PHIL239-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015

Classics in Political Philosophy

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2015

Description

This course is an introduction to the history of political philosophy. It will focus on a number of topics including Machiavelli's The Prince, early modern constitutionalism, the invention of the modern state, the theory of sovereignty, political reason, the origins of social science, liberty and utilitarianism. The individual theorists who will be discussed include Bodin, Filmer, Locke, Hume, Burke, Bentham, and Marx.

Prerequisites

15 points in PHIL or POLS at 100 level. Students not meeting the prerequisites but with at least a B average in 60 points in appropriate courses may be admitted with the approval of the Department Coordinator.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald

Contact Lindsey for further information.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Participation 10%
Weekly Question 10%
Essay Outline & Hypothesis 5% discussed with lecturer (before end of week 3)
Test 15% 1 hour
Essay 30% due end of week 9
Final Exam 30%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $697.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 15 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Humanities .

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