Departments & Programs

Political and Civic Engagement

Electives

* Variable topic classes must be approved by the PACE Advisor.
+ College of Arts and Sciences students may count up to 22 credit hours of appropriate courses from outside the College of Arts and Sciences toward the minimum of 122 credit hours required for graduation.

  • AAAD A205 Black Electoral Politics
  • AAAD A400 Topics in African American Studies*
  • AAAD A408 Race, Gender and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
  • AAAD A420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies
  • AAAD A415 The Political Impact of Black Religion
  • AAAD A481 Racism and the Law
  • AAST A300 Topics in Asian American Studies*
  • AMST A201 U.S. Movements and Institutions*
  • CJUS P340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • CMCL C222 Democratic Deliberation
  • CMCL C228 Argumentation and Public Advocacy
  • CMCL C304 Communication and Social Conflict
  • CMCL C308 Democratic Dissent in Wartime
  • CMCL C334 Current Topics in Communication and Culture*
  • CMCL C339 Freedom of Speech
  • CMCL C340 The Rhetoric of Social Movements
  • CMCL C342 Rhetoric and Race
  • CMCL C346 Ethnicity, Class, and the Model U.S. Citizen
  • CMCL C406 The Study of Public Advocacy
  • CMCL C417 Power and Violence: Political Systems in Ethnographic Perspective
  • CMCL C427 Cross-Cultural Communication
  • CMCL C445 Media, Culture, and Politics*
  • CMCL C446 Cultures of Democracy
  • COLL E104 Topics in Social and Historical Studies*
  • HIST A200 Issues in United States History*
  • HIST A222 Law in America
  • HIST A379 Issues in Modern United States History*
  • HIST W300 Issues in World History*
  • HON H204 Interdepartmental Colloquia*
  • INFO I399 Current Topics in Informatics+ (Approved topic: Politics by Numbers)
  • INTL I204 Human Rights and Social Movements: International Perspectives (for students pursuing a major or minor in International Studies)
  • JOUR J375 Race, Gender, and the Media+
  • LESA L105 Beyond the Sample Gates (if taken before Fall 2009 ONLY)
  • LSTU L230 Labor and the Economy+
  • LSTU L385 Class, Race, Gender and Work+
  • PHIL P393 Biomedical Ethics
  • POLS Y103 Introduction to American Politics
  • POLS Y200 Contemporary Political Topics*
  • POLS Y202 Politics and Citizenship in the Information Age
  • POLS Y210 Honors Seminar*
  • POLS Y249 Religion, Politics, and Public Policy
  • POLS Y301 Political Parties and Interest Groups
  • POLS Y307 Indiana State Government and Politics
  • POLS Y308 Urban Politics
  • POLS Y313 Environmental Policy
  • POLS Y318 The American Presidency
  • POLS Y319 The United States Congress
  • POLS Y320 Judicial Politics
  • POLS Y326 American Social Welfare Policy
  • POLS Y353 The Politics of Gender and Sexuality
  • POLS Y379 Ethics and Public Policy
  • POLS Y383 Foundations of American Political Thought
  • POLS Y384 Developments in American Political Thought
  • POLS Y490 Senior Seminar in Political Science* (for students pursuing a major in Political Science; if taken before PACE capstone)
  • REL C202 Issues in Religion in the Americas*
  • REL C220 American Religion and Politics
  • REL C300 Studies in Religion in the Americas*
  • REL D202 Issues in Theory, Ethics, and Comparison*
  • REL D250 Religion, Ecology, and the Self
  • REL D300 Studies in Theory, Ethics, and Comparison*
  • REL D340 Religion and Bioethics
  • REL D350 Religion, Ethics, and the Environment
  • REL R170 Religion, Ethics, and Public Life
  • REL R202 Topics in Religious Studies*
  • REL R300 Studies in Religion*
  • SOC S215 Social Change
  • SOC S217 Social Inequality
  • SOC S311 Politics and Society
  • SOC S312 Education and Society
  • SOC S326 Law and Society
  • SOC S335 Race and Ethnic Relations
  • SOC S359 Community Based Research
  • SOC S360 Topics in Social Policy
  • SOC S431 Topics in Social Psychology* (Approved topic: Class, Race, and Gender)
  • SPEA V160 National and International Policy+
  • SPEA V161 Urban Problems and Solutions+
  • SPEA V221 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector+
  • SPEA V264 Urban Structure and Policy+
  • SPEA V362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership+
  • SPEA V378 Policy Processes in the US+ (offered through Washington Leadership Program)
  • SPEA V406 Public Law and Electoral Processes+
  • SPEA V435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution+
  • SPEA V473 Management, Leadership and Policy+
  • SPEA V405 Public Law and Legislative Processes+
  • SWK S100 Understanding Diversity in Pluralistic Society+
  • SWK S251 Emergence of Social Welfare Services+
  • SWK S300 Selected Topics in Social Work*+
  • SWK S352 Social Welfare Delivery Systems+
  • TEL T312 Politics and the Media
  • TEL T414 Public Communication Campaigns
  • TEL T424 Telecommunications and the Constitution