Government Major

The major consists of ten or more semester courses, at least eight of which shall be at the 200 level or above. Three courses must be at the 300 level or above, including a 400-level government seminar taken in the junior or senior year at Connecticut College.  A 300- or 400-level Individual Study can also satisfy one of these requirements, except for the 400-level seminar, which is a required course. Under normal circumstances majors must take at least seven of the major courses (eight for Honors) at Connecticut College.  NOTE: Students writing an Honors Thesis will complete twelve courses in the major for graduation.

Requirements

Each major must include at least one semester course in each of the following fields:

Political Theory:

GOV 110	POLITICAL IDEAS	4
GOV 211/PHI 241	ANC & MEDIEVAL POL THOUGHT	4
GOV 214/PHI 244	MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT	4
GOV 259	20TH C. DEMOCRACY AND CRITICS	4
GOV 305/AFR 303	AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT	4
GOV 318	LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT	4
GOV 493J	ROUSSEAU	4
GOV 493L/CLA 380	GRAND STRATEGY,ANCIENT & MODRN	4
GOV 493P	STATESMANSHIP	4
GOV 494A/AFR 494A	AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT	4

Comparative Politics:

GOV 112	COMPARATIVE POLITICS	4
GOV 209	CHINA'S RISE:POL,ECO & SOCIETY	4
GOV 220	THE EUROPEAN UNION	4
GOV 224/ECO 224	EMERGING ECON IN ASIA & LAT AM	4
GOV 225	STATES & MARKETS IN E ASIA	4
GOV 238/GIS 238	MIDDLE EAST POLITICS	4
GOV 240	REVOLUTNS & REGIME TRANSITIONS	4
GOV 251/ES 251	ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT	4
GOV 262	CONTEMPORARY INDIAN POLITICS	4
GOV 265	CONDUCTING POLITICAL RESEARCH	4
GOV 277	EUROPEAN POLITICS	4
GOV 308	NATNLISM/ETHNIC CONF IN EUROPE	4
GOV 329	CIVIL WARS	4
GOV 337	COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS	4
GOV 383/ES 383	CLIMATE POLITICS AND EQUITY	4
GOV 493T/ES 493T	THE GREENS IN EUR AND BEYOND	4
GOV 493U/ES 493U	ENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP	4
GOV 493V	NAT'L DIVERSITY/GLOBL CAPIT	4
GOV 493W	REBELS,ROGUES, & REVOLUTIONRS	4
GOV 493X/GER 470	GERMANY:EUROPE'S LEADING POWER	4
GOV 493Z/GIS 400	THE IRAQ WAR	4

International Politics:

GOV 113	INTERNATIONAL POLITICS	4
GOV 203	INTERNATIONAL SECURITY	4
GOV 205	INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGNCY	4
GOV 215	THE U.S. AND VIETNAM	4
GOV 220	THE EUROPEAN UNION	4
GOV 222	CC: TORTURE & TERROR POST 9/11	4
GOV 223/AFR 224	HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA & ACTIVISM	4
GOV 225	STATES & MARKETS IN E ASIA	4
GOV 227	THE COLD WAR	4
GOV 228	TERRORISM	4
GOV 229	UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING	4
GOV 232/ES 232	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS	4
GOV 240	REVOLUTNS & REGIME TRANSITIONS	4
GOV 252	US FOREIGN POLICY	4
GOV 265	CONDUCTING POLITICAL RESEARCH	4
GOV 268	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS	4
GOV 272	HUMAN RIGHTS & RESEARCH ETHICS	4
GOV 279	FOREIGN POLICIES OF EUROPE	4
GOV 307/AFR 307	THE POLITICS OF REFUGEES	4
GOV 308	NATNLISM/ETHNIC CONF IN EUROPE	4
GOV 312	DIPLOMACY	4
GOV 314	U.S. INTEL IN WAR ON TERROR	4
GOV 324	HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD POL	4
GOV 325/GIS 325	THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD	4
GOV 329	CIVIL WARS	4
GOV 337	COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS	4
GOV 339/ES 339	OCEANS LAW AND POLICY	4
GOV 342	INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZ	4
GOV 343	TRANSNATIONAL POLITICS	4
GOV 346	INT'L HUMANITARIAN LAW	4
GOV 348	INT'L POLITICAL ECONOMY	4
GOV 383/ES 383	CLIMATE POLITICS AND EQUITY	4
GOV 493B	GRAND STRATEGY IN INTL REL	4
GOV 493D	ETHICS AND INTERNAT RELATIONS	4
GOV 493F	THEORIES OF INTERNAT'L RELATNS	4
GOV 493H	INTL CONFLICT RESOLUTION	4
GOV 493Q	WOMEN AND WORLD POLITICS	4
GOV 493T/ES 493T	THE GREENS IN EUR AND BEYOND	4
GOV 493U/ES 493U	ENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP	4
GOV 493W	REBELS,ROGUES, & REVOLUTIONRS	4
GOV 493Z/GIS 400	THE IRAQ WAR	4

U.S. Politics:

GOV 111	U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	4
GOV 212	CONGRESS	4
GOV 221	POLIT PARTIES,CAMPAIGNS,ELECT	4
GOV 241	THE COURTS AND THE LAW	4
GOV 242/AFR 242	RACE & CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM	4
GOV 243	CYBER ISSUES IN US LAW/POLICY	4
GOV 250	GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS	4
GOV 254	URBAN POLITICS	4
GOV 257	ANALYSIS OF U.S. PUBLIC POLICY	4
GOV 258/ES 258	U.S. ENVIRON POLICY/POLITICS	4
GOV 265	CONDUCTING POLITICAL RESEARCH	4
GOV 267	ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICS	4
GOV 276/AMS 276	CC:PRESIDNCY:WHITE HOUSE 20500	4
GOV 284	POLITICS OF BUREAUCRACY	4
GOV 305/AFR 303	AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT	4
GOV 311	THE POLITICS OF VOTING REFORMS	4
GOV 335	CONSTITUTN LAW: POWRS/INST	4
GOV 336	CONSTITUTIONL LAW: CIVIL LIB	4
GOV 341	RIGHTS, JUSTICE, RULE OF LAW	4
GOV 358	ANALYSIS OF U.S. PUBLIC POLICY	4
GOV 361/ES 361	PROB ENVIRON POLICY & LAW	4
GOV 372/AMS 372	U.S. POLITICS&POPULAR CULTURE	4
GOV 493C	U.S. POLITICAL SPEECH	4
GOV 493K	CONST ISSUES IN SEP OF POWERS	4
GOV 493M	PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES	4
GOV 493N	FACTION/COALITION AMER POLIT	4
GOV 493O	EXEC BRANCH DECISION-MAKING	4
GOV 493S	AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT	4
GOV 494A/AFR 494A	AFRICAN AMERICAN POL THOUGHT	4

Advisers:  T. Borer, M. Borrelli, W. J. Coats, E. Fleury, A. Levin, D. Moak, D. Patton, C. Sayej, M. Suttmann-Lea, J. Tian