POLI600 JUNIOR/SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR (3 sh)
This is an advanced course in political science research.  It provides the upper-level political science major with practice in the use of various research tools as part of a semester-long individual research project. The specific substantive focus of the course will vary, depending on the instructor.   

POLI628 SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR:  TOPICS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (3sh)
A thematic or topical approach, with emphasis on historical/political/economic analysis.  Treatment of historical, contemporary and/or comparative topics (for example, the historical roots and contemporary practice of terrorism and its political and economic impact; the impact of imperialism --political, economic, and historical-- in different global areas; the frontier experience of Russian Siberia and the American West) within a framework provided by the instructor.

POLI630 PUBLIC POLICY (3 sh)
An upper-level course on the study of public policy. Includes an overview of the epistemological and methodological issues surrounding the study of public policy as they are viewed from different ideological perspectives.  In addition the course provides an in-depth study of public policy related to poverty and welfare in the U.S.

POLI650 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3 sh)  
The study of current diplomatic, economic, and political problems as they affect the balance of power, disarmament, the East-West struggle, the United Nations and the emerging states of Africa and Asia.