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Course Info for POLS - 407 - 02, Fall 2026
Class number: 3287 Title: Sr Sem:Decolonizing World Poli Department: Political Science
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 11 Available seats: 4
Start date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 End date: Wednesday, December 23, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: T: 1:30PM-4:10PM, MC - 309 Instructor(s): Kamola, Isaac
Prerequisite(s): This course is open only to senior Political Science majors.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements
Course Description:
How is the world organized as a political unit? This class examines that questions by examining the long history of colonialism, the enduring relations of coloniality, and the lasting politics of anti-colonial struggle. In order to study how race, class, and gender continue to structure and organize political relations at a planetary scale, this class focuses on thinkers, activists, and political struggles from the Global South. Organized around ongoing challenges to coloniality, possible topics include: indigenous notions of pluriverality, post-capitalist economies, challenges to the global color line, epistemic justice, decolonial democracy, and struggles for environmental sustainability.