A variety of courses will be offered to respond to topical needs of the curriculum. Recent courses include Theorists of International Order, Shakespeare's Politics, Criminal Law, and Citizenship in Theory and Practice. In this course, the role of business groups in public affairs and the role of government in business affairs will be examined. Discussion will include the structure of interest groups, their lobbying activities, and the politics of regulation, among other topics. An in-depth treatment of one or more of the issues introduced in International Relations.
Topics vary from year to year.
Seminar in Politics and Culture 4 hours This will be an upper-level seminar in the study of the relationship of politics and culture. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the nature and difficulties of cultural study, with particular attention to ethnographic or participant observer research methods. Focus of the seminar will change yearly but may include Judaism and Jewishness or Women and Politics. An intensive examination of a text or theme introduced in the Political Philosophy sequence. Among the topics have been Rousseau's Emile, Spinoza, and The German Enlightenment.