ma rgins, forced into exile or worse. Though it may rise to a great height, the power of the Jews seems ultimately to rest on a rather insecure foundation. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies. Course is open to juniors and seniors. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.345.    Public Opinion.    3 Credits.    This course provides an overview of public opinion in the United States. We will explore what affects people’s political opinions, how opinions change, and how opinions affect (and are affected by) politics. Some of the questions we will discuss are: What is public opinion? How much do Americans know about politics? How do the issue positions of leading politicians affect public opinion? How do race relations affect public opinion? What role does partisanship play in all this? When and how do people change their minds about politics? How can my voice be heard in politics? The class will read papers that include quantitative/statistical work; a prior knowledge of statistical methods would be helpful but it is not required for success in the course. The final paper will be based on an original research project, the successful completion of which does not require any statistical training. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.346.    Foundations of International Relations Theory.    3 Credits.    This course is a broad conceptual introduction to international relations theory in a format that stresses close reading and critical discussion. We will explore mainstream theoretical perspectives and critiques of those perspectives, as well as more recent developments in the field. By the end of the course, students will have a firm grasp of the core issues and debates in the field. The course is conceptually demanding; interested students should have at least completed an introductory course in political science. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.347.    A New Cold War? Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century.    3 Credits.    “Can the United States and China avoid a new Cold War? One might think not given disputes over the South China Sea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, human rights, trade, ideology and so much more. Moreover, competition for influence in the developing world and American concerns as to whether China will replace it as the preeminent world power suggest a new Cold War is in the offing. Nevertheless, their extensive economic ties and need to work together to solve common problems such as climate change, nuclear proliferation, and pandemics argues against a continuing confrontation. This course will examine whether cooperation or conflict will define Sino-American relations, and whether a new Cold War—or even a shooting war—lies in the future.” Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.348.    Business, Finance, and Government in E. Asia.    3 Credits.    Business, Finance, and Government in East Asia explores the dynamics of East Asia's economic growth (and crises) over the last fifty years. We will examine Japan's post-war development strategy, the Asian tiger economies, and China's dramatic rise. Centered on case studies of major corporations, this course examines the interplay between politics and economics in East Asia, and considers the following questions: How have businesses navigated East Asia’s complex market environment? In what ways can the state foster economic development? How has the financial system been organized to facilitate investment? What are the long-term prospects for growth in the region? Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.350.    Political Violence.    3 Credits.    An examination of the ways in which violence has been used to secure political ends. Topics include civil wars, targeted killings, terrorism, ethnic conflict and war itself. Students examine what makes types of political violence unique and what unites them. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.353.    China and the World.    3 Credits.    This introductory course explores China's expanding global presence and influence in the context of rising US-China tensions. We will begin with an overview of China's rise since market opening in the 1980s, leading up to its ascendence as a global power in recent times. In addition to learning about the historical and political-economic dimensions of China's engagement with the world, the course aims to impart you with some basic skills in evaluating the quality of evidence and expertise, so that you can form your own informed assessment of contentious issues. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.355.    Comparative Racial Politics.    3 Credits.    Whether thought of as a biological reality or a social construction, “race” is viewed simultaneously as global and as intensely domestic. In this course I seek to examine race from a comparative perspective. What if we thought of race as a political construction, one produced both domestically and transnationally? In this class we will examine how race and racism are produced across as well as within borders, comparing the United States with similar and dissimilar cases. Further we will examine how comparative racial politics shape and are shaped by political movements, ideologies, and orders. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.357.    The State of Nature.    3 Credits.    Though it is possible to imagine ways of addressing the multiple crises the world will face as the atmosphere warms, seas rise, and pollutants seep into the surface of the planet, any serious proposal will require a degree of coordination amongst nation-states that has proven impossible to achieve in the past. In this course, we will consider this difficult situation by treating it as an instance of an old problem in political theory: how to escape the infamous “state of nature,” where individuals struggle to obtain the resources they need to survive at others’ expense, rather than cooperating to satisfy their needs and address the threats they face in common. First, we will study some influential reflections on the state of nature by Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Freud, and Pateman, as well as efforts to apply the logic of the state of nature to problems in international politics by Kant, Wendt, Waltz, Enloe, and others. Then we will read contemporary work on the international politics of climate change and ask what it would take to start building the better world that is possible today. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.360.    Data Science meets Political Science.    1 Credit.    How might data science help us to better understand political phenomena? This course allows students who might not be computer scientists to understand the various applications of data science in political science. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2), Citizens and Society (FA4) AS.190.364.    Conversations on the Crisis in the Middle East.    1 Credit.    This class introduces students to some of the most vexing issues in the Middle East. Students will listen to a series of five Zoom conversations from renowned experts with diverse views discussing anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, origins of the conflict and possible solutions, human rights, international law, and freedom of speech and academic freedom. After each session, the class will get together (usually over lunch or dinner) to discuss the points made by the speakers. At the end of the course, students will submit a ten-page paper on a subject related to these discussions. No prior experience in Middle East affairs or international politics is required. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.365.    Research and Inquiry in the Social Sciences.    3 Credits.    How do we assess research in the social sciences? What makes one study more persuasive than another? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the main methods used in research in the social sciences? What are the elements that go into designing a research project? This course considers these questions, introducing students to the basic principles of research design. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.366.    Free Speech and the Law in Comparative Perspective.    3 Credits.    This class explores the ideas and legal doctrines that define the freedom of speech. We will examine the free speech jurisprudence of the U.S. in comparison to that of other systems, particularly the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of Canada. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.370.    Chinese Politics.    3 Credits.    This course is designed to help students better understand the politics of China. Lectures will focus on the tools of governance that China has employed to navigate its transition from plan to market, provide public goods and services to its citizens, and to maintain social control over a rapidly changing society. The course will draw heavily from texts covering a range of subjects including China's political economy, social and cultural developments, regime dynamics, and historical legacies. Students interested in authoritarian resilience, governance, post-communist transition, and domestic will find this course particularly instructive. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.373.    Theories of Global Violence.    3 Credits.    In this course, we will explore a constellation of theories loosely tied together under the rubric ‘violence’. Where and to whom does violence occur? What qualifies as violent, and why? The focus of our attention be both above and below state-to-state wars and international relations. Although war will never be far from our focus, our emphasis will be on those forms of violence that are not reducible to the traditional notion of international conflict. Political theory will help us better understand violence; violence will help us better understand political theory. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.374.    Political Violence.    3 Credits.    This undergraduate seminar is designed to introduce students to the comparative study of political violence and intra-state conflict. We will examine social science theories and empirical studies on a wide range of forms of political violence, including civil war, coups, state repression, communal violence, riots, terrorism, genocide, and criminal-political violence. We will study these phenomena at the micro, meso and macro levels, and focus on understanding their causes, dynamics, outcomes, and aftermath. The class will also equip students with an ability to analyze political violence by using social scientific tools. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.377.    Rastafari in Baltimore and the Caribbean: Transnational Community Development in the Black World.    3 Credits.    This is an exploratory research lab course that examines Rastafari – a transnational movement with roots in the Caribbean and presence in Baltimore and DC. Students learn about the history, philosophy, and practices of the movement as well as its confrontations with racist systems of political and economic governance. Students are prepared to undertake research with the movement, which culminates in a week long immersion with the movement in Jamaica. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.378.    The U.S. Supreme Court and Social Movements.    3 Credits.    This class explores the relationship between the U.S. Supreme Court and the social movements that have shaped or resisted its rulings. It examines both contemporary and historical cases of social movement influence on the development of constitutional law in areas including: civil rights, reproductive rights, rights to gun ownership, and debt relief. We will read Supreme Court opinions as well as scholarship in legal theory and movement politics. Throughout the class, we will ask whether and how grass-roots politics can drive constitutional change. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.379.    Nationalism and the Politics of Identity.    3 Credits.    Nationalism ties powerful organizations to political mobilization, territory, and individual loyalty. Yet nationalism is typically studied in isolation from other social formations that depend upon organizational – individual linkages. Alternative types of identity category sometimes depend similarly upon organizations that collect and deploy resources, mobilize individuals, erect boundaries, and promote strong emotional connections among individuals as well as between individuals and institutions. In this class, we study classic and contemporary works on nationalism, drawn from multiple disciplinary and analytic traditions, in the comparative context of alternative forms of identity. The focus of the class will be primarily theoretical, with no regional or temporal limitations. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.384.    Urban Politics.    3 Credits.    An analysis of public policy and policy-making for American Cities. Special attention will be given to the subject of urban crime and law enforcement, poverty and welfare, and intergovernmental relations. Cross-listed with Africana Studies Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.385.    Urban Policy.    3 Credits.    An analysis of public policy and policy-making for American Cities. Special attention will be given to the subject of urban crime and law enforcement, poverty and welfare, and intergovernmental relations. Cross listed with Africana Studies. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.388.    Race and the Politics of Memory.    3 Credits.    This is a writing intensive, advanced undergraduate political theory seminar. The course will examine the politics of memory: how power shapes what is available to be remembered, the timing and occasions of memory, who is allowed to remember, and the spaces inside of which remembrance takes place. Specifically, the seminar will explore how segregated memory enables racial segregation and racial inequality. Toward that end, we shall investigate political and theoretical interventions potentially equipped to contest contemporary forms of racial amnesia haunting what some have labeled a “post-truth” world. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.390.    Race and American Democracy.    3 Credits.    While the United States has long been a democracy for white men, it has mostly been anything but democratic when seen through the eyes of Black Americans. But progress toward the expansion of democracy has occurred at a few times in American history. What made American democratization possible, and how might the United States again move toward more complete and inclusive democracy? AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.391.    Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism.    3 Credits.    Since antiquity, global politics have been defined by the struggle between imperialism and anti-imperialism. This course examines the arguments that have accompanied this struggle, considering influential texts written to defend or to denounce empires, as well as contemporary scholarship on imperial and anti-imperial ideologies. We will focus in particular on how imperial conflicts shaped natural law, international law, liberalism, and cosmopolitanism, as well as the connections between imperialism and contemporary capitalism, development assistance, and humanitarian intervention. The fundamental questions for the course are: What is an empire? and What would it mean to decolonize our world, our international institutions, and our minds? Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.393.    Nonviolent Resistance in World Politics.    3 Credits.    In this seminar we examine the origins, dynamics, and consequences of nonviolent struggles around the world. How do ordinary people organize for social change? What are the differences in people power campaigns in authoritarian and democratic contexts? When does nonviolent resistance succeed or fail, and what are the political consequences of these outcomes? In answering these questions, we will study the central ideas behind nonviolent action, learn about the most important scholarly discoveries in this field and analyze paradigmatic cases. Students will choose a historical or contemporary nonviolent movement to interrogate throughout the semester, as we learn new concepts, theories, and empirical patterns to make sense of them. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.394.    Comparative Politics of the Middle East and North Africa.    3 Credits.    This course examines the domestic, regional, and transnational politics of the Middle East and North Africa. The class is organized into three units. The first examines major armed conflicts—anti-colonial, intra-state, and inter-state—from 1948 through the 1990s. It uses these historical moments as windows onto key issues in Middle Eastern and North African political issues such as external intervention/occupation, human rights, sectarianism, social movements, and memory politics. Unit Two focuses on policy relevant issues such as democratization, minority populations, religion and politics, and gender. In Unit Three, students will explore the politics of the Arab Uprisings through critical reading and discussion of new (post-2011) scholarship on MENA states, organizations, and populations. Enrollment limited to Political Science and International Studies majors. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.396.    Capitalism and Ecology.    3 Credits.    Capitalism and Ecology focuses on the relations between capitalism and climate during the era of the Anthropocene. How do capitalist processes of fossil extraction, consumption, production and governance contribute to the pace of climate warming, glacier flows, the ocean conveyor system, species loss and other phenomena? What are the effects and the possible modes of political response? How do the nonhuman, self-organizing processes such as glaciers, oceans and climate change on their own as they also amplify the effects of capitalist emissions? The course combines texts on capitalism and activism with those by geoscientists on how the nonhuman systems work. Books by authors in the fields of political theory, geology, anthropology, economics, philosophy and ethology will be drawn upon. Authors such as Michael Benton, Brian Fagan, Hayek, Naomi Klein, Fred Hirsch, Fred Pearce, van Dooren and Connolly are apt to be read to engage these issues. A previous course in political theory is recommended. The class is organized around student presentations on assigned readings. Two papers, 10-12 pages in length. Extensive class discussion. Distribution Area: Natural Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.397.    The Politics of International Law.    3 Credits.    This course introduces students of politics to international law. We will explore historical roots and current problems, recognizing along the way persistent contestation over the participants, sources, purposes, and interests associated with international law. The course situates formal aspects of law—centered on international treaties, international organizations, the World Court (ICJ), and the International Criminal Court (ICC)—within a broader field of global governance consisting of treaty-based and customary law, states and transnational actors, centralized and decentralized forms of legal authority. We will place special emphasis on the significance of international law to colonialism, decolonization, and contemporary forms of imperialism, keeping in mind that the law has been experienced differently in the Global South and by actors not recognized as sovereign by states in positions of power. Students will be exposed to a range of approaches, including rational choice, various species of legalism, process-oriented theories, critical legal studies, and postcolonial critiques. