printer friendly pagePOLISCI 330B: History of Political Thought II: Early Modern Political Thought, 1500-1700 (POLISCI 130B)
The development of constitutionalism, Renaissance humanism and the Reformation, and changing relationships between church and states. Emphasis is on the relationships among political thought, institutional frameworks, and immediate political problems and conflicts. The usefulness of the history of political thought to political science.
POLISCI 332R: Greek Political Economy I
(Same as
POLISCI 332R,332S.) First of two-part course. Did large-scale kingdoms radically change the Greek world after Alexander; or had new conditions already emerged from the Peloponnesian War? Continuities and discontinuities across the classical/hellenistic divide. Focus is on states and economies in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C.E. Sources include primary sources and recent scholarship on Greek economic thought and practices with reference to city states (Athens, Rhodes), federations (Achaean, Aetolian), and empires (Ptolemaic, Seleukid). Spring Quarter emphasis is on presentation of research by faculty and students.
POLISCI 332S: Greek Political Economy II
(Same as
POLISCI 332R,332S.) First of two-part course. Did large-scale kingdoms radically change the Greek world after Alexander; or had new conditions already emerged from the Peloponnesian War? Continuities and discontinuities across the classical/hellenistic divide. Focus is on states and economies in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C.E. Sources include primary sources and recent scholarship on Greek economic thought and practices with reference to city states (Athens, Rhodes), federations (Achaean, Aetolian), and empires (Ptolemaic, Seleukid). Spring Quarter emphasis is on presentation of research by faculty and students.
POLISCI 337R: Justice at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights in the 21st Century (EDUC 261X, ETHICSOC 137R)
Focus is on theories of justice. How the core ideals of freedom, equality, and security animate theories which John Rawls considers the first virtue of social institutions. Topics include the U.S. Constitution as a legal framework for the operation of these ideals, civil rights legislation and litigation as the arena of tensions between those ideals, and how ideas of justice function both at home and abroad to impact civil liberties in today's war on terror.
POLISCI 362: New Economics of Organization
Survey of economic approaches to organization, emphasizing theory and application, with attention to politics.
Instructors:
Weingast, B. (PI)
POLISCI 444: Comparative Political Economy: Advanced Industrial Societies
Political economy approaches to key policy outcomes including redistribution, the size of government, fiscal behavior, and pork-barrel politics. Theories related to institutions, interest groups, and geography, focusing on middle- and upper-income countries.
PORTLANG 1: First-Year Portuguese, First Quarter
Emphasis is on oral comprehension and proficiency in speaking. Students learn the language as they contrast Brazilian culture with their own. Lab. Completion of 3 fulfills the University Foreign Language Requirement.
Last offered: Autumn 2008
PORTLANG 1A: Accelerated First-Year Portuguese, Part 1
For students with two years of college level study of a Romance language, preferably Spanish. Goal is to use socially and culturally appropriate forms in conversations, providing and obtaining information, and expressing feelings, emotions, and opinions. Students learn the language as they contrast Brazilian culture with their own. Lab. Completion of 2A fulfills the University's foreign language requirement.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Sotelino, K. (PI)
;
Wiedemann, L. (PI)
PORTLANG 2: First-Year Portuguese, 2nd Quarter
Continuation of 1. Speaking and oral comprehension and reading and writing skills. Lab. Prerequisite: 1.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
PORTLANG 2A: Accelerated First-Year Portuguese, Part 2
Continuation of 1A. Completion of 2A fulfills the University's foreign language requirement.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: Language
Instructors:
Wiedemann, L. (PI)
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