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PHIL 243 History of Political Philosophy Units: 3.00
This class will immerse students in the history of political philosophy. It may focus on traditional canonical issues (such as how to justify political authority, or particular forms governments or societal structures) and/or the ideas of thinkers who argue for radical political change (such as the abolitionists, suffragists, anti-colonialists or civil-rights activists). A connective thread will be the question of canon construction: what gets included in, or excluded from the political philosophy canon, and why?
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (A minimum GPA of 2.00 in 6.0 units of PHIL) or (a minimum grade of B- in 3.0 units of PHIL).
Exclusion PHIL 257/6.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Integrate content from the course readings and in-class discussions to produce a portfolio of written work that reveals an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the history of political philosophy (and the construction of its canon) that approximately tracks the progression of the course in real time.
- Communicate their assimilation of a reasonable subset of the course readings and in-class discussions via organized, cogent prose.
- Support and enhance the learning of their peers via oral contributions to discussions, active listening, or other means provided or required by the syllabus.
- Reconstruct arguments from the philosophical texts being studied and raise interpretive questions about or accurately targeted objections to those arguments, in written or oral forms as required by the syllabus, at an intermediate level.