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.398.    Politics Of Good & Evil.    3 Credits.    The Politics of Good and Evil examines comparatively a series of classical myths and modern philosophies concerning the sources of evil, the nature of goodness and nobility, the relations of culture to politics, nature and the gods, the degree to which any metaphysic or theological faith is certain, and so on. It is a course in “elemental theory” in the sense that each text pursued challenges and disrupts others we read. Often the reader is disrupted existentially too, in ways that may spur new thought. A previous course in political theory or a theoretical course in the humanities is advised. A high tolerance for theory is essential. Texts on or by Sophocles, Job, Genesis ("J" version), Augustine, Voltaire, Nietzsche, James Baldwin, W. Connolly and Elizabeth Kolbert form the core of the class. Assignments: 1) One 12 page paper and a second 5-7 page paper, both anchored in the readings; 2) a class presentation on one text; 3) regular attendance and quality participation in class discussions. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.405.    Food Politics.    3 Credits.    This course examines the politics of food at the local, national, and global level. Topics include the politics of agricultural subsidies, struggles over genetically modified foods, government efforts at improving food safety, and issues surrounding obesity and nutrition policy. Juniors, seniors, and graduate students only. Cross-listed with Public Health Studies. A student who takes AS.190.223 (Understanding the Food System) in Summer 2021 cannot also enroll in this course. Prerequisite(s): A student who takes AS.190.223 (Understanding the Food System) cannot also enroll in this course. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.406.    The Executive Branch.    3 Credits.    In the 19th Century America was noted for its courts, political parties and representative institutions. Today, America’s political parties and representative institutions have declined in importance while the institutions of the executive branch have increased in importance. This seminar will examine the nation’s key executive institutions and aspects of executive governance in the U.S. Students will alternate primary responsibility for week’s readings. Every student will prepare a 10-15 page review and critique of the books for which they are responsible in class. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.408.    Sovereignty: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues.    3 Credits.    This seminar provides an in-depth exploration of the concept of sovereignty as the central organizing concept of international relations. Rather than taking it for granted as a framework that simply individuates state actors in international politics, we will explore the history of its emergence in colonial and imperial relations and trace its interactions with phenomena such as nationalism, globalization, territoriality, and intervention. The course is open to undergraduates with previous coursework in political science. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.413.    Asian American Political Thought.    3 Credits.    Despite growing awareness in other subfields of political science of the importance of Asian Americans as a political constituency, Asian American political theory and thought has yet to be recognized. This course provides an opportunity to investigate and interrogate the possibility of a textual “tradition” of Asian American political thought, including writings by thinkers before the invention of “Asian American” as an analytic, political, and identity category. How do Asian American writers, thinkers, and activists conceive of core political concepts such as freedom, citizenship, inclusion, and justice in the face of longstanding historical injustices–ranging from legal and social exclusion to internment? How do Asian Americans understand, portray, and attempt to alter their social position and relation to state power? What tools of resistance were available to them, and how did they use those tools to negotiate and reconfigure central conceptual categories of political thought and politics? We will engage a wide-ranging group of Asian and Asian American writers as well as contemporary theorists, as well as a variety of genres. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.414.    Frontiers of Empirical Political Science.    3 Credits.    This advanced level course is intended to help students understand the frontiers of empirical political science research – that is, research concerned with answering causal questions – as presented in recent books by (for the most part) junior scholars. The books represent the substantive and methodological pluralism of our field, with books coming from American, Comparative, IR, and Political Economy. We will give two weeks’ treatment to most books on the syllabus, spending the first week reading “motivating” or classic material that inspired the book project, as well a companion of a key methodological text that inspired the research design. Along with reading the materials that help to situate the book in larger debates in its subfield we will read the first several chapters of the book. In the second week of discussion we will read the second half of the book – the evidence chapters and the conclusion – and focus on understanding whether and how the evidence that is presented matches with the theoretical and empirical claims made in the book’s beginnings. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.415.    Political Arts: Dada, Surrealism, and Societal Metamorphoses.    3 Credits.    In the years between World Wars I and II, a fascinating group of artists, manifesto-writers, performers, intellectuals, and poets, in Europe and the Caribbean, who were put off by conventional politics of the time, decided to pursue other means of societal transformation. This seminar explores the aims and tactics, and strengths and liabilities, of Dada and Surrealism, as it operated in Europe and the Americas in the years between the World Wars. We will also read texts and images from writers and artists influenced by Dada and Surrealism but applied to different historical and political contexts. Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken AS.001.193 OR AS.190.613 are not eligible to take AS.190.415 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.421.    Violence: State and Society.    3 Credits.    This course will examine violence that occurs mainly within the territory of nominally sovereign states. We will focus on violence as an object of study in its own right. For the most part, we will look at violence as a dependent variable, though in some instances it will function as an independent variable, a mechanism, or an equilibrium. We will ask why violence starts, how it “works” or fails to work, why it takes place in some locations and not others, why violence take specific forms (e.g., insurgency, terrorism, civilian victimization, etc.), what explains its magnitude (the number of victims), and what explains targeting (the type or identity of victims). Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.423.    Planetary Geopolitics.    3 Credits.    With the tools of geopolitics, course explores political debates over globalization of machine civilization and changes in scope and pace, space and place, and role of nature in human affairs. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.425.    The New Deal and American Politics.    3 Credits.    This seminar explores how the New Deal, the fundamental moment in the post-Civil War United States, has structured politics and government across a variety of domains ever since. Topics include presidential leadership, executive power, political parties, labor, race, and the welfare state. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.427.    Political Economy of Japan and Korea.    3 Credits.    This upper-level seminar examines some of the major debates and issues of postwar Japanese and South Korean political economy. Topics include nationalism, gender politics, civil society, immigration, and US-Japan-South Korea trilateral relations. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.428.    Hobbes and Spinoza.    3 Credits.    A close reading of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and Ethics by Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), with consideration of important commentaries on these works. What conceptions of the human being, nature, reason, God, and freedom are defended and affirmed by Hobbes and Spinoza? What rhetorical strategies accompany their theories of self, ethics, social life? Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken AS.190.628 are not eligible to take AS.190.428 . AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.429.    Politics of the Market Economy.    3 Credits.    Although “the market” is conventionally understood as separate from “politics”, the modern market economy did not arise in a political vacuum. In fact, the very separation between the economy and politics is itself the product of a politically potent set of ideas. This course is an upper-division reading seminar on the origins and evolution of the modern market economy. Readings will include Smith, Marx, Weber, Polanyi, Keynes, Hayek, Friedman, Becker, and Foucault. Recommended course background: Introduction to comparative politics OR any college-level course in social or political theory. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.432.    Afropessimism.    3 Credits.    Afropessimism represents a critical body of thought that takes as its fundamental premises two ideas, the Black is the Slave, and in order to end that ontological condition the world must end. In this course, we will interrogate the key readings associated with this body of thought as well as responses. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.437.    Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States.    3 Credits.    Race has been and continues to be centrally important to American political life and development. In this course, we will engage with the major debates around racial politics in the United States, with a substantial focus on how policies and practices of citizenship, immigration law, social provision, and criminal justice policy shaped and continue to shape racial formation, group-based identities, and group position; debates around the content and meaning of political representation and the responsiveness of the political system to American minority groups; debates about how racial prejudice has shifted and its importance in understanding American political behavior; the prospects for contestation or coalitions among groups; the “struggle with difference” within groups as they deal with the interplay of race and class, citizenship status, and issues that disproportionately affect a subset of their members; and debates about how new groups and issues are reshaping the meaning and practice of race in the United States. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.438.    Violence and Politics.    3 Credits.    This seminar will address the role of violence–both domestic and international–in political life. Though most claim to abhor violence, since the advent of recorded history, violence and politics have been intimately related. States practice violence against internal and external foes. Political dissidents engage in violence against states. Competing political forces inflict violence upon one another. Writing in 1924, Winston Churchill declared–and not without reason–that, "The story of the human race is war." Indeed, violence and the threat of violence are the most potent forces in political life. It is, to be sure, often averred that problems can never truly be solved by the use of force. Violence, the saying goes, is not the answer. This adage certainly appeals to our moral sensibilities. But whether or not violence is the answer presumably depends upon the question being asked. For better or worse, it is violence that usually provides the most definitive answers to three of the major questions of political life--statehood, territoriality and power. Violent struggle, in the form of war, revolution, civil war, terrorism and the like, more than any other immediate factor, determines what states will exist and their relative power, what territories they will occupy, and which groups will and will not exercise power within them. Course is open to juniors and seniors. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.439.    The American State from Above and Below.    3 Credits.    Despite its well-known idiosyncrasies, the American state has consistently wielded substantial power, and many Americans have long experienced the state’s power as potent, omnipresent, and structuring their lives in important ways. This research-based course will examine theories of the state and political authority both from “above” - considering the political sources of both the American state’s power and its limitations - and from “below,” using people’s own narratives and political formations to explore how Americans develop knowledge about the state, confront and resist the state’s power, and expand or shift its distribution of ‘public’ goods. How do people understand the state, theorize its operations and possibilities, deploy it, and sometimes build parallel structures of provision and governance? We explore several cases of when people marginalized by race, class, gender, or precarious legal standing organized deep challenges to state power and transformed state authority. Considering the state as both formal structure and frame for everyday experience can offer a fresh perspective on contemporary democratic challenges and political struggles. Students will conduct original research using archives and sources like the American Prison Writing Archive, oral history archives like the Ralph Bunche collection and HistoryMakers collection, and archival sources in the History Vault such as the Kerner Commission interviews. The course is appropriate for advanced undergraduates (juniors and seniors), preferably having taken courses in political science or related coursework, and graduate students in political science, history, and sociology. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.440.    European Politics in Comparative Perspective.    3 Credits.    Europe has been in a sense the first testing ground for theories of comparative politics, but many outsiders now see Europe as a pacified and somewhat boring place. This course will question conventional wisdom through an examination of European politics in historical and cross-national perspective. We will apply the comparative method to the study of European politics today, and conversely we will ask what Europe tells us more generally about politics. We will see that Europe is still a locus of intense conflict as well as remarkably diverse experimentation. Topics will include: political, legal, and economic governance; the evolution of democracy and fundamental rights, the welfare state, class stratification, immigration and race, the role of religion; European integration and globalization. Recommended background: Introduction to Comparative Politics. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.443.    Politics of Outer Space.    3 Credits.    Humans have long dreamed of leaving Earth and venturing into the vastness of cosmic outer space. During the 20th century space travel became a real possibility, stimulating an extraordinary outpouring of visionary space projects. Space Expansionists claim these projects are increasingly feasible and desirable. Advocates assert that human expansion into space will fundamentally improve the human situation by enabling perennial human goals (improved security from violence, expanded and protected habitat, and ultimately survival of the human species). In the first steps beyond the atmosphere, a variety of military, scientific, and utilitarian activities have been conducted. The history of space activities has been marked by sudden and unexpected spurts of activity, followed by periods of relative stagnation. Recent developments point to another period of rapid expansion: renewed military tensions, new space private sector initiatives, renewed interest in Luna, and growing efforts to divert and mine asteroids. A core part of the arguments for the desirability of space expansion are geopolitical in that they claim broadly political effects will result from humans interacting with extraterrestrial material environments composed of particular combinations geographies and human-built artifacts. Space expansionist arguments are advanced through analogies to Earth geographies (e.g. space is an ocean), as well as large-scale historical trends and patterns. Space expansion is advanced as the opening of a new frontier, reversing the contemporary global closure brought about by rising levels of interdependence. The goal of space expansionists is to make humanity a multi-world species, and it is anticipated that biological species radiation will occur. This course explores the causes and consequences of space activity; how space activities reflect and effect world political order; and whether human expansion into space is desirable, as its fervent advocates believe. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.444.    Comparative Politics.    3 Credits.    This course offers a graduate-level introduction to the field of comparative politics, focusing on the substantive questions that drive contemporary research. Issues will include: state formation and state capacity; regime typology, democratization, and democratic backsliding; party systems and political behavior; political economy and economic development; racial, ethnic, and religious politics; and revolutions and political violence. Readings include both classic and recent works, selected to help students both prepare for major or minor comprehensive exams and frame their own research projects. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.449.    War and Society in World Politics.    3 Credits.    This course is an advanced introduction to war in the modern world, encompassing its political, social, cultural and ecological dimensions. It adopts a “war and society” approach in that it covers the ways in which society shapes war and, in turn, how war shapes society. It situates “war and society” in an historically evolving global context, attending to the nature of war in both the core and the periphery of world politics. Topics include the totalization and industrialization of war; civil-military relations; modernity, reason and war; “small war”; and race, culture and war. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.451.    Geopolitics.    3 Credits.    Intensive exploration of theories of how geography, ecology, and technology shape political orders. Case studies of ancient, early modern, global, and contemporary topics, including European ascent, industrial revolution, tropics and North South divide, climate change, geo-engineering and global commons (oceans, atmosphere and orbital space AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.454.    Nuclear Weapons and World Politics.    3 Credits.    