POLISCI courses at Stanford

153 POLISCI courses in Stanford’s catalog, with ratings and hours per week from real student evaluations.

• POLISCI 1: The Science of Politics4-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 25N: The US Congress in Historical and Comparative Perspective3-3 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 29N: Is Privacy Dead? Privacy, Surveillance, and Freedom in the Digital Age (ETHICSOC 128N)3-3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 31: Democracy and Disagreement (COMM 3, CSRE 31, HISTORY 3C, PHIL 30, PSYCH 31A, PUBLPOL 3, RELIGST 23X, SOC 13)1-2 units
• POLISCI 33SI: Move Fast and Fix Things: Innovating for Effective Government2-2 units
• POLISCI 35: Sustainability and Civilization (BIO 35, HISTORY 35, RELIGST 53X)1-1 units · 4.0/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 51N: International Relations in Science Fiction3-3 units
• POLISCI 74B: Public Service for Social Impact: Pathways to Purposeful Careers (CSRE 190A, ENGLISH 180, INTNLREL 74, PSYCH 190A, PUBLPOL 75B, SOC 190A, SYMSYS 193, URBANST 190A)1-2 units
• POLISCI 79: Security Issues in the Middle East1-1 units · 5.0/5 rating · 1 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 101: Introduction to International Relations (INTNLREL 101)4-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 102: American Politics and Policy: In Defense of Democracy (AMSTUD 123X, PUBLPOL 101, PUBLPOL 201)4-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 103: Justice (ETHICSOC 171, INTNLREL 103, PHIL 171, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C)4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 110E: The Politics of International Law (INTNLREL 110E)5-5 units
• POLISCI 111: The Politics of Climate Change5-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 113: Understanding Russia: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order (INTLPOL 231B, INTNLREL 131, REES 231B)5-5 units
• POLISCI 114: Israel: Society, Politics, and Policy (INTLPOL 234, INTNLREL 114, JEWISHST 214)4-4 units · 5.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 114D: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (INTLPOL 230, INTNLREL 114D, POLISCI 314D, REES 230)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 114S: International Security in a Changing World (INTNLREL 114S)5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 115: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence (AMSTUD 115S, INTNLREL 115, PUBLPOL 114)5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 115B: Israel, the Middle East and Nuclear Weapons4-4 units · 4.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 116M: Global Futures: History, Statecraft, Systems (HISTORY 105F, INTLPOL 222, POLISCI 316M)3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 118P: U.S. Relations with Iran5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 119: SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES LAB: MODELS OF ISRAELI-ARAB COOPERATION & PATHWAYS TO PEACE (INTNLREL 132, MED 131, SUSTAIN 132)1-3 units
• POLISCI 120B: Campaigns, Voting, Media, and Elections (AMSTUD 162B, COMM 162, COMM 262)5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 123D: The Politics of American Courts5-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 124A: The American West (AMSTUD 124A, ARTHIST 152, ENGLISH 124, HISTORY 151)5-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 124L: The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America (AMSTUD 124L, COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 324L, PSYCH 170, PUBLPOL 164)4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 126: Between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, JR.: Race, Religion, and the Politics of Freedom (AFRICAAM 221, AMSTUD 141X, CSRE 141R, HISTORY 151M, RELIGST 141)3-5 units
• POLISCI 130: Liberalism and its Critics (ETHICSOC 130, PHIL 171P)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 131L: Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli to Marx and Mill (ETHICSOC 131S)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 134: Ethics for Activists (CSRE 151, ETHICSOC 134)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 140P: The Erosion of Democracy (REES 240P)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 145B: Governing Artificial Intelligence: Law, Policy, and Institutions (COMM 152A, COMM 252A, CS 283, GLOBAL 245B, INTLPOL 245B, POLISCI 445B)3-3 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 147: Comparative Democratic Development (SOC 112)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 149S: Islam, Iran, and the West5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 150A: Data Science for Politics (POLISCI 355A)3-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 150B: Machine Learning for Social Scientists (POLISCI 355B)3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 150C: Causal Inference for Social Science (POLISCI 355C)3-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 154: Data Science for Social Impact (COMM 140X, DATASCI 154, EARTHSYS 153, ECON 163, MS&E 134, PUBLPOL 155, SOC 127)5-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 158: AI Technologies for Social Applications4-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 182: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, PUBLPOL 182)5-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 209: Curricular Practical Training1-1 units
• POLISCI 210F: Advanced Topics in Climate Change (POLISCI 310F)3-5 units
