Political Science Graduate Courses

Seminars
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Seminars

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PSCI 8000 Seminar in Research Methods in Political Science

This course introduces students to the methods of data collection and analysis for political science research.

PSCI 8040 Seminar in American Government & Politics

This course introduces students to classic and contemporary scholarship on the principles, institutions, processes, and policies of national government in the United States with an emphasis on engaging in thoughtful discussion and individual research.

PSCI 8100 Seminar in Political Economy

A comprehensive study of theories of political economy, linkages between politics and economics, and major contemporary issues.

PSCI 8120 Seminar in Leadership

This course introduces students to classical and contemporary scholarship on leadership theory, research, and application. Students gain a foundation in models of leadership, assess their own leadership styles, and learn to integrate what they learn in corporate, governmental, non-profit, or community organizations.

PSCI 8150 Seminar in Constitutional Law

This course introduces students to the Constitution and the Supreme Court's exercise of judicial review in relation to governmental powers, civil rights, and civil liberties.

PSCI 8200 Seminar in Foreign Policy & National Security

This course introduces students to classic and contemporary scholarship on the formulation and implementation of foreign and national security policy in the United States with an emphasis on engaging in thoughtful discussion and individual research.

PSCI 8220 Seminar on International Leadership & Strategy

This course introduces students to international leadership and strategy theory, research, and application.

PSCI 8250 Seminar in International Relations

This course introduces students to classic and contemporary scholarship on the issues, theories, and methodological approaches associated with the study of the nation-state system, international law, international organizations, international security, and globalization.

PSCI 8300 Seminar in Political Theory

This course introduces students to the history of political theory, from its origins in ancient Greece to its manifestations in contemporary thought.

PSCI 8500 Seminar in Comparative Politics

Catalog Description:

This course introduces students to classic and contemporary scholarship on the issues, theories, and methodological approaches associated with the systematic and comparative study of nation-states and their political systems with an emphasis on engaging in thoughtful discussion and individual research.

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Taught by Dr. Brett Kyle in Fall 2021

PSCI 8920 Seminar in Special Topics in Political Science

This course introduces students to an advanced and specialized subject matter in the field of political science not covered in existing courses. This course may be repeated for different topics up to a maximum of twelve credit hours.

Electives

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PSCI 8005 Quantitative Analysis in Political Science

This course introduces students to the techniques that political scientists use to answer research questions with quantitative data, as well as issues of research design, hypothesis formation, and causation. The course emphasizes the methods used to collect, analyze, and extract information from data using statistical computer software.

PSCI 8015 Urban Politics

This course introduces students to the development, powers, forms of government, and functions of cities and their suburbs as well as the problems faced by elected officials, business and community leaders, and citizens in the urban setting.

PSCI 8036 The Presidency

This course introduces students to the development and modern application of presidential leadership through examination of presidential selection, presidential decision-making, the relationship of the presidency with other governmental and non-governmental actors, and the role of the presidency in making public policy.

PSCI 8045 Government & Politics of Nebraska

This course introduces students to the development, structures, functions and public policies of the government of the state of Nebraska.

PSCI 8046 Congress & the Legislative Process

This course introduces students to the development of the Congress and modern application of the legislative process through examination of congressional elections, congressional leadership, congressional decision-making, legislative rules and procedures, the relationship of the Congress with other governmental and non-governmental actors, and the role of the Congress in making public policy.

PSCI 8055 State Government & Politics

This course introduces students to the development, structures, functions and public policies of states.

PSCI 8056 Judicial Process

This course introduces students to the administration of law in federal and state courts with respect to the organization of the courts, judicial selection, judicial powers, judicial decision-making, judicial policy-making, the bar, and reform movements in the pursuit of justice.

PSCI 8105 LGBT Politics

This course introduces students to the political struggle for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) equal rights in the United States using a model of political empowerment, which may be applied for all minority or identity groups and social movements, generating operationalized measures of progress toward the loci of political power.

PSCI 8116 Political Psychology

This course introduces students to the role of human thought, emotion, and behavior in politics through examination of the psychological factors that motivate political elites and the mass public.

PSCI 8126 Public Opinion & Polling

This course introduces students to the origins, nature, measurement, and consequences of public opinion on policymaking.

PSCI 8135 Women & Politics

This course introduces students to women's political participation, including holding elective office, socialization, the feminist movement and its opposition, and public policies with particular impact on women. The focus is on contemporary perspectives on women in American political ideas and behavior.

