Timeroom: Fall 2023

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 444 (01) - Politics and Policy in a Warming World

Politics &Policy Warming World

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

Class Size: 25
CRN: 15889

Uses the issue of climate change to explore the relationships between scientific and technical research and debate, policymaking at the international and domestic (U.S.) levels, and public understanding and interpretation of complex technical issues. The course is interdisciplinary.

Section Comments: Open only to new freshman in June. Continuing students who will be freshmen or sophmores in the fall may register when Webcat registration re-opens in mid-July.

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

Only listed classes in section: Freshman, Sophomore

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Inquiry (Discovery), Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: Jeannie Sowers

	Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
	8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	MURK 201
Final Exam	12/13/2023	12/13/2023	W	10:30am - 12:30pm	HORT 327

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 444B (01) - Cruel and Unusual in a Federal System

Cruel and Unusual

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

Class Size: 25
CRN: 15890

This course is an exploration of the US/state constitutional language of 'cruel and unusual' as an important limitation on governmental power. Students study its historical origins, interpretations, and applications across time periods and types of regimes. Particular attention will be paid to its association with the death penalty in the contemporary United States.

Section Comments: Open only to new freshman in June. Continuing students who will be freshmen or sophomores in the fall may register when Webcat registrations re-opens in mid-July.

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

Only listed classes in section: Freshman, Sophomore

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Social Science (Discovery), Inquiry (Discovery)

Instructors: Susan Siggelakis

	Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
	8/28/2023	12/11/2023	MWF	11:10am - 12:00pm	HORT 201
Final Exam	12/15/2023	12/15/2023	F	10:30am - 12:30pm	HORT 201

Durham Liberal Arts :: Political Science

POLT 504 (01) - American Presidency

American Presidency

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

Class Size: 40
CRN: 15477

The President as administrator, policy maker, and political leader. The relationship between the President and the public, the media, and other governmental institutions. Historical and constitutional background of the Presidency, role, and powers of the President in domestic and foreign affairs.

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

Instructors: Dante Scala

	Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
	8/28/2023	12/11/2023	MW	11:10am - 12:30pm	HORT 207
Final Exam	12/15/2023	12/15/2023	F	10:30am - 12:30pm	HORT 207

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.

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

Instructors: Andrew Smith

	Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
	8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	PARS N104
Final Exam	12/15/2023	12/15/2023	F	1:00pm - 3:00pm	PARS N104

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.

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

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
Final Exam	12/15/2023	12/15/2023	F	3:30pm - 5:30pm	HORT 204

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.

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

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
Final Exam	12/19/2023	12/19/2023	T	8:00am - 10:00am	HORT 207

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.

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

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
Final Exam	12/15/2023	12/15/2023	F	3:30pm - 5:30pm	MURK 104

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.

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

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
Final Exam	12/13/2023	12/13/2023	W	10:30am - 12:30pm	HORT 204

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
Final Exam	12/13/2023	12/13/2023	W	3:30pm - 5:30pm	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.

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

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
Final Exam	12/19/2023	12/19/2023	T	1:00pm - 3:00pm	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.