First-Year Courses in Political Science (Division 450) This page was created at 8:03 AM on Wed, Oct 4, 2000. Fall Term, 2000 (September 6 - December 22) Open courses in Political Science Wolverine Access Subject listing for POLSCI Take me to the Fall Term '00 Time Schedule for Political Science. To see what first-year courses have been added or changed in Political Science this week go to What's New This Week. Poli. Sci. 101. Introduction to Political Theory. Section 001. Instructor(s): Elizabeth Wingrove (ewingrov@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Primarily for First and Second Year Students. (4). (SS). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. An introduction to some classic accounts of politics in the Western tradition, and to some critiques thereof. Readings include: Plato, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Arendt, and King. Among the themes to be addressed: What, if anything, makes state authority legitimate? Do people benefit from political participation, or is it inevitably corrupting, confusing, irritating, and/or tiresome? What constitutes a public, rather than a private, concern? Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 2 Waitlist Code: 1 Poli. Sci. 111. Introduction to American Politics. Section 001. Instructor(s): Hanes Walton (hantonjr@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Primarily for First and Second Year Students. (4). (SS). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This is a broad survey of government and politics in the United States which explores a wide range of topics including elections, interest groups, the presidency, Congress, and the courts. The kinds of questions considered might include the following: What impact do interest groups have on governmental policy? Are there real differences between the two major political parties? What accounts for swings in voting behavior and election outcome from one time to another? How do members of Congress decide how to vote? In what ways do presidents and bureaucrats affect public policies? This is not a comprehensive list but suggests the kinds of issues that are discussed in this course. There are two lectures and two discussion section meetings each week. There is generally a midterm, a final examination, and some other written work. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 2 Waitlist Code: 1 Poli. Sci. 160. Introduction to World Politics. Section 001. Instructor(s): Douglas Lemke (dlemke@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Primarily for First and Second Year Students. (4). (SS). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts and ideas central to social science efforts to understand politics in an international setting. As such, it stresses theory and inference and uses historical anecdote and contemporary events only as illustrations to illuminate behavior in larger classes of events. The course begins with consideration of who the actors in world politics are, and what the international system they interact within looks like. We then turn our attention to specific types of interactions between states. We will consider both economic interactions and military interactions. Grades will be based on written examinations, paper assignments and such additional assignments as may be made by individual section leaders. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 3 Waitlist Code: 1, 4 This page was created at 8:03 AM on Wed, Oct 4, 2000. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.