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 110POLITICAL IDEAS

4

GOV 211/PHI 241ANC & MEDIEVAL POL THOUGHT

4

GOV 214/PHI 244MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

4

GOV 239/ES 239/PHI 239GLOBAL JUSTICE

4

GOV 25920TH C. DEMOCRACY AND CRITICS

4

GOV 304AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

4

GOV 318LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT

4

GOV 327/PHI 327WHAT IS JUSTICE?

4

GOV 331NEW VISIONS OF GLOBAL SECURITY

4

GOV 493JROUSSEAU

4

GOV 493L/CLA 380GRAND STRATEGY,ANCIENT & MODRN

4

GOV 493PSTATESMANSHIP

4

Comparative Politics:

GOV 112COMPARATIVE POLITICS

4

GOV 209CHINA'S RISE:POL,ECO & SOCIETY

4

GOV 220THE EUROPEAN UNION

4

GOV 224/ECO 224EMERGING ECON IN ASIA & LAT AM

4

GOV 225STATES & MARKETS IN E ASIA

4

GOV 238/GIS 238MIDDLE EAST POLITICS

4

GOV 240REVOLUTNS & REGIME TRANSITIONS

4

GOV 251/ES 251/SLA 251ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT

4

GOV 265CONDUCTING POLITICAL RESEARCH

4

GOV 277EUROPEAN POLITICS

4

GOV 308NATNLISM/ETHNIC CONF IN EUROPE

4

GOV 309CHINESE POLITICS

4

GOV 310THE MAKING OF DEMOCRACIES

4

GOV 322DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA

4

GOV 329CIVIL WARS

4

GOV 337COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

4

GOV 353EURO UNION AS TRANSN'L ACTOR

4

GOV 493E/SLA 448EMERGING MARKET ECON: BRICS

4

GOV 493T/ES 493TTHE GREENS IN EUR AND BEYOND

4

GOV 493U/ES 493UENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP

4

GOV 493V/SLA 490NAT'L DIVERSITY/GLOBL CAPIT

4

GOV 493WREBELS,ROGUES, & REVOLUTIONRS

4

GOV 493X/GER 470GERMANY:EUROPE'S LEADING POWER

4

GOV 493Z/GIS 400THE IRAQ WAR

4

U.S. Politics:

GOV 111U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

4

GOV 212CONGRESS

4

GOV 221POLIT PARTIES,CAMPAIGNS,ELECT

4

GOV 226POLITICL ECON OF AMER BUSINESS

4

GOV 231POL OF CRIMNL JUST PROCESS

4

GOV 241THE COURTS AND THE LAW

4

GOV 243CYBER ISSUES IN US LAW/POLICY

4

GOV 250GENDER AND U.S. POLITICS

4

GOV 254URBAN POLITICS

4

GOV 265CONDUCTING POLITICAL RESEARCH

4

GOV 276CC:PRESIDNCY:WHITE HOUSE 20500

4

GOV 284POLITICS OF BUREAUCRACY

4

GOV 304AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

4

GOV 311THE POLITICS OF VOTING REFORMS

4

GOV 335CONSTITUTN LAW: POWRS/INST

4

GOV 336CONSTITUTIONL LAW: CIVIL LIB

4

GOV 341RIGHTS, JUSTICE, RULE OF LAW

4

GOV 358ANALYSIS OF U.S. PUBLIC POLICY

4

GOV 372/AMS 372U.S. POLITICS&POPULAR CULTURE

4

GOV 493CU.S. POLITICAL SPEECH

4

GOV 493IU.S. SUPRM CRT:LEGAL OR POLITC

4

GOV 493NFACTION/COALITION AMER POLIT

4

GOV 493OEXEC BRANCH DECISION-MAKING

4

GOV 493KCONST ISSUES IN SEP OF POWERS

4

GOV 493MPRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

4

GOV 493SAMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

4

International Politics:

GOV 113INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

4

GOV 203INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

4

GOV 205INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGNCY

4

GOV 206U.S. FOREIGN POL-LATIN AMER

4

GOV 215THE U.S. AND VIETNAM

4

GOV 220THE EUROPEAN UNION

4

GOV 222CC:TORTURE&HOLLYWOOD POST 9/11

4

GOV 223/AFR 224HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA & ACTIVISM

4

GOV 225STATES & MARKETS IN E ASIA

4

GOV 227THE COLD WAR

4

GOV 228TERRORISM

4

GOV 229UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING

4

GOV 232/ES 232GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

4

GOV 240REVOLUTNS & REGIME TRANSITIONS

4

GOV 252US FOREIGN POLICY

4

GOV 265CONDUCTING POLITICAL RESEARCH

4

GOV 268INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

4

GOV 307/AFR 307THE POLITICS OF REFUGEES

4

GOV 308NATNLISM/ETHNIC CONF IN EUROPE

4

GOV 312DIPLOMACY

4

GOV 314U.S. INTEL IN WAR ON TERROR

4

GOV 324HUMAN RIGHTS IN WORLD POL

4

GOV 325/GIS 325THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD

4

GOV 329CIVIL WARS

4

GOV 331NEW VISIONS OF GLOBAL SECURITY

4

GOV 337COMPARATIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

4

GOV 339/ES 339OCEANS LAW AND POLICY

4

GOV 342INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZ

4

GOV 343TRANSNATIONAL POLITICS

4

GOV 346INT'L HUMANITARIAN LAW

4

GOV 348INT'L POLITICAL ECONOMY

4

GOV 352ALTERN PERSP U.S. FOREIGN POL

4

GOV 353EURO UNION AS TRANSN'L ACTOR

4

GOV 493FTHEORIES OF INTERNAT'L RELATNS

4

GOV 493HINTL CONFLICT RESOLUTION

4

GOV 493QWOMEN AND WORLD POLITICS

4

GOV 493T/ES 493TTHE GREENS IN EUR AND BEYOND

4

GOV 493U/ES 493UENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP

4

GOV 493WREBELS,ROGUES, & REVOLUTIONRS

4

GOV 493Z/GIS 400THE IRAQ WAR

4

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