• POLISCI 211N: Nuclear Strategy, Law, and Politics (INTLPOL 311N, POLISCI 311N)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 219: Directed Reading and Research in International Relations1-10 units
• POLISCI 220R: The Presidency (POLISCI 320R)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 224: Identity (CSRE 225)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 225: Gender and Politics5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 226: Superpower California: The Indispensable State5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 7 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 227F: The American Electorate in the Trump Era (POLISCI 427F)3-5 units
• POLISCI 227R: Russian Politics Since 1991 (INTNLREL 127R, POLISCI 327R, REES 327R)3-5 units
• POLISCI 229: Directed Reading and Research in American Politics1-10 units
• POLISCI 230A: Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 330A)3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 14 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 231R: The Politics of Nature5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 232T: The Dialogue of Democracy (AMSTUD 137, COMM 137W, COMM 237, POLISCI 332T)4-5 units
• POLISCI 234: Democratic Theory (ETHICSOC 234, PHIL 176P)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 234P: Deliberative Democracy and its Critics (AMSTUD 135, COMM 135W, COMM 235, COMM 335, ETHICSOC 135F, POLISCI 334P)3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 234R: Deadly Bands: Introduction to the Political Problem of Violent Male Groups (POLISCI 334R)3-5 units
• POLISCI 235U: Liberalism and Populism in the American Political Economy (POLISCI 335U)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 236: Philanthropy for Sustainable Development (EBS 222, ETHICSOC 232T, POLISCI 236S)4-5 units
• POLISCI 236S: Philanthropy for Sustainable Development (EBS 222, ETHICSOC 232T, POLISCI 236)4-5 units
• POLISCI 237: Varieties of Conservatism in America5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 237L: Liberty, Tyranny, and Resistance in the History of Political Thought5-5 units
• POLISCI 238T: Designing Democracy: Constitutional Crises, Change, and Continuity (HISTORY 258T)5-5 units
• POLISCI 239: Directed Reading and Research in Political Theory1-10 units
• POLISCI 241K: Language in Political Societies5-5 units
• POLISCI 243: Political Economy of Latin America (INTNLREL 153, LATINAM 343)5-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 243P: State and Society in Modern Southeast Asia (POLISCI 343P)3-5 units
• POLISCI 244A: Authoritarian Politics (POLISCI 444A)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 244C: Wealth of Nations (ECON 134, POLISCI 344C)3-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 244D: Societal Collapse (CLASSICS 187)5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 245C: The Logics of Violence: Rebels, Criminal Groups and the State (POLISCI 445C)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 245F: States and Regimes (INTNLREL 145F, POLISCI 445F)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 245R: Politics in Modern Iran5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 247C: Classical Leadership (CLASSICS 147C, DLCL 147C)3-3 units
• POLISCI 247T: Gender and Development (FEMGEN 247T, POLISCI 447T)3-5 units
• POLISCI 249: Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics1-10 units
• POLISCI 259: Directed Reading and Research in Political Methodology1-10 units
• POLISCI 290A: Capstone Project - Autumn5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 290B: Capstone Project - Winter5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 290C: Capstone Project - Spring5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 293: Democracy in the Balance: Polarization and the Road Ahead5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 294: AI Policy Development: Leveraging Social Science to Ensure Responsible Generative AI5-5 units
• POLISCI 299A: Research Design5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 299B: Honors Thesis Seminar5-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 13 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 299C: Honors Thesis1-5 units
• POLISCI 299D: Honors Thesis1-5 units
• POLISCI 310F: Advanced Topics in Climate Change (POLISCI 210F)3-5 units
• POLISCI 311N: Nuclear Strategy, Law, and Politics (INTLPOL 311N, POLISCI 211N)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 312: A New Cold War? Great Power Relations in the 21st Century (INTLPOL 211, REES 219)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 314D: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (INTLPOL 230, INTNLREL 114D, POLISCI 114D, REES 230)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 315: Ethics and Law of War (INTLPOL 250)3-5 units
• POLISCI 316M: Global Futures: History, Statecraft, Systems (HISTORY 105F, INTLPOL 222, POLISCI 116M)3-5 units
• POLISCI 319: Directed Reading and Research in International Relations1-10 units
• POLISCI 320R: The Presidency (POLISCI 220R)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 321: Graduate Seminar in Political Psychology (COMM 308, PSYCH 284)1-3 units
• POLISCI 324L: The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America (AMSTUD 124L, COMM 164, COMM 264, POLISCI 124L, PSYCH 170, PUBLPOL 164)4-5 units
• POLISCI 327C: Law of Democracy (COMM 361)3-3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 327R: Russian Politics Since 1991 (INTNLREL 127R, POLISCI 227R, REES 327R)3-5 units
• POLISCI 329: Directed Reading and Research in American Politics1-10 units
