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Introduction to Politics: Exploring the Democratic Experience. THE 1000C/2410C TEACHING TEAM Instructor: Prof. Sergei Plekhanov Teaching Assistants : Caleb Basnett Thierry Cote Nima Nakhaei Kamilla Pietrzyk Carmen Sanchez Chris Vance Lisa Williams. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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Introduction to Politics:Exploring the Democratic Experience
THE 1000C/2410C TEACHING TEAM Instructor: Prof. Sergei Plekhanov Teaching Assistants: Caleb Basnett Thierry Cote Nima Nakhaei Kamilla Pietrzyk Carmen Sanchez Chris Vance Lisa Williams
COURSE REQUIREMENTS • 1. Attending two lectures and one tutorial seminar each week • 2. Reading regularly from the assigned texts* • 3. Active participation in tutorial discussions • 4. Preparation of a reading review and 2 essays (1 in the Fall, 1 in Winter), on topics to be chosen from the lists provided by the instructors • 5. The final 2-hour exam in April, date to be set by the University during the Winter term • *not to mention a lot of educational travel in cyberspace
REQUIRED READINGS Brodie, Janine and Sandra Rein (Eds.). 2008. Critical Concepts: An Introduction to Politics. 4th edition. Pearson/Prentice-Hall. McLean, Iain and Alistair McMillan (Eds.). 2003. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press. RECOMMENDED REFERENCE Scott, Gregory and Stephen Garrison. 2002. The Political Science Student Writer’s Manual. 4th edition. Prentice-Hall.
ADDITIONAL READINGS… (SEE THE SYLLABUS)