Political Science (POLS)
College of Social Sciences
Either 110, 120, 130, 170, or 171 is a prerequisite
to all 300-level courses, except those noted otherwise.
POLS 110 Introduction to Political Science (3) Discussion
of politics as an activity and of political problems, systems,
ideologies, processes. SS
POLS 120 Introduction to World Politics (3) Power
and contemporary world politics since 1945 with emphasis on the U.S.
role. SS
POLS 130 Introduction to American Politics (3) American
political processes and institutions, as seen through alternative
interpretations. Emphasis on opportunities and limitations for practical
political participation. SS
POLS 170 Politics and Public Policy (3) Perspectives
on the role of government in guiding economies and civil societies with
particular emphasis on the recent United States.
POLS 171 Introduction to Political Futures (3) Introduction
to political future studies. Using science fact and fiction, shows how
past and present images of the future influence people’s actions. SS
POLS 190 Media and Politics (3) Influences and
effects of media on politics. Setting public agendas, interpreting
events, manipulating the political process, political learning through
popular culture. SS
POLS 221 Problems of War and Peace (3) Introduction
to the problems individuals and political communities currently face
with respect to war, peace, and international conflict. Includes
questions of human nature, economy, morality, nuclear deterrence, arms
control and disarmament, and alternatives to war.
POLS 271 Political Design and Futuristics (3) Possible
social and political alternatives for the future. Conditions likely if
present trends continue, formulation of visions of better futures, means
for their achievement.
POLS 272 Race and Politics (3) Racial
inequality in the United States; mechanisms of institutional racism in
employment, education, criminal justice, electoral politics. SS
POLS 300 Political Philosophy and Theory I (3) Theories,
approaches, concepts, and issues developed or raised in history of
political philosophy and thought.
POLS 301 Political Philosophy and Theory II (3) Survey
of contemporary political thought and ideology: democratic theory,
Marxism, socialism, anarchism, etc.
POLS 302 American Political Theory (3) Origins
and development of American political thought.
POLS 305 (Alpha) Topics in Political Philosophy and
Theory (3) Significant works, historical continuities, themes, and
issues. (B) political philosophy of Aristotle; (D) feminist theory; (F)
revolution and utopia; (H) classical political philosophy; (I) Marxist
philosophy. (305D cross-listed as WS 405)
POLS 307 Biopolitical Theory (3) The
implications, for political theory, of biological theories about human
behavior, especially in relation to political socialization,
participation, behavior, and culture.
POLS 308 Applied Biopolitics (3) Effect of
biological theory and knowledge about human behavior upon study and
practice of political organization and ideology, and public policies of
political egalitarianism toward human health, intelligence and
laterally, age, sex, and race.
POLS 310 Political Inquiry and Analysis (3) Introductory
survey and analysis of methods used in empirical research, policy
analysis, and social criticism.
POLS 311 Political Inquiry and Analysis II (3) Applied
workshop in political research methods.
POLS 320 International Relations I (3) Introduction,
with emphasis on concepts and theories.
POLS 321 International Relations II (3) Decision-making
behavior of international actors; strategies of peacemaking.
POLS 325 (Alpha) Topics in International Relations
(3) Structure and processes of relations between states. (D) modern
war and security; (E) international organization.
POLS 326 International Law (3) Nature and
function of international law in international politics.
POLS 327 International Law II (3) Principles,
norms, cases, and their role in international politics.
POLS 328 American Foreign Policy (3) Purposes,
methods, strengths, obstacles, prospects; factors affecting American
foreign policy; impact abroad and at home.
POLS 329 International Relations Lab (1) Co-requisite:
320 or 325E.
POLS 330 American Politics (3) Institutions
(parties, interest groups, legislatures, executives, local government);
policies (national defense, poverty, energy, etc.).
POLS 331 American Politics II (3) Examination
of voters and voting processes (participation, apathy, socialization,
symbolic process, media, etc.); ideologies and belief systems.
POLS 335 (Alpha) Topics in American Politics (3) Specific
institutions and processes of the American governmental system. (D)
public opinion and politics; (F) American legislative behavior; (G)
American environmental politics; (H) the presidency.
