THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
2025-2026 Courses
Fall 2025
*Subject to change
| Course | Student | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| PLSC 28801: Introduction to American Politics | Undergraduate | Bloch Rubin, Ruth |
| PLSC 49200: American Political Development | Graduate | Bloch Rubin, Ruth |
| PLSC 35500: Public Opinion | Graduate/Undergraduate | Brehm, John |
| PLSC 50901: Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Graduate | Carson, Austin |
| PLSC 29800: BA Colloquium | Undergraduate | Conley, Patricia |
| PLSC 22913: Political Science Research Methods | Undergraduate | Conley, Patricia |
| PLSC 22677: U.S. Latinxs, Labor, and the Law | Undergraduate | Garibaldo Valdez, Ramon |
| PLSC 22913: Political Science Research Methods | Undergraduate | Grasse, Donald |
| PLSC 38878: History of Government and Political Institutions | Graduate/Undergraduate | Luo, Zhaotian & Myerson, Roger |
| PLSC 30500: Introduction to Quantitative Social Science | Graduate/Undergraduate | Mehlhaff, Issac |
| PLSC 28901: Introduction to Comparative Politics | Undergraduate | Nalepa, Monika & Luo, Zhaotian |
| PLSC 35700: Myth, Symbol, and Ritual in Politics | Graduate/Undergraduate | Oliver, Eric |
| PLSC 44556: Seminar on American Political Violence | Graduate | Pape, Robert |
| PLSC 48401: Quantitative Security | Graduate | Poast, Paul |
| PLSC 30301: American Political Institutions | Graduate/Undergraduate | Rogowski, Jon |
| PLSC 26800: Political Violence | Undergraduate | Staniland, Paul |
| PLSC 40600: Seminar on International Relations Theory | Graduate | Terman, Rochelle |
| PLSC 36920: Freedom, Justice and Legitimacy | Graduate/Undergraduate | Wilson, Jim |
| PLSC 31822: Global Political Justice | Graduate/Undergraduate | Wilson, Jim |
| PLSC 23480: Law, Rights, and Democracy in Crisis: Israel and Palestine in Comparative Perspective | Undergraduate | Yehuda, Limor (Visiting Professor) |
| PLSC 40010: Capital and Democracy in an Age of Finance | Graduate (Limited undergraduate seats) | Meister, Robert (Visiting Professor) |
Winter 2026
*Subject to change
| Course | Student | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| PLSC 22400: Public Opinion | Undergraduate | Brehm, John |
| PLSC 30401: American Politics Field Seminar II | Graduate/Undergraduate | Brehm, John |
| PLSC 29202: Secret Side of International Politics | Undergraduate | Carson, Austin |
| RDIN/PLSC 20817: Race, Social Movements, and American Politics | Undergraduate | Garibaldo Valdez, Ramon |
| PLSC 31520: Histories and Theories of Mass Politics | Graduate | Getachew, Adom |
| PLSC 20217: Politics and Law of Climate Change and Energy | Undergraduate | Gulotty, Robert |
| PLSC 48000: Comparative Field Seminar | Graduate | Herrigel, Gary |
| PLSC 41501: Foundations of Realism | Graduate | Mearsheimer, John |
| PLSC 20150: The Art of Productive Political Debate | Undergraduate | Mehlhaff, Issac |
| PLSC 25100: Empire and International Justice | Undergraduate | Muthu, Sankar |
| PLSC 30600: Causal Inference | Graduate/Undergraduate | Offer-Westort, Molly |
| PLSC 40610: Seminar on International Security Affairs | Graduate | Staniland, Paul |
| PLSC 27002: Norms, Ideas, and Identity in International Politics | Undergraduate | Terman, Rochelle |
| PLSC 32500: On Plato's Republic | Graduate/Undergraduate | Valiquette Moreau, Nina |
| PLSC 50000: Proposal Writing Seminar | Graduate | Wedeen, Lisa |
| PLSC 27815: Politics and Public Policy in China | Undergraduate | Yang, Dali |
| PLSC 42700: Seminar on Chinese Politics | Graduate | Yang, Dali |
| PLSC 10400: Politics of the American Presidency | Undergraduate | Rogowski, Jon |
| PLSC 20550: Political Theologies of Early and Late Modernity | Undergraduate | Brown, Julia |
| PLSC 22913: Political Science Research Methods | Undergraduate | Conley, Patricia |
| PLSC 22913: Political Science Research Methods | Undergraduate | Grasse, Donald |
| PLSC 28450: Liberalism and U.S. Foreign Policy | Undergraduate | Mearsheimer, John |
| PLSC 20300: Building Popular Power: Social Movements, Democracy, and the Political Imagination | Undergraduate | Pierce, Marshall |
| PLSC 24930: Latin American Politics and the Novel: Between Crisis and Renewal | Undergraduate | Stokes, Susan & Brewer-García, Larissa |
| PLSC 28600: Controversies in Security Studies | Undergraduate | Grasse, Donald |
Spring 2026
*Subject to change
| Course | Student | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| PLSC 43200: U.S. Social Movements and Contentious Politics | Graduate | Ramon Garibaldo Valdez |
| PLSC 31325: Deter, Detain, and Deport: U.S. Immigration Enforcement in Historical Perspective | Undergraduate | Ramon Garibaldo Valdez |
| PLSC 30700: Estimation I (Introduction to Linear Models) | Graduate/Undergraduate | Robert Gulotty |
| PLSC 45705: Theories of Global Capitalism Since Hobson | Graduate/Undergraduate | Gary Herrigel |
| PLSC 35705: Radical Enlightenments | Graduate | Sankar Muthu |
| PLSC 25610: Authority, Obligation, and Dissent | Undergraduate | Sankar Muthu |
| PLSC 40601: Advanced Topics in Causal Inference | Graduate | Molly Offer-Westort |
| PLSC 28260: The Intelligible Self | Undergraduate | Eric Oliver |
| PLSC 45678: The Evolution of Political Consciousness | Graduate/Undergraduate | Eric Oliver |
| PLSC 28602: Advanced National Security Strategy | Undergraduate | Robert Pape |
| PLSC 44556: Theory and Practice of Preventative War | Graduate | Robert Pape |
| PLSC 29000: Introduction to International Relations | Undergraduate | Paul Poast |
| PLSC 23802: Plato, Law, and the Musicality of Politics | Graduate/Undergraduate | Nina Valiquette Moreau |
| PLSC 28701: Introduction to Political Theory | Undergraduate | Jim Wilson |
| PLSC 24502: The Political Economy of Great Power Competition | Undergraduate | Alex Tippett |
| PLSC 24501: Indigenous Politics and Policy in the United States | Undergraduate | Sonja Castañeda Dower |
| PLSC 270002: Norms, Ideas, and Identity in International Politics | Undergraduate | Rochelle Terman |
| PLSC 35500: Public Opinion | Graduate | John Brehm |
| PLSC 22913: Research Methods | Undergraduate | Donald Grasse |
| PLSC 22000: State Formation In Britain And America | Graduate/Undergraduate | Steven Pincus (History) and Desmond King (Political Science Visiting Professor) |
| PLSC 22610: How Dictatorship Shaped Democracies In Latin America | Graduate/Undergraduate | Alejandro Bonvecchi (Political Science Visiting Professor) |