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Course Atlas—Summer 2006

Please Note: The information given in the Course Atlas is subject to change.
For final schedule information, please refer OPUS.


POLS 100: National Politics in the US

Strahan, MTWThF 10:00-11:20, MAX: 25

Content:
The objectives of this course are:  1) to review the origins and underlying purposes of the American constitutional system; 2) to examine the major political institutions in the United States and explore how these institutions influence our national politics; and 3) to encourage you to think about the some fundamental questions that lie beneath contemporary political debates.  We will pay particular attention in this course to how public policy gets decided in the American political system, including both domestic and foreign policy issues.

Texts:

  • Herbert J. Storing, What the Anti-Federalists Were For
  • James Q. Wilson & John J. DiIulio, American Government, 10th ed.
  • Others TBA

Particulars:
Midterm examination, final and three position papers. Position papers will involve researching a current issue in American politics, then writing a brief essay (2-3 pp.) in which you take and defend a position on that issue.


POLS 301: Classical Political Thought

Cody, MTWThF 11:30-12:50, MAX: 25

Content:

Texts:

Particulars:


POLS 304: Major Texts in Political Theory

Bartlett, MWF 2:30-4:45, MAX: 25

Content:
This course will undertake a comprehensive and detailed examination of one of the greatest books ever written, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.  The guiding question of the book is the best way of life for a human being, and as a result we too will take our bearings by that question as Aristotle treats it.

Texts:

  • Nicomachean Ethics, trans. Joe Sachs (Focus)

Particulars:
3 papers, regular attendance 

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