PG

What is the relationship between sex and the state? When--and to what ends--does the state regulate sexuality and gender? In this course, students will explore feminist, trans, and queer critiques of the state and consider how those critiques align or misalign with white supremacist, abolitionist, and anti-capitalist critiques of the state. Together, we will learn about U.S. values, laws, economic relations, and technologies, and we will ask how, both historically and currently, the regulation of sex (both as sexuality and as biological sex) is used to preserve the power of the U.S.

What is the relationship between government institutions and the U.S. economy? How have moments of crisis forged the economic and political reality of America today? This course begins with a critical examination of capitalism and the free market before turning to the issues of globalization and deindustrialization. Together, students will tackle questions regarding what can and should be done about the crisis of poverty and income inequality in the United States.

Students complete 120 hours of field experience at a site prearranged in consultation with the department and internship coordinator. In addition, the student works with a faculty mentor within the department to develop an individualized learning plan which must be pre-approved by the department and completed alongside the field experience. The learning plan is tailored to integrate the field experience with relevant scholarship, linking the major to practical job experience. One unit of PG 498 may count toward the major.

Independent study is available to those students who wish to continue their learning in an area after completing the regularly offered courses in that area.

Independent study is available to those students who wish to continue their learning in an area after completing the regularly offered courses in that area.

This is an optional thesis course in Politics and Government. Students who wish to complete a thesis do so in the spring semester of their senior year (having completed the field-specific capstone course in the fall semester of the senior year). In the course, students complete much of the thesis work independently under the supervision of the thesis instructor.

Students in this seminar critically examine contemporary issues and recent scholarly works in the field of Public Law. Students may be expected to lead and participate in class discussions and to complete written and project-based coursework. Students who wish to complete a senior thesis should consult the requirements to enroll in PG 490.

This course examines the theoretical foundations of liberalism and radical critiques of it from both the left and the right. In addition to exploring the political implications of the various conceptions of nature, human nature, justice, freedom, and equality found in the works of various thinkers, students use their arguments to reflect on contemporary liberal democratic theory and practice. This course serves as a senior capstone course in political theory. Students who wish to complete a senior thesis should consult the requirements to enroll in PG 490.

This course explores contemporary issues in political theory related to questions of citizenship, membership, and power. Students reflect on the structures and practices that determine who wields power, who holds citizenship status, who counts as a member of a political community. Students also explore the relationship between economic and political arrangements. This course serves as a senior capstone course in political theory. Students who wish to complete a senior thesis should consult the requirements to enroll in PG 490.

Students in this seminar critically examine older and emerging theories of international relations as well as the issues and problems those theories attempt to explain. Students may be expected to lead and participate in class discussions and to take an oral examination. Students who wish to complete a senior thesis should consult the requirements to enroll in PG 490.