Exploration of contemporary terrorism as a contested area of understanding and as a social construct. Includes origins and motives, evolution of terrorist groups, strategies and tactics, and anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism responses. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

The development of peacekeeping within and outside the United Nations system and as an instrument of conflict management. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

An examination of the changing nature of Great Power relations, including procedures and institutions for managing their conflicts, in the pre-Cold War, Cold War, and post-Cold War international systems. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

Application of frameworks to policy questions that factor in debates about citizenship and social inclusion, and an examination of contemporary normative frameworks that fall along, and transcend, the left-right political spectrum. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

The relationship between political institutions and economic growth. How governments shape economic policy and development aid. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.