PSIR 352

Course ID:

Course Code & Number

PSIR 352

Course Title

History of Political Thought II

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Junior

Semester:

Spring

Type of Course:

Compulsory

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite:

Catalog Description

Modern political thought from Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment. Political ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli, Jean Bodin, Hobbes, Locke, David Hume, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Burke, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Hegel, and Karl Marx.

Course Objectives

This course aims to provide the students with basic knowledge on modern political thought starting from Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment with reference to the ideas of major philosophers, periods and modes of thought.

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Course Learning Outcomes

Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Demonstrate knowledge on the mainstream political thinkers that shaped our modern world. 
2. Establish links between different ages or periods of history by mastering the development of the line of political thought in history.
3. Develop an extra-quantitative reasoning in raising and analyzing complex political problems. 
4. Gain an important insight about the relationship between political thought and historical events.
5. Develop complex argumentation skills in speech and writing.

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:

Telling/Explaining Discussion/Debate Questioning Reading Oral Presentations/Reports Guest Speakers Web Searching

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

Test / Exam Quiz Case Studies / Homework Presentation (Oral/Poster)

Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:

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Recommended Reading

1. William Ebenstein and Alan Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers (Harcourt College Publishers, 2000), 2. Samuel Enoch Stumpf and James Fieser, Socrates to Sartre and Beyond. A History of Philosophy (Mc Gra

Required Reading

1. Iain Hampsher-Monk, A History of Modern Political Thought. Major Political Thinkers from Hobbes to M

Grading

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:

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Student Workload:

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Case Study Analysis	16

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