Courses

• GRS PH 901: Directed Research on Thesis
  
• GRS PH 902: Directed Research on Thesis
  
• GRS PH 905: Directed Study in Problems in Philosophy
  
• GRS PH 906: Directed Study in Problems in Philosophy
  
• GRS PH 991: Directed Research on Dissertation
  
• GRS PH 993: Philosophy Proseminar 1
  A workshop seminar offering advanced graduate students the opportunity to present and discuss work-in- progress (dissertation chapters, papers for job applications, journal submissions). A serious commitment to regular and continuing attendance is expected.
• GRS PH 994: Philosophy Proseminar 2
  A continuation of GRS PH 993. A workshop seminar offering advanced graduate students the opportunity to present and discuss work-in-progress (dissertation chapters, papers for job applications, journal submissions). A serious commitment to regular and continuing attendance is expected.
• GRS PO 699: Teaching College Political Science I
  The goals, contents, and methods of instruction in Political Science. General teaching-learning issues. Required of all teaching fellows.
• GRS PO 702: Professional Development for PhD Candidates in Political Science
  For political science PhD students who have finished coursework and are preparing for comprehensive exams or are working on a PhD prospectus. Addresses core issues in numerous fields and is taught by members of the GFPS.
• GRS PO 711: Approaches to the Study of American Politics
  Graduate core course. Introduces students to major theoretical, substantive, and methodological problems in the study of American politics by examining two sets of literature: scholarly debates and discussion of theory and research, and the concrete research of leading Americanists.
• GRS PO 741: Public Policy Analysis
  Seminar in analytical concepts and rational policymaking models applied to each of several issue areas: education, welfare, health care, economy, and the environment in the United States and Europe.
• GRS PO 750: Political Reform in the Middle East
  
• GRS PO 751: Approaches to the Study of Comparative Politics
  
• GRS PO 756: The Political Economy of the European Union
  Meets with GRS IR 760. Investigates major issues of European economic integration, including the Single Market and European Monetary Union. Explores the theoretical and practical problems of integration. Considers the crisis of the Euro and its consequences for European member-state economies and democracies.
• GRS PO 760: Problems and Issues of Contemporary Africa
  Topic for Spring 2015: Transitional Justice. This seminar explores transitional justice in post conflict African states, studying domestic and international trials, truth commissions, memorialization and commemoration, and deliberate forgetting of the past and asks which methods best help countries emerge from war or dictatorship.
• GRS PO 768: Contemporary Issues in Latin America
  Meets with GRS IR 766. Review and analysis of contemporary developments in Latin America from major print and on-line news sources and journals. Focuses on breaking issues and develops capacity for critical analysis. Required for LASMA students.
• GRS PO 771: Approaches to the Study of International Relations
  Graduate core course. Focuses on approaches and theories of international relations rather than international events. Compares historical, descriptive, normative, and scientific approaches. Surveys a variety of theories of international conflict (e.g., war, arms races), and theories of international integration (e.g., alliances, trade).
• GRS PO 785: Comparative Political Economy of China and India
  (Meets with GRS IR 758.) Compares China and India's economic reform, focusing on their reform policies and government-business relationships. Examines their political development (or lack thereof) during their economic reform. Discusses China and India's rise and implications for the global system.
• GRS PO 789: The United States and the International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
  Focuses on contemporary issues in U.S. relations with Japan, China, Taiwan, North and South Korea, and Russian involvement in East Asia. The implications of social economic, political, strategic changes in East Asia for U.S. policy and the management of international affairs are highlighted.
• GRS PO 791: Approaches to the Study of Political Theory
  Graduate core course. An overview of some of the more significant opinions for the study of political theory today, with attention to both substantive and methodological issues.

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