Timeroom: Fall 2023

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 506 (01) - Parties, Interest Groups, and Voters

Parties, Interest Gps, & Voter

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 40
CRN: 15994

Role of political parties as organizers and managers of social conflict. Role of voters in controlling parties and government. Influence of interest groups in the electoral process and in governmental decision making.

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Instructors: Andrew Smith

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	PARS N104

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 507 (01) - Politics of Crime and Justice

Politics of Crime and Justice

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 15478

Criminal justice in theory and practice; contemporary role of police, prosecutors, judges, juries, counsel, and interest groups in the administration of criminal justice.

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Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Susan Siggelakis

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	MWF	2:10pm - 3:00pm	HORT 204

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 523 (01) - American Political Thought

American Political Thought

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 13926

Introduces the student to the key questions about politics and government asked and answered by American thinkers and actors, as well as the ways in which those "answers" have shaped our institutions and political processes. Emphasizes the idea of property.

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Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Tama Andrews

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	MW	1:10pm - 2:30pm	HORT 207

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 552 (01) - Contemporary European Politics

Contemporary European Politics

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 15480

Analyzes politics, governments, and societies in contemporary Europe; focuses on basic characteristics of political life in different countries as well as pressing economic, political, and social issues.

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Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Elizabeth Carter

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	MURK 104

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 560 (01) - World Politics

World Politics

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 15481

The course explores the primary issues of world politics with a focus on conflict, cooperation and development. Students are introduced to the principal theories and concepts in the analysis of world politics and encouraged to apply these theories and concepts to contemporary global issues.

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Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Social Science (Discovery)

Instructors: Alynna Lyon

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HORT 204

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 566 (01) - Asian Challenge to Global Order

Asian Challenge

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 15926

Asian international relations continue to challenge global power structures. As the world's most vital region, Asia is characterized by explosive economic growth, diverse political systems, modernizing militaries, and advanced technologies. This course explores the regional political and economic dilemmas, starting with the breakdown of the old imperialist order, Japan's expansion, the Asian Cold War, Korean and Chinese unification, China's post-1978 emergence, North Korea nuclear weapons, and the growing conflict over the Pacific Ocean's marginal seas.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Lawrence C. Reardon

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	HORT 327

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 584 (01) - Selected Topics in Political Thought

Selected Topics Polt Thought

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 18
CRN: 15927

Special issues in political theory, such as liberalism and conservatism, radical political thought, the American character, and others. Not offered every semester. See departmental listings for semester offerings.

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Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Dante Scala

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	MW	3:10pm - 4:30pm	KING N345

Additional Course Details:

African American Political Thought

Participants in this course will engage with important concepts in the history of African American political thought, from the early 19^th century to the present. These ideas include slavery and freedom, equality and inequality, racism and segregation, and the meaning of democratic citizenship in a multiracial society. The syllabus may include thinkers such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Sowell, and John McWhorter.

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 602A (01) - Internship

Internship

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

CRN: 10094

Field experience in a governmental or nongovernmental organization at the local, state, national, or international level. Arrangements must be made through the political science department. Open to juniors and seniors with at least a 3.2 GPA. Permission of the undergraduate curriculum committee of the department is required prior to the internship.

Section Comments: Students must contact instructor for correct section and course reference number.

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 602D (01) - Internship

Internship

Credits: 2.0 to 12.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Credit/Fail Grading

CRN: 10890

Field experience in governmental or nongovernmental organization at the local, state, national, or international level. Arrangements must be made through the political science department. Open to juniors and seniors with at least 3.2 GPA. Permission from the undergraduate curriculum committee of the department is required. From 2 to 12 credits maybe taken.

Section Comments: Students must contact instructor for correct section and course reference number.

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Only listed classes in section: Junior, Senior

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 700 (01) - Political Science Pro-Seminar

Political Science Pro-Seminar

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 7
CRN: 16170

Familiarizes students with political science as a profession. Briefly surveys the scope of the discipline in terms of the substantive fields and methodological approaches. Examines the logic of research design and explores diverse methods of inquiry (e.g., archival, experimental, case study, comparative analysis, field study, survey, etc.), including the process of generating a presentable research paper.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Cross listed with : POLT 800.01

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Jen Spindel

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	T	1:10pm - 3:30pm	HORT 310