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Introduction
to American Government and Politics
3 credits
TR 2:55-4:10
Lowi, T.
An introduction to government through the American experience. Concentrates
on analysis of the institutions of government and politics as mechanisms
of social control.
Students registering for introductory courses should register for the lecture
only. Sections will be assigned during the first week of class. Introductory
courses are also offered during summer session.
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Introduction
to International Relations
3 credits
TR 10:10-11:25
Kirshner, J
An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of international politics.
Students registering for introductory courses should register for the lecture
only. Sections will be assigned during the first week of class. Introductory
courses are also offered during summer session.
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Writing in
the Majors Section: Intro to International Relations
1 credits
TBA
Staff
This course is a special, writing intensive section of Government 181, designed
to provide a small number of students the opportunity to practice and improve
their writing skills as they learn about world politics. Students will complete
a series of papers and be expected to take an active part in class discussion.
Registration by instructor permission only. Interested students should register
for and attend Government 181 in order to be considered for Government 182.
(IR)
Students registering for introductory courses should register for the lecture
only. Sections will be assigned during the first week of class. Introductory
courses are also offered during summer session.
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China Under
Revolution and Reform
3 credits
TR 11:40-12:55
Mertha, A
This course provides a broad overview of the evolution of Chinese politics
from the early part of the 20th century to the present. It is roughly divided
into three sections. Thr first traces the formation and the progression
of modern state and party institutions following the collapse of the Qing
Dynasty in 1911, through the communist rise to power and into the Mao era
(1949-1976), culminating in the period of “opening up and reform” (1978-Present).
The second part of the course examines China’s institutional apparatus,
focusing on mapping out the government, Party and military bureaucracies;
examining relations between Beijing and the localities; and on the institutionalization
of these structures and processes over time. The third part of the course
combines the insights of the course thus far to illuminate some of the current
“hot button” issues facing the Chinese state and the world, combining politics
and policy and examining the relationships between the two. No prior knowledge
of China is required or expected.
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Hist of Mod
MidEast:19-20th Ce
3 credits
MW 10:10-11:00
Fahmy, Z
This course surveys the history, politics, and society of the Middle East
from World War I until the present day. We will think critically about the
transformation of the Middle East from autonomous Islamic empires to colonized
mandates to post-colonial states; the development of collective identities
such as nationalism, pan-Arabism, and Islamism; the formation and mobilization
of social classes and changing gender relations; the Middle East through
the lens of the Cold War and subsequent American hegemony; revolution, war,
and civil strife; and popular culture.
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Global Thinking
4 credits
MWF 2:30-3:20
Miller, R
The United States is the mightiest military power in human history. How
should this power be used? We will examine the meaning and the importance
of central considerations usually invoked, including: the national interest
including national security, the international rule of law including the
laws of war, the promotion of fundamental values including human rights,
and the equal sovereignty of states. Among the specific policy disputes
discussed will be the Bush doctrine of preemptive war, 'humanitarian' intervention,
and unilateralism/multilateralism. In all cases we will discuss how to integrate
political and moral considerations into all-things-considered judgments
about what to do here and now.
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Urban Politics
4 credits
MWF 2:30-3:20
Shefter, M.
The major political actors, institutions, and political styles in large
American cities: mayors, city councils, bureaucracies, ethnic and racial
minorities, urban machine politics and the municipal reform movement. The
implications of these political forces for policies pertaining to urban
poverty, homelessness, and criminal justice.
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Prisons
4 credits
TR 10:10-11:25
Katzenstein, M.
This seminar will look at the politics of incarceration. Why is prison construction
a growth industry? What is the role of public policy and of the law in this
process of prison expansion? How does race and racism in American society
figure in this? Are women's prisons designed to respond to the needs of
a "generic-male" prisoner or are they organized around women's needs? Are
there "spaces" within the prison (educational programs, libraries, chaplain's
offices) which alleviate the grim realities of prison life. We will devote
a section of the course to reading about and discussing different forms
of political activism on behalf of prison reform. Seminar members should
plan on an occasional extra class time, likely to be Wednesday or Thursday
evenings, to hear guest speakers and see films. (AM)
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The American
Presidency
4 credits
MWF 11:15-12:05
Sanders, E.