Over the seven decades since their invention, nuclear weapons have been a central focus in international politics. This course explores the fundamental question: what political arrangements ensure security from nuclear weapons? The debate has evolved through three stages. Initially (1945-1960), radical political changes were anticipated due to the perceived imminent threat of nuclear war. In the second stage (1960-1990), deterrence became a key concept, but opinions differed on the necessary conditions for it. The end of the Cold War marked an unexpected shift. In the third stage (1990-present), concerns about proliferation and terrorism emerged, leading to disagreements on preventive/pre-emptive actions versus arms control and disarmament. Realist international theories have been conflicted throughout these stages, with ongoing debates on arms control, public involvement, and the impact of nuclear security measures on liberal democratic governments. Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken AS.190.416 are not eligible to take AS.190.454 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.456.    Humanitarianism and World Politics.    3 Credits.    Humanitarianism has become a pervasive form of moral and political action in world politics. Over the course of the twentieth century and beyond, humanitarian logics infused the conduct of war and informed global governance in many areas—from refugee relief and post-conflict reconstruction, to peacekeeping and development, to migration, ecological security, and recovery from natural disasters. And yet, while often celebrated as an achievement, humanitarianism involves ambiguities, contradictions, and pathologies demanding critical scrutiny. This seminar aims, first, to interrogate critically the history of humanitarian practices and, second, to refine and revise concepts used to study and evaluate those practices. We pursue these aims in part with an eye to understanding mutations of humanitarian politics accompanying contemporary challenges to the post-WWII liberal international order. Topics include: (1) the invention of “humanity” as an idea/ideal; (2)humanitarianism, war and empire; (3) varities of humanitarianism; (4) humanitarian violence; (5) humanitarian expertise and institutions; (6) humanitarianism, media, and technology; Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken or are enrolled in AS.190.656 are not eligible to take AS.190.456 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.457.    Sovereignty, the State, and War in International Politics.    3 Credits.    We are used to thinking of sovereignty, the state, and war as fairly self-evident concepts and as the bedrock of so much work, not only in academic international relations, but also in policy discourse. It seems straightforward that sovereign states wage war, and war in turn may make or break states. Under conditions of rapidly advancing globalization, however, the relationship of these concepts is anything but straightforward. This class builds on historical investigations into state formation, the relationship of the military instrument to the state, the progressive globalization of the defense industrial base, the rapidly changing practices of security under technical innovation, and related phenomena to question notions of state and security and to better understand the past and present fault lines of conflict. This is a graduate course that welcomes advanced undergraduates with previous international relations coursework at instructor’s discretion. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.458.    Global climate Politics: Net-Zero Industrial Policy and World Order.    3 Credits.    This course will survey the history of geopolitics and green industrial from China’s wind and solar push in the 1990s to the Inflation Reduction Act and beyond. We will seek to understand the determinants of industrial policy, best practices for industrial policy, and the effects of industrial policy on climate politics. The lens of geopolitics and industrial policy provides a unique avenue to understand world order. Through this lens, we will see how energy systems and technology competition animate and structure global politics. Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken or are enrolled in AS.190.658 are not eligible to take AS.190.458 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.459.    Money and Sovereignty.    3 Credits.    The power to coin money was historically central to the formation of sovereign states. Yet the relationship between money and sovereignty has considerably evolved over time. First, the emergence of nation-states and of popular sovereignty meant that money was no longer primarily a state and elite concern, but also increasingly a matter of everyday life and mass politics. Second, the increasing integration and financialization of the world economy produced new challenges for sovereignty. We will discuss historical and social science scholarship that address these historical trends and the politics of money and sovereignty today. Topics will include: capitalism, public budgets and debts, central banks, populism, democracy, financialization, international integration. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.467.    Theories of Justice.    3 Credits.    This course will explore the classic question, “What is justice?” While we will entertain several different answers to the question, the course will focus on how these answers speak to and past one another, illuminating contemporary quandaries related to intergenerational justice, global justice, and the justice of resistance. Guided by Nietzsche, we will read texts by authors including, among others, Plato, Kant, Bentham, Marx, Rawls, Nozick, and West. Over the course of the semester, students will write three papers. There will also be a final exam. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.468.    Federalism, Sovereignty, and The State.    3 Credits.    Federalism has become an increasingly widespread constitutional form in the world — in America, but also in Europe, the "cradle of the nation-state," and on other continents. While it typically resolves political problems, it also raises many questions about the nature of states and of sovereignty. This course will discuss scholarship that addresses federalism, sovereignty, and the state, both in contemporary politics and in historical perspective. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.469.    White Supremacy.    3 Credits.    This is a writing intensive, advanced undergraduate political theory seminar on racial formation. Specifically, the course examines white supremacy in politics and theory. We shall take a critical-historical approach to theorize the continuities and changes in whiteness over time. For instance, what power hierarchies and political goals has white identity been fashioned to advance historically? By studying whiteness as race---and not the absence thereof--we will take up questions of how to best understand and contest contemporary manifestations of white supremacy in environmental racism, imperialism, discourses of race war and replacement theory, and ongoing neo-colonial, biopolitical and death-dealing necropolitical projects. Building on this work, we will investigate the white disavowal of existential crises of climate change and pandemic threats within apocalyptic modes of whiteness---ways of thinking and acting where the end of white supremacy is imagined and lived as the real end of the world. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.470.    States and Democracy.    3 Credits.    The focus of the seminar is on the formation and transformation sates and regimes. The perspective is both historical and comparative, covering Western Europe, Latin America, Africa and the US as a “non exceptional” case. This is fundamentally a Comparative Politics course, but APD students will almost certainly benefit from it. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.471.    The University and Society.    3 Credits.    In the 20th century, American universities became the envy of the world, leading in most categories of scholarly productivity and attracting students from every nation. In recent years, though, American higher education has come to face a number of challenges including rapidly rising costs, administrative bloat, corporatization and moocification. We will examine the problems and promises of American higher education, the political struggles within the university and the place of the university in the larger society. Upper classes and Grad Students only. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.473.    Political Polarization.    3 Credits.    The American constitutional order, which was designed to operate without political parties, now has parties as divided as any in the democratic world. This course will examine explanations of how this happened, the consequences of party polarization for public policy and governance, and what if anything should be done about it. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.474.    Philosophy of Law.    3 Credits.    The philosophy of law or jurisprudence investigates the nature of law and what makes law, as it were, law. This course will examine some of the ways in which law has been defined and understood. It will also consider how law is distinguished from other systems of norms and values, such as morality, and how law is distinguished from other aspects of government, such as politics. In addition, the course will introduce students to discussions of legal reasoning and interpretation. To complete the course, students will be required to participate in class discussion, take two exams, and write a paper. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.475.    America in Comparative and International Perspective.    3 Credits.    Over the last quarter millennium, the United States of America has been the most successful state in world politics. It has had the world’s largest economy since 1870, and was on the winning side of the three great world struggles of the 20th century. During these struggles, the fate of liberal capitalist democracy in the world has been closely connected with the rise and success of the USA. This course examines the rise and impacts of the USA in comparative and international perspective. What factors account for the success of the USA during the late modern era? How has the rise and influence of the USA shaped world politics? The course focuses on the causes, consequences and possible alternatives of three founding moments (1776-88, 1861-67 and 1933-36), the role of wars against illiberal adversaries in strengthening American liberal national identity, the ways in which the internal logics of the Philadelphian states-union (1787-1861) and the liberal international order among advanced industrial democracies (1945-) as alternatives to Westphalian state-systems, the role and consequences of the US as an anti-imperial power, and the internal dual between liberal America dedicated to the Founding principles and an ‘alt-America’ of slavery and white supremacy. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.476.    Frantz Fanon's Global Politics: Racism, Madness, and Colonialism.    3 Credits.    “The abnormal is he who demands, appeals, and begs” – Frantz Fanon. This course explores the writings and politics of Frantz Fanon, the radical anti-colonial author, psychiatrist, diplomat, and revolutionary who inspired decolonial and anti-racist struggles across the globe. We will situate Fanon’s writings in the global historical context of decolonization, and ask how they can illuminate contemporary questions of madness, racism, fascism, and empire. In addition to reading Fanon’s work, we will trace his influence on radical social movements, political thought, and global politics, and explore the limits and promises of culture, art, and film for social transformation. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.480.    Democracy and Institutional Anxiety across the Political Spectrum.    3 Credits.    Institutions are a ubiquitous part of political life. Much of the work of political life, both inside and outside government, is only possible through institutions - arrangements of power that provide continuity over time, have a relatively stable mission, jurisdiction and organizational structure. Democracy itself is dependent upon - but perhaps also constrained by - institutions. Institutions are subjects of profound anxiety, across the political spectrum, albeit for different reasons. Those anxieties come from fears about hierarchy, elite capture, illegitimacy, inflexibility, gerontocracy and ineffectiveness. This class will investigate the reasons for the creation and maintenance of institutions, the sources of institutional anxiety, and the challenges that this anxiety creates for the effective, responsible and democratic exercise of power Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.481.    Student Activism: Histories, Theories, Practices.    3 Credits.    This course takes a critical look at the histories, theories, and practices of student activism. The course material addresses questions such as: what explains movement success and failure in different contexts? What is the connection between community organizing and campus activism? How and why do non-violent protests turn violent? And what differences, if any, obtain between left and right leaning forms of student protest? Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.489.    Marxisms: Ecological, Feminist, Racial, and Latin American Approaches to Historical Materialism.    3 Credits.    This seminar explores the intellectual origins and ongoing intellectual productivity of the historical materialist account of political economy inaugurated with Karl Marx. It considers, in particular, how fatal couplings between power and difference are leveraged by capitalism as a tool of accumulation. Women’s labor and social reproduction, nature’s availability for mastery and the destructive exploitation of land and natural resources, racial inferiority and exploitative conditions of labor, and Global South peoples conscription into hyper-exploitative labor. The seminar will explore and interrogate the political dimensions of these transformations: how are relationships of political rule entangled with capitalist priorities of accumulation and which peoples/political subjects get to do the ruling and why? How did patriarchal and racial arrangements came to be, how do they relate to the production of value, and how are they sustained politically today? How do historical political transformations (including formal decolonization, democratic transitions, and the onset of free trade and structural adjustment, among others) inaugurate new forms of accumulation and how do these forms and their politics take different shape in the North and the Global South? A sample of the readings include Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, W. E. B. Du Bois, Silvia Federici, Andreas Malm, Ruy Mauro Marini, and others. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.494.    Planetary Geo-Technics, Utopian-Dystopian Futurism & Materialist World Order Theories.    3 Credits.    There is a widespread recognition that the prospects for contemporary civilization and humanity are shadowed by a range of catastrophic and existential threats, a major subset of which are anthropogenic and technogenic in character. (In the simplest terms these threats arise from the collision between scientific-technological modernity and the geography of the planet Earth.) At the same time, the two most powerful institutional complexes on the planet (market capitalism and the war state system) are committed to further rapidly advancing technology for power and plenty, and anticipate further great elevations of the human estate. Over the last long century, a great debate has emerged, across many disciplines, on the ‘terrapolitan question’(TQ): given the new and prospective material contexts for human agency, what world orders are needed to assure human survival, prosperity and freedom? Practical agency responsive to the new horizon of threat and benefit depends upon getting an adequate answer to this question.Any theory capable of illuminating these realities and choices, and answering the TQ, must be significantly materialist in character. Explicitly materialist theories are very old, and very diverse, and material factors appear in virtually every body of thought, yet are still significantly underdeveloped in contemporary international and world order theory. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.190.497.    Modern Political Thought.    3 Credits.    This course is a survey of modern political thought for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students. Its purpose is to (1) introduce some of the most significant texts in early modern European political theory, (2) survey a selection of the most important recent scholarly studies of these sources, and (3) develop theoretical and methodological skills at analyzing and interpreting the texts and the scholarship they have inspired. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.498.    Thesis Colloquium.    3 Credits.    Open to and required for Political Science majors writing a thesis. International Studies majors writing a senior thesis under the supervision of a Political Science Department faculty member may also enroll. Topics include: research design, literature review, evidence collection and approaches to analysis of evidence, and the writing process. The course lays the groundwork for completing the thesis in the second semester under the direction of the faculty thesis supervisor. Students are expected to have decided on a research topic and arranged for a faculty thesis supervisor prior to the start of the semester. Seniors. Under special circumstances, juniors will be allowed to enroll. Enrollment limit: 15. AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.190.499.    Senior Thesis.    3 Credits.    Seniors also have the opportunity to write a senior research thesis. To be eligible to write this thesis, students must identify a faculty sponsor who will supervise the project. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Projects and Methods (FA6) Writing Intensive AS.190.501.    Internship-Political Science.    1 Credit.    Internships provide work experience that relates to student’s academic project. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.502.    Political Science Internship.    1 Credit.    Internships provide work experience that relates to student’s academic project. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.504.    Internship-International Relations.    1 Credit.    Internships provide work experience that relates to student’s academic project. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.535.    Independent Study - Freshmen.    3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.536.    Independent Study-Freshmen.    1 - 3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.537.    Independent Study-Sophomores.    3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.538.    Independent Study-Sophomores.    1 - 3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.539.    Independent Study-Juniors.    3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.540.    Independent Study-Juniors.    1 - 3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.541.    Independent Study-Seniors.    3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.542.    Independent Study-Seniors.    1 - 3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.543.    Independent Research.    3 Credits.    Independent Research allows students to do a course’s worth of advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.544.    