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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. 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. GVPT273 Introduction to Environmental Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. A comprehensive overview of environmental problems, institutions, policies, practices, and remedies found in present-day world society, with special emphasis on environmental matters as objects of American public policy, both domestic and foreign. 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. GVPT309B Topics in International Relations: Globalization and Resistance; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: GVPT100 and GVPT200. GVPT309C Topics in International Relations: U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Latin American and the Caribbean; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT100. GVPT200 is recommended to take this course. GVPT319B (PermReq) Topics in Social Advocacy: Mock Trial Indepentent Study; (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 GVPT231. 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. GVPT356 Capstone II: International Development and Conflict Management; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: only open to students in IDCM Minor and GVPT355. Recommended: GVPT354. This course serves one-half of the Capstone Course 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 GVPT355. GVPT360 Introduction to International Negotiations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT250 or GVPT360. Formerly GVPT250. Introduction to the complexities of international negotiation and cross-cultural decision-making. Students will apply advanced computer technology in an interactive simulation involving actual negotiations. GVPT376 (PermReq) Applied Field Research in Government and Politics; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: S-F. Prerequisite: GVPT170. Corequisite: GVPT377. Students in this course participate as interns in an agency of government or in some other appropriate political organization. Assignments are arranged to provide students with insights into both theoretical and practical aspects of politics. Under the tutelage of the host agency and an academic adviser, students conduct a major research project of mutual interest to the student and his or her host agency in the field of government and politics. GVPT377 (PermReq) Seminar For Academic Interns; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170. Corequisite: GVPT376. The application of major concepts of political science to the realities of the political process. Readings and discussion attempt to relate the experiences of the academic interns to appropriate literature on the subject of political decision-making. 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. GVPT majors only and must have departmental permission to register. GVPT388M (PermReq) Topical Investigations: Mock Trial Independent Study; (1 credit) 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. GVPT402 International Law; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. A study of the basic character, general principles and specific rules of international law, with emphasis on recent and contemporary trends in the field and its relation to other aspects of international affairs. GVPT404 Private International Law; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Recommended: GVPT402. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. An introduction to private international law, defined as those substantive laws that a nation or nations have applied to private transactions involving transnational relationships. Private international law is often called the "conflict of laws" because it almost always arises to deal with the existence of a number of separate legal systems in the various states, each practicing their own 'municipal law' in ways that invariably raise real and potential conflicts requiring accommodation and cooperation. GVPT409A Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: The United States and The United Nations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT409B Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: International Political Economy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT409C Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Middle East Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT409D Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: International Security; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT409F Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Conflict and Crisis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT409H Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Corporations and the Global Political Economy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. For Honors GVPT majors only. GVPT409M (PermReq) Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Minorities at Risk; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Please email Dr. Amy Pate at apate@start.umd.edu for permission to enroll in this course. GVPT419A Seminar in Public Policy: Social Advocacy: Stoppng Darfur, Saving the Earth and Changing the World Bank; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT419H Seminar in Public Policy: Politics of the Changing American City; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. For Honors 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. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. 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. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. 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. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. GVPT429 Problems in Political Behavior: Seminar in Social Capital; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prequisite: GVPT241. Recommended: GVPT220. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT432 Civil Rights and the Constitution; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT241 and GVPT331. For GVPT majors only. A study of civil rights in the American constitutional context, emphasizing freedom of religion, freedom of expression, minority discrimination, and the rights of defendants. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. GVPT439B Seminar in Public Law: Terrorism and Constitution; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT439D Seminar in Public Law: Animal Rights Law and Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT443 Contemporary Political Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. A survey of the principal political theories and ideologies set forth in the works of writers from Karl Marx to the present. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. GVPT445 Marxism and Postmarxism; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT100. The study of Marxist thought and an assessment of the critical transformations and reassessments of the theory and practice of Marxism. GVPT459A Seminar in Comparative Politics: Ownership, Control, Democracy and Power; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT241 Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majora only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT459B Seminar in Comparative Politics: Pop Sturggle- Repression and Dissent in Film, Music and Graphic Novels; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200 and GVPT280. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed on hold-file. GVPT459H Seminar in Comparative Politics: Globalization and Economic Gvoernance; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prequisite: GVPT200 and GVPT280. Restricted to undergraduate Honors GVPT majors only. GVPT461 Metropolitan Government; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. An examination of administrative problems relating to public services, planning and coordination in a metropolitan environment. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. 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. Restricted to undergraduate GVPT majors only. All other majors placed o n hold-file. GVPT479H Seminar in American Politics: Religion and Politics in the United States; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Restricted to undergraduate Honors GVPT majors only. GVPT487 Government and Politics of China; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Recommended: GVPT280 or GVPT282. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT359A or GVPT487. Formerly GVPT359A. Discussion of major issues in the study of the domestic politics of the People's Republic of China. GVPT599 Teaching Political Science: Teaching Political Science; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT722 Advanced Quantitative Methods For Political Science; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT 622 or permission of instructor. Introduction to multivariate analysis. Elementary matrix algebra, multiple linear and curvilinear correlation and regression, analysis of variance, canonical correlation and regression, discriminant analysis, and several types of factor analysis. 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. GVPT761 International Political Economy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Recommended: GVPT 708. Major issues in international political economy including such matters as the monetary system, trade, debt, and development. GVPT771 Seminar in American Political Behavior; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. This is the core seminar in American political behavior. The course will deal with prominent theoretical and empirical issues in the areas of voting, public opinion, political participation and other aspects of political behavior 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. GVPT808C Selected Topics in Functional Problems in International Relations: International and Domestic Conflict Behavior; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT808E Selected Topics in Functional Problems in International Relations: Power, Institutions, and International Trade; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT832 Formal Theories of Politics II; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT 831. Theories of justice, the voters paradox, the liberal paradox, the effects of costly information, and theories of regulation. GVPT848A Current Problems in Political Theory: Democratic Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT848B Current Problems in Political Theory: EROS, THANATOS, AND THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF VIOLENCE.; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT848D Current Problems in Political Theory: Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT849 (PermReq) Readings in Government and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. GVPT859B Selected Topics in Public Policy: Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Also offered as PHIL688W and PUAF698J. GVPT873 Seminar in Legislatures and Legislation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Reports on topics assigned for individual study and reading about the composition and organization of legislatures and about the legislative process. GVPT878D Problems in American Government and Politics: Voting and Participation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT878E (PermReq) Problems in American Government and Politics: American Constitutional Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: Permission of the Director of Graduate Studies required. GVPT878P (PermReq) Problems in American Government and Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: Permission of the Director of Graduate Studies required. GVPT888D Selected Topics in Comparative Governmental Institutions; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT888G Selected Topics in Comparative Governmental Institutions: Genocide and Mass State Killing; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT889A Selected Topics in Area Problems in International Relations: International Relations of the Middle East; (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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