Pre-registration info

Dear Students,
We realize there is some frustration that course offerings in POS and EUR will be more limited next semester as compared to the selection we normally put out. Last year we were unable to make one of the full-time hires allocated to our department, and Prof. Zankina will be on leave for one semester. EUR majors should note, though, that they can take POS 401 Security Sector Governance in SEE for EUR topics credit.
Next academic year, we should be better staffed. We will have at least three topics in POS per semester (Phillips and Sardamov in the fall, Zankina and a new hire in the spring, plus at least one outside instructor each semester; Prof. Phillips may also teach a second topic in the spring). There will also be at least two EUR topics per semester, possibly three (Prof. Crombois will be on sabbatical and we'll secure a replacement for him). We realize this will come a bit too late for graduating seniors, but we hope they will be able to complete successfully their majors on the basis of the course offerings that are available.
EUR 302 Comparative Politics of Europe and EUR/POS 307 Research Methods in Politics can be taken for either EUR or POS credit – this is the reason they appear on both registration pages. You can register, however, only from the EUR page for the former, and only from the POS page for the latter.
We also wanted to remind POS majors that they can substitute (from among the courses offered in the spring) EUR 405 The EU in International Relations or ECO 310 Econometrics toward the 9 cr. hours of POS 400-level courses they need to take. Students double-majoring in EUR and POS should make sure that they do not double-count more than 3 courses. Students taking one as a major and the other as a minor can double-count at most two courses.
In case anyone has questions regarding our course offerings or major requirements, please come by to see your advisor or talk to the professors teaching the courses you are interested in.
We do hope we will all have a productive and at least slightly enjoyable spring semester.