POLS 120 - Political Ideas and Ideologies

3 Credit Hours

This introductory course addresses the historical emergence of and the continuing role played by numerous different ideological perspectives in our political thinking. “Ideology” will be defined; and the ways in which our own ideological perspectives shape the way we interpret events, read the news, and prioritize political and social concerns will be considered. Important political ideas that will be discussed include liberalism, conservatism, socialism environmentalism and so forth.