The Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia
http://www.virginia.edu/politics/grad_program/course_listings.html

Graduate Program - Course Listings in Last 5 Years

Departmental Seminars

  • PLAD 709 Research Methods
  • 710 Political Research with Quantitative Methods
  • 831 Advanced Quantitative Applications in Political Science

American Politics

  • PLAP 512 Electoral Behavior
  • 543 Intergovernmental Relations
  • 545 Virginia Government & Politics
  • 562 Organization Theory & Administration Behavior
  • 564 Politics, Policy &Administration
  • 592 Judicial Policymaking
  • 594 Administrative Law and Public Policy
  • 595 Directed Readings
  • 700 National Institutions and Processes
  • 741 Survey of State and Local Government
  • 759 Intergovernmental Relations
  • 760 Public Administration
  • 765 Economic Concepts & Public Policy
  • 766 Policy Analysis
  • 821 The American Presidency
  • 822 Political Parties
  • 823 Topics in American Government
  • 825 The American Congress
  • 862 Topics in Public Administration
  • 863 Executive Leadership
  • 868 Urban Administration
  • 873 Financial Administration & Budgeting
  • 874 Personnel Administration
  • 878 Ethical Issues in Politics and Administration
  • 883 Topics in Public Law
  • 884 Civil Rights & Liberties
  • 885 American Constitutional Law and Theory

Political Theory

  • PLPT 501 Nature of Political Inquiry
  • 502 Basic Problems of Political Philosophy
  • 503 Marxist Theories
  • 506 Plato & Aristotle
  • 507 Medieval and Renaissance Thought
  • 515 Continental Political Thought
  • 595 Directed Readings
  • 700 Introduction to Political Theory
  • 722 American Political Thought
  • 802 Problems of Political Philosophy
  • 803 Topics in Modern Political Philosophy
  • 804 Topics in Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy
  • 821 Seminar in American Political Thought & Institutions

Comparative Politics

  • PLCP 501 Comparative Political Systems of Northern Europe
  • 502 Comparative Political Systems of Southern Europe
  • 506 Political Development and Developmental Politics
  • 511 Government & Politics of Western Europe
  • 521 Government & Politics of the U.S.S.R. 1
  • 523-24 Government & Politics of Eastern Europe
  • 536 Role of the Military in Latin America
  • 551 Government & Politics of China
  • 553 Government & Politics of Japan
  • 561 Government & Politics of South Asia
  • 567 Comparative Science and Technology Policy
  • 581 Government & Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 583 Government & Politics of South Africa
  • 595 Directed Readings
  • 741 Government & Politics of the Middle East
  • 801 Seminar in Comparative Political Systems
  • 805 Processes of Change Affecting Governments
  • 806 Topics in Developmental Politics
  • 811 Topics in the Government & Politics of Western Europe
  • 821 Topics in the Government & Politics of USSR and Eastern Europe
  • 831 Topics in the Government & Politics of Latin America
  • 842 Topics in the Government & Politics of the Middle East
  • 851 Topics in the Government & Politics of China
  • 853 Topics in the Government & Politics of Japan

International Relations

  • PLIR 504 International Politics
  • 505 Theories of International Relations
  • 506 Military Force in International Relations
  • 507 Value System in International Relations
  • 508 American National Security Policy
  • 522 Conflict Management in International Law and Organizations
  • 538 International Political Economy
  • 542 Patterns and Processes of U.S. Foreign Policy
  • 555-56 U.S.S.R./Eastern Europe in World Affairs
  • 562 Latin America in World Affairs
  • 571 China in World Affairs
  • 572 Japan in World Affairs
  • 575 South Asia in World Affairs 1
  • 581 Africa in World Affairs
  • 595 Directed Readings
  • 708 Military Force in International Relations
  • 712 Theory of International Law
  • 721 International Organizations
  • 738 International Political Economy
  • 740 Foreign Policy of the U.S.
  • 741 Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy
  • 752 Western Europe in World Affairs
  • 765 Middle East in World Affairs
  • 808 Problems of Force in International Relations
  • 811 Topics in International Law and Organizations
  • 831 Issues and Problems in International Relations Theory
  • 835 Normative Approaches to International Politics
  • 836 Ideological Topics in International Relations
  • 838 Topics in International Political Economy
  • 841 Topics in United States Foreign Policy
  • 842 Comparative Foreign Policy
  • 843 Far East & U.S. Foreign Policy
  • 845 American Foreign Policy & the Cold War
  • 852 Western European Topics in World Affairs
  • 856 Russian & Eastern European Topics in World Affairs
  • 862 Latin American Topics in World Affairs
  • 866 Middle East in World Affairs
  • 872 Chinese Topics in World Affairs
  • 873 Japanese Topics in World Affairs
  • 876 South Asian Topics in World Affairs