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2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin 
  
2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin

PLSI - 3462 Modern Political Thought


Description
An examination of freedom, authority, and democracy through the writings of the great political thinkers of the modern age. Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Mill, and de Tocqueville, and feminist thinkers such as Mary Wollenstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir. Prerequisite: Junior Standing or consent of instructor.

Credits: 4
Course Level: Upper Division
Academic Level: Undergraduate