Political Science | Summer 2010 Undergraduate Credit Courses

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POLSCI101 Introduction To Politics SB	J Ward	Jun 1 - Jul 15	W-1-055 Wheatley Bldg - 1st Floor - Room 055	TuTh	10a - 1p	3	1163	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI101: This course introduces and explores the conceptual vocabulary of politics. Though concerned with problems of political theory, it is designed not for theorists but for anyone who thinks, talks, or worries about the public world. A series of brief case studies is used to show how real-world outcomes are affected by our political ideas and assumptions. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI102 Government and Politics of the United States SB	U Tafe	Jun 1 - Jul 15	W-2-124 Wheatley Bldg - 2nd Floor - Room 124	TuTh	1:30p - 4:30p	3	1164	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI102: An introduction to the structures, processes, and results of the American governmental system. The course focuses on the national government and national political behavior, although state, regional, and local structures and issues are also introduced. Topics include institutions of government, political principles and ideologies, public opinion, political socialization, political parties, mass media, elections, interest groups, civil rights and civil liberties, public policies and policy making. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI203 Public Policy (A)	M Cunningham	Jun 1 - Jul 15	W-1-010 Wheatley Bldg - 1st Floor - Room 010	TuTh	10a - 1p	3	1620	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI203: The process of policy making and the manner and effects of policy implementation in states and localities. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI220 International Relations (B)	R Peters	Jun 2 - Jul 14	W-2-123 Wheatley Bldg - 2nd Floor - Room 123	MW	6p - 9p	3	1165	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI220: This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: International. Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI220 International Relations (B)	R Peters	Jul 19 - Aug 25	W-2-123 Wheatley Bldg - 2nd Floor - Room 123	MW	6p - 9p	3	1166	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI220: This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: International. Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI220 International Relations (B)	R Weiner	Jun 1 - Aug 26	Online	-	-	3	1334	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI220: This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: International. Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI224 The Political Novel (D)	J Ward	Jun 1 - Aug 26	Online	-	-	3	1283	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI224: This course studies some of the best novels concerning political conditions, ideas, and passions in our time. Franz Kafka, Andr Malraux, Arthur Koestler, George Orwell, and Ignazio Silone are among the novelists whose works are read. Such writers depict the plight of human beings; their works are broad in scope and philosophical in mood. Consequently they offer a superb opportunity for reflection and discussion concerning human nature, the human situation today, and the political possibilities and responsibilities that these put before us. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI307 Political Change and Group Identity (C)	R Peters	Jul 20 - Aug 26	M-1-620 McCormack Bldg - 1st Floor - Room 620	TuTh	6p - 9p	3	1284	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI307: The course is concerned with the impact of group identity-racial, religious, ethnic, gender, sexual, class, national-on political systems. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI340 Boston: Cooperation and Conflict in the Urban Environment (A)	C Coscia	Jul 19 - Aug 25	W-1-058 Wheatley Bldg - 1st Floor - Room 058	MW	10a - 1p	3	3332	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI340: The course helps students become familiar with the historical backgrounds of Boston’s social systems, which leads to investigation and discussion of the city’s contemporary political and social problems. The materials for this course consist of scholarly writings, journalists’ reports, government documents, judicial opinions, biographies, films, and slide lectures, all focused on Boston and the metropolitan region. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: United States. Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI355L The European Union (B)	A Lust	Jun 1 - Jul 15	Online	-	-	3	1426	$960	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI355L: This course focuses on the political, economic, and social trends affecting national and intra-regional developments within various countries, as well as on the institutions and processes of the European Union as an emerging supranational entity. Also covered: The European Union’s external relations, with particular attention to US-European issues. Cross Listed: IR 355L. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI375 Third World Development (C)	H Shahdadi	Jun 2 - Jul 14	W-2-124 Wheatley Bldg - 2nd Floor - Room 124	MW	1:30p - 4:30p	3	1242	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI375: Investigation of theories of interdependence, dependency, and neocolonialism. Special attention to North/South relations, various approaches to development and forms of assistance provided by the industrial countries, resource problems, and other political and developmental issues facing North and South. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: International. Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI410 The Politics of International Economic Relations	H Shahdadi	Jun 1 - Aug 26	Online	-	-	3	1286	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI410: The course studies the relationship between the structure of the international political system and the structure of the international economic system, examines the reciprocal links between domestic political and economic policies of governments and their international behavior, and analyzes the sociopolitical chocies which support the development and operation of such transnational institutions as the World Bank, the IMF, multinational corporations, cartels, and trading systems. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI420 Imperialism (B)	H Shahdadi	Jul 20 - Aug 26	W-2-158 Wheatley Bldg - 2nd Floor - Room 158	TuTh	10a - 1p	3	1424	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI420: This course is designed to examine the various purposes (economic, political, social, cultural) served by policies of imperialism, in both its overt and ambiguous forms, as an aspect of international relations in the nineteenth and twentieth and twenty-first centuries--eras marked economically by an international process of industrialization and globalization. Course material consists of analyses and explanations of the imperialist phenomenon advanced by both theoreticians (liberal, Marxist, realist) and practitioners. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI421 War (B)	R Weiner	Jun 1 - Aug 26	Online	-	-	3	1335	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI421: An advanced course in international relations exploring the problem of war from many points of view, theoretical and practical. These include the history, nature, and causes of war, strategy in the course of war, legal and ethical questions, as well as proposals to avoid war (arms control, disarmament, social revolutions, etc.). Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI424 American Foreign Policy (B)	H Shahdadi	Jun 1 - Aug 26	Online	-	-	3	1243	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI424: Examines United States foreign policy in the post-World War II period. Focuses on both historical and institutional matters. Current issues are also given ample consideration. Click here for video introduction, instructor, books and other information. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI424 American Foreign Policy (B)	R Peters	Jun 1 - Jul 15	W-1-054 Wheatley Bldg - 1st Floor - Room 054	TuTh	6p - 9p	3	1766	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI424: Examines United States foreign policy in the post-World War II period. Focuses on both historical and institutional matters. Current issues are also given ample consideration. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI453 Democratic Theory (D)	U Tafe	Jul 20 - Aug 26	W-1-009 Wheatley Bldg - 1st Floor - Room 009	TuTh	1:30p - 4:30p	3	1285	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI453: This course explores ancient and modern theories of democracy in historical context. Topics include theories about leaders and their ends; the bases of representative democracy; the linkages between democracy and revolution; the relationship of democracy and economics; the issues related to democracy and difference; and the challenges for democracy in the twenty-first century. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960
POLSCI454 Recent and Contemporary Political Thought	J Ward	Jun 1 - Jul 15	W-1-055 Wheatley Bldg - 1st Floor - Room 055	TuTh	1:30p - 4:30p	3	1767	$960	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
Description for POLSCI454: A study of contemporary political and social thought, with incidental attention to certain influential thinkers of the nineteenth century. Academic Information: Credits: 3 Fee: Course Fee: $960 Lab Fee: $0 Total: $960