POSC 210 - Introduction to Politics

Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lab Hour(s): 0
Credit Hour(s): 3

Answers perennial questions such as: “What is politics?”, “Why is politics important?”, “What has politics got to do with me?”, “Can I live my life without focusing on politics?”, “Does it matter how we structure our governmental processes?”, and “Do values matter in structuring a political system?” Presenting a broad overview of the academic analysis of politics. This course focuses on explaining key political concepts utilized in political science and political theory while applying these concepts to various political processes, institutions, ideologies, political change, etc. in order to both expose students to the world of politics while helping students, utilizing the comparative method, to clarify their own articulation of political beliefs, attitudes, and dispositions. Fall