POLS 336 Power in America (3) Analysis of
sources of political, economic, and social power in the United States
and the institutions through which it is exercised.
POLS 340 Comparative Politics (3) Introduction
to theory and methodology of comparing political systems and development
trends; emphasis on industrial nations.
POLS 341 Comparative Politics of Developing
Countries (3) Theories and case studies.
POLS 345 (Alpha) Topics in Comparative Politics:
Country/Regional (3) Analysis of political structure of processes in
specific countries and regions. (B) Southeast Asia; (C) Pacific Islands;
(D) communism in Asia; (F) Middle East; (G) Philippines; (H) Japan; (I)
Europe; (J) India; (R) Russian politics. Pre: 110 or consent.
POLS 346 (Alpha) Topics in Comparative Political
Process (3) (B) peasant politics; (E) health and environment.
POLS 350 Administration and Society (3) Historical
emergence of modern bureaucracy; mutual impact of administrative forms
on social life; relation of bureaucracy to capitalism and patriarchy;
constitution of the administered individual. Pre: one of 110, 120, 130,
170, 171, or consent.
POLS 351 Political Leadership (3) Exploration
of concepts and theories of political leadership, partly through
biography, as preparation for public service or advanced scholarly
inquiry.
POLS 352 Comparative Public Administration (3) Implementation
of government policies through administrative systems in different
countries.
POLS 353 Alternatives to Bureaucracy (3) Theory
and practice of non-hierarchical organizations: feminist and women’s
organizations; co-ops, communes, and collectives; indigenous people’s
organizations; workplace democracy and social change. Pre: one of 110,
120, WS 151, or consent. (Crosslisted as WS 353)
POLS 355 (Alpha) Topics in Administration (3) Development
of administrative practices and growth of administrative structures;
organization theory; specific administrative practices. (C) organization
theory.
POLS 360 Public Law and Judicial Behavior I (3) Analysis
of law, legalism, legal ideology, and legality; constitutions and
constitutionalism; the political context of legal stability and change;
institutional structure and function of dispute-resolution agencies.
POLS 361 Public Law and Judicial Behavior II (3) Attributes,
attitudes, selection, and decision-making behavior of judges and court
personnel. Trends in appellate court policy-making, especially by the
United States Supreme Court in Constitutional issues.
POLS 365 Topics: Public Law and Judicial Behavior
(3) Current issues; recent research findings; practical research
undertaken by student.
POLS 370 Politics and Public Policy (3) Over-view
of the policy-making process in various political arenas (families,
cities, nations, etc.); emphasis on conceptual and empirical analysis.
POLS 371 Political Design and Futuristics (3) Alternative
future social and political possibilities; design of means of
realization of desirable futures.
POLS 373 Nonviolent Political Alternatives (3) Exploration
of scientific and cultural resources for nonviolent, nonkilling
alternatives in politics as bases for future and transformative inquiry
and action. (Cross-listed as PACE 373)
POLS 374 Women and Politics (3) Women’s role
in political institutions and processes in the United States and other
countries. Female and male approaches to power; feminist political goals
and actions. Pre: one of 110 (or concurrent), WS 151 (or concurrent), or
WS 362 (or con-current); or consent. (Cross-listed as WS 374)
POLS 375 (Alpha) Topics in Politics and Public
Policy (3) Politics and public policy or political design and
futuristics. (B) film studies; (D) ocean politics; (F) politics of
health; (I) political economy.
POLS 376 Racism and Sexism (3) Policy course.
Racial and sexual discrimination and governmental efforts to combat
them.
POLS 378 The Politics of Media (3) Study of the
political manipulation of aural and verbal images. Exercises to increase
media literacy.
POLS 380 Hawai‘i Politics I (3) Introduction
to study of institutions, processes, and issues.
POLS 381 Hawai‘i Politics II (3) Application
of theoretical modes and techniques to institutions, processes, and
issues that characterize politics in Hawai‘i.
POLS 385 (Alpha) Topics in Hawai‘i Politics (3) Intensive
examination of particular institutions, processes, and issues. (B) the
military in Hawai‘i; (D) alternative politics in Hawai‘i. Pre: one
of 110, 120, 130, 170, or 171; or consent.
