This course focused on rights and how to justify them using moral philosophy, political theory, constitutional theory, constitutional law, constitutional practice, the nature of political life, and the nature and extent of competing political commitments and/or priorities.
In this course, students were introduced to the logic of political science research, examined the frameworks that guide our thinking about politics, and reviewed descriptive, experimental, and observational approaches to research. Students also learned how to evaluate normative and empirical claims and practiced constructing research questions and hypotheses.
In this course, students examined several approaches to structuring an undergraduate research paper and learned how to use STATA to do basic quantitative research in Political Science.Â
In this course, students studied the history of the US Constitution, examined the three branches of American government, and explored the evolution of civil rights and liberties in the United States.