• POLISCI 330A: Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A)3-5 units
• POLISCI 332T: The Dialogue of Democracy (AMSTUD 137, COMM 137W, COMM 237, POLISCI 232T)4-5 units
• POLISCI 333M: Research and Methods in Political Theory3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 334P: Deliberative Democracy and its Critics (AMSTUD 135, COMM 135W, COMM 235, COMM 335, ETHICSOC 135F, POLISCI 234P)3-5 units
• POLISCI 334R: Deadly Bands: Introduction to the Political Problem of Violent Male Groups (POLISCI 234R)3-5 units
• POLISCI 335U: Liberalism and Populism in the American Political Economy (POLISCI 235U)5-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 336S: Justice (ETHICSOC 171, INTNLREL 103, PHIL 171, POLISCI 103, PUBLPOL 103C)4-5 units
• POLISCI 337M: Hannah Arendt3-5 units
• POLISCI 339: Directed Reading and Research in Political Theory1-10 units
• POLISCI 343P: State and Society in Modern Southeast Asia (POLISCI 243P)3-5 units
• POLISCI 344C: Wealth of Nations (ECON 134, POLISCI 244C)3-5 units
• POLISCI 349: Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics1-10 units
• POLISCI 351A: Foundations of Political Economy3-3 units · 5.0/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 353B: Workshop in Political Methodology1-1 units · 5.0/5 rating · 1 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 353C: Workshop in Political Methodology1-1 units · 4.0/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 355A: Data Science for Politics (POLISCI 150A)3-5 units
• POLISCI 355B: Machine Learning for Social Scientists (POLISCI 150B)3-5 units
• POLISCI 355C: Causal Inference for Social Science (POLISCI 150C)3-5 units
• POLISCI 356A: Formal Theory I3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 14 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 359: Advanced Individual Study in Political Methodology1-10 units
• POLISCI 400: Dissertation1-10 units
• POLISCI 400C: Research Design5-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 9 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 410A: International Relations Theory, Part I3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 18 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 410B: International Relations Theory, Part II3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 410C: International Relations Theory, Part III3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 14 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 411B: Workshop in International Relations1-1 units · 5.0/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 411C: Workshop in International Relations1-1 units · 4.5/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 420A: American Political Institutions3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 420B: Topics in American Political Behavior3-5 units · 4.0/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 421K: Questionnaire Design for Surveys and Laboratory Experiments: Social and Cognitive Perspectives (COMM 339, PSYCH 231, PUBLPOL 339)4-4 units
• POLISCI 422: Workshop in American Politics1-1 units · 4.0/5 rating · 1 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 427: Advances in Political Behavior: Illiberal Politics in an Illiberal Time3-3 units
• POLISCI 427F: The American Electorate in the Trump Era (POLISCI 227F)3-5 units
• POLISCI 428: Judicial Politics3-5 units
• POLISCI 432R: Selections in Modern Political Thought3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 433: Workshop in Political Theory1-1 units · 5.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 437C: 20th Century and Contemporary Political Theory3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 440A: Theories in Comparative Politics3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 14 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 440B: Comparative Political Economy3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 12 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 440D: Workshop in Comparative Politics1-1 units · 4.5/5 rating · 2 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 444A: Authoritarian Politics (POLISCI 244A)3-5 units
• POLISCI 445B: Governing Artificial Intelligence: Law, Policy, and Institutions (COMM 152A, COMM 252A, CS 283, GLOBAL 245B, INTLPOL 245B, POLISCI 145B)3-3 units · 4.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 445F: States and Regimes (INTNLREL 145F, POLISCI 245F)3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 10 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 446: Political Development Economics3-3 units
• POLISCI 447T: Gender and Development (FEMGEN 247T, POLISCI 247T)3-5 units
• POLISCI 450A: Political Methodology I: Regression3-5 units · 5.0/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 450B: Political Methodology II: Causal Inference3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 15 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 450C: Political Methodology III: Model-Based Inference3-5 units · 4.5/5 rating · 11 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 450D: Political Methodology IV: Advanced Topics3-5 units · 3.5/5 rating · 8 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 480: The Science of Politics: Foundational Concepts for Political Science Graduate Students2-2 units · 4.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 481: Designing Your Dissertation I2-2 units · 4.0/5 rating · 6 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 482: Designing Your Dissertation II2-2 units · 5.0/5 rating · 5 hrs/wk
• POLISCI 802: TGR Dissertation

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