(POSC 230) Fundamentals of Good Governance
Explores the foundations of effective government, administrative systems, and governing methods that foster effective and legitimate uses of power.
| Credit Hours | 3.0 Lecture |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | None |
| Offered | Fall, Winter |
| Programs | - |
Course Outcomes
Political Science 230 explores the foundations of effective government, administrative systems, and governing methods that foster effective and legitimate uses of power. That includes demonstrating competency in the following:
- Explain how freedom, institutions, and impartiality are the fundamental basis of good governance.
- Explain the value of government and the need to constrain government.
- Explain core concepts and tradeoffs in government: democracy, freedom, legitimacy, impartiality, stability, transparency, centralized vs. decentralized.
- Develop skills of analysis and problem solving to assess governance and policy and provide solutions, this requires perceiving problems, finding the cause(s), and developing workable solutions.