Peter Loge
Political Rhetoric · term not documented
- Four essays
- 40%
- Final paper
- 30%
- Final exam
- 20%
- Participation
- 10%
10% each.
Undated on Loge's site.
Source: peterloge.com — Political Rhetoric syllabus
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- Participation
- Applied & other
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Danny Hayes
PSC 1002 · Fall 2019
- Quizzes
- 75%
- Final exam
- 25%
A 5-question quiz in almost every class — 25 quizzes total, lowest 5 dropped, taken on Blackboard.
Cumulative, essay and short-answer questions.
Hard rules
- Quizzes are taken on Blackboard
- Laptop note-taking is restricted
The laptop restriction comes from student reviews (Tier 3), not the syllabus itself.
Student reviews describe him dropping "the lowest two scores"; the Fall 2019 syllabus says the lowest five of 25. The review figure is Tier 3 and may describe a different term.
Source: dannyhayes.org/teaching.html · as of 2019-08
Adam Dean
PSC 1003 · Fall 2024
- Final exam
- 35%
- Critical analysis essay
- 25%
- Group podcast
- 20%
- Participation
- 20%
Supported by a "Writing for Podcasts" guest lecture.
Hard rules
- No textbook to purchase — readings are on electronic reserve
Fall 2024 section; grading may differ by term and instructor.
Jared Heern
PSC 2101 · Summer 2021
- Staged research-design paper
- 38%
- Final exam
- 30%
- Quizzes
- 15%
- Two problem sets
- 12%
- Participation
- 5%
Topic memo 2%, literature review 8%, theory/hypotheses 8%, final 12–18 page research design 20%.
Five open-book timed quizzes of 15 MC/TF questions each.
SPSS in this version.
Hard rules
- A 500-point course — every component is scored against that total
Summer 2021 section; grading may differ.
Source: jaredheern.com · as of 2021-05
Yonatan Lupu
PSC 2215 · term not documented
- Midterm
- 35%
- Final
- 65%
take-home
in person
From a student review rather than a published syllabus, and undated.
The same review calls both assessments "graded very fairly".
Scott Weiner
PSC 2377 · Spring 2024
- Research paper
- 30%
- Take-home final
- 30%
- Midterm
- 25%
- Map quiz
- 5%
- Current-events / country podcast or video
- 5%
- Participation
- 5%
2,000 words / 8–9 pages, with a formatting checklist and an abstract.
You must score 100%.
Five minutes or less.
Hard rules
- The map quiz must be scored at 100%
- The research paper has a formatting checklist and requires an abstract
- The podcast or video is capped at 5 minutes
- No textbook — readings are on Blackboard
Spring 2024 section; grading may differ.
Julian G. Waller
PSC 2993 · term not documented
- Participation
- 20%
- Discussion Questions
- 15%
- Presentation
- 20%
- Memo
- 20%
- Final
- 25%
Posted by a student rather than published on a syllabus, so the split is Tier 3 and undated.
PSC 2993 is a variable-topic number; this is the "Dictators in Europe & Russia" offering.
Peter Loge
SMPA 3348 · Spring 2024
- Six short essays
- 60%
- Final paper
- 20%
- Take-home final exam
- 10%
- Participation
- 10%
10% each, hard 500-word cap.
Hard rules
- Essays are capped at 500 words — "I will stop reading at the 500th word and grade you on the essay to that point"
- Word or Google Docs only, no PDFs
- Due at the start of the class period
Spring 2024 version, from Loge's own public website — authoritative but subject to revision.
Source: peterloge.com — Political Communication Ethics syllabus · as of 2024-01
Peter Loge
SMPA 3353 · Fall 2017
- Four short essays
- 40%
- Final exam
- 25%
- Major paper
- 25%
- Participation and attendance
- 10%
10% each, capped at two double-spaced pages.
A full strategy document for advancing the policy issue you chose at the start of the term.
Attendance taken every class; each unexcused absence costs 1% of the participation grade.
Hard rules
- Short essays are capped at two double-spaced pages — "Extreme efforts to shrink fonts or extend margins… will be punished"
- "No Late Papers Will Be Accepted"
- Attendance taken every class; each unexcused absence costs 1% of the participation grade
Fall 2017 — the oldest of Loge's four syllabi. Verify the current version.
Source: peterloge.com/uncategorized/566 · as of 2017-08
Peter Loge
SMPA 3459 · term not documented
- Four short essays
- 40%
- Final paper
- 30%
- Final exam
- 20%
- Participation
- 10%
10% each, same 500-word cap.
Hard rules
- The same 500-word essay cap Loge uses across his courses
Undated on Loge's site; a Fall 2017 posting also exists.
Source: peterloge.com — Language and Politics syllabus
Peter Loge
SMPA 6204 · Spring 2021
- Major paper
- 50%
- Four short essays
- 40%
- Participation
- 10%
A strategic campaign document for an issue or policy campaign.
10% each.
Graduate version. Included because it shows the same assignment architecture as the undergraduate SMPA 3353, weighted differently.
SMPA 6204 is a graduate course. It is the clearest published statement of how Loge weights work, but it is not an undergraduate section.
Source: peterloge.com — Strategic Political Communication syllabus · as of 2021-01
Alicia Cooperman
PSC 2101 · Fall 2025
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Problem sets in R
- not published
- Public opinion survey
- not published
Learning outcomes center on using R to complete problem sets.
Students conduct and interpret a public opinion survey.
Hard rules
- Lectures are not recorded
No percentage weights are published for this section — the structure below is documented but the split is not.
Retrieved via a paywalled unlocker mirror (Tier 2). Ask the department for the current syllabus before relying on it.
Steven Balla
PSC 2101 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
An official GW department PDF exists for this section, but the guide does not reproduce its grading breakdown.
Brandon Bartels
PSC 2101 · Fall 2012
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Rehosted on Yumpu (Tier 2).
Fall 2012 — the oldest of the PSC 2101 syllabi, and the course has changed methods software since.
