Classes in GVPT
| GVPT100 | Principles of Government and Politics (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| A study of the basic principles and concepts of political science. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT101H | Principles of Government and Politics (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| A study of the basic principles and concepts of political science. Restricted to Honors students. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT170 | American Government (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| A comprehensive study of national government in the United States. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT200 | International Political Relations (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT100. A study of the major factors underlying international relations, the methods of conducting foreign relations, the foreign policies of the major powers, and the means of avoiding or alleviating international conflicts. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT217 | Mock Trial I: Introduction to Trial Advocacy (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT217 or GVPT319A. Formerly GVPT319A. Introduction to the basic fundamentals of trial advocacy including opening statement, closing argument, direct and cross examination, and all other facets of trial advocacy through a series of lectures and practice trials. Students may have an opportunity to compete in intercollegiate mock trial competition based on their skill level and demonstrated understanding of trial advocacy principles. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT241 | The Study of Political Philosophy: Ancient and Modern (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT100. For GVPT majors only. Examines some of the salient continuities and breaks between the ancient and modern traditions in Western political philosophy. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT273 | Introduction to Environmental Politics (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| A comprehensive overview of environmental problems, institutions, policies, practices, and remedies found in present-day world society, with special emphasis on environmental matters as objects of American public policy, both domestic and foreign. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT280 | Comparative Politics and Governments (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT100. An introduction to the comparative study of politics and governance, including the analytical frameworks for studies of politics and governmental institutions and a survey of the major types of European regimes. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT317 | (PermReq)Mock Trial II: Advanced Trial Advocacy (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT217. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT317 or GVPT319B. Formerly GVPT319B. Development of trial advocacy skills through participation in practice trials and intercollegiate mock trial competitions. Student may have an opportunity to represent the university in intercollegiate mock trial tournaments, including the National Mock Trial Championships. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT331 | Law and Society (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 or GVPT171. Not open to students who have completed GVPT231. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT231 or GVPT331. Formerly GVPT 231. A study of the basis of law and its relationship with various contemporary institutions such as the courts, the legal profession, and society at large. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT355 | (PermReq)Capstone I: International Development and Conflict Management (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: Only open to students in IDCM Minor Program. Recommended: GVPT354. This course serves as one-half of the Capstone Session for the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management. It is designed to provide students an introduction to, and a chance to practice with, a core set of practical skills relevant to the fields of international development, humanitarian relief and conflict management. This course must be taken in conjunction with GVPT356. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT356 | Capstone II: International Development and Conflict Management (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: only open to students in IDCM Minor and GVPT355. Recommended: GVPT354. This course serves one-half of the Capstone Course for the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management. It is designed to provide students an introduction to, and a chance to practice with, a core set of practical skills relevant to the fields of international development, humanitarian relief and conflict management. This course must be taken in conjunction with GVPT355. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT360 | Introduction to International Negotiations (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT250 or GVPT360. Formerly GVPT 250. Introduction to the complexities of international negotiation and cross-cultural decision-making. Students will apply advanced computer technology in an interactive simulation involving actual negotiations. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT377 | (PermReq)Seminar For Academic Interns (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170. Corequisite: GVPT376. The application of major concepts of political science to the realities of the political process. Readings and discussion attempt to relate the experiences of the academic interns to appropriate literature on the subject of political decision-making. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT378B | Special Topics in Government and Politics:Israel and International Development (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Also offered as ISRL449B and PUAF388B. This course focuses on Israel's international cooperation for human development in the context of core issues such as poverty, governance and capacity building. Through case studies, the course also offers a practical grasp of the tools of development from project design through evaluation and lesson learning. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT388I | (PermReq)Topical Investigations:Government and Politics Public Policy Internship Program (1 credits) | ||||||||||||
| GVPT majors only and must have departmental permission to register. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT388M | (PermReq)Topical Investigations:Mock Trial Independent Study (1 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: Permission of department. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT388P | (PermReq)Topical Investigations:Maryland Internship Program (1 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Must have departmental permission to register. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT390 | Game Theory (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Not open to students who have completed ECON414. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT399A, GVPT390, or ECON414. Formerly GVPT399A. Introduction to game theory with applications to political science, economics and sociology. Topics include preference theory, expected utlity theory, Nash equilibria, subgame perfection, repeated games, folk theorems, evolutionary stability. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT391 | Advanced Game Theory (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT391 or GVPT399B. Formerly GVPT399B. Knowledge of basic solution concepts such as Nash and subgame perfection is assumed. Topics include Bayesian equilibria, correlated equilibria, bargaining games, common knowledge. Applications span all social sciences. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT399G | Seminar in Government and Politics:Israel Politics and Society for Young Leaders (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Also offered as ISRL448L. An intensive examination of Israeli politics intended for students who are leaders in student or community groups. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT406 | International Organizations (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT200. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT309B or GVPT406. Formerly GVPT 309B. A basic introduction to the full range of international organizations that have come into being over the past century and one-half, including those that aspire to be universal or global, those with a geopolitical or regional focus, and those that address specific structural or functional areas of human endeavor or issue areas. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT409E | Seminar in International Relations and World Politics:US-China-Taiwan Relations (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prequisite: GVPT200. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT409G | Seminar in International Relations and World Politics:Economic Statecraft (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| For GVPT majors only. