Political Science

2026-2027

313 courses

POLISCI 1The Science of Politics
POLISCI 101Introduction to International Relations (INTNLREL 101)
POLISCI 102American Politics and Policy: In Defense of Democracy (AMSTUD 123X, PUBLPOL 101, PUBLPOL 201)
POLISCI 103Justice (ETHICSOC 171, INTNLREL 103, PHIL 171, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C)
POLISCI 104GWar and Society (HISTORY 204G, HISTORY 304G, INTNLREL 104G, REES 304G)
POLISCI 110CAmerica and the World Economy (AMSTUD 110C, INTNLREL 110C)
POLISCI 110DWar and Peace in American Foreign Policy (AMSTUD 110D, INTNLREL 110D)
POLISCI 110EThe Politics of International Law (INTNLREL 110E)
POLISCI 110XAmerica and the World Economy Non-WIM
POLISCI 110YWar and Peace in American Foreign Policy Non-WIM
POLISCI 111The Politics of Climate Change
POLISCI 113Understanding Russia: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order (INTLPOL 231B, INTNLREL 131, REES 231B)
POLISCI 114DDemocracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (INTLPOL 230, INTNLREL 114D, POLISCI 314D, REES 230)
POLISCI 114SInternational Security in a Changing World (INTNLREL 114S)
POLISCI 115Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence (INTNLREL 115, PUBLPOL 114)
POLISCI 116FFundamentals of Arab Politics (INTNLREL 156)
POLISCI 116MGlobal Futures: History, Statecraft, Systems (CIVIC 116M, HISTORY 105F, INTLPOL 222, POLISCI 316M)
POLISCI 117Chinese Politics and Society: An Expert-Led Seminar (POLISCI 317)
POLISCI 119SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES LAB: MODELS OF ISRAELI-ARAB COOPERATION & PATHWAYS TO PEACE (INTNLREL 132, MED 131, SUSTAIN 132)
POLISCI 120BCampaigns, Voting, Media, and Elections (AMSTUD 162B, COMM 162, COMM 262)
POLISCI 120CAmerican Political Institutions in Uncertain Times (PUBLPOL 124)
POLISCI 121LRacial-Ethnic Politics in US (CSRE 121L, PUBLPOL 121L)
POLISCI 123DThe Politics of American Courts (AMSTUD 123D)
POLISCI 124AThe American West (AMSTUD 124A, ARTHIST 152, ENGLISH 124, HISTORY 151)
POLISCI 124LThe Psychology of Communication About Politics in America (AMSTUD 124L, COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 324L, PSYCH 170, PUBLPOL 164)
POLISCI 125Tech Ethics and the Future of Human Values (ETHICSOC 125)
POLISCI 125PThe First Amendment: Freedom of Speech and Press (COMM 151, COMM 251, ETHICSOC 151)
POLISCI 126Between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, JR.: Race, Religion, and the Politics of Freedom (AFRICAAM 221, AMSTUD 141X, CSRE 141R, HISTORY 151M, RELIGST 141)
POLISCI 127Controversies in American Public Policy
POLISCI 127AFinance, Corporations, and Society (EBS 143, ECON 143, INTLPOL 227, PUBLPOL 143)
POLISCI 130Liberalism and its Critics (ETHICSOC 130, PHIL 171P)
POLISCI 130TCulture Wars: US Religion and Politics Since 1920 (AMSTUD 130, CIVIC 130, RELIGST 130)
POLISCI 131Imagining Adaptive Societies (CSRE 161, CSRE 261, ENGLISH 131D, POLISCI 331D, SUSTAIN 131, SUSTAIN 231)
POLISCI 131LModern Political Thought: Machiavelli to Marx and Mill (ETHICSOC 131S)
POLISCI 132Philosophy of Work: Labor and the Good Life
POLISCI 132AThe Ethics of Elections (CIVIC 134, ETHICSOC 134R)
