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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PHIL 4855 - Advanced Topics in Political Theory


3 Credit Hours


Pre/Corequisites: Prerequisite: One 2000 or 3000-level philosophy course, or consent of instructor.
Description
Advanced survey of the great writings in political thought. Examines the contributions these works made to Western conceptions such as democracy, equality, human nature, citizenship, and liberty, as well as their continuing relevance for understanding contemporary moral and political dilemmas. May be repeated but only if content varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the major.Global Scholars course. Global Scholars course. May be repeated only if content varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the major.