This course will explore and seek explanations for the performance of the
20-21st century presidency, focusing on its institutional and political
development, recruitment process (nominations and elections), relationships
to social groups, economic forces, and "political time", and foreign & domestic
policy making.
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Campaigns
and Elections
4 credits
TR 8:40-9:55
Enns, P
Prerequisite: Government 1111 or permission of the instructor. This course
examines campaigns and elections, focusing primarily on national elections
in the United States. Topics typically include campaign finance, negative
campaigning, the noncompetitiveness of congressional elections, presidential
elections, why there are almost but not quite three parties, voter turnout,
individual voting decisions, how the votes are counted (or not), and elections
and the economy. We examine several theories that may explain some of these
phenomena, including in particular theories of rational choice. Course requirements
usually include two papers with one being based on original analysis of
election survey data.
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Inequality
& Amer Democracy
4 credits
MW 2:55-4:10
Mettler, S
During the last three decades, American citizens have grown increasingly
unequal in terms of income and wealth. Can democratic governance survive,
in any meaningful way, amid such vast economic inequality? We shall examine
this question by examining three major aspects of the American political
system: political voice, governance, and public policy. We will also consider
the extent to which public policies can mitigate inequality.
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European
Union & Social Model
4 credits
MW 10:10-11:25
Jacobi, O
See description, see ILRIC 3320.
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Politics
of the Global North
4 credits
TR 11:40-12:55
Turner, L.
Offers an introduction to the contrasting political economies of Germany,
Britain, the European Union, Japan, and the United States in today's changing
global economy. Emphasis is on (a) national differences and comparisons;
and (b) the different strategies pursued by labor, business, and government
in society in the face of growing world trade competition, political conflicts,
production reorganization, and labor movement revitalization efforts.
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Islamic Politics
4 credits
TR 8:40-9:55
Patel, D
This course will examine the relationship between politics and modern Islamic
movements. The course investigates Islamic political theory and the evolution
of contemporary Islamic movements in the context of anti-colonial struggles,
modern nation-state formation, neo-liberal reform, and in relation to forms
of political opposition. We will explore cases from the Middle East, Central
Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Africa in order to identify and
account for variation in Islamic political mobilization.
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Modern European
Society and Politics
4 credits
TR 2:55-4:10
Van Morgan, S
This survey course provides an interdisciplinary overview of European social
and political issues. Themes of the course will include, but will not be
limited to, the political development of the nation-state, modes of governance,
welfare state restructuring, party systems and elections, social movements,
immigration and demography, culture and identity, external relations, and
the special challenges posed by European political and economic integration.
A series of background and contextual lectures will be complemented by presentations
given by leading Europeanists. (CO)
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Germany &
Europe
4 credits
TR 11:40-12:55
Zittel, T
German unification in 1990 and the accelerating movement toward European
integration have created new political conditions for our understanding
of German and European politics. The end of the Cold War has brought forth
old fears about the domination of Europe by an unpredictable German giant.
Alternately, these changes have also fueled new hopes for Germany and Europe
as models of democratic pluralism in a more peaceful and prosperous world.
This course analyzes the incomplete growth of a new polity in Europe that
reflects two kinds of politics: the specter of the "Germanization" of Europe
and the vision of a "Europeanization" of Germany. The course offers a historical
analysis of German and European developments since 1945 (Part I) before
developing competing realist (Part II), liberal (Part III) and institutionalist
(Part IV) interpretations of German and European affairs. (CO/IR)
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Issues Behind
the News
2 credits
F 11:15-1:10
van de Walle, N
This course will cover international current events as they unfold during
the semester. Faculty from across the university will be invited to contextualize
and deepen students’ understanding of elections, wars, complex humanitarian
emergencies, international agreements, global health issues and other relevant
international events that are in the news. The course will respond flexibly
to unforeseen events. Special attention will be devoted to U.S. foreign
policy issues and how U.S. foreign policies are formulated and implemented.
The course will strive to expose students to different points of view on
these issues.
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Modern Political
Philosophy
4 credits
TR 2:55-4:10
Miller, R.