Independent Research.    1 - 3 Credits.    Independent Research allows students to do a course’s worth of advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.592.    Summer Internship.    1 Credit.    Internships provide work experience that relates to student’s academic project. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.598.    Independent Study.    3 Credits.    Independent Studies allow students to pursue advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.599.    Research - Summer.    3 Credits.    Independent Research allows students to do a course’s worth of advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.190.601.    Qualitative Research.    3 Credits.    This class is designed to introduce students to qualitative methodology. Practically, students will gain first hand experience with qualitative research methods via research design, ethics review, in-depth interviewing, participant observation, and archival/primary source research. They will learn to deploy analytical techniques such as discourse analysis and process tracing. Students will also be asked to consider the merits of qualitative approaches more generally, and discuss the relative advantages of qualitative, experimental, and quantitative approaches. Questions that we will discuss include: What place should qualitative research have in a research design? Can qualitative research test hypotheses, or only generate them? Can qualitative research explain social phenomena, or only interpret them? What are the disadvantages and advantages of qualitative approaches compared to quantitative approaches? For what kinds of research questions are ethnographic techniques best suited? Is replicability possible for ethnographic field research? What criteria of evidence and analytical rigor apply on this terrain? Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.603.    Reading Seminar: Marx's "Second Project of Critique".    2 Credits.    This is a directed readings graduate course that takes the form of a reading seminar. Our aim is to read carefully and understand deeply what Michael Heinrich calls Marx’s “second project of critique”; begun in 1863–64 and often referred to by the name “Capital,” this project remains entangled with but must be understood as separate from the “critique of political economy.” It also remains deeply misunderstood, and particularly hard to grasp if one approaches it by starting with chapter one, volume 1, of Capital (especially as interpreted through traditional Marxism). Hence our distinct and distinctive tack. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.605.    Enviromental racism.    3 Credits.    Environmental racism has largely been understood in terms of environmental policy-making that discriminates against people of color, particularly with respect to the state-sanctioned siting of toxic waste facilities, the distribution of pollutants, food-deserts, and the exclusion of non-white peoples from leading positions in the environmental movement. This graduate seminar explores environmental racism more broadly, pushing beyond its conventional, place-based understandings and approaching the corresponding logics that produce human disposability and environmental waste from the standpoint of both space and time. Examining colonial legacies of coding racial others in terms natural disasters, epidemics, infestations, non-human animals and dirt, we shall investigate how the natural world is subjected to exploitation and domination in tandem with the subordination of racial subjects historically identified with nature and rendered expendable. In other words, we shall illuminate the logics of power through which race-making coincides with waste-making. Accordingly, we will explore political and theoretical challenges to environmental racism in multiple registers; such as those posed by indigenous studies, decolonial thinkers and Afro-diasporic theories contesting the intersection of racial biopolitics, ecological crises and racial capitalism in an era of proliferating human disposability. Authors considered may include; Mbembe, Du Bois, Hage, Glissant, Césaire, Wynter & Chakrabarty. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.609.    Indigenous Political Theory.    3 Credits.    This graduate seminar will examine a range of Indigenous political theorists and critics of settler colonialism. In so doing, we will interrogate the role of liberal Anglo-centrism in contested theories and practices of sovereignty, property rights, freedom, equality, race, sexuality and nature. Likewise, we will investigate the contention that settler colonialism is acquisitive of territory in perpetuity, as opposed to being a moment in history, in order to assess the enduring political and theoretical impact of colonial legacies. Importantly, we shall explore how the relays between Indigenous cosmologies and temporalities shape theories and practices of resistance, reason, identity and political imagination. Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken AS.190.648 - Indigenous Political Theory - are not eligible to take AS.190.609 - Indigenous Political Theory AS.190.610.    Process Philosophies and Political Manifestos.    3 Credits.    What do the process philosophies of Bergson, Whitehead and Daoism have to say to political manifestos advanced by writers such as Marx and Engels, Naomi Klein, Hardt and Negri, Dziga Vertov, Haitian and French revolutionaries, Folco Portinari. How, in turn, can the latter illuminate, deform, or inform them? The readings in this seminar bounce back and forth between the cosmic politics of process philosophy and a variety of short manifestos designed to speak to the vicissitudes of today. AS.190.614.    Frontiers of Empirical Political Science.    3 Credits.    This advanced level course is intended to help students understand the frontiers of empirical political science research – that is, research concerned with answering causal questions – as presented in recent books by (for the most part) junior scholars. The books represent the substantive and methodological pluralism of our field, with books coming from American, Comparative, IR, and Political Economy. We will give two weeks’ treatment to most books on the syllabus, spending the first week reading “motivating” or classic material that inspired the book project, as well a companion of a key methodological text that inspired the research design. Along with reading the materials that help to situate the book in larger debates in its subfield we will read the first several chapters of the book. In the second week of discussion we will read the second half of the book – the evidence chapters and the conclusion – and focus on understanding whether and how the evidence that is presented matches with the theoretical and empirical claims made in the book’s beginnings. AS.190.615.    War and Society in World Politics.    3 Credits.    This course is an advanced introduction to war in the modern world, encompassing its political, social, cultural and ecological dimensions. It adopts a “war and society” approach in that it covers the ways in which society shapes war and, in turn, how war shapes society. It situates “war and society” in an historically evolving global context, attending to the nature of war in both the core and the periphery of world politics. Topics include the totalization and industrialization of war; civil-military relations; modernity, reason and war; “small war”; and race, culture and war. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.616.    American Political Development.    3 Credits.    An examination of state-building and nation-building throughout American political history. (AP) AS.190.617.    The Politics of Finance.    3 Credits.    This graduate seminar considers the relationship between finance and state building in both the developing and developed world. Topics will explore the role of central banking, the development of equity and debt markets, bubble economy politics, the effects of financialization, and financial regulatory politics. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.619.    Nature, Climate, Civilization.    3 Credits.    A course designed to rework embedded images of nature, climate and civilization by rethinking how each actuality folds into, supports, and disrupts the others in multiform ways. Recent critiques of the very ideas of “nature” and “civilization” exposed how those western practices carried imperialism and racism. But those who then dropped, rather than reworking, the two concepts first contributed to the cultural opacity of climate change rumbling beneath their feet and may underestimate how several key issues are densely interwoven today. It is thus timely to rethink the three actualities together. The course may include texts from Rousseau, Freud, Nietzsche, Serres, Deleuze & Guattari, and Hanson & de Castro. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.620.    Stengers, Nietzsche and Whitehead: Three Process Philosophies.    3 Credits.    This seminar explores the philosophies of Stengers, Nietzsche and Whitehead comparatively, focusing on their philosophies of agency, multitemporality, affect in ethics and politics, flirtations with panexperientialism, and accounts of planetary/culture imbrications. We will also read contemporary engagements with all three on subjectivity, biology and politics, the Anthropocene, democracy, the shapes of logic, and the visiccitudes of time. Primary texts by Stengers may be Another Science is Possible and Thinking with Whitehead, by Nietzsche Daybreak, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and the Late Notebooks. For Whitehead, Process and Reality and Modes of Thought. Presentation, class discussions, and a seminar paper. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.621.    Free Speech and The Law in Comparative Perspective.    3 Credits.    This class explores the ideas and legal doctrines that define the freedom of speech. We will examine the free speech jurispurdence of the U.S. in comparison to that of other system, particularly the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of Canada. Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken AS.190.366 are not eligible to take AS.190.621 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.624.    The Administrative State in Crisis.    3 Credits.    The graduate seminar examines the waxing and waning power of the administrative state in a comparative context (including the United States). The course considers the forging of bureaucratic authority, the rise of independent regulators, and the emergence of private-public partnerships, and how the current moment of globalization, populism, and slow growth has placed these arrangements under enormous pressure. Regulatory capture, procedural fetishism, cronyism, turf wars, and agency collapse will feature prominently. The second part of the course will bring in guests (section chiefs, program directors, and political appointees) from various government departments to provide their own perspectives on governance from the ground-up. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.625.    Theories of Comparative Politics.    3 Credits.    This seminar is intended for graduate students planning to take the comprehensive exam in comparative politics, either as a major or as a minor. In addition to exploring central methodological debates and analytic approaches, the seminar reviews the literature on state-society relations, political and economic development, social movements, nationalism, revolutions, formal and informal political institutions, and regime durability vs. transition. Graduate students only. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.626.    Quantitative Methods for the Study of Politics.    3 Credits.    This course is intended as Ph.D.-level introduction to applied statistics, with a focus on the identification of causal effects in the tradition of the Neyman/Rubin potential outcomes framework. Prior coursework in applied statistics or quantitative methods will be useful but is not required. Upon completion of the course, students will be in a position to understand and critically assess scholarship that uses instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, and other quasi- and natural-experimental research designs. Formal mathematical proof will be kept to a minimum. Students will be asked to adapt existing code and write some of their own code in R. AS.190.629.    American Racial Politics.    3 Credits.    Race is not a biological fact but rather a social construction. However, it is a social construction with very real consequences. Definitions of citizenship, allocation of state resources, attitudes about government and government policy, the creation of government policy, all shape and are shaped by race and racial classifications. Serving as a critical corrective to American politics treatments that ignore race, this class will examine how race functions politically in the United States. While not required, some knowledge of statistics is helpful. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.630.    Interpretation and Critique of Political Ideas.    3 Credits.    This is a graduate seminar on the interpretive and critical problems that arise when political theorists read and write about texts from long, long ago or far, far away. The first part of the course will consider approaches to the history of European political thought influenced by Marx, Foucault, Strauss, Skinner, and Arendt, amongst others. Readings will include both major methodological statements and examples of interpretive and critical scholarship undertaken by proponents of these different schools of thought. In the second part of the course, we will ask whether and how methods developed to analyze and learn from the history of political thought can be applied to the study of political thinkers who lived and wrote outside western Europe and North America. Major questions for consideration in both parts of the course include: Can old ideas help us solve problems arising in contemporary politics and political theory? What can we learn from intellectual traditions unconnected to our own? What do we have to do in order to understand the ideas contained within a given text? Do we have to understand a text for it to be useful to us? Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.632.    The Development of American Political Institutions.    3 Credits.    This course explores institutional development in American national politics, from the Founding until the present. It traces parties, Congress, the presidency, bureaucracy, and courts, and also examines how those institutions have interacted with one another across American history. Throughout the course, we will consider how ideas, interests, procedures, and sequence together shape institutions as they collide and abrade over time. Finally, although it hardly covers the entire corpus across the subfield, the course is also designed to prepare students to sit for comprehensive examinations in American politics. AS.190.634.    Federalism, Sovereignty, and The State.    3 Credits.    Federalism has become an increasingly widespread constitutional form in the world — in America, but also in Europe, the "cradle of the nation-state," and on other continents. While it typically resolves political problems, it also raises many questions about the nature of states and of sovereignty. This course will discuss scholarship that addresses federalism, sovereignty, and the state, both in contemporary politics and in historical perspective. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.636.    Information/Knowledge/Power/Politics.    3 Credits.    Explores how information and knowledge flow through political/social/economic configurations, forming and reforming the politics of everyday engagements at different scales. Topics such as mis/disinformation, commodification of information, embodied information, surveillance, and cyber-mediated information provide the context for analyzing practices, power, agency, and ethics. Critical security studies scholarship provides an overarching template, and we will also draw theoretical insights from multiple disciplines. The format will combine elements of seminar and workshop, and the emphasis will be on collaborative participation in the research process. AS.190.640.    States and Democracy.    3 Credits.    The focus of the seminar is on the formation and transformation sates and regimes. The perspective is both historical and comparative, covering Western Europe, Latin America, Africa and the US as a “non exceptional” case. This is fundamentally a Comparative Politics course, but APD students will almost certainly benefit from it. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.643.    Comparative Politics.    3 Credits.    This course offers a graduate-level introduction to the field of comparative politics, focusing on the substantive questions that drive contemporary research. Issues will include: state formation and state capacity; regime typology, democratization, and democratic backsliding; party systems and political behavior; political economy and economic development; racial, ethnic, and religious politics; and revolutions and political violence. Readings include both classic and recent works, selected to help students both prepare for major or minor comprehensive exams and frame their own research projects. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.646.    CLR James: Black Marxism, Pan-Africanism and International Relations.    3 Credits.    This course uses the life and writings of famous Trinidadian Marxist CLR James to explore a set of analytical issues of importance to understanding Pan-Africanism and international relations, including: political economy and slavery, culture and freedom, and the fraught relationship between black intellectuals and black masses. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.647.    Community and Its Disconcents.    3 Credits.    This course is inspired by Hannah Arendt’s claim that the calamity of stateless people is “not that they are deprived of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” but that “they no longer belong to any community whatsoever.” Rather than attempt to verify or disprove this claim, the course will use this claim as a provocation. How do we understand, experience, and imagine “community”? What does it mean to “belong” to a community? Is it possible not to belong to any community? Why is the language of community so ubiquitous? To help us consider these questions, we will read among others, Anderson, Freud, Harney and Moten, Joseph, LeGuin, McMillan, and Rousseau. A final paper of 20-30 pages is required. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.648.    Writing for Research.    3 Credits.    This course is designed to help graduate students in political science craft an original piece of high-quality writing. This class is open to students in their first, second, or third years of the graduate program. We will work on developing the skill of academic writing step by step, focusing first on the question of how to identify and articulate a good question, second on the skill of literature review, third on the art of theoretical engagement, and fourth on the presentation of evidence. During the semester, students may choose to turn a set of interests and questions into a prospectus draft. Alternatively, they may decide to use the class to turn a seminar paper into a dissertation chapter, or a revise a dissertation chapter into an article manuscript. Special sessions will bring other faculty to the class to talk about writing a dissertation and the peer-review process. