GRADUATE COURSES
POGA 5100 001 AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR PANAGOPOULOS R 530-720 FA 668
POGA 5238 001 STRAT OF POL COMMUNICATION MERCURIO & ROBBETT W 530-720 LL 402
POGA 5240 001 POL CAMP MANAGEMENT PLAUTT T 530-720 LL 404
POGA 5250 001 INTRO QUANT ANALYSIS MCDERMOTT M 530-720 FA 668
POGA 5500 001 COMPARATIVE POL ANALYSIS ENTELIS M 730-920 DE 206
POGA 5600 001 ANALYSIS INT'L POLITICS RENNSTICH T 730-920 DE 110
POGA 6530 001 POL ECON DEVELOPMENT BERGER W 530-720 DE 110

The department offers graduate programs leading to the MA degree. In addition to offering an MA in political science, the department participates in an interdisciplinary MA in international political economy and development with the departments of Economics and Sociology. Applicants to the MA are expected to have a 3.0 (B) average in an undergraduate political science major or in a cognate field.

The MA in political science is designed for students seeking a firm foundation in all fields of the discipline:

• American politics,
  
• Political Philosophy,
  
• International Comparative Politics, and
  
• Political Economy.

Ten one-semester courses (30 credits) or eight one-semester courses (24 credits) and a Master's Thesis (6 credits) and six credits of thesis research are required, with at least one course from four of the five fields; the remaining courses may be distributed across subfields as the student wishes. An average of 3.0 (B) must be maintained in the course work. A Master of Arts comprehensive examination in one field selected by the student is required.

The department offers a range of lecture courses annually. Tutorials are taught by various faculty and are designed to bridge the gap between lecture courses and the student's more specific interests.

Further information on degree requirements and examinations is available from the department office.
For advisement or program information at Rose Hill contact Professor Paul Kantor, Associate Chair, 676 Faber Hall

Please feel free to call 718-817-3950, or stop by the department, located in Faber Hall, 6th Floor, if you have any further questions.

Core Courses

• POGA 5100 - American Political Behavior (3)
  The nature and sources of mass political behavior, with a focus on questions of mass-elite linkages derived from democratic theory; political attitudes, their origin and measurement; mass participation - electoral and non-electoral - and its systemic consequences.
  
• POGA 5130 - Political Institutions and Processes (3)
  Legislative, executive, and judicial powers. The formation and implementation of public policy. Institutional norms and behavior in American national government.
  
• POGA 5135 - Public Policy (3)
  An examination of theories of policy-making in America. Specific policy areas--regulatory policy and deregulation, economic management, industrial policy, and redistributional policies--will be analyzed and evaluated in accordance with contrasting theories.
  
• POGA 5180 - American Democracy: Theory and Practice (3)
  American political development, studied through an analysis of historical roots, current practice and likely future U.S. politics, especially the relation of political power to social structure in order to assess the viability of political democracy in a context of economic inequality in an era of market globalization. This course uses democratic theory, political economy and policy analysis to explain trends in American politics.

Following work in core courses, students who concentrate in American Politics may proceed to individual tutorial work with faculty on advanced topics.

Core Courses

• POGA 5309 Classical Political Thought(3)
  A close study of texts and themes in classical political thought, including Plato and Aristotle. Medieval thinkers may be included at the discretion of the instructor.
  
• POGA 5301 - Modern Political Thought (3)
  A close study of texts and themes in modern political thought, beginning with Machiavelli and including the social contract theorists. Course may cover through the middle 19th century at the discretion of the instructor.
  
• POGA 5314 - Contemporary Political Thought (3)
  A close study of texts and themes in contemporary political thought, beginning with Nietzsche.

Electives

• POGA 5310 - Greek Political Thought (3)
  
• POGA 5311 - Medieval Political Thought (3)
  
• POGA 5312 - Early Modern Thought (3)
  
• POGA 5313 - Late Modern Political Thought (3)
  
• POGA 6321 - Political Philosophy and Literature (3)
  
• POGA 6336 - Greek Tragedy: City & Sexes (3)
  
• POGA 6347 - 18th Century Political Philosophy (3)
  
• POGA 6351 - Thucydides Political Thought (3)
  
• POGA 6355 - 19th Century Political Thought(3)
  
• POGA 6390 - American Political Thought(3)

Core Courses

• POGA 5500 - Comparative Political Analysis (3)
  Problems of stability and change in the First, Second, and Third Worlds are examined with relation to socioeconomic factors that affect, and are affected by, institutions, processes, and policies.
  
• POGA 5600 - Analysis of International Politics (3)
  Designed to stimulate and clarify our theorizing about foreign policy and global politics; also it presents a critical overview of many of the key perspectives and problems that characterize such analysis.

Electives

• POGA 6530 - Political Economy of Development (3)
  The course will focus on an analysis of contending interpretations of the consequences of the economic interrelationship between industrially developed and developing states.
  
• POGA 6552 - Political Economy of the Middle East (3)
  Comparative analysis of Middle Eastern actors, institutions, and processes since World War II, paying special attention to the role of international forces in shaping national development and to the role of the Middle East as a major international actor and arena.
  
• POGA 6640 - Politics of Global Economic Relations (3)
  Implications of growing intertwining of foreign and domestic policies, economic and political aspects of international relations. Special attention to the growth of dependency and interdependence, importance of transnational actors (such as multinational corporations), and distribution of benefits and influence between poor and rich areas in the international order.

Electives

• POGA 6530 - Political Economy of Development (3)
  The course will focus on an analysis of contending interpretations of the consequences of the economic interrelationship between industrially developed and developing states.
  
• POGA 6552 - Political Economy of the Middle East (3)
  Comparative analysis of Middle Eastern actors, institutions, and processes since World War II, paying special attention to the role of international forces in shaping national development and to the role of the Middle East as a major international actor and arena.
  
• POGA 6640 - Politics of Global Economic Relations (3)
  Implications of growing intertwining of foreign and domestic policies, economic and political aspects of international relations. Special attention to the growth of dependency and interdependence, importance of transnational actors (such as multinational corporations), and distribution of benefits and influence between poor and rich areas in the international order.