Miscellaneous Courses
PLSC 370: Chicago Internship
Professor Gitelson / permission required
Gain valuable professional experience as an intern in public or private institutions engaged in public service projects. Internship opportunities include the Chicago offices of national and state legislators, city office holders, alderman, or Cook County Commissioners, the States’ Attorney Office, the Public Defender's Office, non-governmental organizations, and various political campaigns. Interns earn 3 or 6 credit hours by working in an internship position that is jointly agreed upon by the student and the internship coordinator. The intern is also required to take part in a special internship seminar that will meet four times during the semester and write a paper related to the internship experience. Students need the permission of the internship coordinator in order to register and must submit an application form. You may contact the internship coordinator at (773) 508-3065 or agitels@luc.edu.
PLSC 370: Law Internship Seminar
Professor Gitelson / permission required
Students who will be entering their junior or senior year are invited to apply to the public law internship/seminar course co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Loyola University School of Law. Students participate in an internship in the States’ Attorney Office, the Public Defender Office, or a similar public interest, law-related office. They also attend bi-weekly seminars at Loyola’s School of Law where they discuss their experiences and participate in discussions with law school faculty. For more information about this opportunity, please visit this link.
PLSC 395: Political Science Honors Seminar
Topic: The Courts and Public Policy: The Death Penalty and Gay Rights
Professor Mezey
T 4:15pm / LSC
This course is based on analysis of selected legal and political issues involved in death penalty and gay rights law. Although it primarily focuses on policymaking by the U.S. courts, it will also examine decisions made by courts of other nations. The course requires close attention to text, with classroom discussion largely devoted to cases and public policy issues in these two controversial areas. Grades will be based on exams, a major research paper, including presentation of the research to the class, and class participation. Students will prepare abstracts of their research papers and distribute them to the class in the week before their presentations so that all students can participate in the discussion of the topic following the presentation.
This class is available to students who have been admitted to the Political Science Honor’s Program and political science majors in the University Interdisciplinary Honor’s Program; registration is by permission only. See this link for more information.
PLSC 396: Directed Readings
Professor Mahler / permission required
A special readings course designed for students with particular topics in mind. Interested students should discuss the proposed topic with a faculty member prior to the beginning of the semester. The Chairperson's permission is required before students may register for this course.
PLSC 499: Graduate Directed Readings
Professor Schraeder / permission required
A special readings course designed for students with particular topics in mind. Interested students should discuss the proposed topic with a faculty member prior to the beginning of the semester. The Graduate Program Director's permission is required before students may register for this course.