Academic Year 2024/2025 Classes
Note: This is a tentative list of courses offered by the Barnard political science department in Academic Year 2024-5, and should only be used by students and advisors for informational and planning purposes. For confirmed information and registration details, please see the Columbia Directory of Classes, available here.
Students may also take Political Science introductory and elective courses at Columbia. To view the list of Fall 2024 course offerings by the Columbia political science department, please see here.
Fall 2024 Courses
Introductory Courses
POLS-UN1201
Introduction to American Politics
TTh 5:40pm-6:25pm
Professor Michael Miller
POLS-UN1601
Introduction to International Relations
TTh 2:40pm-3:55pm
Professor Gideon Rose
Elective Courses
Note: this is a list of elective courses offered by Barnard faculty. Any POLS elective course taken at Columbia is equally valid towards your major's elective requirement. Additionally, some of the courses below count toward a student's introductory requirements. See the notes below for more information.
POLS-BC3025
AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
MW 10:10am-11:25am
Professor Katherine Krimmel
POLS-BC3521
CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Th 4:10pm-6:00pm
Professor Paula Franzese
POLS-BC3605
THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
Professor Kimberly Marten
POLS-BC3426
THE POLITICS OF SOUTH ASIA
MW 10:10am-11:25am
Professor Aqil Shah
POLS-BC3347
MEDIA AND POLITICS
MW 1:10pm-2:25pm
Professor Marjorie Castle
POLS-BC3418
SOVEREIGNTY, DEMOCRACY, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
MW 5:40pm-6:55pm
Professor Marjorie Castle
POLS-BC3407
DEMOCRACY'S GUARDRAILS?
TTh 4:10pm-5:25pm
Professor Marjorie Castle
Colloquia
Note: colloquium placements were completed in April 2024. For more information, please email polisci@barnard.edu
POLS-BC3411
BUILDING PEACE
T 12:10pm-2:00pm + 1 Friday session, Friday October 25 (10:00am-5:00pm)
Professor Severine Autesserre
POLS-BC3367
TRANSNATIONAL KLEPTOCRACY
M 10:10am-12:00pm
Professor Alexander Cooley
POLS-BC3019
AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
M 2:10pm-4:00pm
Professor Katherine Krimmel
POLS-BC3500
POLITICAL ECONOMOY OF CORRUPTION AND ITS CONTROL
T 4:10pm-6:00pm
Professor Xiaobo Lu
POLS-BC3055
POLITICS OF THE ARCTIC
T 10:10am-12:00pm
Professor Kimberly Marten
POLS-BC3334
AMERICAN ELECTIONS
Th 2:10pm-4:00pm
Professor Michael Miller
POLS-BC3802
CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
M 12:10pm-2:00pm
Professor Aqil Shah
POLS-BC3426
COMPARATIVE DEMOCRATIZATION
W 12:10pm-2:00pm
Professor Aqil Shah
POLS-BC3114
AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
T 10:10am-12:00pm
Professor Jonathan Keller
POLS-BC3436
THEORIES OF LAW AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM
F 10:10am-12:00pm
Professor Jonathan Keller
Spring 2025 Courses
Elective Courses
Note: this is a list of elective courses offered by Barnard faculty. Any POLS elective course taken at Columbia is equally valid towards your major's elective requirement.
POLS-UN35620
INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY CHINESE POLITICS
Professor Xiaobo Lu
POLS-BC3205
PUBLIC OPINION AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Professor Katherine Krimmel
POLS-BC3254
FIRST AMENDMENT VALUES
Professor Paula Franzese
Course Number TBD
MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Professor Jonathan Keller
Course Number TBD
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Professor Marjorie Castle
Course Number TBD
DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING AND BREAKDOWN
Professor Marjorie Castle
Course Number TBD
WRITING THE REGIME: LITERATURE AND POLITICS
Professor Elaine Wilson
Colloquia
POLS-BC3417
SOVEREIGNTY AND ITS CHALLENGES
Professor Alexander Cooley
POLS-BC3445
GENDER AND PUBLIC POLICY
Professor Katherine Krimmel
POLS-BC3801
POLITICS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD
Professor Xiaobo Lu
POLS-BC3118
PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Professor Kimberly Marten
POLS-BC3217
BLUE COLLAR POLITICS
Professor Michael Miller
Course Number TBD
POLITICS, VIOLENCE, AND CONFLICT IN SOUTH ASIA
Professor Aqil Shah
Course Number TBD
FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
Professor Aqil Shah
Course Number TBD
AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Professor Jonathan Keller
Course Number TBD
THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT AND THE AMERICAN CARCERAL STATE
Professor Jonathan Keller