PSCI 8145 Latino/-a Politics

This course introduces students to the dynamism and growth of the role of Latinos, as a group of political actors, in the United States. This course provides students with an exposure to and understanding of various concepts and dimensions of this phenomenon, including historical and contemporary Latino political thought and the efforts to increase political empowerment (representation and participation) and influence through grassroots, social, and political movements.

PSCI 8146 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights

This course introduces students to the history, principles, and judicial interpretation of key constitutional provisions and federal statutes regarding civil rights in the United States.

PSCI 8165 Political Parties

This course introduces students to the origin, development, structure, and functions of political parties in the United States as political organizations, coalitions of voters, and governing coalitions that seek to hold office and influence public policy.

PSCI 8175 Interest Groups

This course introduces students to the theories, formation, organization, and activities of interest groups and their impact on public policy, particularly through their role in campaigns and elections and lobbying.

PSCI 8176 Constitutional Law: Foundations

This course introduces students to the principles, design and operation of the American constitutional system with emphasis on analysis of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, and the Federalist Papers.

PSCI 8185 Campaigns & Elections

This course introduces students to the evolution and modern application of campaigns and elections in the United States through examination of campaign management and campaign strategy in congressional and presidential elections.

PSCI 8186 Constitutional Law: Federal System

This course introduces students to American constitutional law as it relates to issues of federalism, the relation of the nation and the states, and separation of powers, the relation of the three branches of the national government.

PSCI 8196 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties

This course introduces students to the philosophy, history, and development of the personal liberties guaranteed by the Constitution including freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, and the right of privacy, primarily through examination of Supreme Court decisions.

PSCI 8206 International Relations of East Asia

This course introduces students to the international politics of East Asia with an emphasis on the contemporary relations among major East Asian states (China, Japan, the Korean peninsula) and the United States.

PSCI 8216 International Relations of the Middle East

This course focuses on the international politics of the Middle East region, specifically looking at conditions for peace and causes of war. It examines how the international system, domestic politics, ideologies, and leaders influence international politics in the Middle East.

PSCI 8225 International Organizations

This course introduces students to the history, principles, structures, and processes developed to organize and legitimize peaceful reconciliation of the differences of nation-states and to advance their mutual interests in the contemporary global political and economic system.

PSCI 8235 Gender & Global Politics

This seminar introduces students to gender politics in comparative and international politics.

PSCI 8245 The Politics & Practice of Human Rights

This course introduces students to human rights issues across the globe and explores the theoretical foundations of human rights as well as human rights institutions and transitional justice.

PSCI 8246 International Conflict Resolution

This course introduces students to different approaches to peace, their basic assumptions, and their application to current conflicts.

PSCI 8255 Global Security Issues

This course introduces students to issues of national and international security that cross boundaries and threaten all countries including issues such as climate change, environmental deterioration, population and demographics, gender issues, disease and public health, the media, asymmetrical warfare, drugs/organized crime, and cyberthreats.

PSCI 8256 Intelligence & National Security

This course introduces students to the United States intelligence services, and their relation to broader U.S. national security policy.

PSCI 8265 United States Foreign Policy

This course introduces students to the analysis of foreign and defense policy processes in the United States, including the role of the President, Congress, Departments of State and Defense, the intelligence community, and other actors/factors affecting policy formulation and implementation.

PSCI 8266 International Law

The course introduces students to the general principles of international law, including the key actors, the creation and sources of international law, the interpretation of international law by courts and tribunals, and its enforcement.

PSCI 8276 Global Environmental Politics

This course introduces students to issues of global environmental politics and policy, including the science behind issues such as climate change, how environmental policy is made at the national and international levels, and what role politics plays in determining environmental resource use.

PSCI 8286 International Relations of Latin America

Analysis of the role of Latin American states in the international political arena. Emphasis upon developing, applying and testing an explanatory theory of international politics through the study of the inter-American system: the regional, institutional and ideological environment, power relations, policies and contemporary problems.

PSCI 8296 International Development & Sustainability

This course introduces students to different concepts of international development through the lens of sustainability. The course explores a broad range of activities related to international development, including international aid, trade, philanthropy, interventions in conflict, peacebuilding, public health, human rights, social justice, and the environment.

PSCI 8316 Classical Political Thought

This course introduces students to key works representative of premodern political thought. Authors examined may include Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, Cicero, Augustine, and Aquinas.

