Courses in Government

Introductory

• GOVT020 CM - Introduction to American Politics

American Government and Policy

• GOVT101 CM - The United States Congress
• GOVT102 CM - The American Presidency
• GOVT103 CM - State and Local Politics and Policy
• GOVT105 CM - Organization of Health Care and Public Policy
• GOVT106 CM - Politics of Interest Groups
• GOVT109 CM - Juvenile Delinquency and Public Policy
• GOVT110 CM - American Culture Wars
• GOVT113 CM - Inequality, Politics, and Public Policy: Class, Race, and Gender
• GOVT115 CM - Politics of Journalism
• GOVT116 CM - Public Policy Process
• GOVT117 CM - California Politics
• GOVT118 CM - The Processes of Environmental Policymaking
• GOVT120 CM - Environmental Law and Policy
• GOVT123 CM - American Political Parties
• GOVT123C CM - Evangelicals & American Politics
• GOVT124 CM - Cases in American Political Leadership
• GOVT125 CM - The President and U.S. Foreign Policy (Washington Program course)
• GOVT126A CM - Federal Budget Process (Washington Program course)
• GOVT126B CM - Problems in Public Policy (Washington Program course)
• GOVT127 CM - Washington Research Project (Washington Program course)
• GOVT128 CM - Power, Politics, and Persuasion in Washington (Washington Program course)
• GOVT128 JT - The University Blacklist
• GOVT128C CM - Civic Leadership & Ethics
• GOVT129 CM - Ethics, Character, and American Political Leadership
• GOVT130 CM - Presidential Primaries, Nominations, and Elections
• GOVT136 CM - The Politics of Radical Movements in America
• GOVT144A CM - Sixties Movements
• GOVT168 CM - Black Intellectuals: Debating Race in the Age of Obama
• GOVT180A CM - Political Reading and Writing I
• GOVT180B CM - Political Reading and Writing II
• GOVT191 CM - Public Policy Since the New Deal

Public Policy and Organization

• GOVT050 CM - Introduction to Public Administration
• GOVT055 CM - Empirical Methods
• GOVT065 CM - Public Opinion: Theory and Practice for Public Policy
• GOVT097 CM - Public Policy Analysis
• GOVT100 CM - Policy Lab (Also listed as ECON 100 CM )
• GOVT103 CM - State and Local Politics and Policy
• GOVT105 CM - Organization of Health Care and Public Policy
• GOVT109 CM - Juvenile Delinquency and Public Policy
• GOVT111C CM - Democratic Education in America
• GOVT113 CM - Inequality, Politics, and Public Policy: Class, Race, and Gender
• GOVT114 CM - Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofits: Law, Public Policy and Leadership
• GOVT116 CM - Public Policy Process
• GOVT118 CM - The Processes of Environmental Policymaking
• GOVT120 CM - Environmental Law and Policy
• GOVT120E CM - Environmental Leadership
• GOVT128C CM - Civic Leadership & Ethics
• GOVT131 CM - Political History of the Middle East 1973-present
• GOVT132E CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries
• GOVT136C CM - International Relations of South Asia: Security, Economics, and Culture
• GOVT139 CM - Development, Power, and Globalization
• GOVT154 CM - Policymaking in International Organizations
• GOVT160 CM - Statesmanship and Leadership
• GOVT166C CM - The Politics of the Gig Economy: Entrepreneurship, Technological Innovation, and Politics
• GOVT181 CM - Crime and Public Policy
• GOVT191 CM - Public Policy Since the New Deal

Comparative Politics

• GOVT060 CM - Introduction to Comparative Government
• GOVT132E CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries (seminar)
• GOVT133 CM - India in Asia: Democracy and Development in India, China, and Pakistan
• GOVT133E CM - Democratic Politics and the Military in Latin America
• GOVT134 CM - Mexican Government and Politics
• GOVT134E CM - Democratization, Violence and Change: Mexico’s Political Transformation
• GOVT135 CM - Comparative Politics of the Middle East
• GOVT138 CM - Religion, Politics, and Change in Latin America
• GOVT140 CM - International Politics of Nuclear Weapons
• GOVT142E CM - Chinese Politics (seminar)
• GOVT143C CM - International Political Economy of Money and Finance
• GOVT144B CM - Comparing Social Movements Across the World
• GOVT144D CM - Democracy and Dictatorship