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.652.    Urban Politics.    3 Credits.    Over the past ten years the urban has become an increasingly important space with which to understand politics, whether examined through the subfields of international politics, comparative politics, political theory, or American politics. In this course we will examine the role the urban plays in producing politics at various scales, and simultaneously consider the urban as a particular byproduct of politics at various scales. How might we understand contemporary shifts in political economy through the urban? How does the urban become a particularly important site of racialization? Why have movements from Occupy Wall Street to Arab Spring begun in cities? What are the opportunities and challenges involved in comparing cities across national contexts? How have scholars used the city to theorize about politics more broadly? We will tackle these and other related questions in this course. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.653.    Comparative Political Behavior.    3 Credits.    The course surveys major topics in political behavior, based on scholarship in political psychology, political science (American politics, comparative politics), and neighboring disciplines. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.656.    Humanitarianism and World Politics.    3 Credits.    Humanitarianism has become a pervasive form of moral and political action in world politics. Over the course of the twentieth century and beyond, humanitarian logics infused the conduct of war and informed global governance in many areas—from refugee relief and post-conflict reconstruction, to peacekeeping and development, to migration, ecological security, and recovery from natural disasters. And yet, while often celebrated as an achievement, humanitarianism involves ambiguities, contradictions, and pathologies demanding critical scrutiny. This seminar aims, first, to interrogate critically the history of humanitarian practices and, second, to refine and revise concepts used to study and evaluate those practices. We pursue these aims in part with an eye to understanding mutations of humanitarian politics accompanying contemporary challenges to the post-WWII liberal international order. Topics include: (1) the invention of “humanity” as an idea/ideal; (2)humanitarianism, war and empire; (3) varities of humanitarianism; (4) humanitarian violence; (5) humanitarian expertise and institutions; (6) humanitarianism, media, and technology; Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken or are enrolled in AS.190.456 are not eligible to take AS.190.656 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.657.    Sovereignty, the State, and War in International Politics.    3 Credits.    We are used to thinking of sovereignty, the state, and war as fairly self-evident concepts and as the bedrock of so much work, not only in academic international relations, but also in policy discourse. It seems straightforward that sovereign states wage war, and war in turn may make or break states. Under conditions of rapidly advancing globalization, however, the relationship of these concepts is anything but straightforward. This class builds on historical investigations into state formation, the relationship of the military instrument to the state, the progressive globalization of the defense industrial base, the rapidly changing practices of security under technical innovation, and related phenomena to question notions of state and security and to better understand the past and present fault lines of conflict. This is a graduate course that welcomes advanced undergraduates with previous international relations coursework at instructor’s discretion. Writing Intensive AS.190.659.    Money and Sovereignty.    3 Credits.    The power to coin money was historically central to the formation of sovereign states. Yet the relationship between money and sovereignty has considerably evolved over time. First, the emergence of nation-states and of popular sovereignty meant that money was no longer primarily a state and elite concern, but also increasingly a matter of everyday life and mass politics. Second, the increasing integration and financialization of the world economy produced new challenges for sovereignty. We will discuss historical and social science scholarship that address these historical trends and the politics of money and sovereignty today. Topics will include: capitalism, public budgets and debts, central banks, populism, democracy, financialization, international integration. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.666.    Political Economy Of Development.    3 Credits.    "The political economy of development” comprises a broad range of theoretical and policy-oriented concerns. This seminar explores competing causal explanations for the following types of questions: What accounts for the dramatic variation in political, economic, and social conditions throughout the world? In what ways do economic and political dynamics interact in shaping developmental outcomes? To what extent does the timing of industrialization affect the viability of certain developmental strategies? The first third of the course covers post-war classics in the development literature, including modernization theory and its critics, and the political economy of international finance. The second part of the course examines contemporary debates concerning the role of the state in the development process. The last part of the seminar turns to developmental concerns at the sub-national level, including the informal sector and the political economy of migration. Graduate students only. AS.190.667.    Theories of Justice.    3 Credits.    This course will explore the classic question, “What is justice?” While we will entertain several different answers to the question, the course will focus on how these answers speak to and past one another, illuminating contemporary quandaries related to intergenerational justice, global justice, and the justice of resistance. Guided by Nietzsche, we will read texts by authors including, among others, Plato, Kant, Bentham, Marx, Rawls, Nozick, and West. Over the course of the semester, students will write three papers. There will also be a final exam. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.668.    Rethinking Western Thought.    2 Credits.    The history of Euro-American Political Thought has been criticized for its orientations to race, gender, class, Christianity, the subject, capitalism, colonialism, sociocentrism, and humanist exceptionalism. How deeply are those themes ensconced in early Christian traditions, secular orientations to the earth, practices of capitalism, and contemporary images of “the political”? What openings are discernible? The seminar starts with Hesiod’s Theogony and a chapter from Tim Whitmarsh on atheism in ancient Greece. It then explores how Augustine consolidates sharp shifts in orientations to faith, divinity, nature, discipline, time and the earth. An agent of the first conquest of paganism. Readings in The City of God: Against the Pagans and The Confessions in relation to Foucault’s newly translated book, Confessions of The Flesh. Then we turn to what might be called the second Christian/imperial conquest of paganism, launched during the 15th century Spanish invasion of the Americas. How did that conquest re-enact and differ from the first? Texts by Todorov, The Conquest of America, alongside essays by C.L.R. James and perhaps de Castro. Followed by essays from Kant, Marx, Arendt, or Deleuze/Guattari, to see how each consolidates or turns earlier western theories. The seminar then engages Dipesh Chakrabarty in The climate of history in a planetary age as he criticizes Euro-centered thought (“the political”, the earth as background to politics, racism, exceptionalism, etc) and some currents in post-colonial thought. Critiques and augmentations will be explored, too. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.670.    The Dream of the 90s: Political Theory, 1990-1995.    2 Credits.    This graduate seminar will explore works from this extraordinary period in contemporary political theory. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.675.    Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics: History, Strategy, Race and Gender.    2 Credits.    This course provides an analysis of US foreign policy with a focus on the interests, institutions, and ideas underpinning its development. It offers a broad historical survey that starts with US involvement in the First World War, covers major developments of the twentieth century, and concludes with contemporary issues. Important themes include the developments underpinning the emergence of the liberal world order, strategies of containment during the Cold War, nuclear deterrence and antiproliferation efforts, the politics of international trade, alliance politics, technological and security policy, and the re-emergence of great power competition. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.676.    Field Survey of International Relations.    3 Credits.    This course provides a scaffold for the study of international relations theory, organized historically and by major approaches. The focus is on close reading and discussion of exemplars of important bodies of theory. Intended for doctoral students with IR as their major or minor field. Graduate students only. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.678.    Law and Politics.    3 Credits.    As a field, Law and Politics has evolved from the study of constitutional law and judicial politics to the political behavior of judges and their associates to the study of law and society, the operation of law and courts “on the ground” in the international arena as well as in the United States, historical institutionalism, and the carceral state. In this graduate course, we will review some of the classic texts in the field, with a focus on the tension between legal institutions and democratic politics. In particular, we will examine how that tension is manifest in the foundations of the American political system and in critical reflection on contemporary practices of American democracy. Students will turn in response papers every week on the reading. In addition, there will be two 10-20 page papers due during the semester. Graduate Students Only. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.681.    Race and Politics of Punishment in the U.S..    3 Credits.    Contact with criminal justice has become a primary way that many Americans see and experience government, particularly those from race-class subjugated communities. Yet, our field has been slow to appreciate the development of the carceral state or to consider its manifold impacts for citizenship. In this graduate seminar, we will survey key debates around punishment, state violence, and surveillance, with a particular focus on research that takes institutional development, history, and racial orders seriously. Why did the carceral state expand in “fits and starts” and with what consequence for state-building? We explore its (racialized and gendered) relationship to other key systems: foster care, social provision, labor relations and the labor market, and immigration enforcement. A core preoccupation of this course will be to understand the ways in which the criminal justice system “makes race” and how debates about crime and punishment were often debates about black inclusion and equality. How does exposure to criminal justice interventions shape political learning, democratic habits, and racial lifeworlds? In addition to policy, political discourse, and racial politics, we will employ works from a range of fields – history, sociology, law, and criminology – and a range of methods (ethnography, historical analysis, quantitative and qualitative). Required books include: Khalil Muhammad’s Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, Elizabeth Hinton’s From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime, David Oshinsky’s Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice, Bruce Western’s Punishment and Inequality in America, and Michael Fortner’s Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.682.    The Politics of the Regulatory State.    3 Credits.    This graduate seminar considers regulatory politics in both the developing and developed world. Topics will explore the role of independent agencies, soft paternalism, co-regulation, regulatory failure, and other topics, across a host of sectors. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.686.    The Right to the City.    2 Credits.    Over the past decade, political, economic, and cultural struggles in and over the city have become more important than ever before. Protests against the growing carceral state, against increasing wealth inequality, as well as revanchist attempts to rollback multicultural societal shifts all have the city as its core. While some Marxist thinkers suggest these struggles represent larger struggles over use- versus exchange-value, Black Radical thinkers connect these struggles to anti-black racism. In the wake of one world challenging movement – Black Lives Matter – and one world altering crisis – the Covid-19 pandemic - this course will reflect critically on these two traditions of thinking about the city and to rethink the Marxist tradition through the Black Radical tradition. We will anchor these conversations in an exploratory dialogue between two exemplars of each tradition - the French geographer Henri Lefebvre, and Detroit movement intellectuals James and Grace Lee Boggs. This class will be a vital component of the 2022-23 Sawyer Seminar. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.688.    Political Violence.    3 Credits.    This undergraduate seminar is designed to introduce students to the comparative study of political violence and intra-state conflict. We will examine social science theories and empirical studies on a wide range of forms of political violence, including civil war, coups, state repression, communal violence, riots, terrorism, genocide, and criminal-political violence. We will study these phenomena at the micro, meso and macro levels, and focus on understanding their causes, dynamics, outcomes, and aftermath. The class will also equip students with an ability to analyze political violence by using social scientific tools. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.689.    Marxisms: Ecological, Feminist, Racial, and Latin American Approaches to Historical Materialism.    3 Credits.    This seminar explores the intellectual origins and ongoing intellectual productivity of the historical materialist account of political economy inaugurated with Karl Marx. It considers, in particular, how fatal couplings between power and difference are leveraged by capitalism as a tool of accumulation. Women’s labor and social reproduction, nature’s availability for mastery and the destructive exploitation of land and natural resources, racial inferiority and exploitative conditions of labor, and Global South peoples conscription into hyper-exploitative labor. The seminar will explore and interrogate the political dimensions of these transformations: how are relationships of political rule entangled with capitalist priorities of accumulation and which peoples/political subjects get to do the ruling and why? How did patriarchal and racial arrangements came to be, how do they relate to the production of value, and how are they sustained politically today? How do historical political transformations (including formal decolonization, democratic transitions, and the onset of free trade and structural adjustment, among others) inaugurate new forms of accumulation and how do these forms and their politics take different shape in the North and the Global South? A sample of the readings include Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, W. E. B. Du Bois, Silvia Federici, Andreas Malm, Ruy Mauro Marini, and others. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.691.    The Hopkins Seminar on Racial Politics.    3 Credits.    Race and racism are political productions and—as such—have significantly shaped the study of political science, whose origins in the race science and eugenics milieu of the late nineteenth century (largely at Johns Hopkins) led to a discipline that evolved to systematically exclude and distorts serious consideration of race and racism as constitutive of politics. This exclusion and distortion has resulted in a social science that fails to effectively predict, explain, and diagnose political phenomenon. In this seminar, we will explore both the formative effect of racism in political science and its implications for how political science subfields study race as a political concept and practice, and the tradition of racial capitalism, “written out” of political science until very recently. Students will emerge from this seminar with a solid account of the racial foundations of political science, a critical view on existing approaches to the study of politics, and a grasp of a sidelined tradition of the joint study of race and capitalism. AS.190.693.    Directed Readings: Research Methods & Perspectives on China.    3 Credits.    Focusing on directed readings, this PhD seminar will first explore the logic of research design in the social sciences, before applying these techniques to China. Then we will survey the history of Chinese studies in the United States, the evolution of data sources, research methods, and compare perspectives in the study of Chinese politics and political economy. Taught in conjunction with speaker events at 555 Penn, the first half of the course will be taught at Homewood and the other half at 555. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.694.    Planetary Geo-Technics, Utopian-Dystopian Futurism & Materialist World Order Theories.    3 Credits.    There is a widespread recognition that the prospects for contemporary civilization and humanity are shadowed by a range of catastrophic and existential threats, a major subset of which are anthropogenic and technogenic in character. (In the simplest terms these threats arise from the collision between scientific-technological modernity and the geography of the planet Earth.) At the same time, the two most powerful institutional complexes on the planet (market capitalism and the war state system) are committed to further rapidly advancing technology for power and plenty, and anticipate further great elevations of the human estate. Over the last long century, a great debate has emerged, across many disciplines, on the ‘terrapolitan question’(TQ): given the new and prospective material contexts for human agency, what world orders are needed to assure human survival, prosperity and freedom? Practical agency responsive to the new horizon of threat and benefit depends upon getting an adequate answer to this question.Any theory capable of illuminating these realities and choices, and answering the TQ, must be significantly materialist in character. Explicitly materialist theories are very old, and very diverse, and material factors appear in virtually every body of thought, yet are still significantly underdeveloped in contemporary international and world order theory. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.695.    Global Politics.    3 Credits.    