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Year 1 Politics.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Brian Galligan.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should:
- have an understanding of a select number of classic texts in political theory;
- have developed critical skills in reading and analysing political texts;
- be able to evaluate and make political arguments, and relate traditional concerns of political theorists to contemporary issues.
Content:
Students of politics are heirs to a long tradition of political thinking which has informed public discourse and scholarly analysis since ancient times. Today's public issues and debates are partly the product of past thinkers and writers or of contemporary critics responding to traditional ideas and arguments. The subject introduces students to the world of political theory through critical reading of a select number of classic texts. Topics covered will include the nature of politics and political power, the origins of individual rights and private property, and arguments about democracy and liberal capitalism.
Assessment:
Written work totalling 3,000 words, and a 1-hour written test totalling 1,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p148) : Next:166-107 | Prev:166-105
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p160) : Next:166-107 | Prev:166-105
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Brian Galligan.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should:
- have an understanding of a select number of classic texts in political theory;
- have developed critical skills in reading and analysing political texts;
- be able to evaluate and make political arguments, and relate traditional concerns of political theorists to contemporary issues.
Content:
Students of politics are heirs to a long tradition of political thinking which has informed public discourse and scholarly analysis since ancient times. Today's public issues and debates are partly the product of past thinkers and writers or of contemporary critics responding to traditional ideas and arguments. The subject introduces students to the world of political theory through critical reading of a select number of classic texts. Topics covered will include the nature of politics and political power, the origins of individual rights and private property, and arguments about democracy and liberal capitalism.
Assessment:
Written work totalling 3,000 words; a 1-hour written test totalling 1,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p160) : Next:166-107 | Prev:166-105
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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