In this course, we will examine some major contemporary theories of justice,
focusing in particular on the work of John Rawls. The following kinds of
questions will give structure to our discussions: which basic rights and
freedoms ought to be guaranteed to all citizens? What, if anything, justifies
the existence of economic inequality? What kinds of values can we appeal
to in justifying the laws that shape our political lives? What exactly does
the ideal of political equality require of us? After a brief look at John
Harsanyi's version of utilitarianism, we will examine Rawls's arguments
for his two principles of justice as expounded in A Theory of Justice. Rawls's
view is both liberal and egalitarian, and he defends that view by appealing
to the idea a social contract. He proposes that justice requires first,
that each citizen have a robust set of basic rights; and second, that economic
inequalities work to the greatest advantage of the worst off citizens. We
will consider various objections that have been leveled against Rawls including
the criticisms of Harsanyi, Waldron, and Moller Okin. Next we turn to the
libertarian conception of justice outlined by Robert Nozick in Anarchy,
State and Utopia. Part of what distinguishes Nozick from Rawls is that Nozick's
argument is based on the idea of certain "pre-political" or natural rights
that each of us has over ourselves. After examining his rights-based argument
for private property, we will turn to Nozick's reasons for rejecting the
ideal of distributive equality. We will then consider some egalitarian replies
to Nozick, among them Rawls's. Our third main topic is the doctrine of political
liberalism as Rawls came to construe it in his book of that name. As a lead
in, we will investigate Sandel's critique of Rawls which (arguably) helped
prompt Rawls to formulate his novel account of the foundations of liberalism.
For the later Rawls, the key difficulty facing citizens in modern liberal
democracies is the existence of deep but reasonable disagreements about
how to live. In the light of these disagreements, Rawls thinks, the principles
of justice have to be formulated in a way that does not depend on any particular
view about the best way to live. In the final part of the course, we focus
our attention on some questions in democratic theory using Beitz's Political
Equality as a backdrop to the discussion. Our aim here will be to examine
the connections between the value of equality and the idea of democracy
with some attention being given to the notion of deliberative democracy.
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American
Political Thought: Madison to Malcolm X
4 credits
TR 1:25-2:40
Kramnick, I.
A survey of American political thought from the Eighteenth Century to the
present. Particular attention will be devoted to the persistence of liberal
individualism in the American tradition. Politicians, pamphleteers and poets
will provide the reading. The professor offers insightful historical and
social context.
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Marx & After
4 credits
MW 2:55-4:10
Buck-Morss, S
We will read the texts of Marx that set the agenda for a century of political
and theoretical debate, and key essays that have built on his dialectical
materialist theory in the twentieth century.
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Education
of Princes
4 credits
M 10:10-12:05
Toorawa, S
For description, see NES 3716.
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American
Foreign Policy
4 credits
MW 2:55-4:10
Katzenstein, P
Many liberals and realists have regarded the triumph of neo-conservatism
after 9/11 as a freak accident that will come to an end together with
the Presidency of George W. Bush. And many neo-conservatives have regarded
the war in Iraq as a noble experiment in democracy-building that the United
States so successfully accomplished in Germany and Japan after World War
II. In tracing the effects of America’s multiple identities on its foreign
policies and analyzing how America relates to different world regions,
this course disagrees with both views. Neo-conservatism is not a freak
show but draws on America’s multiple political traditions and orders.
