Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Recognize and use basic, relevant political vocabulary such as politics, government, bureaucracy, nationalism, international relations, balance of power, bi-polarity, collective security ect.
• Identify the major points of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, the Utilitarians, Hegel and Marx as they relate to the study of political science.
• Recall the major ideologies of Leninism, Fascism, National Socialism, Maoism, Liberation Theology and Democracy and explain how these theories have influenced the course of human existence in politics and government.
• Categorize major political systems, traditional and modern including representative governments, Leninism, Fascism, National Socialism, Maoism, Totalitarianism, feudal systems, colonialism and absolute monarchies.
• Relate classic and contemporary political theories to contemporary world.
• Explain the basic principles and function of international law and geopolitics.