The only academic discipline which has as its central focus the ‘international’ is International Relations (IR). In that discipline, the international is conceived primarily as a space of strategic interaction between sovereign states. In Raymond Aron’s view, it is populated mainly by diplomats, soldiers and businesspeople. Even when IR scholars add other actors like NGOs, IGOs, and MNCs, or norms and principles that encourage cooperation among states, the international remains a relatively spare or thin social space in comparison to domestic societies. This course begins from the opposite presumption, that the global is a thick space of social co-constitution. The course centers global phenomena such as capitalism, imperialism, race and ecology; situates them in historical and sociological perspective; and approaches them as productive of international orders and of the entities—states, societies, empires, colonies, and others—which populate it. Whereas IR focuses on the problem of anarchy among formally equal sovereigns, for global politics the central problematic is that of hierarchies of power, wealth and race. Arguably, this re-problematization returns the field to some of its originating concerns. This course draws on wider scholarship in the humanities and social sciences to reconceive the study of world politics. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.696.    Political Theory in/as Political Economy.    3 Credits.    This graduate seminar in political theory will explore “political economy” conceptually. This is an advanced course in capitalist economics that takes up the study of economic forces as themselves relations of power/knowledge. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.697.    Modern Political Thought.    3 Credits.    This course is a survey of modern political thought for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students. Its purpose is to (1) introduce some of the most significant texts in early modern European political theory, (2) survey a selection of the most important recent scholarly studies of these sources, and (3) develop theoretical and methodological skills at analyzing and interpreting the texts and the scholarship they have inspired. Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken or are enrolled in AS.190.497 are not eligible to take AS.190.697 . Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.699.    Writing a Prospectus in the Interdisciplinary Study of World Politics.    3 Credits.    Intended for IR PhD students, this course will assist students in conceptualizing and writing a dissertation prospectus. The course will help you develop your core idea; formulate a research question; and come up with a plan for researching it, including sources, methods and chapterization. The course will help you turn your dissertation idea or question into a dissertation project. The capstone of the course will be a workshop with external faculty where you will present your draft project, scheduled for mid-May 2025. The course will be most helpful to PhD students entering their second or third year and does not satisfy or replace the formal prospectus requirement for your PhD. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences AS.190.800.    Independent Study.    3 - 9 Credits.    Intended for specific research projects designed in conjunction with a supervising faculty member. AS.190.801.    Summer Research.    9 Credits.    General course covering a variety of different projects that can be undertaken independently over the summer, including studying for comprehensive exams, writing a prospectus, finishing term papers, or dissertating. AS.190.849.    Graduate Research.    3 - 20 Credits.    This course is for Graduate students who have completed their coursework and are working toward the other program requirements. Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences

AS.210-217 (Modern Languages & Literatures)

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AS.210.101.    French Elements I.    4 Credits.    Provides a multi-faceted approach to teaching language and culture to the novice French student. The first semester emphasizes listening and speaking, while laying the foundation in grammar structures, reading, and writing. This course is designed for true beginners: Students with any previous background must take the placement test: http://learnmore.jhu.g.sjuku.top/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Contact: Bruce Anderson (bander36@jhu.g.sjuku.top) AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.102.    French Elements II.    4 Credits.    The second semester of this intensive course for beginners provides students with the linguistic tools to read excerpts from a play (Antigone by Jean Anouilh), to polish a written autobiography, and to perform short oral skits. A variety of cultural materials help students acquire grammatical structures and expand their vocabulary. Recommended course background: AS 210.101 or placement test score: http://learnmore.jhu.g.sjuku.top/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Contact: Claude Guillemard (cguille1@jhu.g.sjuku.top) AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.103.    Learner Managed French Elements I.    3 Credits.    This beginner course is specifically designed for students who have had some exposure to French. They must take the mandatory placement test: http://www.advising.jhu.g.sjuku.top/placement_french.php, and receive between 30 and 49. They will cover the first semester of French Elements at a pace suited for "false beginners" with major online components to supplement class instruction. Must complete the year with 210.102 to obtain credit. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.105.    Fast-Track Beginning French.    4 Credits.    This beginning French course is a fast-paced, intensive introduction to the French language and the culture of France and the French-speaking world, covering the content of French Elements 1 and 2 (AS 210.101-102) but in one semester. As such, it is meant for students who have some previous classroom or independent study of French (as assessed by a placement exam), or who are native or bilingual speakers of another Romance language. Classroom activities will emphasize spoken communication on a variety of topics, using relevant vocabulary and grammar. Extensive use of online resources outside of class will build skills in listening, reading, and writing. Completion of this class will allow students to enroll in Intermediate French 1 (AS 210.201). AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3) AS.210.106.    Italian through Food.    3 Credits.    This beginner’s course will help you develop foundational linguistic skills in Italian while offering an overview of Italian food cultures, both past and present. By the end of this course, you will be able to navigate everyday situations (e.g. ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing your favorite dishes, talking about likes and dislikes) entirely in Italian, and will develop an appreciation for the history of Italian cuisine. Upon completion of this course, students are encouraged to enroll in AS210.152 (Italian Elements II) in the Spring term. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I). Open to first-year students only. Prerequisite(s): Students who are taking/who took AS.210.151 or higher Italian language course are not allowed to register. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.111.    Spanish Elements I.    4 Credits.    This is an introductory Spanish language course. On completion of this course, the students will have acquired the basic communication and grammatical skills necessary for speaking, writing, listening and reading in Spanish. Students will demonstrate these skills through their performance in class, by completing several online assignments, and by taking part in three group presentations in addition to two comprehensive exams which focus on the following thematic topics: Greetings, University Life, Family and Leisure. Students will also be introduced to the culture, history and geography of various Spanish and Latin American countries. The content covered in Spanish Elements 1 is the foundation for all consecutive Spanish courses. A placement exam is required to ensure the appropriate level. Your enrollment in Spanish Elements I will not be considered for approval until you have emailed the Spanish Language Director. No new enrollments permitted after 4th class session. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.112.    Spanish Elements II.    4 Credits.    This introductory Spanish language course is a continuation of the content covered in Spanish Elements I. On completion of this course, the students will have further developed the communication and grammatical skills necessary for speaking, writing, listening and reading in Spanish. Students will demonstrate these skills through their performance in class, by completing several online assignments, and by taking part in three group presentations in addition to two comprehensive exams which focus on the following thematic topics: Food, Sports, Shopping, Travel, and Health. Students will also be introduced to the culture, history and geography of various Spanish and Latin American countries. The content covered in Spanish Elements II prepares the students for Intermediate Spanish.No new enrollments permitted after 4th class session.Prerequisite: AS.210.111 or appropriate placement exam score. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.111 or Spanish placement exam score. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.120.    Modern Hebrew for Beginners I.    3 Credits.    Elementary Modern Hebrew is the first exposure to the language as currently used in Israel in all its functional contexts. All components of the language are discussed: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Simple idiomatic sentences and short texts in Hebrew are used. Students learn the Hebrew alphabet, words and short sentences. Cultural aspects of Israel will be intertwined throughout the course curriculum. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.121.    Modern Hebrew for Beginners II.    3 Credits.    Hebrew for Beginners 121 is a continuation of Hebrew 120 and as such, students are required to have a foundation in Hebrew. The course will enhance and continue to expose students to Hebrew grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. All components of the Hebrew language will be emphasized in this course; we will highlight verbs, adjectives, and the ability to read longer texts. Speaking in Hebrew will also be highlighted to promote students’ engagement and communication. Cultural aspects of the language will be incorporated into lessons too Prerequisite(s): AS.384.115 OR AS.210.120 AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.151.    Italian Elements I.    4 Credits.    This course sequence ( AS.210.151 and AS.210.152 ) is an introduction to Italian for students with no previous exposure to the language. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to meet basic needs in an Italian-only environment. Examples include introducing yourself, asking for and giving directions, ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing and asking information about places and people, and engaging in a simple phone conversation. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I) AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.152.    Italian Elements II.    4 Credits.    Course helps students develop basic listening, reading, writing, speaking, and interactional skills in Italian. The content of the course is highly communicative, and students are constantly presented with real-life, task-based activities. Course adopts a continuous assessment system (no mid-term and no final). May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory. No previous knowledge of Italian is required. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.151 OR AS.210.106 or Placement Exam Part I. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.161.    German Elements I.    4 Credits.    Four-skills introduction to the German language and culture. Develops proficiency in speaking, writing, reading and listening skills through the use of basic texts, multi-media and communicative language activities. Online tools required. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.162.    German Elements II.    4 Credits.    Continuation to the introduction to the German language and a development of reading, speaking, writing & listening through the use of basic texts and communicative activities. The culture of the German-language countries is also incorporated into the curriculum. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.161 or appropriate score on placement exam. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.163.    Elementary Yiddish I.    3 Credits.    Look at Jewish history and culture backwards and forwards through the Yiddish language! The vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews for a thousand years, Yiddish connects back to recent and distant generations in Europe, America, and elsewhere. But Yiddish is not just a bridge to the past, it is also the center of vibrant contemporary cultures, both religious and secular. This four-skills language class (reading, writing, listening, speaking) places emphasis on the active use of Yiddish in oral and written communication while guiding students towards the use of Yiddish as a tool for the study of Yiddish literature and Ashkenazi history and culture. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.164.    Elementary Yiddish II.    3 Credits.    This four-skills language class (reading, writing, listening, speaking) places emphasis on the active use of Yiddish in oral and written communication while guiding students towards the use of Yiddish as a tool for the study of Yiddish literature and Ashkenazi history and culture. Continuation of 210.163, but students may join the class with the permission of the instructor. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.171.    Portuguese Elements I.    4 Credits.    No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required. This one-year sequence is a Portuguese introductory course for non-romance language speakers. The course introduces students to the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language. Emphasis is placed on oral communication with extensive training in written and listening skills. Class participation is encouraged from the very beginning. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.172 Portuguese Elements II. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.172.    Portuguese Elements II.    4 Credits.    This course expands students’ knowledge of the basic language skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking. It uses a multifaceted approach to immerse students in the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa. The focus of the course is on oral communication with extensive training in grammar. The course is conducted entirely in Portuguese. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate I. May not be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Pre-requisites: 210.171 or placement test Prerequisite(s): C or higher in AS.210.171 (formerly AS.210.177) or placement test. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.173.    Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I.    4 Credits.    NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.175.    Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages.    4 Credits.    This course sequence (AS210.175 and AS210.176) is designed for advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese), and will cover the same material as the regular-track Italian Elements I and II ( AS.210.151 and AS.210.152 ) and Intermediate Italian I and II ( AS.210.251 and AS.210.252 ) courses. Upon successful completion of both semesters, students will be allowed to register for AS.210.351 (Advanced Italian I). Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.176.    Accelerated Italian for Advanced Speakers of other Romance Languages II.    4 Credits.    This is the second part of an elementary Italian language course sequence designed for advanced speakers of other romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese). This course will cover the same material as the regular-track Intermediate Italian I and II courses. Students completing this course with a grade of B or higher will be allowed to register for AS210.351 (Advanced Italian I) in the Fall term. Pre-requisite: Completion of AS.210.175 with a grade of B or higher, or Italian Language Program Director permission. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.175 with a B or higher Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.201.    Intermediate French I.    3 Credits.    This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing.Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended course background: AS.210.102 or AS.210.105 or placement test score: http://learnmore.jhu.g.sjuku.top/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Suzanne Roos (sroos@jhu.g.sjuku.top) Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.202.    Intermediate French II.    3 Credits.    This course develops skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Systematic review of language structures with strong focus on oral communication and acquisition of vocabulary; extensive practice in writing and speaking; readings and films from French-speaking countries. Recommended course background: AS.210.201 or placement test score: http://learnmore.jhu.g.sjuku.top/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test. Contact: Suzanne Roos (sroos@jhu.g.sjuku.top) Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.211.    Intermediate Spanish I.    3 Credits.    Intermediate Spanish I is a comprehensive study of Spanish designed for students who have attained an advanced elementary level in the language. The course is organized around a thematic approach to topics relevant to contemporary Hispanic culture. Students will practice the four language skills in the classroom through guided grammatical and creative conversational activities and through the completion of three comprehensive exams. Outside of class, students will complete extensive online assignments and write three major compositions (as part of the three exams). In addition, students will broaden their knowledge of Hispanic culture by viewing a Spanish-language film and by reading several literary selections. Successful completion of Intermediate Spanish I will prepare students for the next level of Spanish (Intermediate Spanish II).There is no final exam. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.112 or appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.212.    Intermediate Spanish II.    3 Credits.    Intermediate Spanish II is a comprehensive study of Spanish designed for students who have attained a mid-intermediate level in the language or who have completed Spanish 212. The course is organized around a thematic approach to topics relevant to contemporary Hispanic culture. Students will practice the four language skills in the classroom through guided grammatical and creative conversational activities and through the completion of three comprehensive exams. Outside of class, students will complete extensive online assignments and write three major compositions (as part of the three exams). In addition, students will broaden their knowledge of Hispanic culture by viewing a Spanish-language film and by reading several literary selections. Successful completion of Intermediate Spanish II will prepare students for the next level of Spanish (Advanced Spanish I).There is no final exam. No new enrollments permitted after the fourth class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.211 or appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.220.    