And the Iraq war is not a noble experiment but arguably the greatest foreign
policy disaster of the last generation, the consequence of a combustible
mixture of arrogance and ignorance. The course develops these two overarching
arguments. The first half of the course challenges the simplified view
that on questions of foreign affairs the main faultline in American politics
has divided realist-nationalists from liberal-internationalists. This
interpretation reads religion and race out of the conflicts that have
shaped American politics, and thus does not give proper importance to
the pivotal role of the South in the dominant coalitions that have shaped
American foreign policy. Furthermore, a multiplicity of different kinds
of values (encompassing both power and prosperity, Protestantism and prostitution)
shape the American imperium (which combines hard/territorial with soft/non-territorial
sources of power). The second half of the course argues that America’s
relationship to Europe and Asia differs from its relationship with other
world regions. After their total defeat in World War II, American occupation
and extensive domestic reforms converted Germany and Japan initially to
client and later to supporter states that have made it easier for the
United States to shape political outcomes in these two regions. In the
Americas, Africa, and the Middle East the United States lacks supporter
states and has engaged instead regional pivots such as Brazil, Nigeria,
Saudi Arabia and Israel that, compared to Germany and Japan, play different
roles in their respective regions and in their relations with the United
States. The intellectual hinge that connects the two arguments, and the
two parts of the course, is the idea of multiplicity –of traditions and
values motivating American politics and its foreign policies on the one
hand and of forms of modernity that are distinguishing a number of different
civilizations in a world of different regions on the other. When the multiple
gears that connect America with the world mesh properly, mutual engagements
are possible that preserves both diversity in values within a loosely
shared sense of moral purpose and international order. When those gears
do not mesh properly, mutual engagements are likely to feed misunderstandings
and conflicts of interests that can lead to war. (IR)
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3977
The Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict
4 credits
TR 11:40-12:55
Brann, R
(Also NES 397)
This course introduces students to the complexity of the Israel-Palestinian
conflict in its various dimensions: national, religious, economic, and cultural.
It outlines the history of the conflict from the beginning of Zionist immigration
to Palestine in the late 19th century until the current day. The course
juxtaposes the different subjective points of view and motivations of the
various actors involved and analyzes the socio-political process as products
of these interrelated positions. In addition, it demonstrates how the internal
structures of both societies influence and are influenced by the dynamics
of the conflict. Special emphasis is given to the significance of interdependency
of culture and politics; national symbolism as both product of the conflict
and an element that maintains it; the significance of heroism, victimhood
and martyrdom in shaping the conflict and the identities of the parties
involved. Requirements: three knowledge quizzes, a midterm paper, a movie
report, active participation in the course website forum, final exam.
Everyday
Life in Middle East
4 credits
W 10:10-12:05
Patel, D
This seminar explores the everyday political lives of individuals living
under the authoritarian governments of the contemporary Middle East. We
will examine how individuals interact with the state through formal and
informal channels, respond to state policies and various forms of repression,
and organize political opposition. We will seek to account for variation
across countries and within countries over time. Readings will examine political
life in at least seven Middle Eastern countries, including Syria, Iran,
Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Apply on-line during the pre-enrollment period. Once classes have started,
use an add-drop slip; professor's signature is required.
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American
Political Parties
4 credits
R 2:30-4:30
DiSalvo, D
A famous scholar once wrote, “political parties created modern democracy
and modern democracy is unthinkable save in terms of parties.” To unpack
this loaded phrase, this course will explore the different forms political
parties have taken in the United States and assess some of their activities.
What are the meanings, purposes, and functions attributed to political parties
in America? What do parties actually do? The scholarly study of parties
is a thicket of competing concepts and theories. We will try to make some
sense of these while also paying attention to how parties have developed,
the ideas associated with them, and what they are like today. Topics to
be treated include parties’ relation to other institutions of government,
party ideologies, internal party conflict, the role of religion in party
politics, and contemporary polarization. The course will be conducted in
a seminar setting with emphasis placed on discussion.
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American
Political Realignment
4 credits
T 2:30-4:25
Shefter, M
This seminar discusses the extent to which recent changes in U.S. politics
can or cannot be understood as indicating an underlying "realignment" in
American party politics.
Apply on-line during the pre-enrollment period. Once classes have started,
use an add-drop slip; professor's signature is required.
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American
Political Development in the 20th Century
4 credits
W 2:30-4:25
Sanders, E.
This course examines the growth and change of the American national state
from the early 20th century to the present. It is concerned with the responses
of the national government to changes and pressures originating in society,
economy and the international distribution of power, as well as the state's
effect on society, market and world politics. We will explore pluralist,
class-based, state-centered and other approaches in an effort to see which
provides a better explanation for the rise (and contraction) of the national
state in three main arenas: economic regulation, social welfare and rights;
and national security.
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Postmodern
Presidency: Election 2008
4 credits
W 12:20-2:15
Rubenstein, D.
