{"id":32334,"date":"2021-11-04T13:35:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?page_id=32334"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:35:50","slug":"political-theory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/undergraduate\/programs\/political-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Political Theory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new version of this concentration as of Fall 2024 is Power and Political Ideas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This concentration allows students to engage with many of the most enduring questions in political thought from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Students consider how different texts in the classical, modern, and contemporary Western tradition have grappled with these issues and learn how debates and often intense disagreements about these questions have informed political reflection and practice through the ages. Students also deliberate on whether Western political thought remains vibrant and relevant in an increasingly diverse and globalized world that challenges established ways of thinking about politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their second year of the program, students in this concentration earn 1.0 credit in the following two courses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSCI 2301 [0.5 credit]: History of Political Thought I
\nWestern political thought from classical times to the Renaissance: Plato, Aristotle, and other thinkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSCI 2302 [0.5 credit]: History of Political Thought II
\nWestern political thought from the Renaissance: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and other thinkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their third and fourth years of the program, students take an additional 2.5 credits in Political Theory, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSCI 3300 \u2013 Politics and Literature
\nPSCI 3303 \u2013 Feminist Political Theory
\nPSCI 3307 \u2013 Politics of Human Rights
\nPSCI 3308 \u2013 Modern Political Thought
\nPSCI 3709 \u2013 Ancient and Medieval Political Thought<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSCI 4302 \u2013 Political Thought in the Modern Muslim Middle East
\nPSCI 4303 \u2013 Governmentality and Politics
\nPSCI 4309 \u2013 Contemporary Approaches to Political Enquiry
\nPSCI 4316 \u2013 Contemporary Political Theory I
\nPSCI 4318 \u2013 Concepts of Political Community I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the full list of course options in Political Theory, and the specific degree requirements for your program, consult the Undergraduate Calendar<\/a>. Please note that not all courses in this list are offered each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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