Economic statecraft refers to how governments deploy economic instruments to advance political objectives abroad. This course examines the major tools in that repertoire—ranging from inducements to coercive measures—but focuses primarily on economic sanctions. Students analyze the causes of sanctions and assess their immediate economic impacts on target states. They then evaluate the broader second- and third-order consequences for state behavior, political stability, and conflict dynamics, and examine the conditions under which sanctions are ultimately effective. The course concludes with an examination of the ethical implications of sanctions use.
In this course, students examined several approaches to structuring an undergraduate research paper and learned how to use STATA to do basic quantitative research in Political Science.
In this course, students studied the history of the US Constitution, examined the three branches of American government, and explored the evolution of civil rights and liberties in the United States.
This course focused on rights and how to justify them using moral philosophy, political theory, constitutional theory, constitutional law, constitutional practice, the nature of political life, and the nature and extent of competing political commitments and/or priorities.
In this course, students were introduced to the logic of political science research, examined the frameworks that guide our thinking about politics, and reviewed descriptive, experimental, and observational approaches to research. Students also learned how to evaluate normative and empirical claims and practiced constructing research questions and hypotheses.