International Relations

• GOVT070 CM - Introduction to International Politics
• GOVT071 CM - Special Studies in International Relations
• GOVT131 CM - Political History of the Middle East 1973-present
• GOVT136C CM - International Relations of South Asia: Security, Economics, and Culture
• GOVT140 CM - International Politics of Nuclear Weapons
• GOVT141 CM - The Politics and Craft of International Journalism
• GOVT141B CM - East Asian Political Economy
• GOVT142 CM - International Political Feature Writing
• GOVT142C CM - Democratic Transitions in the Middle East and Beyond
• GOVT143 CM - Introduction to Political Journalism Writing
• GOVT145E CM - Security Studies
• GOVT146 CM - Chinese Foreign Policy
• GOVT146A CM - Middle Eastern Politics I (1918-1967)
• GOVT149 CM - Foreign Relations of the United States
• GOVT150 CM - U.S. National Security Policy
• GOVT151C CM - Nations, Nationalism, and State-Building in the Middle East
• GOVT154 CM - Policymaking in International Organizations
• GOVT156C CM - War
• GOVT156E CM - War II: Film
• GOVT157S CM - Special Topics in International Relations
• GOVT173C CM - Russian Politics

Political Philosophy and Theory

• GOVT080 CM - Introduction to Political Philosophy
• GOVT128C CM - Civic Leadership & Ethics
• GOVT160 CM - Statesmanship and Leadership
• GOVT161 CM - The Natural Law
• GOVT162 CM - C.S. Lewis
• GOVT163 CM - Democracy in Crisis: the Statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln
• GOVT164 CM - Political Rhetoric
• GOVT165 CM - Political Philosophy and History
• GOVT167 CM - The American Founding
• GOVT169 CM - American Political Thought I
• GOVT170 CM - American Political Thought II
• GOVT171 CM - From Theocracy to Democracy
• GOVT171C CM - Religion and Liberalism: Enlightenment Approaches to Comparative Constitutional Secularism
• GOVT172 CM - Political Philosophy and Foreign Policy
• GOVT174 CM - Topics in Political Philosophy
• GOVT174C CM - Politics, Philosophy, and War: Xenophon’s Political Philosophy
• GOVT175C CM - Psychoanalysis and Politics
• GOVT192 CM - Liberalism and Conservatism

Public Law

• GOVT112A CM - Constitutional Law: National Powers
• GOVT112B CM - Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
• GOVT119 CM - Study of Law
• GOVT178 CM - International Law
• GOVT181 CM - Crime and Public Policy
• GOVT182 CM - Church and State in American Constitutionalism
• GOVT185 CM - The Supreme Court and Criminal Procedure
• GOVT186 CM - the Death Penalty Debate in Philosophy, Religion, Law, and Popular Culture
• GOVT187 CM - Women and the Law
• GOVT189 CM - Seminar in Legal Studies
• GOVT193 CM - Presidential War Powers
• GOVT196 CM - International Human Rights

Independent Study and Other Courses

• GOVT030 CM - Washington Internship (Washington Program course)
• GOVT041 CM - Mock Trial
• GOVT199 CM - Independent Study in Government

Internships in Government

Claremont McKenna College offers a semester internship program in Washington, D.C. Students accepted to the Washington Program take:

• GOVT030 CM - Washington Internship  
• GOVT125 CM - The President and U.S. Foreign Policy  
• GOVT126A CM - Federal Budget Process  or GOVT126B CM - Problems in Public Policy  (offered alternate semesters)
• GOVT127 CM - Washington Research Project .

For further information on participation in the Washington Program, see Washington Program . GOVT 125 CM  and GOVT 126A CM  or GOVT 126B CM  may be counted towards the government major; all four courses count toward college graduation requirements.

Overall, not more than a total of two internship program courses (GOVT 125 CM  or GOVT 126A CM  or GOVT 126B CM  ) and independent study courses (GOVT 199 CM ) may be counted toward the major.