Undergraduate Courses

2008-2009 Courses

Note: This information is current as of 5/05/08 and all courses are subject to change. For time schedules, please see Axess. For course descriptions, please see the Stanford Bulletin.

Key to Course Fields:
International Relations Courses: 1, 10-19, 110-119, 210-219, 310-319, 410-419
American Politics Courses: 2, 20-29, 120-129, 220-229, 320-329, 420-429
Political Theory Courses: 3, 30-39, 130-139, 230-239, 330-339, 430-439
Comparative Politics Courses: 4, 40-49, 140-149, 240-249, 340-349, 440-449
Political Methodology Courses: 150-159, 350-359
Political Organizations Courses: 360-369

Freshman Seminars, Sophomore Seminars, WIM classes, and Cognate courses are also listed at the bottom of this page.

Fall

Introductory Courses
POLISCI 1: Introduction to International Relations (Tomz)
POLISCI 4. Introduction to Comparative Politics (Diaz-Cayeros)
POLISCI 13N. 2008 Presidential Election (Jackman) Freshman Seminar
POLISCI 43N. Oil, Regime Change and Conflict (Karl) Sophomore Seminar
Intermediate Undergraduate Lectures
POLISCI 114D/314D. Democracy, Development and Rule of Law (McFaul, Stoner-Weiss)
POLISCI 124R. Judicial Politics and Constitutional Law: The Federal System (Rutten) WIM
POLISCI 120B. Parties, Voting, Media & Elections (Segura)
POLISCI 136S. Justice (Cohen)
POLISCI 137R/337R. Civil Rights at Home and Abroad (Reich, Steyer)
POLISCI 140L. China in World Politics (Miller)
POLISCI 150A/350A. Political Methodology I (Wand)
Advanced Undergraduate Seminars
POLISCI 215. Explaining Ethnic Violence (Fearon) WIM
POLISCI 216E/316. International History & International Relations Theory (Holloway)
POLISCI 218. U.S. Relations in Iran (Milani)
POLISCI 223S. Imperial Temptation (Joffe)
POLISCI 248. Mexican Politics (Diaz-Cayeros)
POLISCI 299Q. Junior Research Seminar (Rutten)
POLISCI 299R. Senior Research Seminar (Rutten)
Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate Courses
POLISCI 310B. International Relations Theory II (Tomz)
POLISCI 311A. Workshop in International Relations (Goldstein, Tomz)
POLISCI 323S. Analysis of Political Campaigns (Iyengar)
POLISCI 324. Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology (Krosnick)
POLISCI 326. Race and Racism in American Politics (Segura)
POLISCI 420A. Approaches to the Study of American Politics (Wand)
POLISCI 422. Workshop in American Politics (Fiorina, Sniderman)
POLISCI 334. Workshop in Politics & Public Service (Reich)
POLISCI 338J. Hobbes and Rousseau (Cohen)
POLISCI 440A. Theories in Comparative Politics (Rodden, Jusko)
POLISCI 440D. Workshop in Comparative Politics (Rodden, Jusko)
POLISCI 402. Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (Jackman)
POLISCI 404. Dispute Resolution Speaker Series (Goldstein)
POLISCI 353A. Workshop in Statistical Modeling (Wand)

Winter

Introductory Courses
POLISCI 2. Introduction to American Politics (Fiorina, Frisby)
POLISCI 16N. Politics of Economic Development (Tomz) Freshman Seminar
POLISCI 41Q. Building Democracy after Conflict (Diamond) Sophomore Seminar
Intermediate Undergraduate Lectures
POLISCI 110C/X. America and the World Economy (Goldstein) WIM
POLISCI 112K. Korea and East Asian Intnl Rel (Park)
POLISCI 114S/314S. International Security in a Changing World (Blacker, Crenshaw)
POLISCI 124S. Judicial Politics and Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties (Rutten)
POLISCI 125. Minority Representation & Voting Rights Act (Segura)
POLISCI 141. Global Politics of Human Rights (Karl)
POLISCI 142. Politics of Western Europe (Kuo)
POLISCI 150B/350B. Political Methodology II (Rivers)
POLISCI 152/352. Introduction to Game Theoretic Methods in Political Science (Fearon)
POLISCI 299Q. Junior Research Seminar (Rutten)
POLISCI 299S. Senior Honors Tutorial (Rutten)
Advanced Undergraduate Seminars
POLISCI 214/314. Politics of Nuclear Proliferation (Montgomery)
POLISCI 210R/310R. International Conflict Resolution and Management (Holloway, Bland)
POLISCI 221. Tolerance and Democracy (Sniderman)
POLISCI 230A/330A. Origins of Political Thought (Ober)
POLISCI 235. Politics and Religion (Stone)
POLISCI 248S. Latin American Politics (Magaloni)
POLISCI 245R. Politics in Modern Iran (Milani)
Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate Courses
POLISCI 310A. International Relations Theory, Part I (Schultz)
POLISCI 311B. Workshop in International Relations Theory (Goldstein, Tomz)
POLISCI 403. International Conflict Red. Colliq. (Holloway)
POLISCI 422. Workshop in American Politics (Fiorina, Sniderman)
POLISCI 323R. The Press and the Political Process (Iyengar)
POLISCI 324. Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology (Krosnick)
POLISCI 325. Seminar in Law and Politics (Ferejohn)
POLISCI 327. Minority Politics (Segura)
POLISCI 420B. Topics in American Political Behavior (Sniderman)
POLISCI 331. High-Stakes Politics (Ober, Weingast)
POLISCI 336T. Religion and the Constitution (Sullivan, Cohen)
POLISCI 348R. Workshop: China Social Science (Oi)
POLISCI 440B. Political Economy of Development (Haber)
POLISCI 440D. Workshop in Comparative Politics (Rodden, Jusko)
POLISCI 402. Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (Jackman)
POLISCI 404. Dispute Resolution Speaker Series (Goldstein)
POLISCI 353B. Workshop in Statistical Modeling (Wand)
POLISCI 364. Theories in Political Institutions (Moe)

