POLS1030-A Compar/Contemp Political Syst

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School of Education and Social Sciences
Undergraduate

Term: Fall 2025
Session: Full Term (Aug 25 - Dec 12)
Start Date: Monday, Aug 25, 2025
End Date: Friday, Dec 12, 2025
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Tues./Thurs.
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM

This course is an introduction to the study of political science and comparative politics. This course introduces students to comparative politics and the study of domestic political institutions processes and citizen/governmental interactions across national boundaries. Important themes in the course include the vibrancy of democracy political parties elections civic duty political institutions electoral institutions civil unrest revolutions power and the interactive concepts of ethnicity religion and socio-economic status. Several different nations will be studied including Germany France England Japan Israel Egypt Canada Australia Switzerland Netherlands Russia Poland and Norway. This course is very ideal for students who are interested in foreign politics institutions cultures and are curious about studying abroad.3 Credits