POLS 390 Colloquium in Political Science (3) Seminar
in specialized subjects in political science. Pre: consent.
POLS 391 Colloquium in Political Science (3) Seminar
in specialized subjects in political science. Pre: consent.
POLS 392 Teaching Political Science (6) Practicum
for majors who lead, under supervision, a freshman seminar section of
110 or serve as undergraduate teaching assistants. Pre: senior standing
and consent.
POLS 395 Practicum in Political Science (V) Field
placement integrated with academic study of political institutions and
practices. Repeatable once.
POLS 399 Directed Reading and Research (V) Pre:
consent.
POLS 401 Senior Seminar in Political Science (3) Discussion
of issues and questions of concern to graduating seniors in political
science. Topical focus varies. Pre: senior standing.
POLS 484 Society and Politics in China (3) Interdisciplinary
review and analysis of the social and political issues in contemporary
China, the interchange between state and society in national policies,
the relationship between cultural tradition and technological
modernization in the social transformation process. Pre: ASAN 310, ASAN
312, or SOC 356; or consent. (Cross-listed as ASAN 484)
POLS 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment
for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate and
consent.
POLS 600 Scope and Methods of Political Science (3)
Main concepts delineating boundaries of discipline; approaches to
knowledge employed by political scientists; empirical and normative
theory; problems in theory-building; validity and reliability in
research design; philosophy of science applied to political science.
POLS 601 Political Analysis and Theory Building (3)
Survey of theory-building, approaches and validation techniques.
POLS 602 Research Techniques and Analytic Methods (3) Quantitative
models and statistical inference techniques.
POLS 605 (Alpha) Topics in Methodology (3) Specific
methodological techniques and practices introduced in 601 and 602. (B)
methods and nations; (C) simulation practicum. Pre: graduate standing or
consent.
POLS 610 Political Theory and Analysis (3) Major
contemporary approaches and styles in political theory, philosophy, and
analysis.
POLS 611 Tradition of Political Philosophy (3) Discussion
of texts and themes in the Western political tradition from Plato to
Nietzsche. Repeatable once.
POLS 615 (Alpha) Topics in Political Thought (3) Specific
traditions and individuals, or particular issues and problems. (B)
Communism; (C) feminist theory. Pre: graduate standing or consent. (615C
cross-listed as WS 615)
POLS 620 Introduction to Political Behavior (3) Introduction
focused on individual behavior (political socialization, political
psychology, etc.) and institutional behavior (legislative behavior,
judicial behavior, etc.).
POLS 630 International Relations (3) Analysis
of theories: actors, decisions, systems, conflict, integration,
alternative approaches to validation. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
POLS 633 International Conflict Resolution (3) Analysis
of international conflict and conflict resolution. Theory and practice
of negotiation, mediation, conciliation, facilitation, and other
“third-party” methods of peaceful settlement. Pre: graduate standing
or consent.
POLS 635 (Alpha) Topics in International Relations
(3) (B) international relations and war; (C) dependencies; (D)
U.S.-China relations (E) international organization; (F) modeling
international systems; (G) U.S.-Japan relations. Pre: graduate standing
or consent.
POLS 640 Comparative Politics (3) Emphasis on
Asia, theories of development, and comparative methods. At least one
section a semester.
POLS 645 (Alpha) Politics and Development: Regional
(3) Politics of particular regions; particular development
processes. (B) Middle East; (C) China. (645C cross-listed as ASAN 608)
POLS 646 (Alpha) Politics and Development: Topical
(3) (B) agriculture; (F) political ecology and development.
POLS 650 Public Administrative Theory (3) Focus
varies among theoretical, comparative and developmental approaches to
study of administration. One section each semester.
POLS 651 Political Leadership (3) Exploration
of political leadership as a focus for research, teaching, and applied
political science.
POLS 652 Comparative Public Administration (3) Detailed
examination of implementation of governmental policy in different
countries. Pre: graduate standing.
