Fall/Winter Courses 2024-2025
The timetable below is subject to change.
Course Nomenclature
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H1-F = "First Term"; the first term of the Fall/Winter Session (September - December)
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H1-S = "Second Term"; the second term of the Fall/Winter Session (January - April)
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Y1-Y = Full session (September - April)
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Students should note that courses designated as "...Y1F" or "...Y1S" in the Timetable are particularly demanding.
Delivery Methods
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In-Person - A course is considered In-person if it requires attendance at a specific location and time for some or all course activities.**** Subject to adjustments imposed by public health requirements for physical distancing.
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Online - Synchronous - A course is considered Online Synchronous if online attendance is expected at a specific time for some or all course activities, and attendance at a specific location is not expected for any activities or exams.
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Asynchronous - A course is considered Asynchronous if it has no requirement for attendance at a specific time or location for any activities or exams.
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Course Code |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Syllabus |
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The Real World of Politics: An Introduction |
L0101 |
Dos Santos |
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The Real World of Politics: An Introduction |
L0101 |
Dos Santos |
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Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age |
L0101 |
Poetranto |
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What Went Wrong? A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures, and Epic Marches of Folly |
L5101 |
Gilady |
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Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations |
L5101 |
Zarnett |
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Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations |
L5101 |
Zarnett |
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FYF Seminar: The China Challenge |
L0101 |
Falkenheim |
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FYF Seminar: The China Challenge |
L0101 |
Falkenheim |
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Course Code |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Syllabus |
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| POL200Y1Y |
Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society |
L5101 |
Desborough |
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Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society |
L0101 |
Sabl |
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Politics of Development |
L0101 |
Gnamo |
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Indigenous Politics in Canada |
L0101 |
Yesno |
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International Relations in the Anthropocene |
L0101 |
Neville |
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Introduction to International Relations |
L0101 |
Gunitsky |
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Introduction to International Relations |
L5101 |
Pomeroy |
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Understanding War |
L0101 |
Nedal |
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Canadian Government |
L5101 |
Sevi |
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Canadian Government |
L0101 |
Mockler |
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State, Society and Power in Comparative Perspective |
L0101 |
Bertrand |
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Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behaviour in Comparative Perspective |
L0101 |
Hansen |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I |
L0101 |
Ariga |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I |
L0201 |
Ariga |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I |
L5101 |
Ariga |
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Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges |
L0101 |
Gutiérrez |
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Canada in Comparative Perspective |
L5101 |
Mockler |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II |
L0101 |
Ariga |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II |
L0201 |
Ariga |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II |
L5101 |
Ariga |
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Course Code |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Syllabus |
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Colonial Legacies and Post-Independence African Politics |
L0101 |
Prichard |
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Topics in Methods: Quantitative Study of War |
L0101 |
Nieman |
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Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies |
L0101 |
Kingsbury |
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Japanese Politics |
L0101 |
Lipscy |
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Nationality Building in Central Europe |
L0101 |
Magocsi |
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LGBTQ Politics |
L0101 |
Moreau |
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Contemporary Canadian Federalism |
L0101 |
McCallion |
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Modern Political Thought: Freedom and Equality |
L5101 |
Kingston |
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Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History |
L5101 |
Kingston |
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European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society |
L5101 |
Pavone |
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Contemporary Latin American Politics |
L0101 |
Kingsbury |
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U.S. Foreign Policy in a Complex World |
L5101 |
Jurgensen |
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Politics and Government in South Asia |
L0101 |
Murali |
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Experiences of Conflict |
L0101 |
Khoshkar |
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Rise of China as a Global Power |
L0101 |
Ong |
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The Canadian Constitution |
L0101 |
Hirschl |
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Queer International Relations |
L0101 |
Moreau |
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International Law: Foundations |
L5101 |
Quayat |
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International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order |
L5101 |
Quayat |
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U.S. Government and Politics: Constitutional Structure and Development |
L0101 |
Hurl |
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Politics of East Central Europe |
L0101 |
McElroy |
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Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective |
L0101 |
White |
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Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods |
L0101 |
White |
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Politics and Society in Russia |
L0101 |
McElroy |
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Canadian Political Parties and Elections |
L0101 |
McCallion |
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Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe |
L0101 |
Austin |
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Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants |
L0101 |
Austin |
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Topics in Latin American Politics: Political Ecology and Extractivism in the Americas |
L0201 |
Kingsbury |
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Religion and Politics in the Nation State |
L0101 |
Marshall |
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Global Religion and Politics |
L0101 |
Marshall |
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Religion and Power in the Postcolony |
L5101 |
Marshall |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Violence, Development, and Difference |
L0101 |
Gutiérrez |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Development: History, Debates and Problem-Spaces |
L0201 |
Salman |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Gender & the Politics of Development |
L0201 |
Salman |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Becoming Israel: War, Peace and the Politics of Israel's Identity |
L0101 |
Talal |
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Topics in Comparative Politics II: Cities and Citizenship |
L0201 |
Enright |
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Topics in Comparative Politics II: Law and Political Development |
L0301 |
Pavone |