Spring

Introductory Courses
POLISCI 1: Introduction to International Relations (Krasner)
POLISCI 3. Introduction to Political Theory (Hussain)
POLISCI 12N. Democracy & Equality in Latin America (Diaz-Cayeros) Freshman Seminar
Intermediate Undergraduate Lectures
POLISCI 110D/Y. War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (Schultz) WIM
POLISCI 111D. British Politics (Dorfman)
POLISCI 117. Political Economy of East Asia (Lipscy)
POLISCI 116. History of Nuclear Weapons (Holloway)
POLISCI 120C. American Political Institutions: Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Courts (Rutten) WIM
POLISCI 123. Politics and Public Policy (Frisby)
POLISCI 130C/330C. Modern Political Thought (Stone)
POLISCI 136R/336. Introduction to Global Justice (Pasternak, TBA)
POLISCI 140. Political Economy of Development (Diaz-Cayeros)
POLISCI 144T. Democracy and Dictatorships (Magaloni)
POLISCI 149S. Islam and the West (Milani)
POLISCI 150C. Political Methodology III (Jackman)
POLISCI 151B. Data Analysis for Political Science (Jackman)
POLISCI 157/357. Sampling and Surveys (Rivers)
POLISCI 299Q. Junior Research Seminar (Rutten)
Advanced Undergraduate Seminars
POLISCI 212. Managing Global Complexity (Stedman, Krasner)
POLISCI 217/317. International Organizations (Lipscy)
POLISCI 222S. Topics in Constitutional History (Rakove)
POLISCI 227R. Polarized Politics and Special Interest Groups (Wand)
POLISCI 237/337. Models of Democracy (Ober, Fishkin)
POLISCI 247R. Politics & Economics in Democracies (Rodden) WIM
POLISCI 242. Political Economy of Natural Resources (Monaldi)
POLISCI 240T. U.S. Democracy Promotion (McFaul)
POLISCI 247V. Elections & Distributions (Magaloni)

Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate Courses
POLISCI 310C. Research in International Relations (Goldstein)
POLISCI 422. Workshop in American Politics (Fiorina, Sniderman)
POLISCI 324. Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology (Krosnick)
POLISCI 420C. American Political Instutitions (Moe)
POLISCI 436. Rational Choice (Stone)
POLISCI 336M. Marx and Weber (Satz)
POLISCI 338E. The Problem of Evil in Literature, Film and Philosophy (Dupuy)
POLISCI 340S. Political Economy of Post-Communism (McFaul)
POLISCI 348R. Workshop: China Social Science (Oi)
POLISCI 440C: Methods in Comparative Politics (Jusko)
POLISCI 440D. Workshop in Comparative Politics (Rodden, Jusko)
POLISCI 443T. Approaches to Chinese Politics (Oi)
POLISCI 402. Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (Jackman)
POLISCI 353C. Workshop in Statistical Modeling (Wand)
POLISCI 350C. Political Methodology III (Jackman)
POLISCI 362. New Economics of Organizations (Weingast)

Freshman Seminars
POLISCI 12N. Democracy & Equality in Latin America (Diaz-Cayeros) Spring
POLISCI 13N. 2008 Presidential Election (Jackman) Fall
POLISCI 16N. Politics of Economic Development (Tomz) Winter

Sophomore Seminars
POLISCI 41Q. Building Democracy After Conflict (Diamond) Winter
POLISCI 43N. Oil, Regime Change and Conflict (Karl) Fall

WIM Courses
POLISCI 110C. America and the World Economy (Goldstein) Winter
POLISCI 110D. War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (Schultz) Spring
POLISCI 120C. American Political Institutions: Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Courts (Rutten) Spring
POLISCI 124R. Judicial Politics and Constitutional Law: The Federal System (Rutten) Fall
POLISCI 215. Explaining Ethnic Violence (Fearon) Fall
POLISCI 247R. Politics & Economics in Democracies (Rodden)

Cognate Courses
TBA