Political Science

As a foundational course to the American government and its politics, this course is designed to offer students and (1) the opportunity to examine the United States government's philosophical foundations and how that philosophy developed; (2) to describe the institutional/governance framework within which political decisions in the U.S., are made, and (3) offer a distinction and relationship between political processes and national institutions.

This introductory course acquints learners to the hisotry of political theory by drawing the history of the philosophical dialogues and debate over the proper relation among freedom, economics, citizenship, justice, authority, and identity. While Aristotle, Locke, Marx and Engels, will figure most centrally in the storyline, learners will also be introduce to oldest and most fundamental forms of political inquiry through works by Pericles, Plato, Thomas Hobbes, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Constant, G.W. F. Hegel, Eugene Debs, and Wilson Carey McWilliams. The learners study of political ideas and concepts will be placed on enhancing learners, skills in writing and argument.

This course gives coverage of all aspects of the relations between countries, including political, military, diplomatic, and economic relations. In this course, you will be introduced to the major approaches to the study of International Relations and study topics such as the causes of war, the determinants of economic relations between countries, and the role of international institutions such as the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund.