Academia: Free Online World Politics Courses From Top Universities
Autor: Bruno Quadros e Quadros | Publicado: 2012-01-29T23:18:00-02:00



Free Online World Politics Courses From Top Universities

There are 27 online World Politics courses offered free by top universities, including MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and UMass (University of Massachusetts).


1.&nbsp;Collective Choice I&nbsp;- MIT

Graduate level course that investigates the political economy (the influences of&nbsp;economics&nbsp;and political events on the economy) in democratic countries. Topics include macroeconomics, political parties models, vote buying, lobbying, coalitions and government stability.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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898.5



2.&nbsp;Introduction to Latin American Studies&nbsp;- MIT

Graduate level course that investigates the political economy (the influences of economics and political events on the economy) in democratic countries. Topics include macroeconomics, political parties models, vote buying, lobbying, coalitions and government stability.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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988.5



3.&nbsp;New Global Agenda: Exploring 21st Century Challenges through Innovations in Information Technologies&nbsp;- MIT

Intro to 21st century international politics. Course emphasis is on the impact of information technology.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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988.5



4.&nbsp;Political Economy of Globalization&nbsp;- MIT

Focus on the international economy. How do changes in it and the various governments that control it affect policy making and domestic policies?



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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677.5



5.&nbsp;Labor and Politics&nbsp;- MIT

Effects (i.e. risks or opportunities) of various factors, such as privatization and globalization, on labor in third world countries.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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677.5



6.&nbsp;Field Seminar in International Relations Theory&nbsp;- MIT

International relations undergraduate and graduate seminar. Various concepts and theories are presented.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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677.5



7.&nbsp;Globalization, Migration and International Relations&nbsp;- MIT

Students in this course examine the extent of globalization by following the development of international interactions.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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877.5



8.&nbsp;Ethnicity and Race in World Politics&nbsp;- MIT

Intro to racial and ethnic politics in a bid to comprehend world politics as they are today.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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787.5



9.&nbsp;Government and Politics of China&nbsp;- MIT

Into to politics in modern-day China. Topics include communist revolution, Mao, social upheaval and 1990s China.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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877.5



10.&nbsp;Reading Seminar in Social Science: International Political Economy- MIT

Look at the economic relations between nations and the politics behind them. Course explores globalization, communist transition and terrorist financing.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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877.5



11.&nbsp;Political Philosophy: Global Justice&nbsp;- MIT

Study of the standards (basis and content) of justice that extend across an individual state's borders. Issues specifically studied include human rights and economic and political justice.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



12.&nbsp;Advances in International Relations Theory&nbsp;- MIT

Investigation of current theories on international relations. Looks at latest emerging theories, institutionalism, liberalism and realism.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



13.&nbsp;Field Seminar in International Political Economy&nbsp;- MIT

Covers basic principles, differing perspectives, implementing empirical analysis and theory and the latest tendencies in analysis and theory.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



14.&nbsp;International Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Societies&nbsp;- MIT

Overview of IPE (international political economy), which examines security and international financial and monetary relations, and trade. Course is for doctoral students.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



15.&nbsp;International Relations&nbsp;- UMass

Intro to international relations, focusing on idealism and realism.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?Yes
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?Yes
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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898.5





1.&nbsp;Comparative Politics and China&nbsp;- MIT

Graduate level seminar with a focus on contemporary politics in China. Course uses methodological and theoretical approaches.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



2.&nbsp;Political Economy of Latin America&nbsp;- MIT

Students in this&nbsp;political science&nbsp;class examine the politics surrounding economic reform, especially in Latin America. This course is intended for graduate and doctoral students.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



3.&nbsp;The Politics of Global Financial Relations&nbsp;- MIT

Study of financial globalization and its associated influences on domestic politics and international relations.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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687



4.&nbsp;Chinese Foreign Policy&nbsp;- MIT

Intro to foreign policy of China from 1949 onward.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



5.&nbsp;Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan&nbsp;- MIT

Introduction to modern Japan, its politics and the process to formulate policy.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



6.&nbsp;Political Economy of Chinese Reform&nbsp;- MIT

Study of transitions in China. Focuses on various types of reform, including enterprise and social welfare.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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777



7.&nbsp;Political Economy of Development&nbsp;- MIT

Course presents an analysis of why some countries get rich while others remain poor. Course emphasis is on the relationship between globalization and development.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelGraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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766.5



8.&nbsp;Political Economy of Western Europe&nbsp;- MIT

Students in this course explore the influence of European states in the time after the end of WWII. Topics include state traditions, Keynesianism and state enterprises.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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766.5



9.&nbsp;Globalization&nbsp;- MIT

An investigation of globalization. Is it new? Irreversible? How it influences democracy, innovation or social safety nets.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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766.5



10.&nbsp;Working in a Global Economy&nbsp;- MIT

Study of the global economy. Students study main debates and the impact of globalization on policy and practice.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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676.5



11.&nbsp;International Relations of East Asia&nbsp;- MIT

A look at the countries making up East Asia and their international relations.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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676.5



12.&nbsp;Democratization in Asia, Africa and Latin America&nbsp;- MIT

Undergraduate level study of the democratization of countries in developing areas.



Course FeatureResult for Home User
Degree LevelUndergraduate
Lectures, Notes or Reading Lists?Yes
Labs and Assignments?Yes
Tests or Quizzes with Solutions?No
Video Lectures?No
Podcast of Course?No
Audio for Course?No
Downloadable Materials?Yes


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Quality of ContentUsability for Home UserOverall Grade
676.5

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