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Exciting New POLS course for Spring 2022!

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We have added a new section of POLS 257-02: The Politics of Violence.  This course is the ideal option for first and second year students interested in the political science major.  POLS majors are required to take two or three 200-level courses.
This course will run MW from 2:40-3:55.  The course description appears below.

Course Description:
This survey course in comparative political analysis will examine how state and non-state actors use violence to assert (or challenge) authority, impose order or ignite conflict-or both at the same time. The course will focus on how and why violence emerges, examining phenomena such as civil wars, revolutions, contentious politics and criminal governance. This course is methodologically focused and is part of the two-course foundational sequence in comparative politics (POLS 257 and POLS 258). Students may choose to take one or both courses in the comparative politics sequence and in whichever order.