Political Science Summer Courses

POSC-3213-V31- Interest Group Politics
Summer Session 3, May 27, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Online: Asynchronous

An examination of pressure groups and their role in the political process. Special attention will be paid to the origins of groups, who joins and who does not and how groups affect their own members. 

CRN: 15046

Instructor: Murib, Zein
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, PLUR, POAP

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POSC-3915-L11- International Political Economy
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course introduces various theoretical frameworks explaining the international political economy and examine topics including trade, monetary policy, exchange rates, finance, multinational corporations, international institutions, and economic development. There is a particular focus on the distribution of benefits within an increasingly globalized world, and the ways in which interest groups work to advance their favored economic policies within this system. 

CRN: 14830

Instructor: Lockhart, Sarah
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, INST, IPE, ISIE, ISIN, PJEC, PJST, POIP, URST

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POSC-3915-L21- International Pol Econ
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Lincoln Center: MTWR, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course introduces various theoretical frameworks explaining the international political economy and examine topics including trade, monetary policy, exchange rates, finance, multinational corporations, international institutions, and economic development. There is a particular focus on the distribution of benefits within an increasingly globalized world, and the ways in which interest groups work to advance their favored economic policies within this system. 

CRN: 15911

Instructor: Sahakyan, Davit
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, INST, IPE, ISIE, ISIN, PJEC, PJST, POIP, URST

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POSC-4037-V11- Social Movements & Revolutions
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Online: TR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Over the course of world history, various social movements were formed to challenge dominant power relations and bring about social change. Drawing upon literature in history, political science, and sociology, this course examines a wide range of challenger organizations and revolutions. In particular, this course discusses the development of several twenty-first century social movements and revolutions in the United States and abroad, including Black Lives Matter, the Occupy Wall Street, Otpor (Serbia), the Arab Spring (Middle East), Umbrella Revolution (Hong Kong), and EuroMaidan (Ukraine).

CRN: 14919

Instructor: Nikolayenko, Olena
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ADVD, AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASRP, ICC, INST, ISIN, LALS, LASS, PJSJ, PJST, POCP

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POSC-4216-V21- Seminar: Campaigns and Elections
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Online: MW, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

The primary goal of this course is to provide an introduction to the major theoretical frameworks on campaigns, elections, and parties in the U.S. to better understand how incorporation and participation shape the multifaceted political identities of citizens and residents in the U.S. This course will largely push students to solidify and clarify their understanding of incorporation, democracy, inclusion, and rights at this particular historical moment, more specifically in relation to partisan and racial group identity in the U.S., incorporation of underrepresented groups over time, and the future of representation of all groups, both descriptive and substantive. 

CRN: 15802

Instructor: Heersink, Boris
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, POSM

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POSC-4400-V21- Seminar: Global Justice
Summer Session 2, July 01, 2025 - August 05, 2025
Online: MTWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

What is global justice and how can we achieve it? This course considers answers to this question from Enlightenment philosophers,and contemporary liberals, cosmopolitans, feminists, neoliberals, realists, Muslims, and Buddhists. 

CRN: 16497

Instructor: Tampio, Nicholas
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: EP4, HPSE, HUST, INST, IPE, ISIN, LALS, LASS, PJCP, PJCR, PJST, POPT, POSM, URST, VAL

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POSC-6991-R11- Political Risk Analysis
Summer Session 1, May 27, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Rose Hill: MW, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course is primarily a research/writing course that culminates in an original paper where you will be required to analyze the political risks associated with a country of your choosing. While there will be only a minimal number of lectures, the instructor will serve as your individual mentor as you develop and present your paper. As part of the process of writing this paper, you will study methods used to assess and manage the political risks associated with foreign investment and international business; learn how to assess the domestic political climate of a country by examining factors such as the levels of political violence, the stability of the government, and the existence of political democracy, and make an overall assessment of a country's economic climate by evaluating key macroeconomic indicators. You will also learn the importance of studying foreign relations of a country in order to evaluate the likelihood of any conflict it might have with its neighbors.

CRN: 14973

Instructor: Porter, Geoffrey
3 credits

 

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