Fundamentals of the American government, including the philosophical and constitutional foundations, political institutions and main actors, such as Congress and the presidency, democratic practices such as voting, political participation, and civil rights and liberties. Includes a closer look at the State of Georgia, its constitution, and political system.

Fundamentals of the American government, including the philosophical and constitutional foundations, political institutions and main actors, such as Congress and the presidency, democratic practices such as voting, political participation, and civil rights and liberties. Includes a closer look at the State of Georgia, its constitution, and political system.

Fundamentals of the American government, including the philosophical and constitutional foundations, political institutions and main actors, such as Congress and the presidency, democratic practices such as voting, political participation, and civil rights and liberties. Includes a closer look at the State of Georgia, its constitution, and political system.

Fundamentals of the American government, including the philosophical and constitutional foundations, political institutions and main actors, such as Congress and the presidency, democratic practices such as voting, political participation, and civil rights and liberties. Includes a closer look at the State of Georgia, its constitution, and the political system-all practiced through service learning.

Designed to introduce beginning students to political science. Focus will be on the study of politics, including theoretical perspectives, substantive areas, and issues in designing political research.

Honors course designed to introduce students to the study of politics. Focus will be on theoretical perspectives, substantive areas, and issues in designing political research.

Emergent and high-interest topics in international affairs, specific skills in international affairs, and novel approaches to the study of international affairs phenomena.

An examination of emergent and high-interest topics in politics, specific skills in political science, and novel approaches to the study of political phenomena.

Course introduces undergraduate students to the theory and methods of Applied History. This course examines how different areas of policymaking – international relations, military strategy, domestic economic policy – can benefit from this approach. The course also introduces students to related subjects, such as counterfactual history and cognitive biases.

Political theory for students with little or no previous course work in the area. Focuses on one or more important political concepts or phenomena (e.g., power, freedom, or political ambition) and as entry-point into various approaches and literatures within the field.

The first two-thirds of the course is a selective survey of the history of Western political thought covering works by Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx, among others. The final one-third of the course introduces students to John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice and other works of contemporary political theory.

Political theory for students with little or no previous coursework in the area. Focuses on one or more important political concepts or phenomena (e.g., power, freedom, or political ambition) and as entry-point into various approaches and literatures within the field.