Political Science (POLS)

Code	Title	SH	Usually offered	NUpath	Prerequisites	Recent instructors
POLS 1000	Political Science at Northeastern	1	fall, spring			Christopher Bosso Costas Panagopoulos Kirsten Rodine Hardy Lauren MacLean
POLS 1150	American Government	4	fall, spring	SI		Costas Panagopoulos Kayla Wolf Levi Watts Michael Tolley Sahar Abi Hassan Abdul Samad
POLS 1155	Comparative Politics	4	fall, spring			Colin Brown Eliza Maria Osorio Castro Emily Clough Risa Kitagawa Zachary Agatstein
POLS 1160	International Relations	4	fall, spring, summer	SI		Garrett Morrow Giuliano Espino Ioannis Livanis Martha Johnson Max Abrahms William Miles Zachary Agatstein
POLS 1990	Elective	1–4
POLS 2282	The Holocaust and Comparative Genocide	4	fall	ER, SI		Natalie Bormann
POLS 2290	Asian American Politics	4		DD, SI
POLS 2325	Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought	4	fall, spring	ER, IC, WI	one of: ENGL 1111 (min C) ENGL 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) ENGW 1102 (min C)	Colin Connors Daniel Mendez Getty Lustila Jacob Stump Jay Gupta Mark Wells Matthew Smith
POLS 2328	Modern Political Thought	4	spring			Natalie Bormann
POLS 2330	American Political Thought	4	fall, spring			William Mayer
POLS 2332	Contemporary Political Thought	4	fall			Candice Delmas
POLS 2333	Politics and Film	4		IC, SI
POLS 2345	Urban Policies and Politics	4	fall		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	John Portz Kayla Wolf
POLS 2356	Democratic Erosion	4	fall	SI		Emily Clough
POLS 2357	Growth and Decline of Cities and Suburbs	4	spring			George Chichirau Josh Lown
POLS 2358	Current Issues in Cities and Suburbs	4	fall, spring	DD, SI		Darcelle Lahr George Chichirau Silvia Dominguez
POLS 2359	Immigration Politics	4	spring			Colin Brown
POLS 2368	Music and Politics in America and Abroad	4				William Miles
POLS 2370	Religion and Politics	4	fall		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M INTL 1101 (min D-) ISM 118M	William Miles
POLS 2378	Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States	4		DD, SI
POLS 2390	Science, Technology, and Public Policy	4	spring			Kirsten Rodine Hardy Lorna Swanson Sushant Kumar
POLS 2395	Environmental Politics and Policy	4	fall, spring	SI		Daniel Aldrich Nancy Riordan Nichola Minott
POLS 2396	The Psychology of Misinformation	4	spring	SI		Briony Swire-Thompson Lucy Butler
POLS 2399	Research Methods in Political Science	4	fall, spring	WI	one of: ENGL 1111 (min C) ENGL 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) WRIT 201M ENGW 1102 (min C) ENGW 1113 (min C) ENGW 1114 (min C)	Colin Brown Eliza Maria Osorio Castro Jeffrey Moyer Kirsten Rodine Hardy
POLS 2400	Quantitative Techniques	4	fall, spring	AD	one of: CS 1800 (min D-) MATH 209M MATH 1213 (min D-) MATH 1215 (min D-) MATH 1231 (min D-) MATH 21BM MATH 1241 (min D-) MATH 1251 (min D-) MATH 1341 (min D-) MATH 21EM MATH 1342 (min D-) MATH 211M MATH 2280 (min D-)	Austin Barraza Chinbo Chong George Chichirau Kayla Wolf Seoeun Yang
POLS 2600	Artificial Intelligence and World Politics	4		AD, ER
POLS 2990	Elective	1–4
POLS 2991	Research Practicum	2–4	spring			Emily Clough
POLS 3100	Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism	4	fall, spring	DD, SI		Layla Brown Sasha Sabherwal
POLS 3160	Campaign Strategy	4	fall		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Katherine Haenschen
POLS 3300	The U.S. Congress	4			one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Nicholas Beauchamp
POLS 3302	Judicial Process and Behavior	4	spring		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Michael Tolley
POLS 3304	Presidential Nominating Process	4			one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	William Mayer
POLS 3307	Public Policy and Administration	4	fall, spring		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Jeffrey Moyer Sienna Mark
POLS 3309	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Public Policy	4			one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Edward Kammerer
POLS 3310	Public Opinion, Voting, and Elections	4	fall		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	William Mayer
POLS 3320	Politics and Mass Media	4	fall		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Jeffrey Moyer William Mayer
POLS 3324	Law and Society	4				Edward Kammerer
POLS 3405	International Political Economy	4	fall		one of: POLS 1160 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) ISM 116M	Kirsten Rodine Hardy Veysel Ulusoy
POLS 3406	International Law	4	fall, spring		one of: POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M	Denise Garcia
POLS 3418	Nationalism	4	fall	IC, SI	one of: POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M	Amilcar Barreto Colin Brown
POLS 3420	U.S. National Security Policy	4	spring		one of: POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M	Julie Garey Max Abrahms
POLS 3423	Terrorism and Counterterrorism	4	fall		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M	Max Abrahms
POLS 3425	U.S. Foreign Policy	4	spring		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M	Julie Garey
POLS 3430	Revolution, Civil War, and Insurrection	4		SI, WI	POLS 1160 (min D-)	Risa Kitagawa