POLS 655 (Alpha) Topics in Public Administration
(3) Theoretical and applied examination of public administration
structures and processes. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
POLS 660 Public Law and Judicial Systems (3) Law,
courts, and rights as a political resource; analyses of public law
(including court decisions), other forms of dispute management, and
judicial behavior and policy-making. Pre: 110.
POLS 665 (Alpha) Topics in Public Law and Judicial
System (3) Recent issues and practices in public law; particular
judicial systems. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
POLS 670 Introduction to Public Policy (3) Perspectives
on policy analysis; basic approaches to the study of public policy,
political economy, and policy evaluation.
POLS 671 Public Policy (3) Examination of
theory and practice of formation and implementation; emphasis on
American politics. Pre: graduate standing. Co-requisite: PUBA 661.
POLS 672 Politics of the Future (3) Introduction
to political futures studies; images of future, theories of social
change, methods of social forecasting and designing preferred futures.
Pre: graduate standing.
POLS 673 The Future of Political Systems (3) Normative
and descriptive forecasts of political institutions, systems,
subsystems, and behaviors. Design of preferred systems.
POLS 674 New Age Politics (3)
POLS 675 (Alpha) Topics in Public Policy (3) Particular
political processes, specific political institutions, or particular
policy area. (F) politics of health. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
POLS 676 Nonviolent Political Alternatives (3) Exploration
of nonviolent, nonkilling alternatives in political science research,
teaching, and public service.
POLS 680 Asian and/or Pacific Politics (3) Political
development, international relations, decision-making processes, and
systems of political thought in all or part of Asia and/or the Pacific.
POLS 682 Indigenous Politics (3) Historical
treatment of the contact between state and indigenous peoples and a
survey of contemporary indigenous political initiatives: social
movements, media, indigenous studies programs, and events. A-F only.
POLS 685 (Alpha) Topics in Asian and/or Pacific
Politics (3) (B) Japanese politics; (C) Korean politics; (D) Chinese
foreign policy. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
POLS 686 Politics of Hawai‘i (3) Examinations
from several perspectives of the political, economic, and cultural
forces that historically formed Hawai‘i and contemporary political
themes, issues, and processes. Pre: graduate standing.
POLS 692 Teaching Initiative in Political Science
(3) This course combines the study of the theoretical and practical
aspects of teaching political science with supervised classroom teaching
of POLS 110. Repeatable once.
POLS 695 Colloquium (3) Specialized subjects in
political science.
POLS 696 Graduate Intern Seminar (3) Seminar
for interns in the alternative futures or the indigenous politics
options. Repeatable once. A-F only. Pre: 672 and 673 or consent for the
alternative futures option; 682 or consent for the indigenous politics
option.
POLS 699 Directed Reading and Research (V) Pre:
consent.
POLS 700 Thesis Research (V)
POLS 701 Seminar in Empirical Theory (3) Pursuit
of individual empirically based research topics. Repeatable. Pre:
graduate standing.
POLS 702 Seminar: Research Methods (3) Conceptual
strategies, data collection approaches, and data analysis techniques
appropriate to political inquiries. Repeatable.
POLS 710 Seminar: Political Thought (3) Pre-announced
topics. Repeatable. At least one section a year.
POLS 730 Seminar: International Relations (3) Pre-announced
problems of both international organization and politics. Repeatable. At
least one section a semester.
POLS 735 Seminar: Peace/Development Connection (3) Relationship
between peace and development with special emphasis on hunger and
militarism in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Pre: graduate standing.
(Cross-listed as SOC 735)
POLS 740 Seminar: Comparative Government and
Politics (3) Pre-announced topics. Repeatable. At least one section
a semester.
POLS 750 Seminar: Public Administration (3) Pre-announced
administrative theory, comparative and development administration, and
functional aspects. Repeatable. At least one section a year.
POLS 770 Seminar: Public Policy (3) Preannounced
topics. Repeatable. Pre: consent of instructor. At least one section a
year.
POLS 780 Seminar: Politics of Regions (3) Analysis
of political development, international relations, decision-making
processes, and systems of political thought in regions and subregions of
the world. Repeatable.
POLS 800 Dissertation Research (V)
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