Hughes
PSC 2101 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Hosted on the Bit by Bit textbook site rather than by GW; the guide labels it "Tier 1-adjacent." No grading breakdown is reproduced.
Brandon Bartels
PSC 2215 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Quizzes
- not published
- Midterm
- not published
- Final
- not published
six, multiple choice
Hard rules
- Two pages of notes are permitted on the midterm and the final.
Structure only — the review gives no percentages, so none are shown.
Michael Goff
PSC 2216 · Spring 2021
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Class participation
- 15%
- Major research paper
- not published
The syllabus includes a major research paper; its weight is not reproduced in the guide.
Only the 15% participation figure is documented — the rest of the split is not. Do not assume the research paper is worth the remaining 85%.
Spring 2021 section; grading may differ.
Danny Hayes
PSC 2229 · Spring 2017
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Research paper
- not published
- Recurring quizzes
- not published
10–12 pages, with a hard due date (April 17).
The syllabus includes an explicit pedagogical rationale citing research showing frequent quizzing improves retention.
Hard rules
- No makeup work except for religious observance or intercollegiate athletics
- Hard paper due date
The guide reproduces the assignment architecture but not the percentage split.
Spring 2017 section; a Spring 2019 syllabus is also public.
Source: dannyhayes.org/teaching.html · as of 2017-01
Brandon Bartels
PSC 3500 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Midterm paper / presentation
- not published
- Oral argument / brief
- not published
- Justice-participation paper
- not published
Roughly 3,500 words.
Roughly 3,500 words.
Roughly 3,500 words.
This structure comes from student reviews, not an official posted syllabus, and could not be verified against the department's own document.
Students report three roughly equal components; the exact official grading breakdown was not publicly retrievable.
From a student review rather than a published syllabus. The three pieces are the whole grade, but no weights are given.
Not stated
SMPA 2101 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Two essays
- not published
- Three open-ended tests
- not published
- Two short reading-summary presentations
- not published
No official public syllabus surfaced. This structure comes from review data only.
Not stated
SMPA 2110W · Spring 2023
Structure documented, percentages not published.
Hard rules
- Every story requires five interviews, with three or more quoted sources in final copy
- Points are deducted for errors in AP style, grammar, spelling, or formatting
- Deadlines are enforced newsroom-style — "the syllabus is just a plan," and breaking news can reshuffle any class
Rehosted on Course Hero (Tier 2), paywalled. No percentage split is reproduced.
Rebekah Tromble
SMPA 3450 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Participation
- not published
She drops your lowest two participation scores.
From review text only — no aggregate rating or official syllabus was captured.
David Karpf
SMPA 3450 · term not documented
Structure documented, percentages not published.
- Midterm paper
- not published
- Final paper
- not published
Public review data indicates his courses are graded primarily on a midterm paper and a final paper. His syllabus PDFs rotate; verify currency on his personal sites before citing.
28 courses have more than one instructor documented
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PSC 1002 is the prerequisite for SMPA 2102 and carries GenEd Critical Thinking in Social Sciences plus CCAS Local/Civic Engagement. Choosing PSC 1001 over 1003 adds the CCAS Global/Cross-Cultural attribute.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 1002 Introduction to American Politics and Government
- PSC 1001 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PSC 1003 Introduction to International Politics
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official PSC 1002 is the prerequisite for SMPA 2102. Take it in your first fall. "PSC 1002 Intro to American Politics — Political foundation — Prerequisite for SMPA 2102."
STAT 1053 satisfies Gen Ed quantitative reasoning and is the prerequisite for both SMPA 2151 and 2152. SMPA 2110W is the prerequisite to all upper reporting courses.
Courses in this bucket
- SMPA 2102 Introduction to Political Communication
- SMPA 2110W Introduction to News Writing and ReportingWID
- SMPA 2112 Digital Media I: Introduction to Video Production
- SMPA 2113 Digital Media II: Web Production and Social Media
- SMPA 2151 Research Methods
- SMPA 2152 Data Analysis for Journalism and Political Communication
- STAT 1053 Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
- SMPA 4199 Senior Seminar
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official SMPA 2102 below a C ends the major. It requires a minimum grade of C to remain in the program — this is the program's weed-out gate. "SMPA 2102 Intro to Political Communication — Gateway — Minimum C to remain in the major."
- Official STAT 1053 is a prerequisite for both SMPA 2151 and SMPA 2152. Schedule it before either. "STAT 1053 Intro to Statistics in Social Science — Quantitative base — Satisfies Gen Ed quantitative reasoning; prerequisite for 2151/2152."
- Official SMPA 2110W is the prerequisite to all upper reporting courses, including 3240W and 3241W. "SMPA 2110W Intro to News Writing & Reporting — WID; $20 lab fee; prerequisite to all upper reporting courses."
This is the tie back into the Political Science department. Any Group A–E course qualifies.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
SMPA 3194 is repeatable once if the topic differs. A maximum of one 3-credit internship (SMPA 3197) counts.
Courses in this bucket
- SMPA 2173 Media Law
- SMPA 3194 Selected Topics in Political Communication
- SMPA 3196 Independent Study
- SMPA 3197 Internship
- SMPA 3240W Washington ReportingWID
- SMPA 3241W Campaign ReportingWID
- SMPA 3245W Editorial and Persuasive WritingWID
- SMPA 3333 Media Organizations and Audiences
- SMPA 3348 Political Communication Ethics
- SMPA 3350 Public Diplomacy
- SMPA 3352 Principles of Public Relations
- SMPA 3353 Strategic Political Communication
- SMPA 3354 Political Campaign Communication
- SMPA 3357W Political Speech WritingWID
- SMPA 3358 Strategic Practicum
- SMPA 3428 Media, Politics, and Government
- SMPA 3450 Social Media
- SMPA 3459 Language and Politics
- SMPA 3460 Race, Media, and Politics
- SMPA 3469 International Communication
- SMPA 3471 Media in the Developing World
- SMPA 3472 Media and Foreign Policy
- SMPA 3476 Media, Technology, and Culture
- SMPA 3477 Information Technology and Politics
- SMPA 4198 Special Honors Research Seminar
Also satisfied by
- SMPA 3461 in place of an SMPA elective On the department's 2021 curriculum worksheet but not the current Bulletin list — confirm with an SMPA advisor.
