Below is a list of select PhD courses for Comparative Politics and the most recent syllabi. REQ are courses that students in the field are expected to take; REC are courses that most students in the field take; OPT are courses that some students in the field may take depending on scheduling, previous coursework, and intellectual interests. This listing does not replace advising by the field convenor or the Director of Graduate Studies.
A full list of political science courses, with descriptions, can be found in University Bulletin Graduate Programs.
ยป Course Descriptions
| CODE | TITLE | REQ | INSTRUCTOR | SYLL |
| PSC 8331 | Advanced Theories of Comparative Politics | Req | Dickson | |
| PSC 8331 | Advanced Theories of Comparative Politics | Req | Morgan | |
| PSC 8334 | Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective | Rec | Dickson | |
| PSC 8334 | Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective | Rec | Brown | |
| PSC 8334 | Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective | Rec | Lambright | |
| PSC 8336 | The Political Economy of Developing Areas | Rec | Bowie | |
| PSC 8337 | Theories of Political Development | Rec | Feigenbaum | |
| PSC 8226 | Politics and Organizations | Opt | Finnemore | |
| PSC 8335 | The Politics of Industrialization | Opt | Feigenbaum | |
| PSC 6361 | Politics of the European Integration | Opt | Kramer | |
| PSC 6364 | Comparative Governments and Politics of Eastern Europe | Opt | Wolchik | |
| PSC 6370 | Politics of China | Opt | Dickson | |
| PSC 6370 | Politics of China | Opt | Shambaugh | |
| PSC 6371 | Politics of China II | Opt | Dickson | |
| PSC 6372 | Foreign Policy of the People's Republic of China | Opt | Shambaugh | |
| PSC 6377 | Comparative Politics of the Middle East | Opt | Brown | |
| PSC 6383 | Latin American Politics | Opt | McClintock | |
| PSC 8388 | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Politics and Culture | Opt | Feigenbaum | |
| PSC 8388 | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Constitutionalism and Democracy | Opt | Brown | |
| PSC 8388 | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Government and Politics of Africa | Opt | Lambright | |
| PSC 8388 | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Theories of Ethnic Politics | Opt | Hale | |
| PSC 8388 | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Authoritarianism | Opt | Dickson | |
| PSC 8388 | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Nationalism and Nation-building | Opt | Mylonas |