Intermediate Hebrew I.    3 Credits.    Intermediate Modern Hebrew enhances and enforces previous knowledge of Hebrew as acquired from previous foundational coursework and/or experience. Grammatical aspects of the language such as past and present tenses as well as combined and complex sentence syntax and construction would be applied. Reading comprehension and writing skills will be emphasized. Modern Israeli cultural links and facets of the Hebrew language will also be introduced to inform the holistic understanding of the modern language. Prerequisite(s): AS.384.116 OR AS.210.121 or equivalent Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.221.    Intermediate Modern Hebrew II.    3 Credits.    Intermediate Hebrew level II is a continuation of the course Hebrew 220 and as such is a requirement for entry. In the course, grammatical aspects of the language will be introduced in the focus of past and future tenses. Combined and complex sentences with proper syntax and reading comprehension and writing skills will be required. Modern Israeli cultural aspects of the Hebrew language will be introduced as well and will be part of the holistic understanding of the modern language. Prerequisite(s): AS.384.215 OR AS.210.220 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.251.    Intermediate Italian I.    3 Credits.    This course sequence ( AS.210.251 and AS.210.252 ) will reinforce your ability to engage in complex daily tasks in Italian, and will introduce you to more formal academic and real-world topics. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to write a strong résumé and cover letter in the European format, sit a job interview in Italian, and participate in debates on simple topics. You will also read five engaging short stories, watch several Italian films, and discuss topics such as emigration and immigration from/to Italy, the protection of the environment, and the history of the Italian South. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.152 or placement exam. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.252.    Intermediate Italian II.    3 Credits.    Taught in Italian. Course continues building on the four essential skills for communication presented in Intermediate Italian I (listening, speaking, reading, writing) on topics of increasing complexity. Course adopts a continuous assessment system. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.251 OR appropriate placement exam scores (Parts I & II). Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.261.    Intermediate German I.    3 Credits.    Taught in German. This course continues the same four-skills approach (speaking, writing, reading and listening) from the first-year sequence, introducing and practicing more advanced topics and structures. Expansion and extension through topical readings and discussion and multi-media materials. Online tools required. Prereq: 210.162 or placement exam. May not be taken on an S/U basis. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.162 or placement by exam. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.262.    Intermediate German II.    3 Credits.    Taught in German. This course is designed to continue the four skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) approach to learning German. Readings and discussions are topically based and include fairy tales, poems, art and film, as well as readings on contemporary themes such as Germany’s green movement. Students will also review and deepen their understanding of the grammatical concepts of German. Prereq: 210.261 or placement exam May not be taken on an S/U basis. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.261 or placement by exam. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.263.    Intermediate Yiddish I.    3 Credits.    For students who have completed one year of Yiddish language study or equivalent, this course will provide the opportunity to broaden and deepen their knowledge of Yiddish culture while continuing to improve their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking Yiddish. Alongside textbook-based language work, students will read, listen to and interact with a variety of texts, for example literature, journalism and oral history. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.264.    Intermediate Yiddish II.    3 Credits.    Continuation of Intermediate Yiddish I: this course will focus on the Yiddish language as a key to understanding the culture of Yiddish-speaking Jews. Topics in Yiddish literature, cultural history and contemporary culture will be explored through written and aural texts, and these primary sources will be used as a springboard for work on all the language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.266.    German Conversation.    1.5 Credits.    Taught in German. This course is designed for intermediate and above students who wish to improve their conversational and oral presentational language skills. The syllabus aims to provide useful, relevant language and necessary discourse structures to hold conversations and presentation on varied topics of an everyday, as well as academic nature. Students will practice German to build confidence, develop fluency and improve pronunciation and accuracy. Short texts, audio and films will provide the basis for discussion. Students fields of study and interests will be incorporated into the syllabus and tasks will be matched to the ability level of the students enrolled. Recommended course background: 210.262 or at least 3 semesters of college instruction or the equivalent. May be taken concurrently with other courses in German. May be taken S/U. Not for major or minor credit. AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.267.    German Across the Curriculum.    1 Credit.    Students in courses in History, CTL, Art History, Classics, Near Eastern Studies, WGS, and Philosophy augment their studies in those disciplines by reading short excerpts from the material assigned in the original German. The selected excerpts rotate among the disciplines, exposing students to a variety of texts and giving students the opportunity to collaborate across disciplines and acquaint themselves with the scholarly language in their respective majors and minors. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3) AS.210.268.    German through Reading “Märchen”.    1.5 Credits.    Whether we consider them enchanting or naive, fairy tales and their narrative forms have inspired a wealth of cultural production. In this course, we will read and talk about German fairy tales (in German) and look at some spin-offs and parodies they have inspired. Students will hone their skills in reading, identifying plot, settings, characters and symbols while expanding their bank of vocabulary and grammatical structures. Speaking activities in class will be adjusted to the level of participants. Short creative writing assignments throughout the semester will culminate in students writing their own version of a fairy tale. Not for German major or minor credit. May be taken S/U Prerequisite(s): AS.210.161 AND AS.210.162 or equivalent. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3) AS.210.269.    Intermediate Yiddish Texts I.    3 Credits.    For students who have completed at least one year of Yiddish language study, this course will provide the opportunity to broaden and deepen their knowledge of Yiddish culture while continuing to improve their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking Yiddish. Alongside textbook-based language work, students will read, listen to and interact with a variety of texts, for example literature, journalism and oral history. Prerequisite: AS.210.164 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.270.    Intermediate Yiddish Texts II.    3 Credits.    Continuation of Intermediate Yiddish Texts I. Students will continue to broaden and deepen their knowledge of Yiddish culture while improving their Yiddish language skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Alongside textbook-based language work, students will read, listen to, and interact with a variety of texts. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.269 OR equivalent OR permission of instructor Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.271.    Intermediate Portuguese I.    3 Credits.    Intermediate Portuguese I is designed for students who have attained an advanced elementary level in the language. The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on expanding grammatical knowledge and vocabulary, while developing ease and fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the contemporary cultures of Portuguese-speaking world. Upon the successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese I, students may enroll in the next level, Intermediate Portuguese II – AS.210.272 . May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.172 OR AS.210.173 , or placement exam. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.272.    Intermediate Portuguese II.    3 Credits.    Intermediate Portuguese II is designed for students who have attained a mid-intermediate level in the language or completed Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.271 . The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on advancing grammatical knowledge, expanding vocabulary, and developing fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and reflect the mix of cultures at work in the contemporary Lusophone world. Successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese II will prepare students for the next level Advanced Portuguese I – AS.210.371 . May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.271 (old AS.210.277) or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.277 or equivalent score on placement test or instructor approval. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.288.    Portuguese: Conversation through Film & Music.    3 Credits.    Improve your Portuguese conversational and speaking skills through colorful Brazilian media. This course is designed for highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students who want to SPEAK Portuguese. Conversation sessions provide intensive work on communication skills through discussion on issues raised in films, news media & music. Grammar will be reviewed as needed outside of class with tutors or TA, freeing class time for more communicative activities. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: one semester of Portuguese, two semesters of Spanish or Placement test. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.275 OR AS.210.277 OR AS.210.278 OR AS.210.391 OR AS.210.392 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.301.    Advanced French for Writing.    3 Credits.    Students in AS.210.301 will focus primarily on written expression, learning to ‘decipher’ classic and contemporary texts in order to expand their French vocabulary and communicate their ideas in writing with clarity and accuracy. (A primary focus on oral expression is provided in AS.210.302 ; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended Course Background: AS.210.202 or appropriate score on Placement test I: http://learnmore.jhu.g.sjuku.top/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3) Writing Intensive AS.210.302.    Advanced French for Speaking.    3 Credits.    Students in 210.302 will focus primarily on oral expression through individual and group work on contemporary media (music, film, current events) in order to expand their vocabulary and become fluent in conversation across social-cultural contexts. (A primary focus on written expression is provided in 210.301; the two advanced-level courses may be taken in either order or simultaneously.) Recommended Course Background: AS.210.202 or appropriate score on Placement test I: http://learnmore.jhu.g.sjuku.top/browse/ksas/internal/selfenroll/courses/as-french-placement-test Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3) AS.210.306.    Medical French : Santé et Société.    3 Credits.    In this interactive language course (not exclusively designed for pre-meds), students learn how to communicate in the fields of public health, medicine, and humanitarian aid in a French-speaking environment. While acquiring new lexical and syntactic tools weekly, students examine and debate the current structures and issues of the French health system, through a variety of media (governmental websites, mainstream and specialized newspapers, movies, blogs, first-account books, etc.). A final project is tailored to each student’s own area of interest. Please note that this course is taught by a language instructor, not a medical expert. Recommended course background: AS.210.301 or AS.210.302 or permission of instructor. Students interested in taking the exam for the French For Health Diploma should visit the following website: https://www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/tests-diplomes/diplomes-francais-professionnel-dfp/sante/ Prerequisite(s): AS.210.301 OR AS.210.302 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Ethics and Foundations (FA5) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.309.    The Sounds of French.    3 Credits.    This course introduces students to the sound system of French: its development over centuries, its standardized Parisian form versus regional and international dialects and accents, and the popularity of "word games" (abbreviations, acronyms, and verlan). The course will include extensive practice in perceiving, articulating, and transcribing sounds, words, and intonation groups through viewing film clips, listening to songs, and completing in class lab assignments. Recorded speech samples obtained at the beginning, middle, and end of the semester will allow students to track their progress in moving toward more native pronunciation and intonation. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.202 or equivalent Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.311.    Advanced Spanish I.    3 Credits.    This course is a comprehensive study of the Spanish language focused on the continuing development of students’ communicative abilities and their knowledge of Hispanic cultures. Students will expand their use of basic structures of Spanish with a special emphasis on more difficult grammatical and vocabulary aspects, and further improve both their oral and written skills. Students will sharper their critical thinking skills and listening abilities utilizing movies and written texts. This course combines an extensive use of an online component with class participation and three exams. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have acquired extended complex language tools that facilitate proficiency in Spanish and its use in various professional contexts. There is no final exam. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.212 OR appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.312.    Advanced Spanish II.    3 Credits.    This course is thorough review of the Spanish language focused on the development of students’ communicative abilities and their knowledge of Hispanic cultures. Students will both expand their knowledge of the basic structures of Spanish, with special emphasis on more difficult grammatical and vocabulary aspects, and further improve on oral and written skills. Students will increase their critical thinking skills and listening abilities utilizing movies and written texts. This course combines an extensive use of an online component, class participation and three exams. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have acquired more complex language tools to become proficient in Spanish and its use in various professional contexts. There is no final exam. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.311 or appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.313.    Medical Spanish.    3 Credits.    Medical Spanish is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in medicine and health-related fields in Spanish-speaking environments. The student will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as contrasting health systems, body structures, disorders and conditions, consulting your doctor, physical and mental health, first-aid, hospitalization and surgery on completion of this course. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests. There is no final exam. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.311 OR AS.210.312 or appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.314.    Spanish for International Commerce.    3 Credits.    Spanish for international business is an overview of business topics in an international Spanish-speaking context with an emphasis on deep review of grammar and vocabulary acquisition. On completion of this course the student will have developed the ability to read and critically discuss business and government relations in Latin America and will have examine entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, business ethics, human resources and commerce in the Spanish speaking world. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been covered in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their own professional interests. Concepts learned in this course will be directly applicable to careers linked to international relations and will apply to various careers in business. There is no final exam. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Language Program Director: Loreto Sanchez-Serrano Prerequisite(s): AS.210.311 or or appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.315.    Spanish for International Relations.    3 Credits.    Spanish for international relations is an advanced examination of grammar and an analysis of international relations’ topics in Spanish. By completion of this course the student will have developed the ability to read, critically discuss and demonstrate mastery of political and socio-economic issues in Spanish-speaking environments. Potential topics include a survey of the professions in international relations, NGOs in Latin America, intellectual property, cultural diplomacy, remesas, regional coalitions and treaties, and the environment. Class presentations and final projects will allow students to apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by participating in a global simulation that will include a written exercise individualized to their professional interests. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the 4th class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.311 or appropriate webcape score Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.316.    Advanced Spanish Conversation.    3 Credits.    Conversational Spanish surveys high-interest themes, discusses short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers and offers a thorough review of grammar. The student will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as personality traits, social media, political power, art and lifestyles on completion of this course. Conversational skills mastered during the course apply to all careers interconnected by Spanish. There is no final exam. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.311 or appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.317.    Adv Spanish Composition.    3 Credits.    This third-year course is a hands-on and process-oriented introduction to discussion and compositional analysis. On completion of this course, students will have improved their Spanish writing skills in various types of compositions they might be expected to write in academic settings and in real-life formats such as film reviews, letters to the editor, cover letters, etc. The course also focuses on refinement of grammar and vocabulary use. