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POLS - Political Science

• POLS 101 Introduction to American Politics
• POLS 102 Introduction to International Politics
• POLS 103 Introduction to Political Theory
• POLS 104 Introduction to Comparative Politics
• POLS 168 Criminal Law
• POLS 202 Special Topics in International Relations
• POLS 209 The Politics of American Pop Culture
• POLS 210M National Politics Unplugged: The Way Washington Works
• POLS 211 Politics of Cities
• POLS 212 Politics Unplugged: How Things Work in Massachusetts
• POLS 213 Politics in the Republic: Congress and the Presidency
• POLS 214 Constitutional Law: The Modern Court
• POLS 215 The Politics of Exclusion
• POLS 216 American Judiciary & Legal Issues
• POLS 217 American Public Policy
• POLS 218 Parties and Elections
• POLS 219 Gender and Politics
• POLS 220 International Organization and Law
• POLS 221 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
• POLS 223 Human Rights: The Basic Dilemmas
• POLS 224 Human Security in Global World
• POLS 225 International Politics of East Asia
• POLS 226 State and Local Politics
• POLS 228 The War on Drugs
• POLS 229 Comparative Foreign Affairs
• POLS 232 Theories of Justice
• POLS 233 Feminism and Capitalism
• POLS 234 African American Political Thought in Theory, Novels, and Film
• POLS 235 Transgender Politics and Freedom
• POLS 236 Politics & Futuristic Literature
• POLS 240 Islam and the West
• POLS 242 Colonial & Postcolonial Politics of Africa
• POLS 243 Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
• POLS 245M Politics of Newly Industrialized Countries
• POLS 246 Politics of Western Europe
• POLS 247 Politics of Religious Fundamentalism
• POLS 248 Terrorism
• POLS 249 U.S. Foreign Policy: 1945–Present
• POLS 250 Democratization in Latin America
• POLS 252 Post-Communist Russian Empire
• POLS 261 Gender and Conflict
• POLS 268 Human Rights in South Africa
• POLS 315 U.S. Public Policy in a Capitalist World
• POLS 317 Intersectionality and Public Policy
• POLS 350 Independent Study
• POLS 355 Thesis
• POLS 356 Feminist International Relations
• POLS 370 Internship
• POLS 380 Fieldwork
• POLS 386 Prisons in Political Thought
• POLS 390 Senior Seminar
• POLS 393 International Relations Senior Seminar