- SMPA 3463 in place of an SMPA elective On the department's 2021 curriculum worksheet but not the current Bulletin list — confirm with an SMPA advisor.
- SMPA 3470 in place of an SMPA elective On the department's 2021 curriculum worksheet but not the current Bulletin list — confirm with an SMPA advisor.
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official Only one 3-credit internship (SMPA 3197) counts toward the major. "3197 Internship (max one 3-cr internship counts)."
- Official SMPA 3461, 3463, and 3470 appear on the department's 2021 curriculum worksheet but not the current Bulletin elective list. Confirm with an SMPA advisor before counting them. "The elective list on the worksheet (3461, 3463, 3470) differs slightly from the current Bulletin list — confirm with an SMPA advisor before counting them."
The defense committee is the seminar instructor plus two faculty members nominated by the student and approved by the instructor. SMPA 4198 is restricted to senior honors candidates and requires 4199 plus department permission.
Courses in this bucket
- SMPA 4199 Senior Seminar
- SMPA 4198 Special Honors Research Seminar
The Political Communication major absorbs an unusual amount of Gen Ed internally — quantitative reasoning via STAT 1053, two critical-thinking social science courses via PSC 1002 and SMPA 2102/2101/1050, Local/Civic Engagement via PSC 1002, Global/Cross-Cultural via PSC 1001, and both WIDs via 2110W plus one of 3240W/3241W/3245W/3357W. These are what is left over.
Courses in this bucket
- UW 1020 University Writing
Take these early. PSC 1002 is also required for the Political Communication major and is the prerequisite for SMPA 2102.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 1001 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PSC 1001W Introduction to Comparative Politics (WID)WID
- PSC 1002 Introduction to American Politics and Government
- PSC 1002W Introduction to American Politics and Government (WID)WID
- PSC 1003 Introduction to International Politics
- PSC 1003W Introduction to International Politics (WID)WID
Also satisfied by
- IAFF 1005 in place of PSC 1003 IAFF 1005 Introduction to International Affairs substitutes for PSC 1003. You cannot earn credit for both.
- PSC 1011 in place of the whole intro sequence PSC 1011 + PSC 1012W (Politics & Values) fulfill all three intro prerequisites plus a Group E requirement and a WID. Admission is by special selection.
- PSC 1012W in place of the whole intro sequence See PSC 1011.
Up to 3 credits of PSC 2850 (Undergraduate Research) and/or PSC 2987 (Internship) can count toward this 18-credit requirement but not toward any group. PSC 2099/2990 behave the same way.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official You need six 2000-level PSC courses (18 credits). You have {count}. "Six 2000-level courses (18 credits) selected from Groups A–E."
If a target elective is chronically waitlisted (many are), build in a backup within the same group so you still satisfy the distribution on time.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 2330 Politics of Western Europe
- PSC 2331 Politics of Central and Eastern Europe
- PSC 2332 European Integration
- PSC 2333 Reunification, Reconciliation, and Resentment
- PSC 2334 Global Perspectives on Democracy
- PSC 2336 State–Society Relations in the Developing World
- PSC 2337 Development Politics
- PSC 2338 Nationalism
- PSC 2339 Comparative Political Economy
- PSC 2366 Russian Politics
- PSC 2367 Human Rights
- PSC 2368 Politics in the Two Koreas
- PSC 2369 Politics of South Asia
- PSC 2370 Politics of China and Northeast Asia
- PSC 2371 Politics and Foreign Policy of China
- PSC 2373 Politics of Southeast Asia
- PSC 2374 Politics of Japan
- PSC 2377 Comparative Politics of the Middle East
- PSC 2377W Comparative Politics of the Middle East (WID)WID
- PSC 2379 Politics of Israel
- PSC 2381 Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
- PSC 2383 Politics of Latin America
- PSC 2993 Special Topics in Comparative Politics
The pre-law path runs through PSC 2214/2215 and Bartels's PSC 3500 Constitutional Interpretation section.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 2211 State and Urban Politics
- PSC 2212 State and Urban Policy Problems
- PSC 2213 Judicial Politics
- PSC 2214 U.S. Constitutional Law and Politics I
- PSC 2215 U.S. Constitutional Law and Politics II
- PSC 2216 The American Presidency
- PSC 2217 Executive Branch Politics
- PSC 2218 Legislative Politics
- PSC 2218W Legislative Politics (WID)WID
- PSC 2219 Political Parties and Interest Groups
- PSC 2220 Public Opinion
- PSC 2221 African American Politics
- PSC 2222 Science, Technology, and Politics
- PSC 2223 Campaigns and Elections
- PSC 2224 Issues in Domestic Public Policy
- PSC 2225 Women and Politics
- PSC 2226 Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
- PSC 2228 Media, Politics, and Government
- PSC 2229 Media and Politics
- PSC 2230 Law and Justice: The View from Hollywood
- PSC 2240 Poverty, Welfare, and Work
- PSC 2241 Politics of Education Policy
- PSC 2992 Special Topics in American Politics
Also satisfied by
- SMPA 3428 in place of PSC 2228 SMPA 3428 Media, Politics, and Government is the same course as PSC 2228 and counts as a PSC Group B elective.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 2439 International Political Economy
- PSC 2440 Theories of International Politics
- PSC 2442 International Organizations
- PSC 2442W International Organizations (WID)WID
- PSC 2444 Public International Law
- PSC 2446 U.S. Foreign Policy
- PSC 2446W U.S. Foreign Policy (WID)WID
- PSC 2447 American Presidents at War
- PSC 2449 International Security Politics
- PSC 2449W International Security Politics (WID)WID
- PSC 2451 Theory of War
- PSC 2451W Theory of War (WID)WID
- PSC 2453 U.S. Foreign Policy Perspectives
- PSC 2454 Humanitarianism
- PSC 2455 Global Governance
- PSC 2461 European-Atlantic Relations
- PSC 2468 Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
- PSC 2475 International Relations of East Asia
- PSC 2476 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- PSC 2476W The Arab-Israeli Conflict (WID)WID
- PSC 2478 International Relations of the Middle East
- PSC 2482 African International Politics
- PSC 2484 International Relations of Latin America
- PSC 2994 Special Topics in International Politics
PSC 2101 is restricted to PSC majors and minors, and its sections waitlist quickly. Register early.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 2101 Scope and Methods of Political Science
- PSC 2102 Visualizing and Modeling Politics
Also satisfied by
- COMM 3110 in place of PSC 2101 An approved substitute for PSC 2101.
