Course Catalog
  Below we list the catalog of courses offered by the political science department. This list is intended to give you an idea of the set of political science courses that you will have the opportunity to take over a four to five year period of time. Some courses are offered more frequently than others. Check the Registrar's website for courses to be offered in a specific semester. Unless noted, all courses carry three credit hours. For undergraduate majors, the field of each course is indicated by the letter in brackets after the course title. The designations are: A – American, C – comparative, I – international relations, T – theory and method. Click here for description of the courses listed below.
 

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  POLI 401

State Politics Research Seminar [A]

  POLI 405 Senior Thesis
  POLI 406 Senior Thesis
  POLI 418 Seminar on the Presidency [A]
  POLI 420 Election Systems, Technologies, and Administration [A]
  POLI 425 Political Sociology [A] (distribution course, group II)
  POLI 429 Biological Foundations of Politics [T]
  POLI 430 Seminar in Texas Politics [A]
  POLI 431 Electoral Campaigns [A]
  POLI 432 Urban Politics [A]
  POLI 433 Comparative Legislatures [C]
  POLI 434 Public Policy and Metropolitan Area Governance [A]
  POLI 435 Political Participation [A]
  POLI 436 Politics of Regulation [A] (distribution course, group II)
  POLI 437 Education Policy [A]
  POLI 438 Race and Public Policy [A]
  POLI 439 Research Seminar on Southern Politics [A]
  POLI 441 Common Property Resources [T]
  POLI 454 Research Practicum in Comparative Politics [C]
  POLI 456 Regime Transformations and Transitions [C]
  POLI 457 Conditions of Democracy [C]
  POLI 460 Topics in Comparative Politics [C]
  POLI 462 Comparative Public Policy [C]
  POLI 463 Comparative Political Economy [C]
  POLI 464 Political Economy of Development [C]
  POLI 466 Political Parties and Voting Behavior in Western Democracies [C]
  POLI 470 Special Topics: International Relations [I]
  POLI 472 American Foreign Policy [I]
  POLI 473 Seminar on Domestic Policy [A]
  POLI 475 International Cooperation [I]
  POLI 476 International Political Economy [I]
  POLI 477 Domestic Politics and International Relations [I]
  POLI 479 Seminar in Quantitative International Relations [I]
  POLI 480 Seminar on Political Behavior [A]
  POLI 481 Hurricane Risk Assessment [A] (distribution course, group II)
  POLI 490 Modern Political Theory and Interdisciplinary Fields [T]
  POLI 500 Social Scientific Thinking I [T]
  POLI 501 Social Scientific Thinking II [T]
  POLI 502 Introduction to Statistics [T]
  POLI 503 Topics in Methods and Data Analysis [T]
  POLI 504 Advanced Topics in Methodology and Data Analysis [T]
  POLI 505 Topics in Political Methodology [T]
  POLI 510 Scope and Methods [T]
  POLI 511 Measurement and Research Design [T]
  POLI 520 Approaches to Comparative Government [C]
  POLI 525 Comparative Politics of Western Democracies [C]
  POLI 527 Institutional Analysis and Design [A]
  POLI 530 Approaches to American Government [A]
  POLI 531 State Politics [A]
  POLI 532 Comparative Legislatures [C]

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