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20 Credits
Minors must be combined with a Bachelors of Arts program
Estimated costs: $2,760 ($138 per credit hour)
George Washington said, "A primary object...should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important?" The Political Science major emphasizes the science of government in the tradition of Aristotle, More, Locke, Burke, Madison, Acton, Tocqueville, Mill and Bastiat.
| Students are not required to minor. Those who do choose to minor must complete the minor requirements in addition to their Statesmanship major. Once completed, minors carry 20 academic credits. Students may complete more than one minor. The four possible minors are Education, Entrepreneurial Business, Literature and Political Science.
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- Jefferson, "A Summary View of the Rights of British America," "The Good Sense of the People," Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, "Against the National Bank," "A Simple and Inexpensive Government" select writings and letters
- Kegan, History of Warfare
- Kennan, The "X" Article
- Lincoln, Collected Speeches
- Lindbergh, "America First"
- Luther, Defense Before the Diet of Worms
- MacArthur, Farewell Address to Congress
- Madison, "On the Balance of National and Local Authority," Bill of Rights Proposal, Notes of the Federal Convention, "Concerning Public Opinion," "Political Parties," "General Welfare and the Limits of Governmental Authority," "For Congressional Leadership in Foreign Affairs," "On the Commerce Clause," select letters, writings
- Madison, Hamilton, Jay, The Federalist Papers
- Marshall, "The Marshall Plan"
- Mills, "The Structure of Power in the United States"
- Milton, Paradise Lost
- Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws
- Phillips, Lincoln on Leadership, The Founding Fathers on Leadership, Martin Luther King Jr. on Leadership
- Plutarch, Lives (Lycurgus, Aristides, Pericles, Cicero, Caesar, Alexander, and others)
- Polybius, Histories
- Roosevelt, F.D., First Inaugural Address, "The Four Freedoms," "A New Bill of Rights," Pearl Harbor Address, "Call for Federal Responsibility," "A Program for Social Security," select speeches
- Roosevelt, T., "Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine," "On Carrying a Big Stick"
- Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, King Henry IV I, King Henry VIII, any plays
- Skousen, The Majesty of God's Law
- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, Antigone, any plays
- Speeches, Clay, Webster, Lodge, Coolidge, Eisenhower, Kennedy, King, Reagan, U.S. Presidents
- Solzhenitsyn, "A World Split Apart," any books
- Stedman, Our Ageless Constitution
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
- Taft, "Opposition to Roosevelt War Policies"
- Thucydidies, History of Peloponnesian Wars
- Washington, Inaugural and Farewell Addresses, select letters, writings
- Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences
- Wilson, James, "The Legal Right to Form a Government," "The Study of law in the United States"
- Wilson, W., "Congressional Government," "The Study of Administration"
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MINOR REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for the Political Science Minor are as follows:
- Read thirty works from the list below.
- Submit a written response to each.
- Complete at least two government internships.
- In addition to the Senior Thesis, submit a Minor Thesis on a topic from the field of Political Science.
A students grasp of his or her minor will also be tested in the Oral Defense.
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READING LIST
- Adams, Abigail, "On Presidential Elections," select letters
- Adams, John, "The Rule of Law and the Rule of Men," "The Formulation of New State Governments," "The Foundation of Government," "The Meaning of the American Revolution," select letters, writings
- Allison, "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis"
- Aquinas, On Kingship
- Aristotle, Rhetoric, select works
- Augustine, The City of God
- Aurelius, Meditations
- Benson, Crossfire, Freedom to Farm
- Berry, The Unsettling of America
- Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- Bork, The Tempting of America
- Burke, "On Conciliation with the American Colonies," select writings
- Chang, Wild Swans
- Churchill, "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat," "Miracle of Dunkirk," "Battle of Britain," "Iron Curtain," History of the Second World War, all writings
- Cicero, The Republic, The Laws
- Clausewitz, On War
- Dante, De Monarchia
- Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers
- Franklin, select letters, writings
- Freud, Civilization and its Discontents
- Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Goethe, Faust
- Hamilton, select letters, writings
- Homer, Illiad, Odyssey
- Hoover, "Against the Proposed New Deal"
- Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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