This course will examine the presidencies of Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, Clinton,
and G. W. Bush in relation to what scholars have called “the postmodern
presidency”. While this term has been utilized by institutionalist students
of the presidency as a periodizing hypothesis, our emphasis will be on the
work of cultural critics and historians. We will address the slippage between
fact and fiction in cinematic and popular representations of the presidency
(biography, novels, television). The construction of gender normativity
(especially masculinity) will be an attendant subtheme. The postmodern presidency
will be read as a site of political as well as cultural contestation. The
larger question of this approach to the presidency concerns the relationship
between everyday life practices and citizenship as well as the role of national
fantasy in American political culture today. (AM)
This course satisfies the seminar requirement.
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Government
and Public Policy
4 credits
TR 1:25-2:40
Lowi, T.J.
Government 4281/7281 concentrates on history and criticism of US policies
and the politics associated with them. Particular attention given to the
origins and character of the regulatory state and the welfare state.
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Contemporary
Reading of the Ancients
4 credits
M 10:10-12:05
Rubenstein, D.
This semester we will focus on Derrida’s reading of Plato and St. Augustine.
We will begin with Derrida’s close reading of Plato’s Phaedrus and trace
his conceptual adumbration of the pharmakon to other critical and philosophical
scenes: addiction and terrorism. The next textual encounter will be between
St. Augustine’s Confessions and Derrida’s Circonfession. Here we consider
the questions of national and religious identity in relation to other Derridean
texts such as Monolinguism of the Other. We return to conclude with Plato’s
Apology, Crito and Phaedo, read in tension with Derrida’s last extended
interview, his writings on death and the death penalty. Throughout the seminar
we will explore Derrida’s conceptual interrogation of globalization, citizenship,
hospitality, friendship, pedagogy, eros and death. Graduate students are
welcome to enroll in the seminar. (PT)
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Spinoza &
New Spinozism
4 credits
TR 10:10-11:25
Waite, G
For description, see GERST 4090.
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Intrn'l Conflict
& Laws of War
4 credits
T 12:20-2:15
Kreps, S
Description to follow.
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The Military
and New Technology
4 credits
MW 2:55-4:10
Reppy, J
Military organizations are seen paradoxically as both inflexible, hide-bound
institutions and avid proponents of new technology. In this seminar we examine
changes over time in the attitude of the military toward new technology
and analyze competing explanations, including concepts from science studies,
for these changes. The course concludes with an analysis of the so-called
"Revolution in Military Affairs." Readings include John Ellis, The Social
History of the Machine Gun and Steven Rosen, Winning the Next War.
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Classics
& Early America
4 credits
MWF 1:25-2:15
Rawlings, H
The point of the seminar is to study several related questions: how deep
was the Founders' knowledge of the Classics (i.e., did it go beyond Plutarch
and Livy?) How well did they know Latin and Greek? To what extent did these
men actually use Greek and Roman texts in developing their political theories
and ultimately the U.S. Constitution? How conscious were they of classical
influences upon their thought? To what extent did they model their political
aspirations and behavior upon the lives of leading Greeks and Romans? How
did their views of actual Athenian democracy and the Roman Republic influence
their political thinking?
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Honors Thesis
Writing
4 credits
M 2:30-4:25
Bensel, R
This seminar creates a structured environment in which the student will
study research approaches and methods for each of the four fields within
the political science discipline, fully conceptualize his or her honors
thesis, and complete the first phase of the thesis research. Each member
of the class will develop a thesis proposal, give an oral presentation in
class about his or her research project, and write the first chapter of
the thesis. Students are also strongly encouraged to study past honors theses,
both within and outside his or her subfield. The seminar will also serve
as a "capstone" course by exposing each student to specialized research
from each of the fields within the political science discipline.
This course satisfies the seminar requirement.
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Field Seminar
Amer Politics
4 credits
R 7:00-9:00
Jones-Correa, M
The major issues, approaches, and institutions of American government and
the various subfields of American politics are introduced. The focus is
on both substantive information and theoretical analysis. (AM)
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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Comparative
Methods in International and Comparative Politics
4 credits
M 10:10-1:10
Anderson, C
An in-depth, graduate-level introduction to qualitative and comparative
methods of political analysis, with special emphasis on the application
of these methods in comparative and international politics. Through readings,
discussions, and written assignments, students will explore strategies for
concept formation, theory construction, and theory testing, using the craft
and tools of comparative political analysis.
