Introduction to Comparative Politics (graduate)

Nationalism and Democracy (undergraduate)

The Public and Policy Change (MPA)

Public Service and Democracy (MPA)
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Student comments

"This class was easily one of the best courses I took during my time at Mizzou. Professor Hur is an expert in her field, and she was able to take complex readings and ideas and make them easy to understand during lectures. I appreciated how she took the time to explain how the readings and ideas related to current political events. Additionally, her tips and strategies for reading academic articles were extremely useful. I found the first section of the class particularly interesting because it challenged my ideas of what a nation is and what nationalism is. When I entered this class, I believed the mainstream idea that nationalism is almost always a bad thing. At the end of this class, I can think critically about the different contexts in which nationalism exists and what the implications of that are. This class gave me the ability to critically think about and discuss nationalism. This is truly an outstanding course." - Nationalism and Democracy (2020 Spring)

"One of the more interesting classes the entire department has to offer. Course material was quite fascinating, and the instructor was really knowledgable and approachable for any help. Always learned something new and valuable from class discussions." - Nationalism and Democracy (2020 Spring)

"The teaching method was really engaging, in particular the Q and A sessions, the group working and presenting the final policy recommendation findings to the class." - The Public and Policy Change (2019 Fall)

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​Policy Formation and Policy Analysis

Political Participation and Policy

Capstone: Advanced Research Projects in Applied Research

 Student comments

“The class had an appropriate balance of intellectual inquiry mixed in with how it applies to the real world of policymaking. I really feel it enhanced my understanding of the policy world in a holistic way […] Professor Hur is one of the top 3 professors I have learned from at Wagner, and she always went out of her way to make sure we were grasping course materials and conceptually on track with our assignments.” - Policy Formation

"This was one of my favorite classes so far. […] Reading empirical studies and then getting together to discuss them and relate them to current events was brilliant and enriching. I learned so much and am constantly citing these studies in my day to day conversations now.” - Policy Formation

“This class was intellectually stimulating and very well-organized. The readings were interesting and manageable. I liked the focus on full-class discussions, with some breakout into groups for the case studies. Professor Hur clearly prepared well for the class, was deeply familiar with the readings, and facilitated class discussion extremely well.” - Political Participation & Policy

“I appreciated the parts of the class when we were able to apply the theories to real-life case studies. A lot of the theories and readings we studied were very dense and did not make any sense to me until applied to case studies.”  - Political Participation & Policy