2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

POL 371 American Political Philosophy

3 hours 

This course examines classic and contemporary works of American political thought, with particular attention to statesmen and thinkers who have fundamentally shaped the American constitutional order or have provided cogent criticism of it.  Readings may include some non-American thinkers, such as Locke or deTocqueville, central to a philosophic understanding of American politics.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 201, POL 101, and junior standing or above