POSC 4550 - Political Thought of the American Founding

3 Credits (3 Contact Hours)

Intensive seminar of the principles and practices of America’s founders (e.g., Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton). Examines how American revolutionaries struggled between 1765 and 1788 to develop new ideas about rights, liberty, equality, constitutions, republicanism, separation of powers, representation, federalism, etc. Preq: Sophomore standing.