The University of Pittsburgh Department of Political Science offers a wide variety of courses, such as the following. Not all of these courses are offered each term, but you can search course offerings for current and upcoming terms.
A note on course numbers: Introductory course numbers start with a '0' and upper level course numbers start with a '1'. The second number in the four digit course number helps to indicate which field of study ( 2 = American, 3 = Comparative, 5 = World, 6 = Political Theory, 7 = Research Methods).
American Politics
- PS 1201 Constitution and Civil Liberties
- PS 1202 American Constitutional Law
- PS 1203 Women in Politics
- PS 1205 Race, Gender, and Politics
- PS 1211 Legislative Process
- PS 1212 American Presidency
- PS 1216 Modern Civil Rights
- PS 1220 Sports and American Politics
- PS 1221 Latina/o/x Politics
- PS 1232 Political Attitudes and Public Opinion
- PS 1234 Electoral Behavior and Democratic Process
- PS 1240 Politics of Diversity
- PS 1251 Urban Government and Politics
- PS 1252 State Government
- PS 1261 American Public Policy
- PS 1262 Health Policy in the US
- PS 1264 American Politics through Film
- PS 1275 Religion and Politics
- PS 1281 Capstone Seminar in American Politics
- PS 1291 Women in Politics - Analysis
- PS 1292 Race, Gender, and Politics - Analysis
- PS 1293 Legislative Process - Analysis
- PS 1294 Political Attitude - Analysis
- PS 1295 Political Psychology - Analysis
- PS 1299 Analysis of American Politics
Comparative Politics
- PS 1309 Comparative Regionalism
- PS 1311 Western European Government and Politics
- PS 1316 Asian Politics
- PS 1317 Politics of the European Union
- PS 1321 Latin American Politics
- PS 1324 US-Latin American Relations
- PS 1327 Revolution
- PS 1332 Gov’t and Politics in Contemporary China
- PS 1333 Government and Politics of Japan
- PS 1340 Democratization
- PS 1341 Gov’t and Politics of the USSR & the Russian Fed.
- PS 1351 Government and Politics of the Middle East
- PS 1352 Introduction to African Politics
- PS 1367 Environmental Politics
- PS 1373 Comparative Political Economy
- PS 1374 Politics of Global Inequality
- PS 1378 Challenges to Democracy and Its Institutions
- PS 1381 Capstone Seminar in Comparative Politics
- PS 1391 Authoritarian Statecraft and the Arts of Resistance – Analysis
- PS 1392 European Politics – Analysis
- PS 1393 Global Public Health and Social Policy
- PS 1395 Latin American Politics – Analysis
- PS 1399 Analysis of Comparative Politics
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International Relations & Law
- PS 1501 Theory of International Relations
- PS 1502 Int’l Law and Problems of World Order
- PS 1503 International Organizations
- PS 1504 Nationalism
- PS 1508 International Terrorism
- PS 1511 American Foreign Policy
- PS 1512 Politics of Migration
- PS 1513 Foreign Policies—Changing World
- PS 1514 Political Strategy and International Relations
- PS 1516 Transnational Policy Analysis
- PS 1517 US Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East
- PS 1521 Eastern Europe in World Politics
- PS 1533 Political Violence and Revolution
- PS 1534 Civil Wars
- PS 1536 Human Security
- PS 1537 Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
- PS 1550 Gender and Global Politics
- PS 1581 Capstone Seminar in International Relations
- PS 1591 Analysis of Civil Wars
- PS 1592 Politics of Global Economic Relations – Analysis
- PS 1599 Analysis of International Relations
Political Theory and Analysis
- PS 1602 Early Modern Political Thought in Context
- PS 1603 Contemporary Political Thought
- PS 1607 American Political Thought
- PS 1612 Marxism
- PS 1614 Theories of Justice
- PS 1619 Democratic Theory
- PS 1621 History of Feminist Political Thought
- PS 1622 Outsider Politics: Anarchist, Queer, Punk Feminist Theories
- PS 1675 Politics of Human Rights
- PS 1681 Capstone Seminar in Political Theory
- PS 1691 Myth, Propaganda, and the State – Analysis
- PS 1692 Democratic Theory – Analysis
- PS 1693 Political Theory and the Future – Analysis
- PS 1699 Analysis of Political Theory
Additional Offerings
- PS 1702 Coding and Computation for Social Science
- PS 1710 Strategy and Games of Politics
- PS 1900 Internship
- PS 1901 Independent Study
- PS 1902 Directed Reading
- PS 1903 Directed Research
- PS 1910 Institute of Politics