Section Info: POLIT-116-01

Course Title: World Politics
Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025
Term: Spring Semester 2025
Description: This course is a survey of contending approaches to the study of conflict and cooperation in world politics. Examines key concepts--including balance of power, imperialism, collective security, deterrence, and interdependence--with historical examples ranging from the Peloponnesian War to the post-cold war world. Analyzes the emerging world order.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Andy Reiter   413-538-2812   areiter@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025   Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   09:00AM - 10:15AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
POLIT-INTL   POLIT-INTL: Politics - International subfield   This course has been approved to count towards the International Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses).  
IR0001   INTREL: International Relations major   This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 28     Enrollment: 27     Available: 0     Waitlist: 19
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.