Society Culture and Thought

Seminar in Comparative Democratization — SCT4101.01

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Credits: 4

Against a background of what is often described as a worldwide democratic recession or regression, this advanced seminar surveys current theoretical debates, empirical analyses, and policy conversations on the emergence, survival, challenges, breakdowns, and prospects of global democratization. Themes to be explored include: conceptualizing and measuring varieties of democracy

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Seminar in Comparative Democratization — SCT4101.01

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm

Credits: 4

Against a background of what is often described as a worldwide democratic recession or regression, this advanced seminar surveys current theoretical debates, empirical analyses, and policy conversations on the emergence, survival, challenges, breakdowns, and prospects of global democratization. Themes to be explored include:

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Seminar in Political Leadership — POL4213.01

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Credits: 2

Political leadership is one of the most under-researched and under-theorized subjects in contemporary political science, despite an abundance of political biographies and a rich literature on organizational and managerial leadership. This 7-week seminar is devoted to exploring and analyzing leadership from a political perspective. We will examine different prescriptive and

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Seminar on International Mediation in Armed Conflicts — POL4242.01

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Credits: 4

International mediation research is an important, expanding, and intriguing field of study in international relations. This advanced seminar focuses on international, external or third-party mediation in interstate and intrastate warfare as an instrument of conflict resolution, termination, de-escalation, or transformation. Topics to be explored in readings, guest lectures,

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Seminar on Monolingualism — LIN2103.01

Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere

Credits: 4

Scholarly estimates consistently place the percentage of the world’s population able to communicate proficiently in more than one language over 50%. Yet multilingual competence is regularly treated as a secondary or even aberrant state requiring explanation and interpretation, while monolingualism is assumed as default despite its numerically inferior status. In

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Seminar on Monolingualism — LIN2103.01

Instructor: Tom Leddy-Cecere

Credits: 4

Scholarly estimates consistently place the percentage of the world’s population able to communicate proficiently in more than one language over 50%. Yet multilingual competence is regularly treated as a secondary or even aberrant state requiring explanation and interpretation, while monolingualism is assumed as default despite its numerically inferior status. In

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought — SCT4750.03; section 3

Instructor: Rotimi Suberu

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought — SCT4750.02; section 2

Instructor: Eileen Scully

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought — SCT4750.01; section 1

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought — SCT4750.01

Instructor: Miroslava Prazak

Credits: 4

This research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct advanced work in social science in the form of an independent research project. For some students, this will be the first half of a year-long thesis that involves field work and/or the collection of data. For others, this will be a one-semester long project. For all students, however, the process in these fourteen

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Senior seminar in Society, Culture and Thought II — SCT4751.01, Section 1

Instructor: David Anderegg

Credits: 4

This is the second half of the SCT senior seminar, designed as a venue for students to complete their advanced work. For most students, this seminar will focus on analyzing data collected for their senior work during the first term or during Field Work Term and using that analysis to complete their senior projects. Aside from a few shared readings, the bulk of what individuals

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought II — SCT4751.01

Instructor: Noah Coburn

Credits: 4

This is the second half of the SCT senior seminar, designed as a venue for students to complete their advanced work. For most students, this seminar will focus on analyzing data collected for their senior work during the first term or during Field Work Term and using that analysis to complete their senior projects. Aside from a few shared readings, the bulk of what individuals

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture and Thought II — SCT4751.01

Instructor: John Hultgren

Credits: 4

This is the second half of the SCT senior seminar, designed as a venue for students to complete their advanced work. For most students, this seminar will focus on analyzing data collected for their senior work during the first term or during Field Work Term and using that analysis to complete their senior projects. Aside from a few shared readings, the bulk of what individuals

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.01

Instructor: Tatiana Abatemarco, Özge Savas Eileen Scully

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.02, section 2

Instructor: Eileen Scully

Credits: 2

Students undertaking culminating work in Society, Culture, and Thought (SCT) complete individual research projects. The process generally begins with students presenting ideas and proposals in their sixth-term Plan Meetings. To support these projects, SCT faculty offer a combined research seminar (2 credits) and various specialized group tutorials (2 credits). These are co

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.01, section 1

Instructor: Eileen Scully

Credits: 2

Students undertaking culminating work in Society, Culture, and Thought (SCT) complete individual research projects. The process generally begins with students presenting ideas and proposals in their sixth-term Plan Meetings. To support these projects, SCT faculty offer a combined research seminar (2 credits) and various specialized group tutorials (2 credits). These are co

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.01, section 1

Instructor: Eileen Scully, Rotimi Suberu

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.01

Instructor: Karen Gover; David Bond; Lopamudra Banerjee

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.03; section 3

Instructor: David Anderegg

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct advanced work in social science in the form of an independent research project. For some students, this will be the first half of a year-long thesis that involves field work and/or the collection of data. For others, this will be a one-semester long project. For all students, however, the

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.02; section 2

Instructor: Paul Voice

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct advanced work in social science in the form of an independent research project. For some students, this will be the first half of a year-long thesis that involves field work and/or the collection of data. For others, this will be a one-semester long project. For all students,

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.02, section 2) (delivery method updated as of 5/10/2022

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

Credits: 4

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.01

Instructor: Noah Coburn, Carol Pal and John Hultgren

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

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Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.03 (section 3)

Instructor: David Bond

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.02 (section 2)

Instructor: Paul Voice

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct culminating work in Society, Culture and Thought (SCT) in the form of an independent research project. For most students, this will be a one-semester project. For other students, this will be the first half of a year-long project that involves fieldwork, archival research, and/or the collection of data.

Society Culture and Thought

Senior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought — SCT4750.01; section 1

Instructor: Eileen Scully

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This advanced research seminar offers students the opportunity to conduct advanced work in social science in the form of an independent research project. For some students, this will be the first half of a year-long thesis that involves field work and/or the collection of data. For others, this will be a one-semester long project. For all students, however, the

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