Political Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

Satisfactory completion of six (6) courses in Political Studies. These must include:

1. Two introductory classes (choose from POST 020 PZ  ,POST 030 PZ  , POST 040 PZ   , POST 050 PZ   , and POST 060 PZ   ).  These introductory courses should be taken at Pitzer.
2. Three upper-level courses in one of the four sub-fields: U.S., Comparative, Political Philosophy and Global
3. One additional course in another of the four sub-fields

Students may not minor in Politics or Government at any of the other colleges in the consortium, as these fields are equivalent to Political Studies.

Political Studies Courses

Critical Global Studies

• •  CGS 120 PZ -State/Development In Third World
• •  CGS 122 PZ -Socl & Pol Movmnts in Third Wrld
• •  CGS 123 PZ -Third World Socialism
• •  CGS 127 PZ -Environ & Development in 3rd Wld
• •  CGS 146 PZ -Intl Relations of Middle East
• •  CGS 150 PZ -US-Chinese Rivalry in Africa

Organizational Studies

• •  ORST 192 PZ -Negotiating Conflict

Political Studies

• •  POST 016X PZ -The Human Condition
• •  POST 020 PZ -US Politics: Resistnce & Transfr
• •  POST 020A PZ -US Politics: Resistnce & Transfr
• •  POST 030 PZ -Intro to Comparative Politics
• •  POST 040 PZ -International Politics
• •  POST 050 PZ -Politicl Thought East&West Intro
• •  POST 060 PZ -Introduction to Public Policy
• •  POST 065 PZ -Data, Narratives, and Secularism
• •  POST 066 PZ -Interest Grps & Polit. Advocacy
• •  POST 070 PZ -Research Methods in Polit Stdies
• •  POST 091 PZ -Stats & Data Analysis
• •  POST 091P PZ -Stats & Data Analysis Practicum
• •  POST 096 PZ -Social & Political Justice
• •  POST 100 PZ -Black Liberation Politics US
• •  POST 101 PZ -US Campaigns and Elections
• •  POST 102 PZ -Women and Public Policy
• •  POST 105 PZ -Nat’lism Populism & Social Media
• •  POST 106 PZ -Law and Politics
• •  POST 107 CH -Latino Politics
• •  POST 118 PZ -The Criminlztn of Latns & Resist
• •  POST 122 PZ -Intro to African Politics
• •  POST 123 PZ -Building Political Parties
• •  POST 124 PZ -Chinese Politics
• •  POST 126 PZ -Iran, Islam & Poltics of Modrnty
• •  POST 128 PZ -Conqust, Convrsion, Convivencia
• •  POST 131 PZ -US Foreign Policy
• •  POST 134 PZ -Authoritarian Politics
• •  POST 135 PZ -Political Economy of Food
• •  POST 139 PZ -Politics of the Middle East
• •  POST 140 PZ -Latina/o Policy and Politics
• •  POST 141 PZ -International Political Economy
• •  POST 144 PZ -Global Security
• •  POST 145 PZ -International Human Rights
• •  POST 151 PZ -Caregiving & Political Engagement
• •  POST 152 PZ -Islamic Political Thought
• •  POST 153 PZ -Why Politics?
• •  POST 154 PZ -Street Politics
• •  POST 155 PZ -Anarchist History & Thought
• •  POST 160 PZ -Racl Justice Initiative Polc Lab
• •  POST 162 PZ -Comparative Revolutions
• •  POST 165 PZ -US Democracy in Comp.Perspective
• •  POST 166 PZ -Politics & Arts of Resistance
• •  POST 167 PZ -Nietzsche and Politics
• •  POST 168 PZ -Who Enters the Political Class?
• •  POST 170 PZ -Latina/o Health Issues In The US
• •  POST 171 PZ -The Politcs of Sustainable Water
• •  POST 174 PZ -US Immigration Policy
• •  POST 181 PZ -Agriculture/Political Rebellion
• •  POST 182 PZ -Logics of Political Authority
• •  POST 185 PZ -Information Revolutions x.0&z.0
• •  POST 185B PZ -Empire and Its Critics
• •  POST 186 PZ -Technology and Politics
• •  POST 187 PZ -Politicl Econ of Global Football
• •  POST 188 PZ -The Olympics: History & Politics
• •  POST 190 PZ -Science, Politics & Alt Medicine
• •  POST 195 PZ -Senior Seminar
• •  POST 198 PZ -Reproductive Rights
• •  POST 198B PZ -Senior Seminar: Logics Pol Auth
• •  POST 198C PZ -SR Sem: US Im Plcy & Trnstl Poli
• •  POST 198D PZ -Senior Semnr: Civil Disobedience
• •  POST 199 PZ -Senior Thesis