POLISCI 134Ethics for Activists (CSRE 151, ETHICSOC 134)
POLISCI 134LIntroduction to Environmental Ethics (EARTHSYS 178M, ETHICSOC 178M, ETHICSOC 278M, PHIL 178M, PHIL 278M)
POLISCI 134PContemporary Moral Problems (ETHICSOC 185M, PHIL 72)
POLISCI 136Contemporary Muslim Political Thought (ETHICSOC 103X, GLOBAL 136, HISTORY 283M)
POLISCI 137Philosophy of Law: Protest, Punishment, and Racial Justice (CSRE 175W, ETHICSOC 175W, PHIL 175W, PHIL 275W, POLISCI 337)
POLISCI 137APolitical Philosophy: The Social Contract Tradition (ETHICSOC 176, PHIL 176, PHIL 276, POLISCI 337A)
POLISCI 140PThe Erosion of Democracy (REES 240P)
POLISCI 141Political Economy of Development (FEMGEN 141P)
POLISCI 141AImmigration and Multiculturalism (CSRE 141S)
POLISCI 142The Eurasian World From Plato to NATO: History, Politics, and Culture (HISTORY 127, REES 117, REES 217, SLAVIC 117)
POLISCI 143CThe Politics of Internet Abuse
POLISCI 145BGoverning Artificial Intelligence: Law, Policy, and Institutions (COMM 152A, COMM 252A, CS 283, GLOBAL 245B, INTLPOL 245B, POLISCI 445B)
POLISCI 147Comparative Democratic Development (SOC 112)
POLISCI 147BGender, Identity, and Politics
POLISCI 148Chinese Politics (INTNLREL 158, POLISCI 348)
POLISCI 149TMiddle Eastern Politics
POLISCI 14SCRiver and Region: The Columbia River and the Shaping of the Pacific Northwest (CEE 17SC, EARTHSYS 16SC, HISTORY 29SC)
POLISCI 150The 2026 US election: How to Understand and Participate (AMSTUD 151A, PUBLPOL 152, SOC 150, SOC 250)
POLISCI 150AData Science for Politics (POLISCI 355A)
POLISCI 150BMachine Learning for Social Scientists (POLISCI 355B)
POLISCI 150CCausal Inference for Social Science (POLISCI 355C)
POLISCI 150RMastering Regression (POLISCI 355R)
POLISCI 151Tackling Big Questions Using Social Data Science (ECON 151)
POLISCI 153Strategy: Introduction to Game Theory (POLISCI 354)
POLISCI 154Data Science for Social Impact (COMM 140X, DATASCI 154, EARTHSYS 153, ECON 163, MS&E 134, PUBLPOL 155, SOC 127)
POLISCI 156Data: Algorithms, Tools, Policy, and Society (CS 125)
POLISCI 157Politics of AI
POLISCI 158AI & Politics (POLISCI 358G, PUBLPOL 158)
POLISCI 168Inventing Nations: Theories and Histories of Nationalism (HISTORY 208, HISTORY 308C)
POLISCI 182Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, PUBLPOL 182)
POLISCI 204ETotalitarianism (HISTORY 204E, HISTORY 307E, INTNLREL 104E, JEWISHST 204E, REES 204E)
POLISCI 209Curricular Practical Training
POLISCI 210The Revisionists: Chinese and Russian Politics and Foreign Policy
POLISCI 210FAdvanced Topics in Climate Change (POLISCI 310F)
POLISCI 211NNuclear Strategy, Law, and Politics (INTLPOL 311N, POLISCI 311N)
POLISCI 212RWar as an Instrument of Policy (CIVIC 212R)
POLISCI 213EIntroduction to European Studies (INTNLREL 122)
POLISCI 214Israel: Society, Politics, and Policy (INTLPOL 234, INTNLREL 114, JEWISHST 214)
POLISCI 215BIsrael, the Middle East and Nuclear Weapons
POLISCI 217The World and America (INTNLREL 127)
POLISCI 218PU.S. Relations with Iran
POLISCI 219Directed Reading and Research in International Relations
POLISCI 21NConflict and Climate Change
POLISCI 21QThe Politics of Status, Symbols, and Inequality