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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American
Political Development in the 20th Century
4 credits
W 2:30-4:25
Sanders, E.
This course examines the growth and change of the American national state
from the early 20th century to the present. It is concerned with the responses
of the national government to changes and pressures originating in society,
economy and the international distribution of power, as well as the state's
effect on society, market and world politics. We will explore pluralist,
class-based, state-centered and other approaches in an effort to see which
provides a better explanation for the rise (and contraction) of the national
state in three main arenas: economic regulation, social welfare and rights;
and national security.
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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4 credits
W 5:30-7:30
Bensel, R.
This course reviews the extensive literature on the political economy of
comparative state formation, economic development, and institutional change.
Among the topics covered will be war-making and state expansion, regime
evolution and modernization, and market processes and class transformation.
The focus will range from the micro-economic foundations of political choice
through the grand historical forces that have shaped the contemporary world
economy. Although much of the reading and discussion will focus on European
cases, the limits of this experience as a theoretical model for the remainder
of the world will also be considered.
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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Democratic
Theory
4 credits
W 10:10-12:05
Frank, J.
In contemporary political contexts "democracy" is often invoked as the very
ground of political legitimacy. There is very little agreement, however,
on what democracy means or how it is best embodied in state institutions
and law. This seminar will introduce students to select debates in contemporary
democratic theory over the normative meaning of democracy and the limitations
of contemporary democratic practice. Beginning with the work of Rousseau
and ending with debates over "radical democracy," we will explore the following
themes: How do democratic theorists and democratic actors negotiate the
paradoxes of collective self-rule? What is the relationship between liberalism
and democracy? Do rights suspend democracy or establish its preconditions?
What are the best procedures for democratic decision-making? How does democracy
deal with difference? Is democracy best understood as a form of government
or a practice of resistance to domination? (PT)
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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Modern Social
Theory I
4 credits
T 2:30-4:30
Buck-Morss, S.
The topic for 2006 is "Political Vision." We will consider case studies
in the politics of vision to break new ground, both in terms of the visual
cultures we consider (not all modern, not all western), and the theoretical
principles we develop. The seminar is imagined as an experimental workshop
of political imagination.
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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International
Security
4 credits
M 7:00-9:00
Katzenstein, P & Weeks, J
This course will examine a variety of international relations theories in
studying a broad range of security issues, including the causes of war,
alliance formation, balance-of-power politics, security regimes, nuclear
and conventional deterrence, the democratic peace, military strategy, international
terrorism, and domestic constraints on the use of force. We will use a variety
of theoretical perspective to investigate these and other issues, paying
particular attention to evaluating the theoretical arguments with both historical
and systematic evidence. (IR)
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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CPAS Weekly
Colloquium
1 credits
R 4:30-6:00
Lowi, T., et. al.
Colloquium is the weekly seminar series hosted by the Cornell Institute
for Public Affairs (CIPA). It is also a required, one-credit course for
al CIPA Fellows, and is graded S/U based on attendance. The colloquium series
is a collaborative effort between the CIPA Colloquium Committee and the
faculty and staff of CIPA. While each CIPA Fellow must exhibit competency
in many different areas in order to graduate, it is impossible to gain full
exposure to the variety of policy issues that students may be confronted
with as a practicing policy professional. Thus, the weekly colloquium series
is structured to provide students with an opportunity to augment their education
in a breadth of policy areas. The administration and faculty of CIPA consider
the CIPA Colloquium Series to be an essential aspect of professional development,
and as such, attendance is expected of CIPA Fellows.
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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Government
and Public Policy
4 credits
TR 1:25-2:40
Lowi, T
Government 428/728 concentrates on history and criticism of US policies
and the politics associated with them. Particular attention given to the
origins and character of the regulatory state and the welfare state.
Qualified undergraduates are encouraged to apply for seminars listed with
600 course numbers, but may only register with the permission of the instructor.
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