- IAFF 2102 in place of PSC 2101 An approved substitute for PSC 2101.
- PSYC 2101 in place of PSC 2101 An approved substitute for PSC 2101.
- SMPA 2151 in place of PSC 2101 SMPA 2151 Research Methods is one of the approved substitutes for PSC 2101 — the escape hatch for students who want methods without the majors-only restriction.
- SOC 2101 in place of PSC 2101 An approved substitute for PSC 2101.
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official You have no Group D course selected. The major requires at least one research-methods course. "Six 2000-level courses (18 credits) selected from Groups A–E, including at least one from Group D (research methods)."
- Official PSC 2101 gates PSC 3500. Take it by sophomore year — the capstone lists the full intro sequence plus a methods course as prerequisites, and 2101 sections waitlist quickly. "Knock out Group D methods (PSC 2101) by sophomore year, since it is a prerequisite for the PSC 3500 capstone and restricted to majors/minors (register early — sections waitlist quickly)."
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 2105 Western Political Thought I
- PSC 2106 Western Political Thought II
- PSC 2106W Western Political Thought II (WID)WID
- PSC 2107 Twentieth-Century Political Thought
- PSC 2109 Global Justice
- PSC 2110 American Political Thought
- PSC 2120W Freedom in American Thought and Popular CultureWID
- PSC 2991 Special Topics in Political Thought
Also satisfied by
- PSC 1012W in place of a Group E course The Politics & Values sequence (PSC 1011 + 1012W) fulfills a Group E requirement.
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official You have no Group E course selected. The major requires at least one political-thought course. "including at least one from Group D (research methods) and at least one from Group E (political thought)."
Use "W" sections strategically to satisfy both the major capstone and the university WID requirement at once. PSC 3500 requires the full intro sequence plus a methods course; PSC 3500W additionally requires four completed 2000-level PSC courses.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 3192W Proseminar: Political ScienceWID
- PSC 3500 Advanced Topics in Political Science
- PSC 3500W Advanced Topics in Political Science (WID)WID
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official PSC 3500 requires the full intro sequence plus a methods course. Check that PSC 2101 (or an approved substitute) comes first. "prerequisites are the full intro sequence plus a methods course (and, for 3500W, four completed 2000-level PSC courses)."
Honors appears on the transcript, not the diploma.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
This pathway applies to the public-policy focus and the dual BA/MPP and BA/MPA programs.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official 6000-level PPPA/LGAF/PMGT courses don't carry WID. Plan your two WID courses within the PSC "W" offerings. "note these graduate courses are not WID" and "Because those graduate courses are not WID, plan your two WID courses within the PSC 'W' offerings."
Not available to political science majors. Minimum grade of C- in each course.
Courses in this bucket
- PSC 1001 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PSC 1002 Introduction to American Politics and Government
- PSC 1003 Introduction to International Politics
Not available to political science majors.
This bucket is a rule rather than a fixed list — any qualifying course counts.
Any "W" course satisfies a WID — for example PSC 1002W, 2106W, 2218W, 2377W, 2446W, 2449W, 2451W, 3192W, 3500W, and on the SMPA side 2110W, 3240W, 3241W, 3245W, 3357W. Courses taken for G-PAC may also count toward the major, so intro courses commonly do double duty.
Courses in this bucket
- UW 1020 University Writing
Also satisfied by
- PSC 1001 in place of a critical-thinking social science course Carries "GenEd: Critical Thinking in Social Sciences."
- PSC 1002 in place of a critical-thinking social science course Carries "GenEd: Critical Thinking in Social Sciences."
- PSC 1003 in place of a critical-thinking social science course Carries "Critical Thinking in Social Sciences."
- SMPA 2102 in place of a critical-thinking social science course Carries "GenEd: Critical Analysis in Social Sciences."
- SMPA 1050 in place of a critical-thinking social science course Carries "GenEd: Critical Analysis in Social Sciences."
- SMPA 2101 in place of a critical-thinking social science course Carries "GenEd: Critical Analysis in Social Sciences."
- STAT 1053 in place of quantitative reasoning Satisfies Gen Ed quantitative reasoning and is required for the Political Communication major anyway.
Rules that fire from this bucket
- Official Your two WID courses are in the same semester — Tier One requires 6 credits across at least two WID courses in separate semesters. "and 6 credits across at least two WID courses in separate semesters."
- Official Tier One requires at least two WID courses. You have {count}. "6 credits across at least two WID courses in separate semesters."
G-PAC stands for General Education: Perspective, Analysis and Communication. All GW students admitted since fall 2011 must complete both Tier One and Tier Two. Per GW Today, the current framework "reduce[d] GCRs to 24 credits (from 42)… They will take effect for the 2011 incoming class."
Courses in this bucket
- CCAS 1001 First-Year Experience
Also satisfied by
- PSC 1001 in place of Global or Cross-Cultural Perspective Carries "CCAS GenEd: Global/Cross-Cultural."
