2023 Summer Session D
6 weeks, July 3 - August 11
POLSCI 112B 001 - LEC 001
History of Political Theory
EARLY MODERN TO FRENCH REVOLUTION
Daniel Lee
Class #:14407
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Charles & Louise Travers Dept of Political Science
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
35
Enrolled: 35
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 70
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
8 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 20 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Course Catalog Description
Early modern political thought up to the French Revolution, including Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
Class Description
The aim of this course is to introduce students to key texts and topics by some of the most significant and well known thinkers in the history early modern political thought writing roughly between 1500 and 1770. The works we will consider span the periods characterized by European historians as the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Enlightenment.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Historical Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets Philosophy & Values, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats