POL 180 - FS: First-year seminar

Credits: 3

Fall 2015, POL 180-01: The Ethics of Citizenship (3). First-Year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-Year class standing only. This seminar is a thorough survey of the concept of citizenship, with a focus on its historical origins, ethical implications, and contemporary global challenges. We start with a historical overview of the origins of the concept of citizenship in classical Greece and continue with its historical developments. This introduction to the different historical traditions informs our understanding of citizenship–including the civic republican, liberal, cosmopolitan, and multiculturalist approaches–provides the background for the second part of the course where we turn to the applications of these approaches to concrete ethical dilemmas concerning citizenship in our societies. We examine a wide range of issues that raise important ethical and political questions concerning citizenship today including difference, inequality, poverty, immigration, and global governance. (HU) Kemerli. Fall 2015 Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.