POLS courses
370 courses · Brown University · Fall 2026
- POLS 0010 — Introduction to the American Political Process1 section
- POLS 0110 — Introduction to Political Thought1 section
- POLS 0200 — Introduction to Comparative Politics1 section
- POLS 0220 — City Politics1 section
- POLS 0400 — Introduction to International Politics1 section
- POLS 0500 — Foundations of Political Analysis1 section
- POLS 0600 — Introduction to Modern South Asia (SAST 0700)1 section
- POLS 0820A — American Presidency1 section
- POLS 0820B — The Politics of Leadership1 section
- POLS 0820D — Freedom1 section
- POLS 0820E — Slavery and Political Philosophy1 section
- POLS 0820F — Politics of Aviation1 section
- POLS 0820G — Race and Political Representation1 section
- POLS 0820H — Race and Visions of Justice1 section
- POLS 0820I — Crime, Mafias and Prison1 section
- POLS 0820L — Philosophy of the American Founding1 section
- POLS 0820N — Political Thinking for a Global World1 section
- POLS 0820P — Fourth Branch of Government1 section
- POLS 0820Q — Politics of American Federal Holidays1 section
- POLS 0820R — Global Governance1 section
- POLS 0820S — Capitalism For and Against1 section
- POLS 0820T — Women's Work and Welfare in Global Perspective1 section
- POLS 0820U — Drug War Politics1 section
- POLS 0820V — Land and Conflict1 section
- POLS 0820W — Bleeding Heart Libertarianism1 section
- POLS 0820X — Introduction to Modern South Asia1 section
- POLS 0820Y — The Politics of Race and the Criminal Justice System1 section
- POLS 0820Z — Is Privacy Dead? Privacy, Surveillance, and Freedom in the Digital Age1 section
- POLS 0821A — Reimagining Capitalism1 section
- POLS 0821B — Ethics and International Affairs1 section
- POLS 0821C — Political Violence1 section
- POLS 0821F — Politics and Nature1 section
- POLS 0821G — Race, Justice, and Democracy1 section
- POLS 0920A — Bleeding Heart Libertarianism1 section
- POLS 0920B — Introduction to Indigenous Politics with Pacific Islander Focus1 section
- POLS 0920C — Media and Democracy1 section
- POLS 0920E — Moral Pluralism1 section
- POLS 0920F — The Passions in Modern Political Thought1 section
- POLS 0920G — US Populism in Comparative Perspective1 section
- POLS 0920H — Origins of American Policing1 section
- POLS 0920I — The Politics, Ethics, and Art of Corruption1 section
- POLS 0920J — Transformations of American Liberalism1 section
- POLS 0920N — Music, Politics, and Power1 section
- POLS 1010 — Topics in American Constitutional Law1 section
- POLS 1015 — Politics and Nature1 section
- POLS 1020 — Politics of the Illicit Global Economy1 section
- POLS 1030 — Modern Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1035 — Democracy and Its Nineteenth Century Critics1 section
- POLS 1040 — Ancient Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1045 — American Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1050 — Ethics and Public Policy1 section
- POLS 1055 — From Strike to Revolution: The Politics of Work and Work Refusal1 section
- POLS 1060 — The Political Economy of U.S. Monetary Policy1 section
- POLS 1070 — Rights1 section
- POLS 1075 — Ancients and Moderns1 section
- POLS 1080 — Politics of Transportation Policy1 section
- POLS 1085 — Injustice1 section
- POLS 1090 — Polarized Politics1 section
- POLS 1100 — U.S. Congress1 section
- POLS 1110 — Mass Media1 section
- POLS 1120 — Campaigns and Elections1 section
- POLS 1130 — The American Presidency1 section
- POLS 1140 — Public Opinion and American Democracy1 section
- POLS 1150 — Prosperity: The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation1 section
- POLS 1160 — Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers1 section
- POLS 1170 — Constitutional Law: Individual Rights1 section
- POLS 1180 — Feminist Thoughts for a Heated Climate1 section
- POLS 1185 — Environmental Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1190 — The Politics of Climate Change1 section
- POLS 1200 — Reimagining Capitalism1 section
- POLS 1210 — Latin American Politics1 section
- POLS 1215 — Fiction and Methods in Social Research: Debates on Inequality, Poverty, and Violence1 section
- POLS 1220 — Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe1 section
- POLS 1225 — Nuclear Weapons1 section
- POLS 1240 — Politics, Markets and States in Developing Countries1 section