PSCI 8326 Early Modern Political Thought

This course introduces students to key works of the 16th through mid-18th centuries. Authors examined may include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Hume, Smith and Montesquieu.

PSCI 8336 Late Modern Political Thought

This course introduces students to key texts of the mid-18th through 19th centuries. Authors to be examined may include Rousseau, Burke, Mill, Tocqueville, Marx, and Nietzsche.

PSCI 8345 American Political Thought

This course introduces students to the ideals, ideologies, identities, and institutions of American political thought from the country's origins to the present. Topics to be covered may include the political thought of the early American settlers and of the founding generation, the debates over the creation and implementation of the Constitution, the 19th century arguments over slavery, the rise of progressivism, the New Deal and its critics, and contemporary American conservatism and liberalism.

PSCI 8346 Contemporary Political Thought

This course introduces students to leading works of contemporary political thought, including Marx, Spencer, Dahl, Rawls, feminism, and rational choice. The theories, their interrelationships, the theorists, and the manifestations of these works will be discussed and analyzed.

PSCI 8356 Democracy

A basic study of theory, practice and practitioners of political democracy, its roots, development, present application and problems and future.

PSCI 8366 Authoritarian Regimes

An analysis of various types of authoritarian regimes, their differences from democratic governments, and the causes of their establishment, maintenance, and failure.

PSCI 8376 Generals & Politicians

This course introduces students to civil-military relations and military politics across the globe.

PSCI 8505 European Politics

This course introduces students to the political institutions, processes, and public policies of the states of Europe, including the European Union.

PSCI 8506 Government & Politics of Great Britain

A comprehensive study of British politics and government. Emphasis will be focused on the formal institutions and informal customs and practices of the British political system.

PSCI 8526 Politics of France

This course introduces students to the political heritage of France, contemporary political institutions and problems, and political and policy responses to these problems.

PSCI 8556 Political Violence, Insurgency & Terrorism

This course is a survey on the types of violence used within a political context, focusing on its causes, forms and consequences. Specifically, this course details why and how violence occurs, and its impact on institutions and the people operating within that system.

PSCI 8585 Government & Politics of Russia and the Post-Soviet States

This course introduces students to the political cultures, institutions, processes, and public policies of Russia and the states of the former Soviet Union.

PSCI 8626 Islam & Politics

This course introduces students to the interaction between religion and politics in the Muslim world, covering various political ideologies in the Muslim world and different experiences of Muslim-majority countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, and Egypt. It will also analyze mainstream and radical transnational Islamic movements.

PSCI 8645 Politics & Government of China and East Asia

This course introduces students to the political cultures, institutions, processes, policies, and other characteristics of China and neighboring states, with reference to other major powers engaged in the region.

PSCI 8665 Politics & Government of Japan and East Asia

This course introduces students to the political cultures, institutions, processes, policies and other characteristics of Japan and neighboring states, with reference to other major powers engaged in the region.

PSCI 8685 Government & Politics of Latin America

This course introduces students to the political institutions, processes, and public policies of the states of Latin America.

PSCI 8705 Government & Politics of the Middle East

This course introduces students to government and politics in the contemporary Middle East, including considerations of state formation, authoritarianism and democratization, state-society relations, religion, culture, gender, and economy.

PSCI 8716 Comparative International Development & Innovation

Comparative International Development and Innovation will analyze the rise and fall of civilizations from a historical and theoretical perspective in a comparative manner. The course will address issues concerning political, social, economic, and environmental change in national, and international contexts. Among its major emphases are state institutions, economic growth, entrepreneurship, and the transformation of social structure and culture.

PSCI 8776 Political Sociology

This course explores political sociology, focusing on political processes and power. Political sociologists investigate relationships between political institutions and various other institutions, including but not limited to the economy, education, media, and religion, and the impacts that these relationships have on society and the individuals that comprise the society. This course will explore the concepts, theories, and knowledge that comprise this field such as power, legitimacy, the state, networks, stratification, and collective action.

PSCI 8826 Politics & Film

This course introduces students to the analysis of politics and film, focusing on how politics is portrayed in film and the politics of film making.

PSCI 8900 Readings in Political Science

This course provides students an opportunity to study an advanced and specialized subject matter in the field of political science not covered in existing courses. The student must be capable of pursuing a highly independent course of study, which must be approved in consultation with the instructor in advance. This course may be repeated for different topics up to a maximum of six credit hours.

