Introduction to the principles and practices of international relations in the political, military, economic, and environmental realms. Traces the development of the contemporary system to explore how relations among states are affected by the structure of the international system, the institutions through which states conduct their relations with each other, the internal characteristics of states, and contemporary tensions between traditional norms of state sovereignty and new norms of human rights and democratic governance.

In this class we will examine the changing role and significance of interest groups and, to a lesser extent, political parties, in politics and society. We consider the extent and nature of group influence in government and policy making and how this has changed over time. Among the wide range of questions we will work together to answer are: What does it mean to say that defining an ?interest? is a political act? How does our electoral system, in concert with other U.S. political institutions, influence which groups? interests become a ?legitimate? political matter?

The study and practice of understanding and performing the orthography, or rhetorical code, in the First Folio publications of Shakespeare's plays.

First part of year-long STPEC Core seminar sequence; an introduction to western modern political thought in its historical contexts. Contact department for details.

Second part of STPEC junior seminar sequence. Examines the social, historical and political conditions in which the 20th century took place. Contact department for details. Pre-requisite: Completion of STPEC 391H with a grade of C or better.

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This course will include labs/hands-on experience; protocol completion and peer reviews; in-depth rodent strains and characteristics, breeding schemes, environmental enrichments and identification methods; humane care, handling, and management of primates, frogs, and fish used in research; routine techniques and practices for each species used in the labs.

The Athenian society of the Fifth and century was an extremely rich mosaic of institutions, public deliberations, religious festivals, professional speech writers and politicians, poets, and philosophers. Democratic principles at home (public discussion in the assembly) coexisted with an empire that, ultimately, came to naught after the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. This is the context of this course, which is designed as an examination of major topics in Plato and Aristotle's philosophy as well as in some of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides' tragedies.