- POLS 1250 — Capitalism, Democracy, and Geopolitics in Europe1 section
- POLS 1260 — Maps and Politics1 section
- POLS 1265 — States, Society and Economy in East Asia1 section
- POLS 1270 — Middle East Politics1 section
- POLS 1280 — The Rise of India: History, Politics, Economics and Society1 section
- POLS 1285 — Quality of Democracy in Latin America1 section
- POLS 1290 — The Rise of China1 section
- POLS 1295 — The Politics of Health and Disease1 section
- POLS 1300 — Latino Politics and Public Opinion1 section
- POLS 1310 — African American Politics1 section
- POLS 1315 — Diversity & U.S. Minority Politics1 section
- POLS 1320 — Urban Politics and Urban Public Policy1 section
- POLS 1321 — Urban Politics and Urban Policy (URBN 1270)1 section
- POLS 1325 — Political Organizations and Social Change in America1 section
- POLS 1350 — Chinese Foreign Policy1 section
- POLS 1355 — Women in Politics1 section
- POLS 1360 — U.S. Gender Politics1 section
- POLS 1365 — 21st Century Social Movements1 section
- POLS 1380 — Ethnic Politics and Conflict1 section
- POLS 1390 — Global Governance1 section
- POLS 1400 — North Atlantic Politics after the Cold War1 section
- POLS 1410 — International Security in a Changing World1 section
- POLS 1415 — Classics of Political Economy1 section
- POLS 1420 — Money and Power in the International Political Economy1 section
- POLS 1430 — Roots of Radical Islam1 section
- POLS 1435 — Politics of Climate Change1 section
- POLS 1440 — Security, Governance and Development in Africa1 section
- POLS 1445 — Contemporary African Politics1 section
- POLS 1450 — Development in Theory and Practice1 section
- POLS 1455 — Crime, Punishment, and Politics1 section
- POLS 1460 — International Political Economy1 section
- POLS 1465 — Introduction to Political Economy1 section
- POLS 1470 — International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution1 section
- POLS 1475 — War and Peace1 section
- POLS 1480 — Theory of International Relations1 section
- POLS 1485 — Global Justice1 section
- POLS 1490 — Building a Better World: Film and Social Change1 section
- POLS 1496 — Institutions, Incentives, and Ideas: Advanced Topics in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics1 section
- POLS 1500 — The International Law and Politics of Human Rights1 section
- POLS 1520 — Introduction to Feminist Theory1 section
- POLS 1530 — Gender, Slavery, and Freedom1 section
- POLS 1540 — Politics of Nuclear Weapons1 section
- POLS 1550 — War and Politics1 section
- POLS 1560 — American Foreign Policy1 section
- POLS 1570 — International Law (INTL 1700)1 section
- POLS 1600 — Political Research Methods1 section
- POLS 1730 — Politics of Globalization1 section
- POLS 1740 — Politics of Food1 section
- POLS 1750 — Black Political Leadership1 section
- POLS 1760 — Infrastructure Policy1 section
- POLS 1770 — Education, Inequality, and American Democracy1 section
- POLS 1780 — Use of Symbols in American Politics1 section
- POLS 1820A — American Political Development1 section
- POLS 1820B — Roots of Radical Islam1 section
- POLS 1820C — The Political Theory of the Economy1 section
- POLS 1820D — Civil Liberties: Moral, Political and Legal Approaches1 section
- POLS 1820E — Pragmatism in Black and White: Race, Domination, and Democratic Faith1 section
- POLS 1820F — Black Protest: Theory and Praxis1 section
- POLS 1820G — Politics and Nature1 section
- POLS 1820H — Contraband Capitalism: States and Illegal Global Markets1 section
- POLS 1820I — Indigenous Politics in Hawai'i: Resurgence and Decolonization1 section
- POLS 1820J — Dynamics of Agenda Building1 section
- POLS 1820N — International Relations in Europe1 section
- POLS 1820O — Adam Smith: Philosophy, Politics and Economics1 section
- POLS 1820R — Extralegal Governance and the Problem of Social Order1 section
- POLS 1820S — Two Liberal Traditions: English and French1 section
- POLS 1820T — Race, Crime, and Public Policy1 section
- POLS 1820V — Institutions: Questions of Power and Democracy1 section
- POLS 1820W — Market Liberalism: Origins, Principles and Contemporary Applications1 section
- POLS 1820X — Democratic Erosion1 section
- POLS 1820Z — The Rise of Populism and Illiberalismin East-Central Europe1 section
- POLS 1821C — Economic Freedom and Social Justice1 section
- POLS 1821G — Representation, Parties and Interest Groups1 section