- PSC 1002 in place of Local or Civic Engagement Carries "CCAS GenEd: Local/Civic Engagement."
- SMPA 2112 in place of Arts Carries an ESIA Creative Arts attribute in the schedule for Elliott students. CCAS students should verify Arts applicability.
- PSC 1012W in place of one additional humanities For Elliott School students, the Politics & Values sequence also covers the "one additional humanities" requirement.
Two majors, two different front doors
The two majors
One you declare. One admits you. That difference shapes everything that follows, including how early you have to commit.
PSC
Political Science (BA)
33 credits
33 credits of PSC coursework. The BS adds six courses in statistics, mathematics, and computer science on top of the same 33 PSC credits.
Any Columbian College student can declare the major.
"Admission is a separate, selective gate... This is unlike Political Science, which any CCAS student can declare."
- One of Columbian College's largest units, in Monroe Hall — "more than 40 full-time faculty as well as 600 undergraduate students and 90 graduate students," ranked "seventh in the country by USA Today and eighth by Foreign Policy magazine" per the department.
- A 33-credit BA built on three intro courses (PSC 1001 Comparative, PSC 1002 American, PSC 1003 International), a methods course, a political-thought course, six 2000-level electives across five thematic groups, a WID proseminar (PSC 3192W), and an advanced-topics capstone (PSC 3500/3500W).
- Variants: a public-policy focus, a BS, a minor in Political Science, and a minor in Public Policy.
- Standout undergraduate teachers by public student review include Danny Hayes, Forrest Maltzman, Brandon Bartels, Henry Hale, Celeste Arrington, Michael Miller, and Julian Wamble.
- PSC courses double as General Education at both tiers: intro courses carry "Critical Thinking in Social Sciences," "Global/Cross-Cultural," and "Local/Civic Engagement" attributes, and "W" courses satisfy Writing in the Disciplines.
Department of Political Science, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
PCM
Political Communication (BA)
Total credits not stated in the guide
The guide does not state a single total credit figure for the major. It describes "a program-specific curriculum of roughly 13–14 required/core courses and 7 electives," with the electives amounting to 21 credits. Verify the total with an SMPA advisor.
Incoming first-years are admitted to SMPA majors through a highly selective application process; a limited number of additional students are admitted by competitive application after acceptance to GW.
"Admission is a separate, selective gate. Incoming first-years are admitted to SMPA majors through a highly selective application process; a limited number of additional students are admitted through competitive application after acceptance to GW."
- GW invented this major. The university began offering journalism courses in 1938 and in 1982 became the first university in the world to offer an undergraduate degree in political communication.
- Admission is a separate, selective gate — unlike Political Science, which any CCAS student can declare.
- The curriculum is half political science, half media craft, plus data: PSC 1002 + (PSC 1001 or 1003), SMPA 2102 (C or better to stay in the major), 2110W News Writing, 2112/2113 Digital Media I & II, 2151 Research Methods, 2152 Data Analysis, STAT 1053, two 2000-level PSC courses, seven SMPA electives (21 cr), and the SMPA 4199 Senior Seminar capstone.
- Unusually for a communication degree, it embeds a full statistics course, a research methods course, and a data analysis course with regression and field experiments — more quantitative than many peer poli-comm programs.
- Facilities: the Richard Eaton Broadcast Studio (four cameras, teleprompters, news/interview sets, green screen, professional control room), 24/7 student editing suites with Adobe Creative Cloud, and checkout of professional video/audio gear.
- Standout teachers by public student sentiment: Peter Loge, Frank Sesno, David Karpf, Kimberly Gross, Catie Bailard, and Cheryl W. Thompson.
School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA), an interdisciplinary school within Columbian College
The rule that governs every number here
Hue tells you what is graded.
Texture tells you where the number came from.
A solid brass mark is something the institution or the professor actually published. A dashed mark is a document rehosted by a third party. A dotted mark is a crowd review. You can tell a syllabus figure from a Rate My Professors figure at a glance, which is the whole point.
Official Official / author-published
GW Bulletin, department and school websites, GW Writing in the Disciplines (WID) handbooks, GW Today, and faculty-hosted personal or GW blog sites where professors publish their own syllabi.
Rehost Third-party document repositories
Course Hero, Studocu, Uloop, Yumpu, Scribd, Quizlet, and "unlocker" mirror sites. These rehost real GW documents but are not authoritative, may be incomplete, and may violate course policies.
Treat Tier 2 links as leads, not citations. If you need to rely on a Course Hero or Studocu syllabus for a real decision, ask the professor or the department for the current version instead.
Crowd Crowd-sourced review sites
Rate My Professors, Coursicle, Reddit r/gwu. Useful directionally; sample sizes are reported for every professor, and small samples are flagged.
Anything under roughly 15 ratings is statistically noise. Both sites block automated retrieval, so these numbers come from search-result snippets and should be re-verified against the live page before being relied on.
Hue — what kind of work is being graded
- Writing
- Exams & quizzes
- Participation
- Applied & other
Read the syllabus before the reviews. Hayes's PSC 1002/2229 PDFs, Loge's four SMPA syllabi, and Heern's PSC 2101 tell you the actual workload structure with more precision than any rating.
Match assessment type to your strengths. If you test well and read lightly, Hayes and Mylonas. If you write well and speak in seminars, Loge and Karpf. If you want quantitative skills, Cooperman's 2101 or Porter's data course.
Weight ratings by sample size. Usable: Hayes (117), Livingston (47), Lawrence (42), Mylonas (38), Balla (37), Waisbord (32), Bartels (29), Loge (22). Not usable for ranking: Karpf (4), Sesno (~4), Porter (8), Gross (8), Hale (10), Hindman (~12, duplicate profiles).
Treat Tier 2 links as leads, not citations. If you need to rely on a Course Hero or Studocu syllabus for a real decision, ask the professor or the department for the current version instead.