PSCI 8910 Political Science Internship

This course offers students an opportunity to experience the resolution of public issues through direct involvement in career-oriented policy organizations. The host organization must be approved in advance in consultation with the internship coordinator. This course may be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.

PSCI 8925 Advanced Special Topic in Political Science

This course introduces students to an advanced and specialized subject matter in the field of political science not covered in existing courses. This course may be repeated for different topics up to a maximum of six credit hours.

PSCI 8980 Research in Political Science

This course provides students an opportunity to conduct research in a specialized subject matter in the field of political science. The student must be capable of pursuing a highly independent course of study, which must be approved in consultation with the instructor in advance. This course may be repeated for different topics up to a maximum of six credit hours.

PSCI 8990 Thesis

A research project, written under the supervision of a graduate adviser in the Department of Political Science, in which the students establish their capacity to design, conduct and complete an original, independent, scholarly investigation of a high order. The research topic and the completed project must be approved by the student's departmental committee.

Spring 2023

PSCI 8300 Seminar in Political Theory

PSCI 8250 Seminar in International Relations

PSCI 8500 Seminar in Comparative Politics

Summer 2023

PSCI 8000 Seminar in Research Methods

PSCI 8150 Seminar in Constitutional Law

Fall 2023

PSCI 8040 Seminar in American Government and Politics

PSCI 8100 Seminar in Political Economy

PSCI 8200 Seminar in Foreign Policy & National Security

PSCI 8500 Seminar in Comparative Politics

Spring 2024

PSCI 8000 Seminar in Research Methods in Political Science

PSCI 8250 Seminar in International Relations

PSCI 8300 Seminar in Political Theory

Summer 2024

PSCI 8150 Seminar in Constitutional Law

PSCI 8220 Seminar on International Leadership

PSCI 8500 Seminar in Comparative Politics

Fall 2024

PSCI 8040 Seminar in American Government and Politics

PSCI 8120 Seminar in Leadership

PSCI 8200 Seminar in Foreign Policy & National Security

PSCI 8250 Seminar in International Relations (remote)

Graduate Program Degree Requirements

MS in Political Science
MS Concentrations
Government Certificate
Intelligence & National Security Certificate

MS in Political Science

Required: Methods Seminar		3
PSCI 8000	SEMINAR IN THE RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Required: Three Core Subfield Seminars		9
PSCI 8040	SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
PSCI 8250	SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PSCI 8300	SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY
PSCI 8500	SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Required for Non-thesis Students: Two Additional Seminars (from list below or remaining subfield seminar)		6
PSCI 8100	SEMINAR IN POLITICAL ECONOMY
PSCI 8120	SEMINAR IN LEADERSHIP
PSCI 8150	SEMINAR IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
PSCI 8200	SEMINAR IN FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8220	SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
PSCI 8920	SEMINAR IN SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Required: Four Elective Courses (from remaining seminars or list below)		12
PSCI 8005	QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8015	URBAN POLITICS
PSCI 8036	THE PRESIDENCY
PSCI 8045	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF NEBRASKA
PSCI 8046	CONGRESS AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
PSCI 8055	STATE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
PSCI 8056	THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
PSCI 8105	LGBT POLITICS
PSCI 8116	POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSCI 8126	PUBLIC OPINION AND POLLING
PSCI 8135	WOMEN AND POLITICS
PSCI 8145	LATINO/-A POLITICS
PSCI 8146	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL RIGHTS
PSCI 8165	POLITICAL PARTIES
PSCI 8175	INTEREST GROUPS
PSCI 8176	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: FOUNDATIONS
PSCI 8185	CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
PSCI 8186	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: THE FEDERAL SYSTEM
PSCI 8196	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL LIBERTIES
PSCI 8206	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EAST ASIA
PSCI 8216	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
PSCI 8225	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PSCI 8235	GENDER AND GLOBAL POLITICS
PSCI 8245	THE POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
PSCI 8246	INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
PSCI 8255	GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUES
PSCI 8256	INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8265	UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
PSCI 8266	INTERNATIONAL LAW
PSCI 8276	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
PSCI 8286	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 8296	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
PSCI 8316	CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8326	EARLY MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8336	LATE MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8345	AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8346	CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8356	DEMOCRACY
PSCI 8366	AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES
PSCI 8376	GENERALS AND POLITICIANS: CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
PSCI 8505	EUROPEAN POLITICS
PSCI 8506	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF GREAT BRITAIN
PSCI 8526	POLITICS OF FRANCE
PSCI 8556	POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INSURGENCY, AND TERRORISM
PSCI 8585	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF RUSSIA AND THE POST-SOVIET STATES
PSCI 8626	ISLAM AND POLITICS
PSCI 8645	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF CHINA AND EAST ASIA
PSCI 8665	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF JAPAN AND EAST ASIA
PSCI 8685	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 8705	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
PSCI 8716	COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION
PSCI 8776	POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
PSCI 8826	POLITICS AND FILM
PSCI 8900	READINGS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8926	ADVANCED SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8910	POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP
PSCI 8980	RESEARCH IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8990	THESIS (if approved by GPC)
Total Credits		30

