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GVPT Government and Politics( Behavioral and Social Sciences) GVPT100 Principles of Government and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course.A study of the basic principles and concepts of political science. GVPT100H Principles of Government and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Restricted to GVPT honors students only. GVPT100S Principles of Government and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Sections 0101 - 0103 restricted to College Park Scholars - InternationalStudies. Section 0104 restricted to College Park Scholars - Public Lead ership. GVPT170 American Government; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. A comprehensive study of national government in the United States. GVPT200 International Political Relations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course. Prerequisite: GVPT100. A study of the major factors underlying international relations, the methods of conducting foreign relations, the foreign policies of the major powers, and the means of avoiding or alleviating international conflicts. GVPT221 Introduction to Formal Theories of Political Behavior and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170. An introduction to the theories of rational choice including theories of negotiation and bargaining, elections and voting in democracies, community organizing and the contrast between the roles and performances of government and market. GVPT241 The Study of Political Philosophy: Ancient and Modern; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT100. For GVPT majors only. Examines some of the salient continuities and breaks between the ancient and modern traditions in Western political philosophy. GVPT280 Comparative Politics and Governments; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT100. An introduction to the comparative study of politics and governance, including the analytical frameworks for studies of politics and governmental institutions and a survey of the major types of European regimes. GVPT306 Global Ecopolitics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Consideration of global problems such as the growth controversy, agricultural productivity, pollution, resource depletion, the energy crisis, and the general impact of science and technology on the world ecological, socio-economic, and political system, with particular emphasis on such matters as objects of public policy. GVPT309C Topics in International Relations: US Foreign Policy Toward Latin America & the Carribean; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. A Pre-requisitite of GVPT100 is required and GVPT200 is recommended to take this course. GVPT319A (PermReq) Topics in Social Advocacy: Mock Trial: Introduction to Advocacy; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT321 Intermediate Formal Theories of Political Behavior and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT221 or permission of department. Analysis of the theory of games, social choice, voting and such notions of social welfare as distributive justice and liberty. GVPT331 Law and Society; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 or GVPT171. Not open to students who have completed GVPT231. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT231 or GVPT331. Formerly GVPT 231. A study of the basis of law and its relationship with various contemporary institutions such as the courts, the legal profession, and society at large. GVPT339E Topics in Public Law: Law, Politics and Ethics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT350 International Relations of the Third World; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. A systemic view of relations between the industrialized and third world nations examining specific themes such as the legacy of colonialism, the origins and goals of national liberation movements, efforts to promote regional cooperation, and global movements such as nonalignment and the quest for a new international economic order. GVPT354 (PermReq) Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and International Development; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Sophomore standing. Also offered as BSOS354. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BSOS354 or GVPT354. A study of the interrelation between violent conflict and socio-economic development worldwide. Students will become familiar with current strategies for designing and implementing conflict-sensitive development strategies. Also offered as ANTH368I. GVPT355 (PermReq) Capstone I: International Development and Conflict Management; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: Only open to students in IDCM Minor Program. Recommended: GVPT354. This course serves as one-half of the Capstone Session for the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management. It is designed to provide students an introduction to, and a chance to practice with, a core set of practical skills relevant to the fields of international development, humanitarian relief and conflict management. This course must be taken in conjunction with GVPT356. GVPT376A (PermReq) Applied Field Research in Government and Politics; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: S-F. Prerequisite: GVPT170. Corequisite: GVPT377. Limited to Capitol Hill students. Corequsite GVPT377A. GVPT377A (PermReq) Seminar For Academic Interns; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170. Corequisite: GVPT376. Limited to Capitol Hill interns. GVPT379A Topics in American Politics: Comparative Gender Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: permission of department. Junior standing. GVPT388 (PermReq) Topical Investigations; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies required. GVPT388I (PermReq) Topical Investigations: Government and Politics Public Policy Internship Program; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT388M (PermReq) Topical Investigations: Mock Trial; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT389 (PermReq) Experiential Learning II; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Junior standing. GVPT396 (PermReq) Introduction to Honors Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: admission to and permission of GVPT Honors Program. A required course for all honors students designed to emphasize library research, methodology, and writing skills in political science and political philosophy. A written proposal, bibliography and research design for an honors paper required of all students as a final project. GVPT397 (PermReq) Honors Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: GVPT396 and admission to GVPT honors program. Individual reading and research. Preparation of an original paper. GVPT399A Seminar in Government and Politics: Game Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT405 Defense Policy and Arms Control; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. For GVPT majors only. Contemporary issues of military strategy and international security are covered, including: nuclear war, conventional (limited war), guerrilla insurgency, arms control, disarmament, moderation of war, defense policy processes, and defense economics. GVPT406 International Organizations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT309B or GVPT406. Formerly GVPT 309B. A basic introduction to the full range of international organizations that have come into being over the past century and one-half, including those that aspire to be universal or global, those with a geopolitical or regional focus, and those that address specific structural or functional areas of human endeavor or issue areas. GVPT409A Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Global Governance; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT409B Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Issues in Regional Integration: The Case of Post-Communist World; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT409C Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: East Asia; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT409D Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: International Security; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT409G Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Economic Statecraft; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT409H Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: International Dissapointments