75 sources behind this page
Where all of this came from
And, just as importantly, what could not be found. The guide searched for these and came up empty; anything in that list is a question for the department, not something this page can answer.
Research snapshot compiled through 2026-08-22 · last audited 2026-09-01 · 14 of 75 source records rechecked. An unrecorded check date is shown as unrecorded, never guessed.
Official
43
sources
Rehost
9
sources
Crowd
23
sources
Not publicly available despite targeted searching
- A public feed from GW's central Syllabus Viewer (login-gated).
- Posted honors thesis titles or abstracts for either department.
- A durable archive of PSC 3192W and special-topic descriptions across every semester; the department's live rotating-course page exposes Fall 2026 and selected earlier descriptions, but not a complete term-by-term archive.
- FOIA'd grade distributions or any GW grade-explorer tool.
- Dedicated public assignment prompts or meaningful review data for a long list of named faculty: Finnemore, Barnett, Lynch, Nathan Brown, Downes, Grynaviski, Rafanelli, Wamble, Weiner, Szakonyi, Teitelbaum, Lupu, Dean, Arrington, McClintock, Morgan, Binder, Maltzman, Hankinson, Youmans, Osder, Phalen, Harvey, Huebner, Roberts, Nechushtai, Steele, Cheers, Thompson, and Holland. Department bios exist for all of them; public assignment and review data does not.
Other limitations
- RMP and Coursicle figures come from search snippets, not live page reads, and may lag by weeks.
- Several syllabi are dated: the WID news-writing handbook is from 2009, Loge's SMPA 3353 syllabus is Fall 2017, Bartels's PSC 2101 syllabus is Fall 2012, and Hayes's PSC 2220 syllabus is Fall 2015.
- Course numbers have changed over time (SMPA 110W became 2110W; PSC 101 became 2101), so older documents use legacy numbering.
- Crowd reviews are self-selected and skew toward strong opinions in both directions.
All 75 sources
| Tier | Source | Kind | Related |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official | Danny Hayes teaching index — open syllabus PDFsdannyhayes.org/teaching.htmllast checked not recordedHayes's PSC 2220 syllabus is Fall 2015 — dated. Syllabus details are point-in-time. | faculty-hosted syllabus | PSC 1002, PSC 2229, PSC 2220, PSC 3192W |
| Official | Adam Dean, PSC 1003 syllabus, Fall 2024last checked not recordedPoint-in-time: a specific past semester. Current grading may differ. | syllabus | PSC 1003 |
| Official | Jared Heern, PSC 2101 syllabus, Summer 2021jaredheern.comlast checked not recordedSummer 2021. Syllabus details are point-in-time and current grading may differ. | faculty-hosted syllabus | PSC 2101 |
| Official | Steven Balla, PSC 2101.10 syllabus (official GW department PDF)PSC 2101.10_Balla.pdflast checked not recorded | official department PDF | PSC 2101 |
| Official | "PSC 2101 Hughes" syllabus, hosted on the Bit by Bit textbook sitePSC_2101_Hughes.pdflast checked not recordedThe guide labels this "Tier 1-adjacent" — it is a real syllabus but hosted outside GW. | third-party-hosted syllabus | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Brandon Bartels, PSC 2101 syllabus, Fall 2012 (Yumpu rehost)yumpu.com/en/document/view/22746415last checked not recordedTier 2 rehost, and Fall 2012 — dated. Course numbers and methods software have changed since. | rehost | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Alicia Cooperman, PSC 2101 syllabus, Fall 2025 (paywalled unlocker mirror)freecourseherounlocks.com — PSC 2101 syllabuslast checked not recordedPaywalled unlocker mirror. Unofficial, may be incomplete, and may violate course policies. | unlocker mirror | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Course Hero PSC 2101 hub — 49 student-uploaded documentscoursehero.com PSC 2101 hublast checked not recordedPaywalled and unofficial. Student-uploaded artifacts, not authoritative course documents. | student-upload hub | PSC 2101 |
| Rehost | Uloop notes hub for PSC 2101gwu.uloop.com PSC 2101last checked not recordedUnofficial student notes. | student-upload hub | PSC 2101 |
| Official | Michael Goff, PSC 2216 syllabus, Spring 2021last checked not recordedPoint-in-time: Spring 2021. Only the 15% participation figure is reproduced in the guide. | syllabus | PSC 2216 |
| Official | Scott Weiner, PSC 2377 syllabus, Spring 2024last checked not recordedPoint-in-time: Spring 2024. Retrieved in several cases via student-upload sites; current grading may differ. | syllabus | PSC 2377 |
| Official | Danny Hayes, PSC 2229 syllabi, Spring 2017 and Spring 2019dannyhayes.org/teaching.htmllast checked not recordedPoint-in-time. The assignment architecture described is from Spring 2017. | faculty-hosted syllabus | PSC 2229 |
| Official | Brandon Bartels — GW blog teaching page and course materialsblogs.gwu.edu/bartels/teachinglast checked not recordedThe Bartels PSC 3500 word-count structure comes from student reviews, not an official posted syllabus, and could not be verified against the department's own document. | faculty-hosted | PSC 2214, PSC 2215, PSC 3500 |
| Official | GW Political Science rotating course descriptionspoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/rotating-course-descriptionslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective Fall 2026The page publishes Fall 2026 special topics and proseminars plus selected earlier descriptions; topics still rotate by semester. | department page | PSC 3192W, PSC 3500 |
| Official | PSC course catalog — all course numbers and descriptionsbulletin.gwu.edu/courses/psc/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe live page identified itself as the 2026–2027 provisional edition when checked. Students are bound by the Bulletin applicable to their program and declaration or matriculation year. | bulletin | — |
| Official | BA in Political Science requirements — group structure, proseminar, advanced topicsbulletin.gwu.edu/arts-sciences/political-science/ba/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe page states that the current Bulletin applies to current-year students and directs earlier students to archived Bulletins. | bulletin | — |
| Official | BA in Political Science, public policy focusbulletin.gwu.edu/arts-sciences/political-science/ba-public-policy-focus/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinUse the archived Bulletin that applies to the student's declaration year when requirements differ. | bulletin | — |
| Official | BA overview describing the proseminar deliverablepoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/ba-political-sciencelast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department pageThe department says students complete the major requirements in force when they declare; older declarations may follow prior requirements. | department page | PSC 3192W |
