Courses
Spring 2021 Course Offerings
Attention: The faculty have decided that internships for PS 99 in the fall can be remote. Students will still need to meet all of the prerequisites and academic expectations that are normally in place for PS 99, with the addition of an acknowledgement form required prior to the start of some internships. If you have any questions about whether a particular internship is allowed, please contact your faculty advisor, or email PSStudent@tufts.edu.
PS 196: Independent Studies in Political Science are now variable credit. This means that you have the option to choose from a variety of credit hours, and can fit an independent study more flexibly into your course schedule. For more information, please see this checklist, and ask your professors if you are interested in designing an independent study.
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Class Format |
| PS 008 | Political Theory Reading Group (IP) | Ioannis Evrigenis | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 042 | Western Political Thought II | Robert Devigne | Virtual (Recitations Hybrid) |
| PS 061 | Introduction to International Relations | Michael Beckley | Virtual (Recitations Virtual) |
| PS 099 | Fieldwork In Politics (IP) | Shinju Fujihira | Virtual |
| PS 102 | Congress, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy | Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson | Virtual |
| PS 103 | Political Science Research Methods (M) | Brian Schaffner | Virtual |
| PS 108 | Public Opinion and US Democracy (M) | Brian Schaffner | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 109 | Seminar: The Politics of Ethnicity & American Identity (*)(M) | Deborah J. Schildkraut | Virtual |
| PS 118-01 | Topics in American Politics: Immigration Law and Policy | Christina A. Corbaci | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 118-03 | Topics in American Politics: Politics, Journalism, and the Fight Over (Fake) News | Evan Horowitz | Virtual |
| PS 118-04 | Topics in American Politics: Gender in State and Local Politics | Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson | Virtual |
| PS 125 | Building the European Union | David Art | In Person |
| PS 128 | Gender, Work, and Politics in East Asia | Elizabeth J. Remick | Virtual |
| PS 131 | Critical Issues Confronting Japan | Shinju Fujihira | Virtual |
| PS 134 | Comparative Politics Mid East | Malik Mufti | Virtual |
| PS 138-01 | Topics In Comparative Politics: Politics of Oil and Energy | Nimah Mazaheri | Virtual |
| PS 138-02 | Topics In Comparative Politics: Policing in Comparative Perspective | David Art | In Person |
| PS 138-03 | Topics In Comparative Politics: Political Violence in State and Society | Consuelo Cruz | Virtual |
| PS 138-04 | Topics In Comparative Politics: Making States: Theory and Practice | Consuelo Cruz | Virtual |
| PS 139 | Seminar In Comparative Politics: Poverty and Public Policy (*) | Nimah Mazaheri | Virtual |
| PS 140 | Liberalism and its Philosophic Critics | Robert Devigne | Virtual |
| PS 148 | Seminar: The Political Thought of Montesquieu (*) | Vickie B. Sullivan | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 158-01 | Topics In Political Thought: The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr. | Peter L. Levine | Virtual |
| PS 158-02 | Topics In Political Thought: Origins of Modern Republicanism | Vickie B. Sullivan | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 159 | Seminar In Political Thought: The Political Philosophy of Bodin (*) | Ioannis Evrigenis | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 160 | Force, Strategy, and Arms Control (M) | Jeffrey Taliaferro | Virtual |
| PS 177 | The Howard School of International Affairs | Pearl T. Robinson | Virtual |
| PS 181 | Public Opinion And Foreign Policy (M) | Richard Eichenberg | Virtual |
| PS 188-01 | Topics In International Relations: Race and US Africa Policy | Pearl T. Robinson | Virtual |
| PS 188-02 | Topics In International Relations: Chinese Foreign Policy | Michael Beckley | Virtual |
| PS 188-03 | Topics In International Relations: Freedom of Religion, Conscience, and Belief: America's Role in Defending the First Freedom Abroad | Katrina Swett | In Person |
| PS 188-04 | Topics In International Relations: Issues in Democratization | Anna Larson | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 188-05 | Topics In International Relations: The Politics of Fragile States | Anna Larson | Hybrid: In Person/Remote |
| PS 189-01 | Seminar in International Relations: Turkish Foreign Policy (*) | Malik Mufti | Virtual |
| PS 189-02 | Seminar in International Relations: Conducting Research on Public Opinion and Foreign Policy (*) | Richard Eichenberg | Virtual |
| PS 191 | Issues in American Public Policy | Peter L. Levine | Virtual |
| PS 195 | Seminar on US Elections (*) (M) | Eitan D. Hersh | In Person |
| PS 196 | Independent Study (IP) | Please contact your professor if you wish to enroll in an Independent Study. | |
| PS 199 | Senior Honors Thesis (M) | Richard Eichenberg | Virtual |
(M) = Methodologically focused course
(*) = Advanced seminar
(IP) Instructor's Permission needed to enroll
Class Formats
In-Person: Courses where participants will meet in-person every class session but may be open to virtual participants.
Hybrid/Dual Modality: Courses that will have a mix of both online and in-person class sections for each student.
Virtual: Courses that will be entirely online. Synchronous, unless otherwise noted.