Courses, Registration, Worksheets

I. Registration Information for Political Science MA Programs

For guidance on registration, you can read and download the document here, or you can read it in separate sections by clicking on the lines below:

1. How to register for classes online
2. How to request permission to register for a class
3. Important dates
4. Fall 2012 graduate course offerings from the Department of Political Science
5. How to log-on to the Brooklyn College portal for the first time

II.  Student Record Worksheets

To keep track of your courses and requirements, your chair creates a worksheet for each student.  The college also has a parallel on-line Degree Progress form, which your chair also follows.  Below are the worksheets for students in the International Affairs and the Urban Policy and Administration programs.  Please update your form at the beginning of each semester.

International Affairs:

For students enrolled before Fall 2011: StudentRecord-IA (30 credits required)

For students enrolled Fall 2011 or after: StudentRecord-IA Fall 2011 version (33 credits required)

Political Science: Political Science Requirements worksheet.

Urban Policy and Administration:  For students who matriculated before the fall of 2012: Urban Policy and Administration Requirements Checklist.

III.  Courses:

Below is the full list of masters courses offered in the masters program, categorized into the five main fields of politiical science: poltiical theory, American politics, international politics, comparative politics, and research/statistics.  Fuller descriptions of each course can be found on the Brooklyn College website. 

Political theory

American government

International relations

Comparative politics

Research and Methdology:

 
Below is a grid projecting courses over the next two years.  This schedule is subject to change, but can help you plan your full schedule of classes in the program. 
For the International Affairs program, each semester we offer the three requireed courses: 7610, 7720, and 7000.  In addition, each semester includes an area studies course, human rights or international law, and two specialized courses.
X course are offered at the main campus; B courses at 25 Broadway in Manhattan  
Course Course Name F10    S11 F11 S12 F12 S13 F13 S14 F14    
  POLITICAL THEORY                      
POL 7000X Statistical Concepts (R-UPA, IA) B,X B, X   X, B X B          
POL 7010X Ancient and Medieval Political Thought X                    
POL 7020X Modern Political Thought   X   X   B          
POL 7030X American Political Thought X       X            
POL 7040X Counterrevolution                      
POL 7050X Fear in Politics                      
POL 7100X Twentieth-Century Political Thought                      
POL 7140X Theory of Anti-Capitalist Movements B       B            
POL 7150X Organization Theory                      
POL 7160X Empirical Political Science   X                  
POL 7170X Master’s Seminar  (R-UPA) B B   B B B          
POL 7180X Ethics and Politics   B                  
POL 7191X Selected Topics in Political Theory                      
     AMERICAN POLITICS                       
POL  7200X U.S. Costitutional Law 1 B X   X   X          
POL  7210X U.S. Costitutional Law II       X B            
POL  7220X Criminal Justice and Public Policy X B   B   B?          
POL  7230X Survey Research                      
POL  7240G Computer Application in Political Science                      
POL  7300X U.S. Party System X                    
POL  7310X Policy Formulation in U.S. Government   B     B            
POL  7320X The Presidency in the United States                      
POL  7330X The Legislative Process in the US B                    
POL  7340X Policy Analysis B     B B            
POL  7350X Politics and Public Opinion Formation                      
POL  7360X The Politics of the U.S. Labor Movement   B   B   B?          
POL  7370X Policy Evalution                      
POL 7380X Politics and Technology           B          
POL 7400X Public Administration (R-UPA) B B   B B B          
POL 7420X Law and Behavioral Science                      
POL 7440X Government and Defense                      
POL 7450G Fieldwork B B   B B B          
POL 7470X Metro Areas & Community Power Analysis B                    
POL 7480X Planning for Metropolitan Areas B B     B B          
POL 7491X Selected Topics in American Government                      
POL 7492X Selected Topics in American Government       X              
POL 7510X Government of NYC/Urban Politcs (R-UPA)   B   B B B          
POL 7550X Health Care Politics   B                  
POL 7570X* Racial and Ethnic Politics in US (R-UPA) B B   B B B          
                           INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS   IN                  
POL 7600X U.S. Foreign Policy X   X     X          
POL 7610X   Modern International Politics (R-IA) B,X X X X X X          
POL 7620X International Organizations   X     X            
POL 7630X International Law X X   B   X          
POL 7640X Global Gender Politics                      
POL 7650X Human Rights and World Politics X B     B            
POL 7660X Globalization and International Cooperation   X                  
POL 7670X North-South Relationships in World Politics     X B              
POL 7680X Global Politics and Global Warming         X            
POL 7691X Selected Topics in International Relations X     B              
                       COMPARATIVE POLITICS                      
POL  7713X Developing Areas – Far East     X                
POL  7713X Developing Areas – Middle East   X X   X            
POL  7714X Developing Areas – Sub-Saharan Africa                      
POL  7716X Developing Areas – Latin America       X              
POL  7720X Comparative Politics (R-IA) X X X X B X          
POL  7730X Soviet / Post Communist Politics     X X              
POL  7740X Military and Police in Politics                      
POL  7750X Democratization                      
POL  7760X Comparative Social Policy                      
POL  7770X Violence and Politics X                    
POL  7780X Political Development   X     X            
POL  7790X Politics and the Modern State                      
POL  7891X Selected Topics in Comparative Politcs X                    
  RESEARCH                      
POL  7910G Thesis Research X X   X X X          
POL  7930G Research X X       X          
POL  7940G   Independent Study X X   X X X          
POL  7950G International Internship X X   X X X          
 
 
                       
                         
                         
 
 

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