POL 231 Introduction to Political Theory

3 Credit(s) W-II

A survey of the history of political theory Intended to introduce students to the major theoretical answers to fundamental questions of political life Readings may include selections from Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville,Marx and Nietzsche. This is a portfolio based writing course where students will build on the W-I course to write various kinds of papers for various audiences and reprise some of their work for a final portfolio Three lecture hours per week Not open to students who have received credit for POL300 or POL302. Prerequisite: W-I