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Political Science Course Descriptions
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Undergraduate
Political Science
PLS 2000 Power and Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 2120 American National Government
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 2220 International Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 2510 Comparative Nonwestern Social Systems
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3010 Modern Political Ideologies
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3020 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3100 Quantitative Methods in Political Science
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3150 Religion and Politics in America
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3210 City Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3220 State Government
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3230 Government of Ohio
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3250 African American Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3260 Black Women and Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3310 Political Parties
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3350 The American Presidency
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3370 The Legislative Process
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3400 Law and Society
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3410 Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3420 Civil Liberties I: First Amendment
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3430 Civil Liberties II: Due Process
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3440 Police Procedures and Operations
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3450 Public Administration
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3460 Public Personnel Administration
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3560 Politics and Society in France
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3700 International Theory
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3750 Human Rights in United States
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 3990 Studies in Selected Subjects
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:LectureLectureLabPLS 4010 Development and Construction of American Civil Liberty
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4020 Mass Media & Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4030 Campaigns and Elections
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4040 Struggles for Civil Rights in America
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LectureLectureLabPLS 4050 Political Polarization in American Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4060 Globalization
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4070 Seminar in Political Theory
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4080 Radical Black Thought
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4090 Supreme Court and Legal Judging
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4100 Political Psychology
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4150 Law, Lawyers and the System
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4160 Sex and the Law
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4170 Appellate Politics and Moot Court
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4180 Politics and Ethics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4200 Politics and the Novel
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4210 American Constitutional Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4230 Financial Management in Public Organizations
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4240 American Public Policy Analysis
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4250 Metropolitan Studies Seminar
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4260 Supreme Court in American Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4270 Urban Policy Analysis
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4280 National Security Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4300 American Government Seminar
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4310 Cyber Crime
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4320 International Politics of Cyber Security
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4330 Public Opinion
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4340 Political Leadership
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4350 Seminar in Political Corruption
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4360 Criminal Law
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4370 Criminal Procedure
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4380 Environmental Law and Policy
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4390 Bioethics and Law
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4400 Constitutional Law
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4410 Natural Resources Law
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4420 Criminal Justice System
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4440 Topics in Criminal Justice
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4450 Advanced Criminal Investigation
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4460 Public Budgeting
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4480 Gender Violence & American Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4490 Gender Violence and International Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4500 Political Anthropology
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4510 Contemporary African Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4520 International Human Rights
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4530 Politics of Russia
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4540 Politics of the Middle East
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4550 Politics of Iraq
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4560 Politics of Europe
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4570 Politics of Developing Nations
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4580 Latin American Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4590 Contemporary Brazil
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4600 Seminar in Comparative Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4610 Comparative Social Movements
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4620 US- India-Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4630 International Conflict
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4650 Politics of Nationalism
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4660 Political Institutions and Issues- South Asia
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4670 Chinese Domestic Politics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4700 Topics in International Relations
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4710 International Law
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4720 Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4730 American Foreign Policy
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4750 Weapons of Mass Destruction
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4770 International Organization
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4819 Political Science Internship
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 4820 State Legislative Internship
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipLectureLectureLabPLS 4821 Pre-Law Internship
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 4822 Congressional District Internship
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 4823 Campaign Internship
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 4824 Local/City Internship
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 4825 Washington, DC Internship
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 4850 Chinese Foreign Policy
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4860 Model UN Seminar
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4870 Politics of Intelligence Gathering
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4871 Fundamentals of Intelligence Tradecraft
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4880 Conflict Resolution
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4881 Diplomacy and Negotiation
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4890 Foreign Service Seminar
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:1Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 4900 Independent Reading
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:Independent StudyPLS 4910 Independent Research
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:Independent StudyPLS 4920 Independent Field Research
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:Independent StudyPLS 4930 Contemporary Problems
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 4940 Special Topics
Level:UndergraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:Lecture
Graduate
Political Science
PLS 5230 Government of Ohio
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5250 African American Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5260 Black Women and Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5400 Law and Society
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5410 Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5420 Civil Liberties I: First Amendment
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5430 Civil Liberties II
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5440 Police Procedures and Operations
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5560 Politics and Society in France
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5750 Human Rights in USA
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 5990 Studies in Selected Topics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6030 Campaigns and Elections
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6050 Political Polarization in American Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6060 Globalization
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6080 Radical Black Thought
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6100 Political Psychology
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6160 Sex and the Law
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6170 Appellate Politics and Moot Court
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6180 Politics and Ethics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6200 Politics & the Novel
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6210 American Constitutional Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6230 American Public Policy Analysis
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6260 Supreme Court in American Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6270 Public Policy Analysis
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6280 National Security Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6300 American Government Seminar
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6320 International Politics of Cyber Security
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6330 Public Opinion
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6340 Political Leadership
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6350 Seminar - Political Corruption
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6360 Criminal Law
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6370 Criminal Procedure
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6380 Environmental Law & Policy
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6390 Bioethics and Law
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6400 Constitutional Law
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6410 Natural Resources Law
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6420 Criminal Justice Systems
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6440 Topics in Criminal Justice
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6450 Advanced Crim Investigation
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6480 Gender Violence & Amer Pol
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6490 Intl Politics- Gender Violence
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6510 Contemporary African Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6520 International Human Rights
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6530 Politics of Russia
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6540 Politics of the Middle East
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6550 Politics of Iraq
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6560 Politics of Europe
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6570 Politics of Developing Nations
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6580 Latin American Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6590 Contemporary Brazil
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6600 Seminar in Comparative Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6610 Comparative Social Movements
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6620 US- India-Pakistan-Afghan Relations
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6650 Politics of Nationalism
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6660 Political Institutions and Issues- South Asia
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6670 Chinese Domestic Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6700 Topics in International Relations
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6710 International Law
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6720 Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6730 American Foreign Policy
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6750 Weapons of Mass Destruction
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6770 International Organization
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6819 Political Science Internship
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6820 State Legislative Internship
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6821 Pre-Law Internship
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6822 Congressional District Internship
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6823 Campaign Internship
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6824 Local/City Internship
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6825 Washington, DC Internship
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6850 Chinese Foreign Policy
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6860 Model United Nations Seminar
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6870 Politics of Intelligence Gathering
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6871 Fundamentals of Intelligence Tradecraft: Research, Analysis, Writing, and Briefing
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6880 Conflict Resolution
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6881 Diplomacy & Negotiation
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6890 Foreign Service Seminar
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 6900 Independent Reading
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:Independent StudyPLS 6910 Independent Research
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:Independent StudyPLS 6920 Independent Field Research
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1 to 3Schedule Type:InternshipPLS 6930 Contemporary Problems
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 6940 Special Topics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LecturePLS 7010 International and Comparative Politics Statistics I
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:LectureLectureLabPLS 7030 International and Comparative Politics Research Design
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 7200 Grad Seminar in IR Theory
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 7300 Theories of Comparative Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 7790 Practicum in International Relations/Comparative Politics
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1 to 8Schedule Type:PracticumPLS 7791 Principles of Intelligence
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:2Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 7900 Continuing Registration
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1Schedule Type:Independent StudyPLS 7970 Graduate General Examination
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1Schedule Type:DiscussionPLS 7980 Graduate Project
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1 to 8Schedule Type:Independent StudyLectureLectureLabPLS 7981 Strategic Intelligence
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 7982 Intelligence and Homeland Security
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:3Schedule Type:SeminarPLS 7990 Graduate Thesis Research
Level:GraduateCredit Hours:1 to 8Schedule Type:Independent Study
