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POSC 420 · Political Science

Advanced International Security

Theoretical and empirical analysis of global security dynamics, deterrence, interstate and asymmetric conflict, nuclear proliferation, transnational terrorism, and emerging cyber warfare threats.

How to enroll Where it fits

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
3
Level
400 upper division
Typically offered
Fall, odd years
Prerequisites
POSC 210 and junior standing.

400-level courses: advanced capstone, senior research, and specialized seminars. Counts toward the 36 upper-division credits every bachelor's degree requires (Undergraduate Catalog §2.3). Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.16.

Department of Political Science

Department page →
Lovell Hall Chair: Dr. Marissa Mancini, Lovell Hall 257

Questions about a major or your plan: Academic Advising Center, Lovell Hall 101, (555) 555-0158.

POSC 420 runs on a two-year rotation and isn't offered in 2026–27; it's next scheduled for Fall 2027. Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).

Generative AI in this course

Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.

Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.

Degree planning

Where POSC 420 fits

What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.

Take first

Catalog wording: POSC 210 and junior standing.

Leads to

All Political Science courses →

No other catalog course lists POSC 420 as a prerequisite.

Counts toward

All programs →

Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.

AP credit

AP equivalency table →

No AP exam awards credit for POSC 420 (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

Registration

How to enroll in POSC 420

  1. Check the prerequisites

    POSC 210 and junior standing.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    POSC 420 is offered in the fall semester of odd-numbered years; the next offering is Fall 2027. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.

  3. If the section is full, join the waitlist

    When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.

All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.

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