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. . Prerequisite(s): AS.210.312 or appropriate Spanish placement exam score. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.318.    Spanish for Engineering.    3 Credits.    Spanish for engineering is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in the engineering field to develop their communicative strategies in the field of engineering. On completion of this course, students will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as applications of biomedical engineering in the diagnosis and treatment of different medical conditions, efficient use of energy and materials, design and construction of public works, development of electrical systems and development of solutions to environmental problems. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests.There is no final exam. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third-class session. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.311 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.319.    Spanish for Public Health.    3 Credits.    Spanish for Public Health is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in the Public Health field such as government agencies, health care organizations, nonprofits, or health insurer companies, in Spanish-speaking environments. On completion of this course, the student will be able to participate in conversations on topics including health systems, reproductive biology, nutrition, epidemiology, mental health, and environmental health. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.311 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.320.    Advanced Modern Hebrew I.    3 Credits.    Advanced Modern Hebrew I will focus on conversational and interactive language skills to expose learners to attributes of different genres and layers of the language. Students will be introduced to various original texts and lingual patterns to better understand and formulate proper syntax. The course will include contemporary readings from Israeli journalism and essays, along with other relevant Hebrew resources to inform class discussions and students’ reflective writings. Israeli cultural aspects will be integral to the course curriculum. Prerequisite(s): AS.384.216 OR AS.210.221 or equivalent Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.321.    Advanced Modern Hebrew II.    3 Credits.    This course will expand students’ fluencies in Modern Hebrew through Hebrew-dialogic Israeli and Palestinian cinema, examining and comparing several layers of a contemporary Hebrew-speaking society. For this class, students will view, discuss, and write about films with Hebrew as the primary spoken language. Through aural interpretation and subtitles, students will understand, analyze, and reflectively discuss the diversity of Hebrew-speaking cultures within society and the provenance and intentionalities of the dialects exhibited throughout a given film. Linguistic nuance, slang, and interpretive aspects of Hebrew as shown in the chosen films will prompt students to examine this modality of the expression of contemporary Hebrew. The course will be taught primarily in Hebrew and will be open to students who have matriculated to at least 200-level coursework of Modern Hebrew. Prerequisite(s): AS.384.315 OR AS.210.320 or instructor permission Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.351.    Advanced Italian I.    3 Credits.    This highly interactive course focuses on complex historical and contemporary themes, and is ideal, among others, for students who are specializing in international studies, medicine, psychology, and cognitive science. Students will analyze authentic texts and audiovisual materials on topics including the history of the Sicilian mafia, mental health and the deinstitutionalization movement in Italy, Europe and Italy in the 1960s-1980s, the role of curiosity and amazement in scientific discovery and art, and intercultural differences around hilarity. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.252 or placement exam Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.352.    Advanced Italian II.    3 Credits.    Course presents a systematic introduction to a variety of complex cultural and historical topics related to present-day Italy, emphasizing intercultural comparisons, interdisciplinarity, and encouraging a personal exploration of such topics. Course adopts a continuous assessment system (no mid-term and no final). Prerequisite(s): AS.210.351 OR appropriate placement exam scores (Parts I, II and III). Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4), Democracy (FA4.1) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.361.    Advanced German I: Cultural Topics of the Modern German-speaking World.    3 Credits.    Taught in German. We will read literary works by Heinrich Böll, Hermann Hesse, and Gertrud Wilker, as well as watch the film “Die Welle”, to explore themes like the “Wirtschaftswunder”, work and productivity, the role of women in society, the pursuit of happiness, youth slang, and much more. A review and expansion of advanced grammatical concepts and vocabulary underlies the course.  Focus on improving expression in writing and speaking. May not be taken on an S/U basis. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.262 or placement exam. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.362.    Advanced German II: Contemporary Issues in the German Speaking World.    3 Credits.    Taught in German. Topically, this course focuses on contemporary issues such as national identity, multiculturalism and the lingering social consequences of major 20th century historical events. Readings include literary and journalistic texts, as well as radio broadcasts, internet sites, music and film. Students read a full-length novel. Emphasis is placed on improving mastery of German grammar, development of self-editing skills and practice in spoken German for academic use. Introduction/Review of advanced grammar. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.361 or equivalent score on placement test. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.363.    Business German.    3 Credits.    Taught in German. Course is designed to familiarize students with the vocabulary and standards for doing business in Germany. Taking a cultural approach, students read texts and engage in discussion that elucidate the works of business, commerce & industry in Germany, the world’s third largest economy. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary expansion and writing as it relates to business and business cases. May not be taken S/U. Recommended background: at least 4 semesters of college German (210.262) or equivalent. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.364.    German for Medical & Public Health Professions.    3 Credits.    Taught in German. An introduction to the concepts and linguistic tools necessary for understanding the German health care system and public health fields. Designed for students with B1 or above language skills in German. Readings, role plays, videos and research projects will form the basis for learning. Linguistic focus on expanding vocabulary, increasing reading and listening comprehension while also honing grammatical control to increase accuracy in speaking and writing. Topics include the German health-care system, the body, typical interactions between patients and health care professionals, as well as the history of iconic institutions such as Berlin’s Charite. Prerequisite: 4 semesters of college German or equivalent or permission of German LPD. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.262 OR AS.210.361 OR AS.210.362 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.365.    German for Science and Engineering.    3 Credits.    Taught in German. This course is designed to provide language training in German tailored to students of science & engineering. Germany has long been a world leader in engineering, most notably in chemical and mechanical engineering. Over the past decades, Germany also has taken a lead in environmental sciences and information technology. In addition, Germany is now becoming an increasingly attractive place to pursue degrees in the technical fields. This course will provide practice and expansion in all language skill areas: analysis of texts, hands-on-activities, preparation of presentations, and discussion of topics. Specific areas of interest to the course members will be taken into consideration for the selection of materials. [Does not replace 210.362 as prerequisite for upper level courses or as major requirement.] Prerequisite(s): AS.210.262 OR AS.210.361 OR AS.210.362 or equivalent or placement exam. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.367.    Advanced Yiddish I.    3 Credits.    This course will provide students who have completed at least two years of Yiddish with the opportunity to hone their skills in all four language areas: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. It will include advanced grammar study, readings in Yiddish literature, and work with audio/video recordings, taking into account the interests of each individual student. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.368.    Advanced Yiddish II.    3 Credits.    Continuation of Advanced Yiddish I ( AS.210.367 ). Students will continue to hone their skills in all four language areas: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In addition to advanced grammar study and readings in Yiddish literature, the course will take into account the interests of each individual student, allowing time for students to read Yiddish texts pertinent to their own research and writing. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.371.    Advanced Portuguese I.    3 Credits.    Designed to sharpen students’ abilities in contemporary spoken and written Portuguese. This third-year course fosters the development of complex language skills that enhance fluency, accuracy and general proficiency in Portuguese and its appropriate use in professional and informal contexts. Students will briefly review previous grammar structures and concentrate on new complex grammar concepts. Using a variety of cultural items such as current news, short stories, plays, films, videos, newspaper articles, and popular music, students discuss diverse topics followed by intense writing and oral discussion with the aim of developing critical thinking and solid communication skills.Successful completion of Advanced Portuguese I will prepare students for the next level, Advanced Portuguese II, AS.210.372 . May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.272 or (old AS.210.278) or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.278 OR AS.210.272 or equivalent score on placement test or instructor approval. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.372.    Advanced Portuguese II.    3 Credits.    Advanced Portuguese II offers a systematic review of the Portuguese language focused on the development of students’ communicative skills and their knowledge of the Lusophone culture. This course fosters the development of complex language skills that enhance fluency, accuracy and general proficiency in Portuguese and its appropriate use in professional and informal contexts. Students will concentrate on complex grammar concepts and the use of appropriate written and oral registers. Using a variety of cultural items such as current news, short stories, plays, films, videos, newspaper articles, and popular music, students discuss diverse topics followed by intense writing and oral discussion with the aim of developing critical thinking and solid communication skills. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.371 or placement test. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.391 OR AS.210.371 or equivalent score on placement test or instructor approval. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.411.    Contacts and Contrasts in Spanish for the Professions.    3 Credits.    Contacts and Contrasts in Spanish for the Professions harnesses a comparative approach to reviewing grammar and learning Spanish by offering translation practice from English to Spanish and thrusting synthesis of prior courses into coherent professional tools. Techniques may include comparing texts of medicine, public health, literature, technology, politics, and journalism between Spanish and English. Students will identify and differentiate terminology specific to these various fields and will focus on practicing correct uses of the grammatical structures relevant to English and Spanish in translation and cultural contact. In the course’s term projects, students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on their knowledge of Spanish by completing a translation exercise individualized to their professional interests. Strategies of communication mastered in this course will help students of Spanish throughout their careers. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.313 OR AS.210.314 OR AS.210.315 OR AS.210.318 OR AS.210.319 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.412.    Community Based Learning - Spanish Language Practicum.    3 Credits.    This fourth-year course involves a specially designed project related to the student’s minor concentration. On completion of this course, the student will be able to use the Spanish language in real world contexts. The student-designed project may be related to each student´s current employment context or developed in agencies or organizations that complement student’s research and experimental background while contributing to the improvement of his/her language proficiency. There is no final exam. No new enrollments permitted after first week of class. The course will only meet as a group twice per semester, on a Tuesday (Sec. 01) or Thursday (Sec. 02) from 9:30-10:30. If the student has a class at that time, the instructor will request, in writing, that the student be granted an excused absence. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.411 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4), Projects and Methods (FA6) EN Foundational Abilities: Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.413.    Curso de Perfeccionamiento.    3 Credits.    This forth-year course is an in-depth examination of the Spanish grammar, including a wider range of idiomatic expressions and usages than students might have previously encountered. On completion of this course, students will be able to achieve the ACTFL Advanced-Mid to high level in oral and written expression as well as in reading and listening skills. The course will also help to prepare students for the DELE Intermediate or Superior levels, offered by the Instituto Cervantes. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the 4th class session. Prerequisite(s): ( AS.210.312 OR AS.210.317 ) AND ( AS.210.313 OR AS.210.314 OR AS.210.315 ) Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) Writing Intensive AS.210.417.    Eloquent French.    3 Credits.    This interactive, writing intensive course has a double agenda: 1) to guide students towards linguistic proficiency in French by exposing them to an extended range of stylistic, idiomatic and grammatical expressions; 2) to strengthen students' individual voices in written and oral expression. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.301 and AS.210.302 or permission of instructor. Contact Kristin Cook-Gailloud (kcg@jhu.g.sjuku.top). Prerequisite(s): AS.210.301 Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Culture and Aesthetics (FA3) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3) Writing Intensive AS.210.421.    Yiddish For Reading Knowledge.    3 Credits.    This course is designed to open up the world of Yiddish culture and letters by helping students develop the skills necessary to read Yiddish texts in the original. Students will learn the Yiddish alphabet and be introduced to Yiddish vocabulary and grammatical structures, as well as to resources for reading Yiddish such as dictionaries and grammar guides. Students will read and translate texts of increasing difficulty and will have the opportunity to tackle texts in their own field of interest. A “fast track” will be offered to students with prior knowledge of German. No prior knowledge of Yiddish is necessary. Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Citizens and Society (FA4) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3), Engagement with Society (FA4) AS.210.426.    French for Reading and Translation.    3 Credits.    This course aims to provide proficiency in reading and translating?a variety of French texts from the humanities and social sciences. It is designed for undergraduate and graduate students with little or no background in French who wish to acquire a knowledge of French for research purposes 2) for Ph.D. candidates preparing to fulfill their a Foreign Language Proficiency requirement. Please note that this course does not provide speaking and listening skills, and can therefore not be taken as a substitute for other classes in the French Language curriculum (AS.210.xxx). Distribution Area: Humanities AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3) EN Foundational Abilities: Creative Expression (FA3) AS.210.561.    German Independent Study.    3 Credits.    Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Citizens and Society (FA4) AS.210.571.    Portuguese Independent Study.    3 Credits.    Directed readings with Portuguese faculty. Prerequisite(s): You must request Customized Academic Learning using the Customized Academic Learning form found in Student Self-Service: Registration > Online Forms. AS Foundational Abilities: Culture and Aesthetics (FA3), Projects and Methods (FA6) AS.210.661.    Reading and Translating German for Academic Purposes.    3 Credits.    Graduate students only. Seniors may enroll with permission from LPD and instructor.Taught in English. This is the first semester of a year-long course designed for graduate students in other fields who wish to gain a reading knowledge of the German language. Seniors who intend to do graduate study in other disciplines are also welcome. Instruction includes an introduction to German vocabulary and grammatical structures as well as discussion of relevant translation practices. The goal of the course is for students to gain confidence in reading a variety of texts, including those in their own fields of study. No knowledge of German is assumed. Distribution Area: Humanities AS.210.662.    Reading & Translating German for Academic Purposes II.    3 Credits.    Taught in English. Seniors by permission & Graduate students only. This course is designed for graduate students in other departments who wish to gain reading knowledge of the German language and translation practice from German to English. This course is a continuation of the Fall semester. Focus on advanced grammatical structures and vocabulary. For certification or credit. Prerequisite(s): AS.210.661 or permission of instructor. Distribution Area: Humanities

Comparative Thought and Literature

School of Arts and Sciences

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The Department of Comparative Thought and Literature (CTL) comprises scholars and students who share a commitment to philosophical questions as they relate to art, literature, film, history, and public culture.

EN.601 (Computer Science)

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Information Security Institute

School of Engineering

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