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Schedule of course offerings

Political Science

PLS 2000 Power and Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 2120 American National Government

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 2220 International Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 2510 Comparative Nonwestern Social Systems

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3010 Modern Political Ideologies

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3020 Introduction to Comparative Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3100 Quantitative Methods in Political Science

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3150 Religion and Politics in America

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3210 City Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3220 State Government

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3230 Government of Ohio

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3250 African American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3260 Black Women and Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3310 Political Parties

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3350 The American Presidency

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3370 The Legislative Process

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3400 Law and Society

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3410 Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3420 Civil Liberties I: First Amendment

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3430 Civil Liberties II: Due Process

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3440 Police Procedures and Operations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3450 Public Administration

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3460 Public Personnel Administration

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3560 Politics and Society in France

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3700 International Theory

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3750 Human Rights in United States

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 3990 Studies in Selected Subjects

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4010 Development and Construction of American Civil Liberty

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4020 Mass Media & Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4030 Campaigns and Elections

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4040 Struggles for Civil Rights in America

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4050 Political Polarization in American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4060 Globalization

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4070 Seminar in Political Theory

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4080 Radical Black Thought

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4090 Supreme Court and Legal Judging

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4100 Political Psychology

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4150 Law, Lawyers and the System

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4160 Sex and the Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4170 Appellate Politics and Moot Court

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4180 Politics and Ethics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4200 Politics and the Novel

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4210 American Constitutional Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4230 Financial Management in Public Organizations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4240 American Public Policy Analysis

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4250 Metropolitan Studies Seminar

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4260 Supreme Court in American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4270 Urban Policy Analysis

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4280 National Security Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4300 American Government Seminar

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4310 Cyber Crime

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4320 International Politics of Cyber Security

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4330 Public Opinion

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4340 Political Leadership

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4350 Seminar in Political Corruption

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4360 Criminal Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4370 Criminal Procedure

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4380 Environmental Law and Policy

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4390 Bioethics and Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4400 Constitutional Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4410 Natural Resources Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4420 Criminal Justice System

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4425 Crime Scene Investigation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4435 Methods of Human Identification

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4440 Topics in Criminal Justice

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4450 Advanced Criminal Investigation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4460 Public Budgeting

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4480 Gender Violence & American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4490 Gender Violence and International Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4500 Political Anthropology

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4510 Contemporary African Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4520 International Human Rights

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4530 Politics of Russia

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4540 Politics of the Middle East

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4550 Politics of Iraq

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4560 Politics of Europe

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4570 Politics of Developing Nations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4580 Latin American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4590 Contemporary Brazil

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4600 Seminar in Comparative Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4610 Comparative Social Movements

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4620 US- India-Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4630 International Conflict

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4650 Politics of Nationalism

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4660 Political Institutions and Issues- South Asia

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4670 Chinese Domestic Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4700 Topics in International Relations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4710 International Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4720 Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4730 American Foreign Policy

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4750 Weapons of Mass Destruction

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4770 International Organization

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4819 Political Science Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 4820 State Legislative Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 4821 Pre-Law Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 4822 Congressional District Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 4823 Campaign Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 4824 Local/City Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 4825 Washington, DC Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 4850 Chinese Foreign Policy

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4860 Model UN Seminar

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4870 Politics of Intelligence Gathering

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4871 Fundamentals of Intelligence Tradecraft

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4880 Conflict Resolution

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4881 Diplomacy and Negotiation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4890 Foreign Service Seminar

Credit Hours:
1
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 4900 Independent Reading

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Independent Study
PLS 4910 Independent Research

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Independent Study
PLS 4920 Independent Field Research

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Independent Study
PLS 4930 Contemporary Problems

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 4940 Special Topics

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5230 Government of Ohio

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5250 African American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5260 Black Women and Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5400 Law and Society

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5410 Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5420 Civil Liberties I: First Amendment

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5430 Civil Liberties II

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5440 Police Procedures and Operations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5560 Politics and Society in France

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5750 Human Rights in USA

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 5990 Studies in Selected Topics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6030 Campaigns and Elections

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6050 Political Polarization in American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6060 Globalization

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6080 Radical Black Thought

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6100 Political Psychology

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6160 Sex and the Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6170 Appellate Politics and Moot Court

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6180 Politics and Ethics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6200 Politics & the Novel

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6210 American Constitutional Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6230 American Public Policy Analysis

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6260 Supreme Court in American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6270 Public Policy Analysis

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6280 National Security Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6300 American Government Seminar

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6320 International Politics of Cyber Security

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6330 Public Opinion

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6340 Political Leadership

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6350 Seminar - Political Corruption

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6360 Criminal Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6370 Criminal Procedure

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6380 Environmental Law & Policy

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6390 Bioethics and Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6400 Constitutional Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6410 Natural Resources Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6420 Criminal Justice Systems

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6425 Methods of Crime Scene Investigation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6435 Methods of Human Identification

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6440 Topics in Criminal Justice

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6450 Advanced Crim Investigation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6480 Gender Violence & Amer Pol

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6490 Intl Politics- Gender Violence

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6510 Contemporary African Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6520 International Human Rights

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6530 Politics of Russia

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6540 Politics of the Middle East

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6550 Politics of Iraq

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6560 Politics of Europe

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6570 Politics of Developing Nations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6580 Latin American Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6590 Contemporary Brazil

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6600 Seminar in Comparative Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6610 Comparative Social Movements

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6620 US- India-Pakistan-Afghan Relations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6650 Politics of Nationalism

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6660 Political Institutions and Issues- South Asia

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6670 Chinese Domestic Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6700 Topics in International Relations

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6710 International Law

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6720 Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6730 American Foreign Policy

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6750 Weapons of Mass Destruction

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6770 International Organization

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6820 State Legislative Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 6821 Pre-Law Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 6822 Congressional District Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 6823 Campaign Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 6824 Local/City Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 6825 Washington, DC Internship

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 6850 Chinese Foreign Policy

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6860 Model United Nations Seminar

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6870 Politics of Intelligence Gathering

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6871 Fundamentals of Intelligence Tradecraft: Research, Analysis, Writing, and Briefing

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6880 Conflict Resolution

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6881 Diplomacy & Negotiation

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6890 Foreign Service Seminar

Credit Hours:
1
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 6900 Independent Reading

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Independent Study
PLS 6910 Independent Research

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Independent Study
PLS 6920 Independent Field Research

Credit Hours:
1 to 3
Schedule Type:
Internship
PLS 6930 Contemporary Problems

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 6940 Special Topics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 7010 International and Comparative Politics Statistics I

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Lecture
PLS 7030 International and Comparative Politics Research Design

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 7200 Grad Seminar in IR Theory

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 7300 Theories of Comparative Politics

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 7790 Practicum in International Relations/Comparative Politics

Credit Hours:
1 to 8
Schedule Type:
Practicum
PLS 7791 Principles of Intelligence

Credit Hours:
2
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 7900 Continuing Registration

Credit Hours:
1
Schedule Type:
Independent Study
PLS 7970 Graduate General Examination

Credit Hours:
1
Schedule Type:
Discussion
PLS 7980 Graduate Project

Credit Hours:
1 to 8
Schedule Type:
Independent Study
PLS 7981 Strategic Intelligence

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 7982 Intelligence and Homeland Security

Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Seminar
PLS 7990 Graduate Thesis Research

Credit Hours:
1 to 8
Schedule Type:
Independent Study

Graduate

Political Science

PLS 6819 Political Science Internship

Level:
Graduate
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule Type:
Internship

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