Are you interested in developing your understanding and views on a broad range of public policy issues, and listening to those of others in an open, respectful, and inclusive classroom? Whether you know nothing about public policy or whether you have well-developed ideas, we'll have substantive and civil discussions about contemporary issues that affect us all, including immigration, trade and tariffs, international human rights, artificial intelligence, the environment, and many more. You'll also get to choose a topic that we'll discuss.

Introduction to the Western tradition of political theory; focus on particular problems and issues through a reading of classical and non-traditional texts. Topics include political obligation, justice, feminism, individuality, friendship, community, civil disobedience, power, others. (GenEd. SB)

Introduction to the Western tradition of political theory; focus on particular problems and issues through a reading of classical and non-traditional texts. Topics include political obligation, justice, feminism, individuality, friendship, community, civil disobedience, power, others. (GenEd. SB)

Introduction to the Western tradition of political theory; focus on particular problems and issues through a reading of classical and non-traditional texts. Topics include political obligation, justice, feminism, individuality, friendship, community, civil disobedience, power, others. (GenEd. SB)

Introduction to the Western tradition of political theory; focus on particular problems and issues through a reading of classical and non-traditional texts. Topics include political obligation, justice, feminism, individuality, friendship, community, civil disobedience, power, others. (GenEd. SB)

Introduction to the American constitution as law. The importance of the text and the traditions of interpretation. The courts, congress, and the presidency. Also local power, the bill of rights, and the fourteenth amendment. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Introduction to the American constitution as law. The importance of the text and the traditions of interpretation. The courts, congress, and the presidency. Also local power, the bill of rights, and the fourteenth amendment. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Introduction to the American constitution as law. The importance of the text and the traditions of interpretation. The courts, congress, and the presidency. Also local power, the bill of rights, and the fourteenth amendment. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Introduction to the American constitution as law. The importance of the text and the traditions of interpretation. The courts, congress, and the presidency. Also local power, the bill of rights, and the fourteenth amendment. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Introduction to the principles and practices of international relations in the political, military, economic, and environmental realms. Traces the development of the contemporary system to explore how relations among states are affected by the structure of the international system, the institutions through which states conduct their relations with each other, the internal characteristics of states, and contemporary tensions between traditional norms of state sovereignty and new norms of human rights and democratic governance. (Gen. Ed. SB)