Global Arc

The seminar will examine the Israel-Palestine conflict and the conflict resolution process, focusing on the narratives of Israelis and Palestinians and on U.S. policy. Students should emerge from the course well-versed in the intricacies of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the conflict resolution process.

National security secrecy presents a conflict of core values: self-government and self-defense. We need information to hold our leaders accountable, but if we know our enemies know too. This course explores that dilemma and the complex relationships that resolve it. Beginning with the traditional rubric of "government versus press," the course maps an increasingly fragmented information marketplace. We will apply competing legal and philosophical models to real-world cases of unauthorized disclosure. Among the subjects: weapons of mass destruction, the "war on terror," the Snowden surveillance disclosures, torture and Wikileaks.

In this intensive seminar, Princeton students have the opportunity to contribute to the exoneration of wrongfully convicted people. A select group of dedicated students will spend the semester as investigators, documentarians, and social justice advocates. The goal is to create a public documentary, website, and social media campaign that makes the case for the innocence of a wrongfully convicted person who is currently languishing in prison and deserves to be free.

The class will focus on Petrarch's Latin works and the legacy of classical antiquity. The aim is to read select Latin works in the original. We will also look into Petrarch's personality as presented in his work, his belief in the moral and practical value of studying the classics, and his inspiring humanist philosophy more generally. There will be guest speakers.

This course is an introduction to personal financial decisions for students with no prior knowledge of economics or finance. It introduces key concepts such as saving, borrowing, interest rates, risk, and diversification. It also provides an overview of important financial products and services such as bank accounts, retirement accounts, mutual funds, mortgages, credit cards, and insurance. Students learn to avoid common financial mistakes due to inertia and behavioral biases. Key concepts are illustrated through real world examples and homework exercises with practical calculations.

Course will examine the political development, principles and practice of Abraham Lincoln, and especially grass-roots politics in the 19th century Republic, the international context of liberal democracy in the 19th century, the war powers of the presidency, the contest of Whig and Democratic political ideas, the relation of the executive branch to the legislative and judicial branches, diplomacy, and the presidential cabinet.

POL 300 aims to introduce students to elements of good research design in political science. POL 300 consists of three components: The weekly lecture covers topics in research design. The weekly precept discusses lecture materials and prepares students to complete problem sets. The practicum applies principles of research design to one of several specific topic areas. Practica are led by faculty instructors with expertise in the topic area who will teach students how to design and carry out a specific independent research project. POL 300 is open to Politics juniors only and designed to complement the Fall Junior Independent Work requirement.

Grounded in humanistic disciplines, this seminar invites students to explore Princeton's campus as a material archive, first introducing them to different modes of textual, visual, and cultural analysis, before guiding them through the writing process as they complete an original research project of their own design. This single credit course is a year long. Completion of both semesters is required for credit.

Is Talk Cheap? The Art and Science of Conversation-Based Methods for Social Research Grounded in social-science inquiry, this seminar invites students to explore the art and science of conducting interviews, introducing them to different modes and contexts for analyzing survey results, and guiding them as they undertake an original research project of their own design. This single credit course is a year long. Completion of both semesters is required for credit.

Modeled on the undergraduate writing seminar taken by Princeton's own transfer students, WRI 100 prepares Transfer Scholars for the rigors of independent research, and facilitates their transition from a consumer to producer of scholarship. Emphasizing evidence-driven argument in response to Transfer Scholars' own intellectual curiosities, WRI 100 provides analytical tools for working with humanities and social science theory.