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Schedule for Presentations of Political Science Department Senior Projects April 22, 2013 Clark Hall

March 12, 2015
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The Spring senior project presentations are organized to be similar to panels at a conference. Each student should plan to speak for about 10 minutes, and then there will be a short time for questions from the audience. The audience will consist of your fellow-panelists, faculty who are attending,...

POSC 356/456 TRANSITIONS TO DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP

January 30, 2015
posc 356 course description

Kelly McMann, Tuesday/Thursday, 1:25-2:30 Everyday life is dramatically different depending on whether one resides in a democracy or under a dictatorship. This course examines why some countries have democracies and others dictatorships. It explores successful, incomplete, and failed transitions to democracy. The incomplete transitions result in hybrid regimes, stuck between...

POSC 370N/470N THE GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS

January 30, 2015
posc 370N course description

Elliot Posner, Monday/Wednesday, 12:30 – 1:45 This course explores the great (and ongoing) financial crisis that began in the United States in 2007 and, as of December 2012, was alive and wreaking havoc in the European Union. Students will first become familiar with perspectives on finance from political science, economics,...

Important Information About Political Science Courses for 2013-14

January 30, 2015
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The Department of Political Science is reviewing and revising its curriculum. Therefore we have changed the numbers of two required courses, and will be experimenting with some new courses in the Fall of 2013. We also have some information about our likely courses in the Spring of 2014, which may be of interest as you plan your Fall courses.

POSC 201: Politics: Participation and Power

January 30, 2015
posc 201 course description

Joseph White, Fall 2013 (Preliminary Outline as of March 21, 2013) Note: This course is being piloted for possible addition to the regular rotation of our political science courses. I will be working to refine the syllabus further over the following months. The course will follow the sequence of...

Political Thought and Political Change in China POSC 353/453

January 30, 2015
posc 353 course descriptions

Preliminary Plan for POSC 353/453 Professor Schroeder, Fall 2013 "No state is forever strong or forever weak," said Han Feizi, China's great legalist philosopher. "If those who uphold the law are strong, the state will be strong; if they are weak, the state will be weak." Han believed that as...

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Schedule for Presentations of Political Science Department Senior Projects April 22, 2013 Clark Hall

POSC 356/456 TRANSITIONS TO DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP

POSC 370N/470N THE GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS

Important Information About Political Science Courses for 2013-14

POSC 201: Politics: Participation and Power

Political Thought and Political Change in China POSC 353/453

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