Study Abroad

• CAS PO 244: Small States and Security Issues
  Approaches to small states' security, with focus on Switzerland. General review of foreign, security, and defense policies. Switzerland?s evolution since the Cold War. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 446.
• CAS PO 245: Nationalism in Spain in a European Context
  Examines Spanish national identity alongside minority national identities within Spain such as the Basque and Catalonian peoples. Compares the case of Spain with other national minorities across Europe. Examines non-state nationalisms from historical and contemporary perspectives.
• CAS PO 246: Democratization: Its History and Future Challenges
  Meets with CAS IR 391E. Comparative perspective on the history of democracy and democratization. Explores conditions, catalysts, and processes of democratic change with a focus on current trends in the democratization debate. Special focus on Iran as a case study.
• CAS PO 247: Politics, Nations, and Identity in the New Europe: Switzerland and the European Union
  (Meets with CAS IR 418 E.) Examines Switzerland in the context of European history through a structured comparison with France and Germany. Discusses the Swiss role in the history and rationale of the EU, the current eurozone crisis and plans for enlargement, and questions of migration.
• CAS PO 260: The Australian Political System
  Examines the Australian system and its institutions. Topics include the Constitution, governor-general, republicanism, the High Court, federalism, Parliament, the Executive, the role of the bureaucracy, the party system, interest groups, and the role of the media. (Taught in Sydney, Australia.) This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 350.
• CAS PO 281: Natural Resource Politics in the Andes
  The politics of minerals, oils, and natural gas extraction in the Andes. History of extractive industries: colonialism, foreign investment, nationalization, privatization. The resource curse and challenges of development. Resource-based conflict and current political issues in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
• CAS PS 365: Psychology Applied to Social Issues
  Enhances students' awareness of selected current social issues in Great Britain and the policies and strategies currently pursued by government to address them.
• CAS PY 313: Waves and Modern Physics
  Waves and physical optics, relativistic mechanics, experimental foundations of quantum mechanics, atomic structure, physics of molecules and solids, atomic nuclei and elementary particles. Along with CAS PY 211, 212, PY 313 completes a three-semester introductory sequence primarily intended for students of engineering.
• CAS PY 392: Directed Study or Research in Physics
  Intensive study of one aspect of physics under the supervision of a faculty member.
• CAS PY 482: Undergraduate Physics Seminar
  Intended primarily for upper-level physics students but open to others with consent of the instructor. In-depth examination at an undergraduate level of an area of current physics research. Topics cover areas of contemporary interest and vary from year to year; possible areas include general relativity, particle physics, biophysics, and superconductivity. (CAS PY 482 may be taken multiple times for credit.)
• CAS RN 327: Jews and Christians in Italy: A Historical Perspective
  A social history of the relationship between the Jewish and Christian communities in Italy, from early modern times to today. Fosters an understanding of this relationship in cultural, economic, social, and religious contexts. Includes site visits. Taught in Italian.
• CAS RN 346: History, Islam, and Politics in the MENA
  Explores how the colonial experience shaped North African culture and society, and how the North African postcolonial state negotiated the legacy of colonialism and responded to the dynamics underpinning global politics. Also offered as CAS HI 354 E.
• CAS RN 459: Primo Levi Within Holocaust Literature
  A study of Primo Levi's writings and scientific, theological, and philosophical approaches to the Holocaust. Other theorists (Arendt, Wiesel, Müller-Hill) and other survivors' testimonies (Delbo, Borowski, Fink) are read in conjunction with Levi's works. Also offered as CAS LI 459 and CAS XL 459.
• CAS SO 213: Internatnl Crse
  
• CAS SO 308: Australian Social Policy
  Covers broad history and major problems of Australian social policy; institutional framework within which Australian policy is formulated and implemented; and principle current methodologies of policy evaluation. Draws on history, politics, and economics of Australia.
• CAS SO 315: The Social Nature of Technology
  Theoretical foundations of sociology of technology from antiquity through the modern age. Explores the paradox of technology as being socially constructed, but treated as similar to nature.
• CAS SO 321: Contemporary Issues in British Welfare
  Explores some current issues of the social welfare system in Britain and gives background and framework of their emergence. Guest speakers from the National Health Service and Civil Services discuss development of the welfare state.
• CAS SO 341: Contemporary Irish Society
  Overview of modern Irish history from the founding of the modern state in 1922 to the present day. Study of Ireland's political and social structures. Topics include the past and present influence of the Catholic Church, the Northern question, current social policy, and unresolved social issues.
• CAS SS 315: Aotearoa New Zealand: History, Society, and Politics
  Introduction to traditional and contemporary Maori society and culture, emphasizing tensions between the global and the local. Comparison of NZ political system to the American, with focus on the role of the Maori.
• CAS SS 350: American Institutions
  Focus on most important institutions and traditions shaping U.S. history. Critical analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the American system of government.

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