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UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES  |  Subjects

Undergraduate subjects offered: Fall 2012

Subject number/name	Professor	Time/place
17.006J/007J (HASS-H) Feminist Thought	Haslanger	M,W 1:00-2:30 in 56-180
17.03 (HASS-S) Introduction to Political Thought	Stanczyk	T, R 3:00-4:30 in 66-168
17.251/252 (HASS-S) Congress and the American Political System I	Stewart	M, W 9:30-11:00 in 56-169
17.263/264 (HASS-S) Electoral Politics	Caughey	T 1 :00-3:00 in E53-438
17.30J (HASS-S, HASS-D, CI-H) Making Public Policy	Layzer & Warshaw	T, R 11:00-12:30 in 56-114 Rec - TBA
17.307 (HASS-S) American Public Policy for Washington Interns	Stewart	TBA
17.309J (HASS-S, CI-H) Science, Techonology, and Public Policy	Oye	M, W 1:00-2:30 in E25-111
17.33 (HASS-S) Building a Better World	Locke & Lawson	M, W 1:00-2:00 in 56-154 Rec- TBA
17.391J (HASS-S) Human Rights in Theory & Practice	Rajagopal	W 2:00-4:00 in 10-401
17.393J (HASS-S) Environmental Law, Policy &Economics: Pollution Prevention & Control	Ashford & Caldart	T,R 3:30-5:00 in E51-057 Rec - TBA
17.40 (HASS-S, HASS-D, CI-H) American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future	Van Evera	T, R 11:00-12:00 in 1-190 Rec- TBA
17.447/448 (HASS-S) Cyberpolitics in International Relations	Choucri	M 1:00-3:00 in E53-485 Rec - TBA
17.475/476J (HASS-S) Nuclear Forces & Missile Defences	Postol	M 11:00-2:00 in E51-061
17.477J (HASS-S) Technology & Policy of Weapons Systems	Postol	W 11:00-2:00 in E51-061
17.541/543 (HASS-S) Japanese Politics & Society	Samuels	M,W 3:00-5:00 in E53-438
17.561 (HASS-S) European Politics	Thelen	T, R 9:30-11:00 in E53-438
17.565 (HASS-S) Israel: History, Politics, Culture, & Identity	Karlinsky	W 10:00-1:00 in 1-375
17.571 (HASS-S) African Politics	Posner	M, W 11:00-12:30 in E53-438
17.869 (HASS-S, CI-M) Political Science Scope & Methods	Christia	W 3:00-5:00 in E51-385
17.901/3 Political Science Internship and Research	Weiner	TBA
17.S914 Conversations You Can't Have On Campus	Weiner	W 3:00-5:00 in E53-438
17.THT (CI-M) Thesis Research Design Seminar	Singer	W 3:00-5:00 in E53-438

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