POLS 370 - Topics in Political Theory

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: POLS 120 or consent of instructor.

This course will examine particular themes or developments from the history of political thought with the purpose of giving students a deeper insight into the arguments for and against the basic ideas and ideologies that have been derived from our intellectual traditions (as well as from other traditions). Some of the topics that may be studied, to be determined by the instructor and varying each time the class is taught, will include Ancient and Medieval Political Thought, Revolutionary Political Thought, Human Rights and Nationalism, Political Theology, East Asian Political Thought and so forth.