Department of Political Science

Please Note: The information given in the Course Atlas is subject to change.
For final schedule information, please refer to OPUS.
(Information on this page was last updated 2/3/2009)

POLS 110: Introduction to International Politics
Reiter, MTWThF 10:00 am-11:20 am, MAX: 25
(2nd Session, Classes begin 6/30/2009)

Content: Introduction to analytical concepts, the nature of the inter-state system, the assumptions and ideas of diplomacy, and the determinants of foreign policy.

Texts:
Russett, World Politics (9 ed. Cengage Learning)
Art, International Politics (9th ed., Longman)
Collier, Bottom Billion (Oxford University Press)

Particulars: TBA
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POLS 301: Classical Political Thought
Cody, MTWThF 8:30 am-9:50 am, MAX: 25
(2nd Session, Classes begin 6/30/2009)

Content: Beginnings of the Western political heritage as shaped by such great political thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, and Xenophon.

Texts:
West, Four Texts on Socrates (Cornell University Press)
Plato, Republic of Plato (Basic Books)
Aristotle, Politics (University of Chicago Press)
Cicero, De Re Publica De Legibus (Harvard University Press)

Particulars: TBA

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POLS 302: Modern Political Thought
Shapiro, TWTh 2:30 pm-4:45 pm, MAX: 25
(1st Session, Classes begin 5/19/2009)

Content: Political thought in the early modern period, from Machiavelli through the nineteenth century.

Texts:
De Tocqueville, Democracy in America (University of Chicago Press)
Hegel, Philosophy of History (Dover)
Hobbes, Leviathan Parts I & II (Pearson Education)
Locke, Second Treatuse of Government (Pearson Education)
Machiavelli, Prince (University of Chicago Press)
Marx, Communist Manifesto (International Publishers)
Nietzsche, Use & Abuse of History (Pearson Education)
Rousseau, First and Second Discourses (St. Martin's Press)

Particulars: TBA

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POLS 303: Framing the Constitution
Cody, MTWThF 11:30 am-12:50 pm, MAX: 25
(2nd Session, Classes begin 6/30/2009)

Content: Examines political thought of Founding period, focusing principally on the drafting of the Constitution in 1787 and the debates between Federalists and Anti-Federalists regarding ratification.

Texts:
Solberb, The Constitutional Convention and the Formation of the Union (University of Illinois Press)
Hamilton, Federalist Papers (New American Library)
Ketcham, Anti-Federalist Papers (New American Library)
Fuller, Woman in the 19th Century (Dover Publications)
Lincoln, Great Speeches (Dover Publications)
Douglass, Frederick Douglas Autobiographies (The Library of America)

Particulars: TBA

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POLS 385: Nuclear Weapons
Reiter, MTWThF 1:00 pm-2:20 pm, MAX: 25
(2nd Session, Classes begin 6/30/2009)

Content: This course examines the science, history, politics and policy of nuclear weapons.

Texts:
Fursenko, One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Castro, 1958-1964 (WW Norton & Company)
Sagan, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons (WW Norton and Company)
Frank, Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (Penguin Books)

Particulars: TBA

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POLS 496RWR: Internship in Political Science
Owen, Credit 4-12 hrs
(1st or 2nd Sessions)

Content: Supervised participation in a governmental/political internship authorized by the department.

The political science internship program provides students with an opportunity to combine academic training with field experience. The program stresses the interdependence of the University and the community. Students engage in service/learning experiences designed to supplement and enrich their educational programs through active participation in the political process. Currently the Department of Political Science awards credit to student interns in a wide variety of political and government agencies and offices. The students usually serve in a research capacity for the agency culminating in an academic research paper. Depending upon the nature of the internship, students may earn from four to twelve credit hours in Political Science 496 for a departmentally approved internship. For further details, contact Professor J. Judd Owen (jjowen@emory.edu).

Click here for Internship Webpage

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POLS 497: Directed Study
Bartlett, Variable credit.
(1st or 2nd Session)

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POLS 497RWR: Directed Study
Bartlett, Credits 4-12 hrs
(1st or 2nd Session)

[Fulfills Post-Freshman Writing Requirement]

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