in the New Century; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Restricted to honors students only. GVPT419A Seminar in Public Policy: Examining the Public Policy Process in the U.S.; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT419B Seminar in Public Policy: Advanced Topis in Environmental Policy Analysis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: GVPT170 and GVPT273. Restricted to GVPT majors only. GVPT419H Seminar in Public Policy: Race, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Press; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT423 Elections and Electoral Behavior; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. An examination of various topics relating to elections; the focus includes the legal structure under which elections are conducted, the selection and nomination process, the conduct of election campaigns, and patterns of political participation and voting choice in different types of elections. GVPT424 Topics in Formal Theories of Political Behavior and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT221 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. The focus of this course will vary both by its theoretical core and its applications. The theories are likely to be those of games, social choice, and voting. The applications will usually be to problems of distributive and social justice, community organizing, responsive public policy, institutional design, alliance and coalition formation, etc. Some of the topics will involve research projects. GVPT426 Public Opinion; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Recommended: GVPT220. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. An examination of public opinion and its effect on political action, with emphasis on opinion formation and measurement, propaganda and pressure groups. GVPT431 Introduction to Constitutional Law; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. A systematic inquiry into the general principles of the American constitutional system, with special reference to the role of the judiciary in the interpretation and enforcement of the federal constitution. GVPT439G Seminar in Public Law: Administrative Law; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT449E Seminar in Political Philosophy: Political Action and Political Morality; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT459C Seminar in Comparative Politics: East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT473 Legislatures and Legislation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. A detailed survey of lawmaking and the legislative process, emphasizing the U.S. Congress and its members. For GVPT majors only. GVPT475 The Presidency and the Executive Branch; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. An examination of the U.S. presidency in historical and contemporary perspective: nomination and electoral politics and the president's place in policy-making, administration, and public opinion. GVPT479C Seminar in American Politics: Race and Class; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. GVPT479H Seminar in American Politics: Political Ambition: The Pursuit and Use of Political Power in the U.S.; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Restricted to Honors students only. GVPT484 Government and Politics of Africa; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT280 or GVPT282. A comparative study of the governmental systems and political processes of the African countries, with special emphasis on the problems of nation-building in emergent countries. GVPT622 Quantitative Methods For Political Science; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Introduction to quantitiative methods of data analysis, with emphasis on statistical methods and computer usage. Measures of association, probability, correlation, linear regression estimation techniques, introductory analysis of variance, and use of package computer programs. Course will meet in the LeFrak OASIS lab. GVPT700 Scope and Method of Political Science; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Required of all Ph.D. candidates. A seminar in the methodologies of political science, and their respective applications to different research fields. Interdisciplinary approaches and bibliographical techniques are also reviewed. GVPT708A Seminar in International Relations Theory: International Relations Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT729A Special Topics in Quantitative Political Analysis: Advanced MLE; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT622 and GVPT722. GVPT741 Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Major writings from the tradition of ancient and medieval political philosophy are studied. The goal is to identify and critically analyze the perennial or persistent questions about political life posed by philosophers in divers times and places. GVPT743 Contemporary Political Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing. Theorists from Nietzsche (1884-1900) to the present will be covered with a focus on the apparent failure of the Enlightenment to usher in an age of peace and reason. GVPT770 Seminar in American Political Institutions; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. This is the core institutions seminar in American politics. The course surveys the primary literature in the field and addresses substantively significant topics related to the study of political institutions in the American context. GVPT799 Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. GVPT808A Selected Topics in Functional Problems in International Relations: Nonstate Actors, Advocacy, and Social Movements in International Relations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT808B Selected Topics in Functional Problems in International Relations: Economics, Security, and Strategy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT831 Formal Theories of Politics I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Survey of major formal theories of politics, with emphasis on those theories based on the assumptions of rationality. The theory of public goods, game theory, coalition theory, and the theoretical properties of voting systems. GVPT842 Man and the State; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT 442. Individual reading and reports on such recurring concepts in political theory as liberty, equality, justice, natural law and natural rights, private property, sovereignty, nationalism and the organic state. GVPT849 (PermReq) Readings in Government and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. GVPT856 International Human Rights; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. International law and politics of human rights viewed as a set of global issues involving civil and political as well as economic, cultural and social rights. GVPT859A Selected Topics in Public Policy: Proseminar in Politics, Philosphy, and Public Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT868 Problems of State and Local Government: State and Local Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT872 Judicial Process and Behavior; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. An examination and assessment of the various social scientific approaches to the study of judicial behavior and process. The "behavioral" public law, featuring the application of social science research techniques to the study of the legal process. GVPT878B Problems in American Government and Politics: Political Communication; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT878L (PermReq) Problems in American Government and Politics: Constitutional Law I- Structure of Government; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT878M (PermReq) Problems in American Government and Politics: Constitutional Law II- Civil Rights and Liberties; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. This course will be meeting at the University of Maryland Law School. E nrollment is by permission of the Graduate Director of Government and Po litics. GVPT888E Selected Topics in Comparative Governmental Institutions: East European Politics: Communism, Nationalism, and Democracy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT898 Pre-Candidacy Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. GVPT899 (PermReq) Doctoral Dissertation Research; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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