| Official | Political Science undergraduate hubpoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/undergraduatelast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department page | department page | — |
| Official | Academic honors / Pi Sigma Alpha eligibilitypoliticalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/academic-honorslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department page | department page | — |
| Official | A Guide to Writing a Research Paper for International Affairs, Political Science and Historylast checked not recorded | WID handbook | PSC 3192W, PSC 3500W |
| Rehost | Course Hero PSC department map — index of which courses have student-uploaded materialcoursehero.com PSC department maplast checked not recordedPaywalled and unofficial. Useful purely as an index of what exists. | student-upload hub | PSC 2101, PSC 2240, PSC 2331, PSC 2213, PSC 2216 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 3348 Political Communication Ethics syllabus, Spring 2024peterloge.com — Political Communication Ethics syllabuslast checked not recordedLoge's grading breakdowns come from his own public website — authoritative but subject to revision. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 3348 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 3353 Strategic Political Communication syllabus, Fall 2017peterloge.com/uncategorized/566last checked not recordedFall 2017 — dated. Authoritative but subject to revision. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 3353 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 6204 Strategic Political Communication syllabus, Spring 2021 (graduate)peterloge.com — Strategic Political Communication syllabuslast checked not recordedGraduate version — same assignment architecture, different weights. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 6204 |
| Official | Peter Loge, SMPA 3459 Language and Politics syllabuspeterloge.com — Language and Politics syllabuslast checked not recordedUndated on his site. | faculty-hosted syllabus | SMPA 3459 |
| Official | Peter Loge, Political Rhetoric syllabus — contains his published grade standardpeterloge.com — Political Rhetoric syllabuslast checked not recordedUndated. The grade standard it contains applies across his courses. | faculty-hosted syllabus | Political Rhetoric |
| Official | GW Hatchet — SMPA ethics project and Loge's textbookgwhatchet.com/2020/03/05last checked not recorded | news | SMPA 3348 |
| Official | "A Guide to Reporting and Writing News" by Myron Belkind (June 2009) — GW WID Studio handbookwidstudio.wordpress.com — A Guide to Reporting and Writing Newslast checked not recordedThis handbook is from 2009 and uses the legacy course number SMPA 110W. | WID handbook | SMPA 2110W |
| Rehost | SMPA 2110W section syllabus, Spring 2023 (Course Hero rehost)coursehero.com — GW Intro to Newswriting & Reporting syllabus, Spring 2023last checked not recordedPaywalled Tier 2 rehost. Current versions may differ. | rehost | SMPA 2110W |
| Rehost | Steven Livingston, SMPA 2102 syllabus, Spring 2019last checked not recordedDetails come from student-upload sites (Studocu/Course Hero); current versions may differ. | rehost | SMPA 2102 |
| Rehost | SMPA 1050 media-bias research paper assignment (Course Hero posting)last checked not recordedA single posted assignment, not necessarily current. | student-upload | SMPA 1050 |
| Official | David Karpf faculty page listing his coursessmpa.gwu.edu/david-karpflast checked not recordedHis syllabus PDFs rotate; verify currency on his personal sites before citing. The midterm-paper/final-paper structure comes from public review data (Tier 3), not a posted syllabus. | department page | SMPA 3450, SMPA 3194, SMPA 3195 |
| Rehost | Uloop SMPA hub — uploaded notes naming instructors Steele and Waisbordgwu.uloop.com SMPA hublast checked not recordedUnofficial student notes. | student-upload hub | SMPA 2101 |
| Official | GW Today — GW All Access: Ethan Porter, on his data coursegwtoday.gwu.edu — GW All Access: Ethan Porterlast checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | Patricia Kabra, SMPA 6210 Media and Foreign Policy syllabuspublicdiplomacy.org — Kabra, Media and Foreign Policylast checked not recordedA graduate syllabus, included as a model of the "critical analysis thought blogs" assignment design used in several SMPA courses. | syllabus | SMPA 6210 |
| Official | SMPA course catalogbulletin.gwu.edu/courses/smpa/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe live page identified itself as the 2026–2027 provisional Bulletin when checked. Students are bound by the Bulletin applicable to their matriculation year. | bulletin | SMPA 2110W, SMPA 3240W, SMPA 3241W, SMPA 4198, SMPA 4199 |
| Official | BA in Political Communication requirementsbulletin.gwu.edu/arts-sciences/media-public-affairs/ba-political-communication/last checked 2026-09-01 · effective 2026-2027 provisional BulletinThe page states that older matriculation years should use archived Bulletins. SMPA also enforces specified grades and sequencing rules and directs students to consult the School. | bulletin | — |
| Official | SMPA department curriculum worksheet (PDF, 2021)smpa.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4161/files/2021-10/pcm_curriculum_2.pdfhistorical 2026-09-01 · effective 2021 curriculum worksheetThis remains reachable but is historical. Its elective list (3461, 3463, 3470) differs from the current Bulletin; confirm with an SMPA advisor before counting it. | department document | SMPA 3461, SMPA 3463, SMPA 3470 |
| Official | SMPA prizes and scholarships, including the Manheim and Sterling prizes for undergraduate researchsmpa.gwu.edu/prizes-scholarshipslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department page | department page | — |
| Official | SMPA internships for course credit (juniors/seniors)smpa.gwu.edu/internshipslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective current department pageThe current page says undergraduate SMPA students register for three credits per internship and describes the required academic work; confirm the current approval process before registering. | department page | SMPA 3197 |
| Official | SMPA Robert & Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Awardsmpa.gwu.edu/staub-faculty-excellence-awardslast checked 2026-09-01 · effective award history through 2026 | award page | — |
| Official | Trachtenberg Prizes (Teaching, Research, Service) winners listfacultyaffairs.gwu.edu — Trachtenberg Research Award winnerslast checked not recorded | award page | — |