Notes on Courses:

Courses may not be available every term or may only be offered on-campus or online for said term.
Students must successfully complete PSCI 8000 within the first 15 credit hours/five courses of their program.
A student who does not have sufficient background in one or more subfields may be required to take a provisional undergraduate course before taking its equivalent graduate seminar.
Electives may be taken outside of the political science department with approval from the graduate chair. The course must be related to political science.
Students who were undergraduate students at UNO cannot take a dual-listed course at the graduate level if they have already taken the course at the undergraduate level. For example, if they completed PSCI 4270/ENVN 4270 Global Environmental Politics as an undergraduate student, they cannot take PSCI 8276 Global Environmental Politics as part of their MS degree.
Students may not count more than six credit hours of courses ending in 8-5 (for example, 8265) towards the completion of their degree.
Any concentration or certificate a student would like to add-on to his/her MS-PSCI program must be officially added within the first 15 credit hours.

Notes on Exit Requirements

All students begin this program as a non-thesis student. Students who would like to complete a thesis may petition to do so after completing 15 credit hours, but at least one term before he/she plans on starting his/her thesis. To petition to change to the thesis track, a student must request an application from, and submit it to the academic program coordinator during the time specified above. The graduate chair will then evaluate whether a thesis track is the best option for the petitioning student. If denied, a student may appeal once in a following term by going through the same process. During a petition, the graduate program committee will review the application.

Non-Thesis Exit Requirement: Comprehensive Assessment - PSCI 8950

Graduating political science master’s degree students will complete a written comprehensive assessment synthesizing their knowledge of at least three political science subfields to answer one prompt. Passing answers must demonstrate proficiency in each of the four MS-PSCI student learning objectives: research methods, writing in the discipline, critical thinking and proficiency of subfields.

Students will schedule their assessments with the Department Chair early in the semester they plan to complete it. The essay is open book, open note. Students will have approximately 1 week to complete their essay(s) within a designated window of time.

Students will register for PSCI 8950 Comprehensive Assessment (0 credits) during the Spring or Fall semester of the year in which they graduate. Students graduating in the summer may write their essay the prior spring if they have 6 or less credit hours remaining to complete in the degree program to be taken over the summer term, AND they have completed at least three subfield seminars.

Thesis Exit Requirement (6 credit hours)

PSCI 8990: The first term of thesis includes the forming of the thesis committee and approval of one's thesis proposal. The second three credit hours will focus on writing and defending the thesis.

Students must have a minimum of three voting committee members. All committee members must be graduate faculty members with a PhD and employed by UNO. One of the committee members must be from a non-political science field. Distance students may work with a faculty member outside of UNO, however, this member cannot be a voting member on the committee. Please refer to the graduate catalog's thesis guidelines for more detailed information.

Students must follow UNO's Graduate College's thesis submission guidelines and ensure that all paperwork has been submitted to the graduate office on time.

MS Concentrations

American Government and Politics Concentration

The American government and politics concentration is a 15 credit hour/5 course subset of the MS in political science program (MS-PSCI). If students wish to add this concentration onto their program, they must do so within the first 15 credit hours of their MS-PSCI program following the proper change-of-program procedures.