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Topics in Comparative Politics II: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
L5101 |
Oron |
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Sex and the State |
L0101 |
Moreau |
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Topics in Comparative Politics II: Jews and Power |
L0101 |
Talal |
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Topics in Comparative Politics III: Civil Liberties in the United States |
L0101 |
Ewing |
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Topics in Comparative Politics III: Transnational Feminisms: Questioning Power from the Margins |
L0101 |
Gutiérrez |
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Topics in International Politics: Gender and Intersectionality in Global Politics |
L0101 |
Bakan |
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Topics in International Politics: Decision-Making in International Security |
L0201 |
Schramm |
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Topics in International Politics: Global Nuclear Politics |
L0201 |
Nedal |
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Topics in International Politics: Selected Puzzle in International Security |
L0101 |
Gilady |
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Topics in Political Theory: Political Agency Under Modernity |
L0101 |
Williams |
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Topics in Political Theory: Theories of Liberal Democracy |
L0101 |
Williams |
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Topics in Political Theory: Classical Political Thought |
L0201 |
Rabinowitz |
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Topics in Canadian Politics: Elections and Voting |
L5101 |
Sevi |
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Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Parliament's Rules and Operations |
L0101 |
McCallion |
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Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up |
L0101 |
Neville |
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Issues in Contemporary Greece |
L0101 |
Triadafilopoulos |
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U.S. Government and Politics |
L0101 |
Hurl |
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Politics in Europe |
L0101 |
Hansen |
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Politics and Government of Southeast Asia |
L0101 |
TBA |
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Course Code |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Syllabus |
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The Military Instrument of Foreign Policy: Concepts and Approaches |
L0101 |
Braun |
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Topics in Comparative Politics III: The Politics of Infrastructure |
L0101 |
Enright |
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Human Rights and International Relations |
L0101 |
TBA |
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Politics of North-South Relations |
L5101 |
Gnamo |
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Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South |
L5101 |
Gnamo |
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Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters |
L0101 |
Green |
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State and Development in Historical Perspective |
L0101 |
McElroy |
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Democracy and Dictatorship |
L0101 |
Way |
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Federalism and Diversity in Canada (and Beyond) |
L0101 |
McCallion |
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Topics in United States Government and Politics: Presidential Politics in America |
L0101 |
LeDuc |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Living in the Illicit Global Economy |
L0101 |
Gutiérrez |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Judicial Politics |
L0201 |
Pavone |
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Topics in Comparative Politics II: Globalization, Democracy, and Growth |
L0101 |
Manger |
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Political Economy of Development |
L0101 |
Eyoh |
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Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective |
L0101 |
Ong |
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Twentieth Century Ukraine |
L0101 |
Magocsi |
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Conceptualizing Cities in a Global Context |
L0101 |
McCarney |
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Global Cities - Core Issues and Challenges |
L0101 |
McCarney |
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Postsecular Political Thought: Religion, Radicalism and the Limits of Liberalism |
L5101 |
Marshall |
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Topics in International Politics III: Dealing with Dictators |
L0101 |
Schramm |
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Topics in International Politics III: Ideas and Identity in US Foreign Policy |
L0101 |
Schramm |
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Ethics and International Relations |
L0101 |
Bertoldi |
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Politics and Policy Analysis |
L0101 |
Craft |
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Topics in Methods: Data Management and Visualization for Political Scientists |
L0101 |
Donnelly |
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Topics in Methods: Experiments in Political Science |
L0201 |
Sevi |
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Topics in Middle East Politics: Rethinking Middle East Politics |
L5101 |
Salman |
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Topics in Middle East Politics: Comparative Urbanisms in the Middle East & North Africa |
L5101 |
Salman |
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Topics in Political Thought I: Democratic Theory |
L0101 |
Williams |
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Topics in Political Thought I: Privilege and Opportunity |
L5101 |
Sabl |
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Moral Reason and Economic History |
L0101 |
Day |
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Topics in Political Thought II: Plato on Justice and Political Virtue |
L5101 |
Bartels |
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Topics in Political Thought II: Spinoza and the Invention of Liberal Democracy |
L0101 |
Orwin |
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Topics in International Politics I: Is the World Falling Apart? |
L0101 |
Gilady |
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Topics in International Politics I: The Soviet Collapse |
L0201 |
Gunitsky |
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Topics in International Politics I: Women at the Helm - Gender, Leadership, and Global Politics |
L0101 |
Schramm |
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Topics in International Politics II: Psychology of International Security |
L0101 |
Pomeroy |
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Topics in International Politics II: The Planet's Last Frontiers: Governance of Antarctica, Oceans and Outer Space |
L0201 |
Green |
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Topics in International Politics II: The Global Politics of Science Fiction |
L0301 |
Gunitsky |
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Topics in International Politics II: The Changing Face of Armed Conflict: From Interstate War to Asymmetric Warfare |
L0101 |
Gilady |
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Topics in Canadian Politics I: Political Discourse in Canada |
L5101 |
Greenaway |
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Topics in Canadian Politics I: Identity Politics in Canada |
L0101 |
McCallion |
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Topics in Canadian Politics II: Political Participation: Who Gets Elected? |
L0101 |
Sevi |
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Topics in Canadian Politics II: Institutions and Behaviour in Canadian Parliament |
L0101 |
McCallion |
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Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Comparative Law and Social Change |
L0101 |
Kahraman |
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Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Governance |
L0201 |
Haress |
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Topics in Comparative Politics IV: American Political Development |
L0101 |
Ewing |
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Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
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Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
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Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
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Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
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Senior Thesis and Thesis Seminar |
L0101 |
Kingsbury |