17.90
Politics, Policy, and Political Science: What Does It All Mean?
Explores the scope of political science, policy, and politics through conversations with faculty who research across the field. Topics include misinformation and democracy, dictatorships, nuclear war and AI, and why governments make the policy decisions they do. Gives a broad overview of the role of methods and data in political science. This class counts towards the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: None U (Fall) 2-0-1 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027