Political Science at Boston College
Boston College Political Science courses: 92 listings with descriptions, sections, instructor ratings, and teaching history.
Political Science at Boston College offers 92 courses in the current catalog, from POLI1021 How to Rule the World: Introduction to Political Theory to POLI7996 Dissertation Seminar. Each course page on Linden Study shows the catalog description, credits and prerequisites, the sections offered each term, and the instructors who have taught it, with aggregate ratings from Boston College's published course evaluations and the number of responses behind each one. Teaching records here cover 57 instructors across 17 terms, from Fall 2021 to Spring 2027.
1000-level courses
- POLI1021 How to Rule the World: Introduction to Political Theory
- POLI1041 Fundamental Concepts of Politics
- POLI1042 Introduction to Modern Politics
- POLI1061 Introduction to American Politics
- POLI1081 Introduction to International Politics
- POLI1091 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POLI1202 Research Methods and Political Violence
- POLI1207 Research Methods and Political Violence II
- POLI1209 Visions of Authoritarianism
- POLI1229 African Political Parties
- POLI1230 Esoteric Politics: Political Perspectives on Secret Societies
- POLI1255 Identity, Culture, and Conflict Resolution Practices in Africa
- POLI1265 Africa in International Politics
- POLI1266 State Building and Conflict in Africa
- POLI1267 Politics of Development in Africa
- POLI1270 The High Price of Free Speech
- POLI1273 Americans, Ugly & Beautiful
2000-level courses
- POLI2263 International Environmental Policy and Law
- POLI2301 Policy and Politics in the U.S.
- POLI2304 Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties
- POLI2306 Parties and Elections in America
- POLI2308 Freedom And Tyranny In American Politics
- POLI2317 The American Presidency
- POLI2325 The 'Administrative State' and Its Critics
- POLI2339 State and Local Government
- POLI2367 Media and Politics
- POLI2368 Sem:Urban-Rural Politics
- POLI2369 Politics and Psychology
- POLI2402 Comparative Revolutions
- POLI2404 Populism and the Rise of Anti-Democracy
- POLI2405 Comparative Politics of the Middle East
- POLI2407 Introduction to South Asian Politics
- POLI2412 Political Parties, Voters and Party Systems in Comparative Perspective
- POLI2413 The New Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Economic Reform, Redistribution, and Social Policy
- POLI2419 Chinese Politics
- POLI2439 Cops, Colonels, and Spies
- POLI2440 A Continent on the Move: Immigration in Contemporary Europe
- POLI2441 Comparative Politics of Development
- POLI2447 Italy on Film: Nationhood, Politics and Society
- POLI2503 The Geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula and the Great Powers
- POLI2506 UN and International Security
- POLI2515 The Politics of International Money and Finance
- POLI2523 Intelligence and International Security
- POLI2542 Nuclear Weapons Politics and Governance
- POLI2548 The World Wars: Causes, Conduct, and Unintended Consequences
- POLI2549 United States Foreign Policy 1945 to Present
- POLI2550 Nuclear Weapons and IR Theory
- POLI2615 Islam and Liberal Democracy
- POLI2619 Religion and Politics in Late Modernity
- POLI2625 Islam, the Muslim World, and Democratic Politics
- POLI2630 Savage Beginnings: The State of Nature and the Social Contract in Modern Political Philosophy
- POLI2637 Introduction to Islamic Law
3000-level courses
- POLI3340 Sem: Democracy and Our Schools
- POLI3403 Peace and Politics in Northern Ireland
- POLI3404 Seminar: The Anatomy of Dictatorship
- POLI3405 The Politics of the European Union
- POLI3406 Irish Politics 1916 to Present
- POLI3505 The Future of War
- POLI3510 Globalization
- POLI3521 International Law
- POLI3527 Terrorism, Insurgency, and Political Violence
- POLI3570 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- POLI3604 Capitalism and Socialism
- POLI3609 Making the Modern Mind
- POLI3627 Politics and Character: The American Case
4000-level courses
- POLI4232 Qualitative Research Design and Methods
- POLI4390 Immigration: Processes, Politics, and Policies
- POLI4397 New Questions in American Politics
- POLI4482 State and Politics in East Asia
- POLI4483 Game Theory and Modeling in Political Analysis
- POLI4484 Seminar on Political Parties
- POLI4485 Labor in Movement: Politics of the Working Class in Comparative and Historical Perspective
- POLI4498 Ethnopolitics in Eastern Europe
- POLI4590 The United States and China in International Politics
- POLI4595 Current Issues in U.S. Foreign Policy
- POLI4597 Realist Theories of International Relations
- POLI4694 Islamic Philosophy in Disguise
- POLI4931 Honors Seminar
- POLI4932 Honors Seminar
- POLI4951 Senior Thesis I
- POLI4952 Senior Thesis II
- POLI4961 Honors Thesis in Political Science I
- POLI4962 Honors Thesis in Political Science II
7000-level courses
- POLI7706 The American Founding
- POLI7721 Societal Change and Political Institutions-I
- POLI7729 American Political Development II
- POLI7800 Advanced Directed Study
- POLI7803 Field Seminar in Comparative Politics
- POLI7825 Security Studies
- POLI7908 Adam Smith
- POLI7960 Political Philosophy of Machiavelli
- POLI7996 Dissertation Seminar