- POLS 1821H — Authority and Legitimacy1 section
- POLS 1821I — Issues in Democratic Theory1 section
- POLS 1821J — Rhode Island Government and Politics1 section
- POLS 1821K — Just War Theory1 section
- POLS 1821L — International Relations of Russia, Europe and Asia1 section
- POLS 1821M — War in Film and Literature1 section
- POLS 1821N — Political Journalism1 section
- POLS 1821O — Politics of Economic Development in Asia1 section
- POLS 1821Q — The United States in World Politics1 section
- POLS 1821R — Sovereignty, War, and the Modern International System1 section
- POLS 1821S — Women and Politics1 section
- POLS 1821T — Criminal Justice System1 section
- POLS 1821U — Democracy and its Critics1 section
- POLS 1821V — Democracy and Inequality in American Cities1 section
- POLS 1821W — The Politics of Race and Gender1 section
- POLS 1821X — The Politics of Social Welfare in the Middle East1 section
- POLS 1821Z — Peacekeeping and Statebuilding after Civil War1 section
- POLS 1822A — Nuclear Weapons and International Politics1 section
- POLS 1822B — Foundations of Political Economy1 section
- POLS 1822C — Congress1 section
- POLS 1822D — Democracy and Education – A Focus on Jackson, MS1 section
- POLS 1822E — Islam and Democracy in the Middle East1 section
- POLS 1822F — Social Movements and Struggles for Justice1 section
- POLS 1822G — The Political Economy of Hard Policy Problems1 section
- POLS 1822H — Corruption and Governance Across Democracies1 section
- POLS 1822I — Geopolitics of Oil and Energy1 section
- POLS 1822J — Ethics of War and Peace1 section
- POLS 1822K — Laws of Violence1 section
- POLS 1822L — Comparative Constitutional Law1 section
- POLS 1822M — Capitalism: For and Against1 section
- POLS 1822N — Freedom1 section
- POLS 1822O — The Presidency1 section
- POLS 1822P — Defenses of Capitalism1 section
- POLS 1822Q — Identity Politics in Global Perspective1 section
- POLS 1822R — The Politics of Food Security1 section
- POLS 1822S — The Politics of Urban Transformation1 section
- POLS 1822T — Politics of Health in the Global South1 section
- POLS 1822U — War and Human Rights1 section
- POLS 1822V — Pluralism and Democratic Imagination1 section
- POLS 1822W — Congressional Investigations1 section
- POLS 1822X — Technology and International Politics1 section
- POLS 1822Y — Nuclear Nonproliferation1 section
- POLS 1822Z — Social Attitudes and their Impact on U.S. Politics1 section
- POLS 1823A — Constitutional Theory1 section
- POLS 1823B — Reforming the State in New Democracies1 section
- POLS 1823C — Ancient Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1823D — War and Peace in International Society1 section
- POLS 1823E — Market Democracy in Chile1 section
- POLS 1823F — Between Colonialism and Self-Determination: A History of the International Order1 section
- POLS 1823G — Women and War1 section
- POLS 1823H — Public Opinion1 section
- POLS 1823I — Urban Politics and Policy1 section
- POLS 1823J — Freedom, Work, Leisure1 section
- POLS 1823K — Are there Universal Political Values?1 section
- POLS 1823L — Human Rights: For and Against1 section
- POLS 1823M — Democracy Among the Ruins1 section
- POLS 1823N — Nationalism: Problems, Paradoxes and Power1 section
- POLS 1823O — The Political Economy of Renewable Energy1 section
- POLS 1823P — Politics and Philosophy of Ayn Rand1 section
- POLS 1823Q — Democratic Theory and Globalization1 section
- POLS 1823R — Greek Tragedy in Politics, Philosophy, Theater and Film (MCM 1504C)1 section
- POLS 1823S — Crafting Citizens: Democratic Theory and Civic Education1 section
- POLS 1823T — Democracy and Crisis in Political Theory: Freedom, Order and Emergency Politics1 section
- POLS 1823U — Individual Liberty and Mass Incarceration1 section
- POLS 1823V — Politics of Ethnic Conflict1 section
- POLS 1823W — American Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1823X — Survey of Comparative Politics1 section
- POLS 1823Y — Global Governance1 section
- POLS 1823Z — Gender and Public Policy1 section
- POLS 1824A — Counterinsurgency and Civil War1 section
- POLS 1824B — Post Conflict Politics1 section
- POLS 1824C — Political Communication1 section
- POLS 1824D — Power and Prosperity in Urban America1 section
- POLS 1824E — Liberalism1 section
- POLS 1824F — Meritocracy1 section
- POLS 1824G — Farms, Fisheries, and Politics1 section