**Course List**
Code	Title	Credits
Required Seminar		3
PSCI 8040	SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Select One Additional Seminar from the following:		3
PSCI 8120	SEMINAR IN LEADERSHIP
PSCI 8150	SEMINAR IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Select three hours from the following:		3
PSCI 8036	THE PRESIDENCY
PSCI 8046	CONGRESS AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
PSCI 8056	THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
PSCI 8146	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL RIGHTS
PSCI 8176	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: FOUNDATIONS
PSCI 8186	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: THE FEDERAL SYSTEM
PSCI 8196	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL LIBERTIES
Select six hours from the following or from an above seminar not already taken		6
PSCI 8005	QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8015	URBAN POLITICS
PSCI 8045	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF NEBRASKA
PSCI 8055	STATE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
PSCI 8105	LGBT POLITICS
PSCI 8116	POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSCI 8126	PUBLIC OPINION AND POLLING
PSCI 8135	WOMEN AND POLITICS
PSCI 8145	LATINO/-A POLITICS
PSCI 8165	POLITICAL PARTIES
PSCI 8175	INTEREST GROUPS
PSCI 8185	CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
PSCI 8256	INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8265	UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
PSCI 8345	AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8346	CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8356	DEMOCRACY
PSCI 8776	POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Other American government-related courses may be approved by the Graduate Program Committee.
A student's capstone is expected to reflect the concentration.
Total Credits		15

International Affairs Concentration

The international affairs concentration is a 15 credit hour/5 course subset of the MS in political science program. If students wish to add this concentration onto their program, they must do so within the first 15 credit hours of their MS-PSCI program following the proper change of program procedures.

**Course List**
Code	Title	Credits
Required Seminars		6
PSCI 8250	SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PSCI 8500	SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Required: Three Elective Courses		9
PSCI 8200	SEMINAR IN FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8206	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EAST ASIA
PSCI 8216	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
PSCI 8220	SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
PSCI 8225	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PSCI 8235	GENDER AND GLOBAL POLITICS
PSCI 8245	THE POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
PSCI 8246	INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
PSCI 8255	GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUES
PSCI 8266	INTERNATIONAL LAW
PSCI 8276	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
PSCI 8286	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 8296	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
PSCI 8356	DEMOCRACY
PSCI 8366	AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES
PSCI 8376	GENERALS AND POLITICIANS: CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
PSCI 8505	EUROPEAN POLITICS
PSCI 8506	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF GREAT BRITAIN
PSCI 8526	POLITICS OF FRANCE
PSCI 8556	POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INSURGENCY, AND TERRORISM
PSCI 8585	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF RUSSIA AND THE POST-SOVIET STATES
PSCI 8626	ISLAM AND POLITICS
PSCI 8645	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF CHINA AND EAST ASIA
PSCI 8665	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF JAPAN AND EAST ASIA
PSCI 8685	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 8705	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
PSCI 8716	COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION

*Other courses as approved by Graduate Chair.
Total Credits		15

Quantitative Analysis and Data Science in Political Science Concentration

**Course List**
Code	Title	Credits
3 credit hours from the following:		3
PSCI 8040	SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
PSCI 8250	SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PSCI 8500	SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
PSCI 8920	SEMINAR IN SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (3 hrs as approved by graduate chair)
Statistical analysis tracks - Choose two electives from any one of the following menus:		6
Menu 1: On-line Basic
BIOS 806	BIOSTATISTICS I (3 hrs)
BIOS 808	BIOSTATISTICS II (3 hrs)
BIOS 810	INTRODUCTION TO SAS (3 hrs)
CRCJ 8950	STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC ADMIN
Menu 2: On-line Advanced
BIOS 818	BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS II (3 hrs)
BIOS 823	CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS (3 hrs)
BIOS 824	SURVIVAL DATA ANALYSIS (3 hrs)
BIOS 825	CORRELATED DATA ANALYSIS (3 hrs)
Menu 3: On-campus Basic
CRCJ 9080	ADVANCED STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS
PSCI 8005	QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSYC 9010	PROSEMINAR: STATISTICAL METHODS I
PSYC 9020	PROSEMINAR: STATISTICAL METHODS II
PSYC 9090	PSYCHOMETRIC THEORY
PSYC 9120	MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SOC 8040	SOCIOLOGICAL STATISTICS
STAT 8005	STATISTICAL METHODS I
Menu 4: On-campus Advanced
ECON 8300	ECONOMETRICS
ISQA 8156	ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS FOR IS&T
ISQA 8160	APPLIED DISTRIBUTION FREE STATISTICS
ISQA 8340	APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS
STAT 8416	INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE
STAT 8426	EXPLORATORY DATA VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION
STAT 8436	LINEAR MODELS
STAT 8446	TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
STAT 8700	BAYESIAN STATISTICS
Or two statistics classes approved by the graduate program chair to count as quantitative electives
Students will choose the following capstone class to learn about the specific topic and develop hypotheses and theory:		3
PSCI 8980	RESEARCH IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (or existing graduate seminar 3 hrs)
Alternative courses are to be approved by the graduate program chair. A student's capstone is expected to reflect the concentration.
Total Credits		12

