Political Science offers a large number of courses each year, covering a wide range of subject matters from classic to cutting-edge topics. Please see the left navigation for the course description archive, catalogs, and calendars. Please visit my.uchicago.edu for the course offerings for current quarter, which is where the final schedule for each quarter will live.
Tentative Courses Fall 2023
| Instructor | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|
| Albertus & Lessing | PLSC 28901 | Intro to Comparative Politics |
| Brehm, John | PLSC 35500 | Public Opinion |
| Carson, Austin | PLSC 29202/39202 | Secret Side of Int’l Politics |
| Carson & Staniland | PLSC 50901 | Qualitative Methods and Research Design |
| Conley, Patricia | PLSC 22913 | The Practice of Social Science Research (majors only) |
| Conley, Patricia | PLSC 29800 | Honors Thesis Seminar |
| Eggers, Andrew | PLSC 30500 | Introduction to Quantitative Social Science |
| Kasimis, Demetra | PLSC 22333/32333 | Truth-Telling in Times of Crisis |
| McCormick, John | PLSC 42420 | Approaches to the History of Political Thought |
| Pape, Robert | PLSC 28602/38602 | American National Security Strategy |
| Pape, Robert | PLSC 40605 | Seminar on IR Theory |
| Poast, Paul | PLSC 48401 | Quantitative Security |
| Wedeen, Lisa | PLSC 33300 | Interpretive Methods in the Social Sciences |
| Wedeen, Lisa | PLSC 48000 | Field Seminar in Comparative Politics 1 |
Tentative Courses Winter 2024
| Instructor Name | Number | Course Title |
|---|---|---|
| Bloch Rubin, Ruth | PLSC 28801 | Intro to American Politics |
| Bloch Rubin & Rogowski | PLSC 30301 | American Politics Field Seminar I |
| Conley, Patricia | PLSC 22913 | The Practice of Social Science Research (majors only) |
| Cordelli, Chiara | PLSC 38813/28813 | Justice and the Economy |
| Grant, Daragh | PLSC 20928 | Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life |
| Herrigel, Gary | PLSC 43434 | Politics and Sociology of Markets |
| McCormick, John | PLSC 27216/52316 | Machiavelli's Political Thought |
| Nalepa, Monika | PLSC 29102/30901 | Game Theory 1 |
| Offer-Westort, Molly | PLSC 28110/48110 | Lab and Field experiments in Comparative Politics and Policy |
| Oliver, Eric | PLSC 28620 | The Intelligible Self |
| Oliver, Eric | PLSC 24545/34545 | Myth and Symbol in American Politics |
| Padgett, John | PLSC 46401 | Co-Evolution of States and Markets |
| Padgett, John | PLSC 57200 | Network Analysis |
| Posey, Patricia | PLSC 36205 | American Political Economy and Race |
| Strezhnev, Anton | PLSC 30600 | Causal Inference |
| Strezhnev, Anton | PLSC 40502 | Data Analysis with Statistical Models |
| PLSC 40100 | MA Thesis Prep |
Tentative Courses Spring 2024
| Name | Number | Course Title |
|---|---|---|
| Bloch Rubin, Ruth | PLSC 49200 | American Political Development |
| Bloch Rubin, Ruth | PLSC 24810 | Politics the U.S. Congress |
| Brehm, John | PLSC 22400 | Public Opinion |
| Brehm & Posey | PLSC 30401 | American Politics Field Seminar II |
| Conley, Patricia | PLSC 22913 | The Practice of Social Science Research (majors only) |
| Cordelli, Chiara | PLSC 21820 | Global Justice and the Ethics of Immigration |
| Cordelli, Chiara | PLSC 51002 | Rawls and Critics |
| Eggers, Andrew | PLSC 48101 | Field Seminar in Comparative Politics II |
| Gulotty, Robert | PLSC 30700 | Intro to Linear Models |
| Gulotty, Robert | PLSC 23501 | International Political Economy |
| Herrigel, Gary | PLSC 46666 | Democracy, Regulation and Planning |
| Luo, Zhaotian | PLSC 40815 | New Directions in Formal Theory |
| Nalepa, Monika | PLSC 29103/31000 | Game Theory 2 |
| Offer-Westort, Molly | PLSC 40601 | Advanced Topics in Causal Inference |
| Poast, Paul | PLSC 29000 | Intro to IR |
| Posey, Patricia | PLSC 30401 | American Politics Field Seminar II |
| Staniland, Paul | PLSC 26100/36100 | Civil War |
| Terman, Rochelle | PLSC 43701 | Constructivism |
| Terman, Rochelle | PLSC 27002 | Norms, Ideas, and Identity in International Politics |
| Zerilli, Linda | PLSC 44810 | Hannah Arendt: From Kantian Aesthetics to the Practice of Political Judgment |
| PLSC 40100 | MA Thesis Prep |