- POLS 1824H — Minority Political Behavior1 section
- POLS 1824J — Culture, Identity and Development1 section
- POLS 1824K — The American Welfare State in Comparative Perspective1 section
- POLS 1824L — Environmental Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1824M — The Politics of Race and the Criminal Justice System1 section
- POLS 1824N — Feminist Theory for a Heated Planet1 section
- POLS 1824O — Democracy1 section
- POLS 1824P — Markets Without Limits1 section
- POLS 1824Q — The International Politics of Climate Change1 section
- POLS 1824R — Democracy, Race and Education1 section
- POLS 1824S — The Politics of Migration1 section
- POLS 1824T — US-China Relations1 section
- POLS 1824U — Bleeding Heart Liberalism1 section
- POLS 1824V — Women in Western Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1824W — Political Violence1 section
- POLS 1824X — People and populism: constructions, discourses and critique1 section
- POLS 1824Z — Ancients and Moderns: Quarrels and Continuities1 section
- POLS 1825A — Political Economy of Development1 section
- POLS 1825B — The Politics of the Laws of War1 section
- POLS 1825C — Crime, Violence, and Policing in Latin America1 section
- POLS 1825D — The Politics of International Development1 section
- POLS 1825E — Health Care Politics and Policy1 section
- POLS 1825F — Moral Pluralism1 section
- POLS 1825G — Race, The Classics and Democratic Theory1 section
- POLS 1825H — Race, Political Categorization, and Political Activism in the United States1 section
- POLS 1825I — The Politics of the Harlem Renaissance1 section
- POLS 1825J — The Politics of Futurity1 section
- POLS 1825K — Good Government1 section
- POLS 1825L — Work, Exploitation, and Freedom1 section
- POLS 1825M — The Politics of Finance and Financial Crises1 section
- POLS 1825N — Military Power and Effectiveness1 section
- POLS 1825O — Embodying Race and Gender1 section
- POLS 1825P — Politics of Ocean Governance1 section
- POLS 1825Q — Capitalism and Democracy in Europe1 section
- POLS 1825S — Latino Politics in the United States1 section
- POLS 1825T — Contemporary Challenges to Democracy1 section
- POLS 1825U — Ethics and International Affairs1 section
- POLS 1825V — The Legislative Process1 section
- POLS 1825W — Monuments, Citizenship, and Belonging1 section
- POLS 1825X — Slavery and Freedom: Selections from African American Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1825Z — The University1 section
- POLS 1826A — Space, Time and Society1 section
- POLS 1826B — Political Economy of Development1 section
- POLS 1826D — Everyday Political Theory1 section
- POLS 1826E — Education and Citizenship in Modern and Contemporary Political Thought1 section
- POLS 1826F — Game Theory and Politics1 section
- POLS 1826G — The Politics of Socialism1 section
- POLS 1826H — Between Tragedy and Redemption: The Political Philosophy of Reinhold Niebuhr1 section
- POLS 1826I — Politics of Poverty in America1 section
- POLS 1826J — The History of Liberalism1 section
- POLS 1826K — The American Electorate in the Trump Era1 section
- POLS 1826L — Wargames and Crisis Simulations1 section
- POLS 1910 — Senior Honors Thesis Preparation1 section
- POLS 1920 — Senior Honors Thesis Preparation1 section
- POLS 1924C — Political Communication (PLCY 1702F)1 section
- POLS 1970 — Individual Reading and Research1 section
- POLS 1971 — Individual Reading and Research1 section
- POLS 2000 — Strategies of Inquiry and Research Design1 section
- POLS 2010 — Politics of Futurity1 section
- POLS 2015 — Political Behavior1 section
- POLS 2020 — American Political Development1 section
- POLS 2025 — American Social Policy in Comparative Perspective1 section
- POLS 2030 — Seminar in the History of Modern Political Thought1 section
- POLS 2040 — Institutions, Crime, and Violence1 section
- POLS 2045 — American Public Policy1 section
- POLS 2050 — Preparing the Prospectus I1 section
- POLS 2051 — Preparing the Prospectus II1 section
- POLS 2052 — Becoming a Political Scientist: Professionalization and Strategies for Thriving1 section
- POLS 2053 — Becoming a Political Scientist: Professionalization and Strategies for Thriving1 section
- POLS 2060 — International Relations and History1 section
- POLS 2065 — Public Bureaucracy1 section
- POLS 2070 — U.S. Public Opinion1 section
- POLS 2075 — Social Groups in U.S. Politics1 section
