Political Philosophy

II. Subfields THREE (3) SUBFIELDS 3 Courses (12 units)
Choose one (1) course from each of the following subfields listed below:
Ancient & Medieval Political Philosophy
PP 304	Ethics and Politics
PP 456	Topics in Ancient Political Philosophy
PP 456a	Plato’s Laws
PP 456b	Thucydides
PP 461a	Classical Political Philosophy: Aristotle
PP 461b	Classical Political Philosophy: Cicero
PP 464	Ethics and Politics: Aristotle and Cicero
PP 465	Medieval Political Philosophy
PP 466	Basic Concepts in Political Philosophy: Plato’s Republic

Modern Political Philosophy
PP451	The Federalist
PP 453	Idealism and Nihilism
PP457	The Political Philosophy of John Locke
PP457a	The Political Philosophy of Rousseau
PP457b	The Political Philosophy of Machiavelli
PP457c	Political Philosophy of Montesquieu
PP458	The Problem of Freedom in Recent Political
PP459	Liberal Individualism and Communitarianism
PP468	American Political Thought and Development

Contemporary Political Philosophy
PP 454	Contemporary Figures in Political Philosophy: Ortega y Gasset and Arendt
PP 455	Feminist Political Thought
PP 462	Contemporary Political Theory
PP 463	The Political Philosophy of Heidegger

III. Expertise in Depth (8 units)
Choose two (2) courses in one of the subfield are as (8 units) listed:

1	One (1) course should be a thematic, or “issue" course
2	The second course should focus on the work of one theorist