Director
Associate Professor Upham
The two concentrations in Politics are for students who are not Politics majors but who want to acquire more than a passing acquaintance with the serious study of politics and/or political philosophy.
Concentration in Political Philosophy
Politics 1311, Principles of American Politics, plus an additional 15 credit hours, to include three courses in political philosophy and two other Politics courses chosen by the student. Examples of courses in political philosophy are Thucydides, Political Regimes, Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Politics, Aristotle’s Ethics, Political Philosophy in the Middle Ages, Enlightenment, Modernity, Catholic Political Thought, American Founding, Lincoln, 20th-Century American Political Thought and Senior Seminar. Other Politics courses with appropriate content can count as political philosophy with the approval of the director.
Concentration in American Politics
Politics 1311, Principles of American Politics, plus an additional 15 credit hours, to include three courses in American politics and two other Politics courses chosen by the student. Examples of courses in American politics are Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Public Policy, American Foreign Policy, Presidency, Congress, Politics and Parties, American Founding, Lincoln and 20th-Century American Political Thought. Other Politics courses with appropriate content can count as American politics with the approval of the director.