- POLS 2080 — Market Democracy1 section
- POLS 2090D — Models of Excellence in Comparative Research: Classic Works and the Scholars Who Produced Them1 section
- POLS 2090G — Readings in American Institutions1 section
- POLS 2090H — Readings in Comparative Politics1 section
- POLS 2090I — American and Comparative Political Behavior1 section
- POLS 2100 — Proseminar in American Politics1 section
- POLS 2110 — Proseminar in Comparative Politics1 section
- POLS 2111 — Comparative Politics Grad Research Workshop1 section
- POLS 2112 — Comparative Politics Grad Research Workshop1 section
- POLS 2120 — Proseminar in Political Theory1 section
- POLS 2121 — Writing and Methods in Political Theory I1 section
- POLS 2122 — Writing and Methods in Political Theory II1 section
- POLS 2130 — Proseminar in International Relations1 section
- POLS 2131 — Politics of Gender1 section
- POLS 2135 — International Order1 section
- POLS 2140 — Contemporary Security Issues1 section
- POLS 2145 — Transnational Governance in the Global Economy1 section
- POLS 2150 — Democratic Theory, Justice, and the Law1 section
- POLS 2155 — The Political Economy of Labor and Development: The Future of Work1 section
- POLS 2160 — International Political Economy1 section
- POLS 2165 — Territorial Conflict1 section
- POLS 2170 — Market-Liberalism: Origins, Principles and Contemporary Applications1 section
- POLS 2175 — Ideas, Institutions and Politics1 section
- POLS 2180 — Business-State Relations in the Advanced Industrial Countries1 section
- POLS 2185 — Political Theory of the American Constitution1 section
- POLS 2190 — Contemporary Democratic Theory1 section
- POLS 2195 — The Politics of Love and Friendship1 section
- POLS 2200 — Fundamentals of Security Studies1 section
- POLS 2210 — Governing Federal Systems1 section
- POLS 2220 — Urban Politics1 section
- POLS 2230 — Political Loss1 section
- POLS 2235 — Disobedience and Resistance1 section
- POLS 2245 — The International Political Economy of Global Finance1 section
- POLS 2250 — Extreme Politics: How Radicals Affect Political Change1 section
- POLS 2255 — States, Societies and Development1 section
- POLS 2260 — Comparative Politics and China1 section
- POLS 2265 — International Security1 section
- POLS 2270 — Political Economy of Industrial Development1 section
- POLS 2280 — Ecology and Political Theory1 section
- POLS 2285 — Language and Politics1 section
- POLS 2290 — Particularism in Latin America and Comparative Persepctive1 section
- POLS 2300 — Latin American Political Thought1 section
- POLS 2315 — Nuclear Proliferation and International Security1 section
- POLS 2320 — Ethnic Conflict1 section
- POLS 2330 — Politics in India1 section
- POLS 2340 — Political Philosophy of W. E. B. Du Bois1 section
- POLS 2345 — Eco-Democracy1 section
- POLS 2350 — Freedom1 section
- POLS 2355 — Tragedies of Remarriage: Stanley Cavell’s Film Philosophy in Focus1 section
- POLS 2360 — Proseminar in Political Theory II1 section
- POLS 2365 — The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx1 section
- POLS 2370 — Political Philosophy and Economic Theory1 section
- POLS 2390 — Black Political Thought1 section
- POLS 2400 — Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research1 section
- POLS 2450 — Exchange Scholar Program1 section
- POLS 2580 — Quantitative Research Methods I1 section
- POLS 2581 — Quantitative Research Workshop I1 section
- POLS 2582 — Quantitative Research Workshop II1 section
- POLS 2590 — Quantitative Research Methods II1 section
- POLS 2600 — Survey Research1 section
- POLS 2605 — Quantitative Research Methods III1 section
- POLS 2610 — Quantitative Research Methods IV1 section
- POLS 2650 — Political Psychology1 section
- POLS 2655 — Contraband Capitalism: States and Illegal Global Markets1 section
- POLS 2826H — Between Tragedy and Redemption: The Political Philosophy of Reinhold Niebuhr1 section
- POLS 2970 — Preliminary Examination Preparation1 section
- POLS 2971 — Preliminary Examination Preparation1 section
- POLS 2975 — Research Design1 section
- POLS 2976 — Field Survey and Research Design1 section
- POLS 2980 — Individual Reading and Research1 section
- POLS 2981 — Individual Reading and Research1 section
- POLS 2990 — Thesis Preparation1 section
- POLS 2991 — Thesis Research and Preparation1 section
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