Classes

Sophomore Tutorial in Government

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2011
Government 97

Course Type: Undergraduate
Catalog Number: 3023

This is a new one-semester course designed to provide all Government Department concentrators with a unified and challenging intellectual experience in the study of politics. The course covers a selection of topics on the theme of "Democracy" and draws on materials ranging from classics in political theory to cutting edge research in the discipline today.

Mondays, 2-3:30

What is Property?

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2010
Government 1082

Course type: Undergraduate
Catalog Number: 2723

This course will investigate the major theories of property in the Western political tradition and address such key questions as: How do we come to own things? What claims do others have on the things we own? Is the community the ultimate owner of all goods? Do property rights really exist, and, if so, what is their source?

Readings will include the Bible, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, More, Harrington, Locke, Marx, and Nozick.