Schedule
Tue-Thu, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (8/13/2018 - 12/5/2018) Location: MAIN TATE 19
Sat, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (12/8/2018 - 12/8/2018) Location: MAIN TATE 19
Description
300: Foundations of Political Thought.
Goal: To introduce students to political theory's treatment of central political and moral issues, such as human nature, power, community, equality, liberty, and democracy.
Content: Students will read and analyze the contributions of political thinkers including Aristotle, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Mill, Rousseau, and Marx. The course will close with an analysis of treatment of some of these issues by contemporary political thinkers.
Taught: Fall.
Credit: 3 hours.