Government Certificate

Required: Two Subfield Seminars		6
PSCI 8040	SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
PSCI 8250	SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PSCI 8300	SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY
PSCI 8500	SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Required: Four Electives (selected from remaining seminars or list below)		12
PSCI 8000	SEMINAR IN THE RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8005	QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8015	URBAN POLITICS
PSCI 8036	THE PRESIDENCY
PSCI 8045	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF NEBRASKA
PSCI 8046	CONGRESS AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
PSCI 8055	STATE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
PSCI 8056	THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
PSCI 8100	SEMINAR IN POLITICAL ECONOMY
PSCI 8105	LGBT POLITICS
PSCI 8116	POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSCI 8120	SEMINAR IN LEADERSHIP
PSCI 8126	PUBLIC OPINION AND POLLING
PSCI 8135	WOMEN AND POLITICS
PSCI 8145	LATINO/-A POLITICS
PSCI 8146	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL RIGHTS
PSCI 8150	SEMINAR IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
PSCI 8165	POLITICAL PARTIES
PSCI 8175	INTEREST GROUPS
PSCI 8176	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: FOUNDATIONS
PSCI 8185	CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
PSCI 8186	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: THE FEDERAL SYSTEM
PSCI 8196	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL LIBERTIES
PSCI 8200	SEMINAR IN FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8206	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EAST ASIA
PSCI 8216	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
PSCI 8220	SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
PSCI 8225	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PSCI 8235	GENDER AND GLOBAL POLITICS
PSCI 8245	THE POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
PSCI 8246	INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
PSCI 8255	GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUES
PSCI 8256	INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8265	UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
PSCI 8266	INTERNATIONAL LAW
PSCI 8276	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
PSCI 8286	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 8296	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
PSCI 8316	CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8326	EARLY MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8336	LATE MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8345	AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8346	CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT
PSCI 8356	DEMOCRACY
PSCI 8366	AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES
PSCI 8376	GENERALS AND POLITICIANS: CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
PSCI 8505	EUROPEAN POLITICS
PSCI 8506	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF GREAT BRITAIN
PSCI 8526	POLITICS OF FRANCE
PSCI 8556	POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INSURGENCY, AND TERRORISM
PSCI 8585	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF RUSSIA AND THE POST-SOVIET STATES
PSCI 8626	ISLAM AND POLITICS
PSCI 8645	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF CHINA AND EAST ASIA
PSCI 8665	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF JAPAN AND EAST ASIA
PSCI 8685	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 8705	GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
PSCI 8716	COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION
PSCI 8776	POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
PSCI 8826	POLITICS AND FILM
PSCI 8920	SEMINAR IN SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSCI 8926	ADVANCED SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

Total Credits		18

Note: Students who took undergraduate courses at UNO cannot take any dual-listed courses at the graduate level they took as an undergraduate. Students cannot have more than two courses ending in 8--5 counted towards their program. Other courses may be approved at the discretion of the graduate chair.

Courses may not be offered every term. Some courses may only be offered online or on-campus.

Exit Requirements:

Students must earn a 3.0 GPA or above to graduate with no more than one course graded as a C+ or below.

Intelligence & National Security Certificate

Required Seminars		6
PSCI 8200	SEMINAR IN FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8250	SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Electives-Select from the following:		9
PSCI 8206	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EAST ASIA
PSCI 8216	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
PSCI 8220	SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
PSCI 8255	GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUES
PSCI 8256	INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PSCI 8265	UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
PSCI 8556	POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INSURGENCY, AND TERRORISM
PSCI 8286	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
PSCI 8366	AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES

Total Credits		15

Note: Students who took undergraduate courses at UNO cannot take any dual-listed courses at the graduate level they took as an undergraduate. No more than two courses can end in 8--5. Additional courses may be approved at the discretion of the graduate chair.

Courses may not be offered every term. Some terms courses may only be offered online or on-campus.

Exit Requirement

Students must earn a 3.0 GPA to graduate with no more than one course graded as a C+ or below.