Explore the origins of social scientific thought in the history of political philosophy and trace the development of one or more of the social sciences in modern times. Focus on fundamental ideas about human nature, civil society, and politics through reading such authors as Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Freud. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Civics 302C, Core Texts and Ideas 302, Government 314E.