Description
Political History and Expression is a rotating topics course that focuses on political events and theories in an historical context and, specifically, the manner in which politicians express their ideas and the manner in which their constituencies respond. The goal is to understand the communicative relationship between governments and governed, in oral, visual, and subconscious manners, and determine the role and contribution that such communicative relationships have had in the development of significant periods of political history. Different sub-topics may include "Comparative Totalitarianism," "Democracy from Athens to Philadelphia," and others. This course satisfies one of the Liberal Studies Requirements for Human Expression. Under different subtopics the course may be retaken for credit, per Liberal Studies and History Department policies. Prerequisite: ENGL120 or equivalent.