POSC 1502 - Introduction to Political Theory

    Recent Professors
    Wesley Nishiyama
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4
    Description
    An Introduction to Political Theory will consider major political theorists including but not limited to Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, and John Rawls and discuss concepts including but not limited to distributive justice, equality, equity, positive and negative liberty, community, citizenship, democracy, duty and obligation, social and political order, legitimacy, and human nature. This course will meet one of the Political Core requirements for the Associate in Arts in Political Science
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 11:10am–12:25pm