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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. GVPT260 State and Local Government; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170. A study of the functioning and problems of state and local government in the United States, with illustrations from Maryland jurisdictions. 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. GVPT309A Topics in International Relations: Politics of War: From Vietnam to Iraq; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT309C Topics in International Relations: US Foreign Policy Toward Latin America and the Carribean; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT100. Recommended: GVPT200. GVPT319A Topics in Social Advocacy: Mock Trial: Introduction to Advocacy; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. A series of lectures on trial advocacy, followed by preparation for and participation in invitational mock trial tournaments. Students may be selected to return for the spring semester to represent the University in natioanl competition. Click here for more course information. 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. 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 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. Click here for more information. 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. 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. 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. GVPT399D Seminar in Government and Politics: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & Reconciliation: Past, Present and Future Scenarios; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT399G Seminar in Government and Politics: State, Majority & Minority in the Middle East; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. GVPT407 International Political Economy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. Introduces the field of international political economy, which analyzes the ways in which economic and political changes produce both economic and political reactions. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. 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. Pre-requisite: GVPT200. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT409C Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Globalization and International Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT200. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be p laced on the holdfile. GVPT409D Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: International Security; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT409E Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: International Trade Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT 200. For GVPT majors only GVPT409H Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: War; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT200. Restricted to GVPT and HONR students only. GVPT409N Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: US and United Nations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT200. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT409R Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT200. Recommend GVPT331. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT418A Seminar in Research Methods: U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Restricted to GVPT majors only, all others will be placed on the holdfile. This course will satisfy the quantitative skills requirement for Government & Politics majors. GVPT419B Seminar in Public Policy: Advanced Topis in Environmental Policy Analysis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: GVPT170 and GVPT273. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. 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. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. 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. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. 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. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. 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. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. 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. GVPT449B Seminar in Political Philosophy: Political Theory and Social Criticism; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT449H Seminar in Political Philosophy: Distributive Justice in Theory and Practice; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Restricted to Honors GVPT majors. GVPT454 Seminar in the International Relations of China; (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: GVPT409D or GVPT454. Formerly GVPT409D. Explores the foreign relations behavior of the People's Republic of China, with focus on the contemporary era. GVPT457 American Foreign Relations; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT200. Junior standing. For GVPT majors only. The principles and machinery of the conduct of American foreign relations, with emphasis on the Departments of State and Defense, and an analysis of the major foreign policies of the United States. GVPT459C Seminar in Comparative Politics: Eastern European Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT200 or GVPT280. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on holdfile. GVPT459D Seminar in Comparative Politics: Terrorism; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT200 or GVPT280. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on holdfile. GVPT460 Problems in State and Local Government; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Recommended: GVPT260. For GVPT majors only. A study of the structure, procedures and policies of state and local governments with special emphasis on the state level and on intergovernmental relationships, and with illustrations from Maryland governmental arrangements. GVPT462 Urban Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT241. Recommended: GVPT260. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GVPT461 or GVPT462. Urban political process and institutions considered in the light of changing social and economic conditions. 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. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. 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. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT479B Seminar in American Politics: Race, Ethnicity & Politics in the United States; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT479D Seminar in American Politics: Minority Politics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on the holdfile. GVPT479H Seminar in American Politics: Political Ambition; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on holdfile. GVPT479I Seminar in American Politics: Immigration Politics and Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite GVPT170 and GVPT241. For GVPT majors only. All other majors will be placed on holdfile. GVPT608 (PermReq) Workshop in Government & Politics; (1-2 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. 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. 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. GVPT845 Marxist Political Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: GVPT 443 or permission of instructor. Intensive study and analysis of the leading ideas of Marx and Engels and their development in the different forms of social democracy and of communism. GVPT848A Current Problems in Political Theory: Liberalism, Capabilities, and Citizenship; (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. GVPT859A Selected Topics in Public Policy: Proseminar in Politics, Philosphy, and Public Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT878B Problems in American Government and Politics: Social Capital; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT878D Problems in American Government and Politics: Voting Behavior and Participation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT888E Selected Topics in Comparative Governmental Institutions: Politics of Conflict; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. GVPT889B Selected Topics in Area Problems in International Relations: International Relations Theory and East Asia; (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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