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