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Introduction to Politics

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Course ID:	4219-SF025
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Introduction to Politics
Name in Polish:	Introduction to Politics (Wstęp do polityki)
Organizational unit:	American Studies Center
Course groups:	all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 1st year Elective courses - social sciences - BA studies elective courses - weekday studies - first cycle
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	5.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	This is a general social science level introduction to the study of politics. The course offers a general introduction to political science. The topics to be introduced to the students include basic concepts such as power, authority, legitimacy; types of political systems and approaches to the study of politics; problems common to all political systems.
Full description:	From the general theories of human politics, to the various forms and institutions that give shape to human political activity in today’s world, this class will help students get an firm introduction on the nature of politics. This is a general social science level introduction to the study of politics. The course offers a general introduction to political science. The topics to be introduced to the students include basic concepts such as power, authority, legitimacy; types of political systems and approaches to the study of politics; problems common to all political systems. Also this course will look at the state as a political phenomena and how it emerged as the dominate framework from which human politics operates within.
Bibliography:	Various photocopied and or electronically accessed materials.
Learning outcomes:	• Ability to comment on or annotate documents appropriately in relation to critical issues about political institutions • Ability to communicate orally in English using the appropriate terminology about political behavior. • An understanding the varieties of human political behaviors and the various institutions which shape it. • Examining the how institutions shape the behavior of political actors. • The role individual decision makers can have on a general legislative/political process. • Understanding the way political process and the general democracy pluralist system interact and how and why it produced the outcomes it does produce. • Understanding the process by which socio-economic and political factors interact to shape how events are to be understood. • The ability to apply critical thought processes to political processes. • The ability to compare analogous examples.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Quizzes and final exam

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH KON FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours, 20 places more information
Coordinators:	Clifford Bates Jr
Group instructors:	Clifford Bates Jr
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

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