| Official | Elliott School faculty award recipients — Harry Harding Teaching Prize and Michael E. Brown Research Prizeelliott.gwu.edu/faculty-award-recipientslast checked not recorded | award page | — |
| Official | GW Today — SMPA professor named Educator of the Yeargwtoday.gwu.edu — SMPA professor named Educator of the Yearlast checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | GW Hatchet — Best professor: Danny Hayesgwhatchet.com/2016/04/03/best-professor-danny-hayeslast checked not recorded | news | PSC 1002 |
| Official | GW Hatchet — SMPA's Robert M. Entman Award, 2026 recipient Brendan Nyhangwhatchet.com — political scientist pushes back on misinformation fearslast checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | GW Hatchet — SMPA's first science-communication professorship (Planet Forward context)gwhatchet.com/2020/01/16last checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | GW Hatchet — Imani Cheers's appointment as interim senior associate provostgwhatchet.com/2021/05/24last checked not recorded | news | — |
| Official | "Office Hours with Karpf and Loge" podcastpodcasts.apple.com — Office Hours with Karpf and Logelast checked not recorded | podcast | — |
| Official | GW Syllabus Viewergo.gwu.edu/syllabusviewerlast checked not recordedFull syllabus access is generally login-gated, which is why faculty-hosted PDFs are the most valuable public artifacts. No public feed is available. | official repository | — |
| Official | GW Schedule of Classesmy.gwu.edu/mod/pws/index.cfmlast checked 2026-09-01 · effective Fall 2026The live schedule listed Fall 2026 and reported a last revision of August 29, 2026. Instructor assignments still rotate; check it immediately before registering. | official schedule | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Danny Hayesratemyprofessors.com/professor/1816621last checked not recordedSelf-selected and captured from search snippets, not live page reads. 117 ratings — the largest sample in the dataset. | crowd review | PSC 1002 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Steven Livingstonratemyprofessors.com/professor/542362last checked not recorded47 ratings. The most polarized profile in SMPA. | crowd review | SMPA 2102 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Eric Lawrenceratemyprofessors.com/professor/531934last checked not recorded42 ratings. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Harris Mylonasratemyprofessors.com/professor/1427415last checked not recorded38 ratings. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Steven Ballaratemyprofessors.com/professor/634072last checked not recorded37 ratings, but only 50% would take again, with three "Awful" ratings. | crowd review | PSC 2101 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Silvio Waisbordratemyprofessors.com/professor/1051330last checked not recorded32 ratings. | crowd review | SMPA 2101 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Brandon Bartelsratemyprofessors.com/professor/1456843last checked not recorded29 ratings. The PSC 3500 word-count structure comes from these reviews, not an official syllabus. | crowd review | PSC 3500 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Peter Logeratemyprofessors.com/professor/381200last checked not recorded22 ratings — the guide's "moderately-sampled" band, though its summary table lists him as usable. | crowd review | SMPA 3348, SMPA 3353 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Henry Haleratemyprofessors.com/professor/846603last checked not recorded10 ratings — do not rank on this. | crowd review | PSC 2366 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Matthew Hindmanratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1688777last checked not recorded~12 ratings, and he appears to have duplicate or merged profiles with conflicting counts, so this figure is unreliable. | crowd review | SMPA 2151 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Ethan Porterratemyprofessors.com/professor/2211403last checked not recorded8 ratings — do not rank on this. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Kimberly Grossratemyprofessors.com/professor/419303last checked not recorded8 ratings — do not rank on this. | crowd review | SMPA 2102 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — David Karpfratemyprofessors.com/professor/2061313last checked not recorded5.0/5 across only 4 ratings. "Genuinely glowing, but four reviews is anecdote, not data." | crowd review | SMPA 3353, SMPA 3450 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Frank Sesnoratemyprofessors.com/professor/1135606last checked not recordedApproximately 4 reviews, uniformly glowing. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Catie Bailardratemyprofessors.com/professor/1322776last checked not recordedExact numeric summary could not be confirmed. Review text is largely positive with a recurring "harsh grader" caveat. | crowd review | SMPA 2151 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Rebekah Trombleratemyprofessors.com/professor/2576374last checked not recordedNo reliable aggregate captured; reviews are sharply split. | crowd review | SMPA 3450 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors — Imani Cheersratemyprofessors.com/professor/1845556last checked not recordedNo reliable aggregate captured; among the most polarized profiles in either department. | crowd review | SMPA 4199 |
| Crowd | Rate My Professors and Coursicle — generalratemyprofessors.comlast checked not recordedBoth sites block automated retrieval, so these numbers come from search-result snippets and should be re-verified against the live page before being relied on. Anything under roughly 15 ratings is statistically noise. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Coursicle — PSC 2101 instructor list and reviewscoursicle.com/gwu/courses/PSC/2101last checked not recordedMirrors RMP review text and adds scheduling data. Self-selected. | crowd review | PSC 2101 |
| Crowd | Coursicle — PSC 1002coursicle.com/gwu/courses/PSC/1002last checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | PSC 1002 |
| Crowd | Coursicle — SMPA 3354 Political Campaign Communicationcoursicle.com/gwu/courses/SMPA/3354last checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | SMPA 3354 |
| Crowd | Coursicle — Frank Sesno's teaching rotationcoursicle.com/gwu/professors/Frank+Sesnolast checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | — |
| Crowd | Coursicle — Brandon Bartels's teaching rotationcoursicle.com/gwu/professors/Brandon+Bartelslast checked not recordedSelf-selected. | crowd review | PSC 2101, PSC 2215, PSC 2992, PSC 3192W, PSC 3500 |