Fall 2023 Classes

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-UN3401
DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP IN EUROPE
MW 11:40am-12:55pm
Professor Sheri Berman
*Note: this course satisfies the Introduction to Comparative Politics requirement, in place of POLS-UN1501*

POLS-BC3605
GLOBAL POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
MW 10:10am-11:25am
Professor Kimberly Marten
*Note: this course satisfies the Introduction to International Relations requirement, in place of POLS-UN1601*

POLS-UN3002
HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION
MW 11:40am-12:55pm
Professor Ayten Gundogdu

POLS-BC3337
REFORMING AMERICAN ELECTIONS
MW 1:10pm-2:25pm
Professor Michael Miller

POLS-BC3035
FEMINIST POLITICAL THOUGHT
TTh 11:40am-12:55pm
Professor Alyssa Battistoni

POLS-BC3025
AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
MW 10:10am-11:25am
Professor Katherine Krimmel

POLS-UN3565
DRUGS AND POLITICS IN THE AMERICAS
MW 11:40am-12:55pm
Professor Eduardo Moncada

POLS-BC3521
CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Th 4:10pm-6:00pm
Professor Paula Franzese

Colloquia
Note: colloquium placements are through application with the department. For more information, see this page. 

POLS-BC3411
BUILDING PEACE
T 2:10pm-4:00pm (+ one Friday session to be announced)
Professor Severine Autesserre

POLS-BC3505
MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK
M 4:10pm-6:00pm
Professor Sheri Berman

POLS-BC3367
TRANSNATIONAL KLEPTOCRACY
M 11:00am-12:50pm
Professor Alexander Cooley

POLS-BC3500
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CORRUPTION AND ITS CONTROL
W 2:10pm-4:00pm
Professor Xiaobo Lu

POLS-BC3060
POLITICS OF THE ARCTIC
T 10:10am-12:00pm
Professor Kimberly Marten

POLS-BC3410
HUMAN RIGHTS IN A DIVERSE WORLD
T 12:10pm-2:00pm
Professor Ayten Gundogdu

POLS-BC3325
THE POLITICS OF BAD BEHAVIOR
W 4:10pm-6:00pm
Professor Michael Miller

POLS-BC3120
POLITICS OF NATURE
W 11:00am-12:50pm
Professor Alyssa Battistoni

POLS-BC3120
AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
M 2:10pm-4:00pm
Professor Katherine Krimmel

POLS-BC3543
NON-STATE GOVERNANCE IN CONTEXTS OF CRIME AND CIVIL WAR
W 2:10pm-4:00pm
Professor Eduardo Moncada