POLS 3435	Politics and Governance of Europe and the European Union	4	fall	SI	one of: POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M	Colin Brown
POLS 3455	Russian Foreign Policy	4			one of: POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M	Peter Fraunholtz
POLS 3465	Government and Politics in the Middle East	4		SI	POLS 1155 (min D-)	Denis Sullivan
POLS 3470	Arab-Israeli Conflict	4	fall	DD	one of: ENGW 1102 (min C) (may be taken concurrently) ENGW 1111 (min C) (may be taken concurrently) WRIT 201M ENGW 1113 (min C) (may be taken concurrently) ENGW 1114 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)	Rima Farah
POLS 3482	East Asian Politics	4	spring		one of: ASNS 1150 (min C) POLS 1155 (min C) ISM 231M	Daniel Aldrich
POLS 3485	China: Governance and Foreign Policy	4	spring		one of: POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M	Wing Kwok Xiaoxiao Shen
POLS 3487	Politics of Developing Nations	4	fall		one of: POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M INTL 1101 (min D-) ISM 118M	Lauren MacLean William Miles
POLS 3500	Sexuality, Gender, and the Law	4	spring	ER, SI		Libby Adler
POLS 3973	Special Topics in Political Science	4			one of: ENGW 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) WRIT 201M ENGW 1113 (min C) ENGW 1114 (min C)
POLS 3990	Elective	1–4
POLS 4500	U.S. Constitutional Law	4	fall	SI	one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Michael Tolley
POLS 4505	U.S. Civil Liberties	4	fall		one of: POLS 1150 (min D-) PS 106M	Adam Parker Claudia Haupt Michael Tolley
POLS 4580	Special Topics: Comparative Politics and International Relations	4			one of: POLS 1155 (min D-) ISM 231M POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M
POLS 4701	Political Science Senior Capstone	4	fall, spring	CE, WI		Christopher Bosso Denis Sullivan Kirsten Rodine Hardy Natalie Bormann William Miles Zachary Agatstein
POLS 4703	Senior Thesis	4	fall, spring	CE, WI		Denis Sullivan Janet Randall Natalie Bormann William Mayer
POLS 4910	Model United Nations	4	fall	DD, EX		Julie Garey
POLS 4915	Model Arab League	4		EX, SI		Julie Garey
POLS 4918	Model NATO	4	spring	EX, SI		Julie Garey
POLS 4937	Dialogue of Civilizations: Government and Politics Abroad	4		EX, SI		Denise Garcia Natalie Bormann
POLS 4938	Dialogue of Civilizations: International Politics Abroad	4		EX, SI
POLS 4942	Internship in Politics	4		EX	Requires prior completion of 64 SH toward degree	Colin Brown
POLS 4970	Junior/Senior Honors Project 1	4		WI
POLS 4971	Junior/Senior Honors Project 2	4			POLS 4970 (min D-)
POLS 4990	Elective	1–4
POLS 4991	Research	4		EX
POLS 4992	Directed Study	1–4
POLS 4996	Experiential Education Directed Study	4		EX
POLS 5101	Special Topics in Politics and Political Science	4
POLS 5408	International Security	4			one of: POLS 1160 (min D-) ISM 116M graduate program admission	Julie Garey
POLS 5976	Directed Study	1–4	summer			Amilcar Barreto Denis Sullivan Lauren MacLean
POLS 6954	Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time	0
POLS 6955	Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half Time	0
POLS 6962	Elective	1–4
POLS 6964	Co-op Work Experience	0	spring			Gabrielle Fiorenza-Hagopian Joan LaMachia Lisa Doherty Richard Conley
POLS 6965	Co-op Work Experience Abroad	0
POLS 7204	Seminar in Public Policy	4				John Portz
POLS 7205	Seminar in American Government and Politics	4				Costas Panagopoulos William Mayer
POLS 7206	Seminar in Comparative Politics	4				Emily Clough Risa Kitagawa
POLS 7207	Seminar in International Relations	4				Maia Cross Natalie Bormann
POLS 7255	American Political Parties and Elections	4				William Mayer
POLS 7282	Contemporary Political Thought	4
POLS 7325	International Development of the Global South	4				William Miles
POLS 7334	Social Networks	4	spring			Alina Ionica Lungeanu
POLS 7341	Security and Resilience Policy	4	fall, spring			Daniel Aldrich Katrin Kish Nichola Minott
POLS 7343	Counterterrorism	4	fall			Max Abrahms
POLS 7344	Hard Power, Soft Power, and Smart Power	4
POLS 7346	Resilient Cities	4	spring			Daniel Aldrich
POLS 7366	Genocide in a Comparative Perspective	4	spring			Natalie Bormann
POLS 7387	Global Governance	4				Denise Garcia
POLS 7962	Elective	1–4
POLS 7976	Directed Study	1–4	fall, spring			Colin Brown Costas Panagopoulos Daniel Aldrich Julie Garey Natalie Bormann Nicholas Beauchamp William Mayer
POLS 7980	Capstone Project	4				Max Abrahms
POLS 7983	Topical Seminar in Political Science	4	fall			Jeffrey Moyer
POLS 7990	Thesis	4–8
POLS 7996	Thesis Continuation	0
POLS 8407	Internship	4–8
POLS 8960	Exam Preparation—Doctoral	0	fall, spring			Denis Sullivan John Portz
POLS 8986	Research	0	fall			Denis Sullivan
POLS 9000	PhD Candidacy Achieved	0
POLS 9986	Research	0	fall, spring			Denis Sullivan John Portz
POLS 9990	Dissertation Term 1	0			POLS 9000 (min S)	John Portz
POLS 9991	Dissertation Term 2	0	fall, spring		POLS 9990 (min S)	Denis Sullivan
POLS 9996	Dissertation Continuation	0	fall, spring		one of: POLS 9991 (min S) Dissertation Check with a score of REQ	Denis Sullivan John Portz

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