Concentration in Politics and Values

Students Admitted Prior to Autumn 2007
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Overview

Concentration Coordinator: Turan Kayaoglu

This concentration combines the disciplines of political science, philosophy, sociology, history, economics and policy studies. Its aim is to provide an in-depth, interdisciplinary study of political theory, political and social interactions, relations between states and capital, and the history of relationships between governments and citizens. The program also aims to develop skills needed for an informed and effective citizenship at all levels.

Career Options

Politics and Values prepares students to pursue careers or further study in government, law, planning, nonprofit management, community work, diplomacy, business, teaching, journalism and other fields.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Discuss and write critically about significant historical events and developments, both domestic and international.
• Understand and critically evaluate ideas, movements, and events, which have resulted in or propose to transform societies.
• Discuss and write critically about political and economic theories and ideologies both in their own terms and in terms of the cultural, social, and intellectual contexts in which they emerged.
• Understand and explain the operation and importance of the principal political institutions of the United States and the international system.
• Know how the natural environment and social and political activities mutually affect each other; critically engage ideas and theories about these relationships.
• Understand how contemporary events and trends such as globalization and the emergent human rights regime are the product of long-term developments in institutions, societies, and ideas.

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