Study Abroad

• CAS PO 204: The Modern US Senate: From Collaboration to Confrontation
  Examines the history of the US Senate with a special focus on increasing partisanship since WWII. Addresses major policy issues and landmark pieces of legislation as well as the lives and legacies of prominent individual Senators. Includes guest lecturers. Also offered as CAS HI 327E.
• CAS PO 220: Britain and Europe: A New Beginning
  Examines the changing social, cultural, political, and economic structures of Britain at the end of the twentieth century. Introduction to current debates about the future of the United Kingdom in its relationship with Europe. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 335.
• CAS PO 221: British Political Institutions
  Meets with CAS IR 359. The institutions of British democracy and political participation. Voting patterns, interest groups, and political parties; the role of Parliament, the cabinet, the monarchy, and civil service. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 360.
• CAS PO 222: The British Legal System
  Provides an introduction to the history and the development of the British legal system. Describes the evolution of the Common Law of England, the legal system and the legal profession of England. Also examines legal aspects of constitutional systems of government. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 534.
• CAS PO 223: Issues in Contemporary Politics
  An in-depth study of contemporary topics in British and European politics and society, the course provides context to examine such issues as British/EC political and trade relations, British relations with the former Soviet bloc, and Anglo-American problems of public administration. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 358.
• CAS PO 224: British Law and Current Issues
  Examines controversial issues in contemporary British law, situated in their social, political, and ethical context. Special comparisons to wider European as well as American issues. Format includes class discussions, film viewings, and guest lectures from field experts. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 388.
• CAS PO 225: Understanding British Foreign and Domestic Policy Processes
  Meets with CAS IR 361 E. Presents main policy areas and policy-making in Britain in an international context. Particular attention paid to foreign and defense policies. Focus on policy outcomes and the policy- making process with some reference to the political system and associated legal and constitutional factors.
• CAS PO 231: The History of Ireland
  Examination of four themes: Ireland's relationship with England; Ireland and the Catholic Church; Ireland during the Union with Great Britain (especially the famine); and the emergence of the modern Irish nation. Emphasis on economic, political, and religious developments. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 381.
• CAS PO 240: Paris Politique
  Introduction to the political life of France, beginning with a historical overview of the French political system. Examines issues related to administrative organization, the civil service, regionalism, and France's role in the international community. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 450.
• CAS PO 242: The Activities of International Organizations
  Examination of several types of institutional arrangements, both within and outside the UN system, as well as normative, operational, and enforcement activities. Considers role of non-State actors in their relations with international institutional arrangements. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 444.
• CAS PO 243: Introduction to Public International Law
  (Meets with CAS IR 445.) Analysis of how public international law governs relations between States. Focus on the decentralized structure of the legal order and on conditions under which States can safeguard their rights. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS PO 445.
• 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 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 401: Internship in Politics
  Internship conducted under auspices of a BU Study Abroad program.
• CAS PO 403: Internship in Comparative Law
  Internship conducted under the auspices of a BU Study Abroad program.
• CAS PO 405: Internship in International Organizations
  Placements could involve assignments in international or nonprofit organizations.
• 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 406: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
  Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic waves in vacuum and matter; reflection and refraction; diffraction and interference; coherence; special theory of relativity.

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