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT409H | Seminar in International Relations and World Politics:International Dissapointments in the New Century (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Restricted to honors students only. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT409Q | Seminar in International Relations and World Politics:US - China - Taiwan Relations (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT419B | Seminar in Public Policy:Advanced Topis in Environmental Policy Analysis (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: GVPT170 and GVPT273. Restricted to GVPT majors only. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT422 | Quantitative Political Analysis (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Recommended: GVPT220. For GVPT majors only. Introduction to quantitative methods of data analysis, including selected statistical methods, block analysis, content analysis, and scale construction. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT423 | Elections and Electoral Behavior (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. An examination of various topics relating to elections; the focus includes the legal structure under which elections are conducted, the selection and nomination process, the conduct of election campaigns, and patterns of political participation and voting choice in different types of elections. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT429C | Problems in Political Behavior:Seminar in Social Capital (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisitie: GVPT241. Restricted to majors only. All other majors will be placed on a hold file. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT432 | Civil Rights and the Constitution (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT241 and GVPT331. For GVPT majors only. A study of civil rights in the American constitutional context, emphasizing freedom of religion, freedom of expression, minority discrimination, and the rights of defendants. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT439A | Seminar in Public Law:First Amendment Law and Politics (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT443 | Contemporary Political Theory (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. A survey of the principal political theories and ideologies set forth in the works of writers from Karl Marx to the present. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT443H | Contemporary Political Theory (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. Restricted to GVPT Honors students only. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT445 | Marxism and Postmarxism (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT100. The study of Marxist thought and an assessment of the critical transformations and reassessments of the theory and practice of Marxism. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT449C | Seminar in Political Philosophy:Democratic Theory (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT241. Restricted to majors only. All other majors will be placed on a hold file. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT456 | The Politics of Terrorism (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT200. For GVPT majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT456 or GVPT459T. Formerly GVPT459T. Examination of the definition, causes and organization of terrorist activity, along with key domestic and international counter- and anti-terrorism responses. Special emphasis on challanges and opportunities to the scientific study of terrorism. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT459D | Seminar in Comparative Politics:Politics of the Developing World (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT200. Restricted to GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT459H | Seminar in Comparative Politics:. GLOBALIZATION_AND ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prequisite: GVPT200 and GVPT280. Restricted to undergraduate Honors GVPT majors only. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT459L | Seminar in Comparative Politics:Comparative Political Economy (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT200. Formerly GVPT409L.Credit will be granted for one of the following: GVPT409L or GVPT459L. For GVPT major only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT459R | Seminar in Comparative Politics:Rise and Fall of Communism (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite GVPT200 or GVPT280. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on holdfile. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT473H | (PermReq)The U.S. Congress (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. Restricted to GVPT Honors students only. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT474 | Political Parties (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. A descriptive and analytical examination of American political parties, nominations, elections, and political leadership. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT475 | The Presidency and the Executive Branch (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. An examination of the U.S. presidency in historical and contemporary perspective: nomination and electoral politics and the president's place in policy-making, administration, and public opinion. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT479I | Seminar in American Politics:Immigration Politics and Policy (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on a holdfile. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT479O | Seminar in American Politics:Black Politics from Emancipation to Obama (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Restricted to GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT479Y | Seminar in American Politics:Political Psychology (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Restricted to majors only. All other majors will be placed on a hold file. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT722 | Advanced Quantitative Methods For Political Science (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT 622 or permission of instructor. Introduction to multivariate analysis. Elementary matrix algebra, multiple linear and curvilinear correlation and regression, analysis of variance, canonical correlation and regression, discriminant analysis, and several types of factor analysis. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT729M | Special Topics in Quantitative Political Analysis:Multilevel Analysis in Politics: Theories and Application (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Course will meet in Lefrak Lab. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT743 | Contemporary Political Theory (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: Graduate Standing. Theorists from Nietzsche (1884-1900) to the present will be covered with a focus on the apparent failure of the Enlightenment to usher in an age of peace and reason. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT771 | Seminar in American Political Behavior (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| This is the core seminar in American political behavior. The course will deal with prominent theoretical and empirical issues in the areas of voting, public opinion, political participation and other aspects of political behavior in the American context. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT780 | Seminar in the Comparative Study of Politics (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| An examination of the salient approaches to and conceptual frameworks for the comparative study of politics, followed by the construction of models and typologies of political systems. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT831 | Formal Theories of Politics I (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Survey of major formal theories of politics, with emphasis on those theories based on the assumptions of rationality. The theory of public goods, game theory, coalition theory, and the theoretical properties of voting systems. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT846 | Theories of Democracy (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisite: GVPT 442. A survey and analysis of the leading theories of democratic government, with attention to such topics as freedom, equality, representation, dissent, and critics of democracy. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT874 | Seminar in Political Parties and Politics (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| Reports on topics assigned for individual study and reading in the fields of political organization and action. | |||||||||||||
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| GVPT884 | Field Methods in Comparative Politics (3 credits) | ||||||||||||
| A practical designed for graduate students interested in field research. Research design, case selection, developing surveys and experiments, analysis of original data, and some qualitative methods will be emphasized, with the aim that students develop the practical skills to conduct their own field research. | |||||||||||||
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