Political Science

College of Arts & Sciences

Big Questions Seminars focus on complex questions that have no simple or obvious answers. These can include, but are not limited to, the deep enduring questions that humanity has grappled with for ages or emerging questions of today. Does pop culture always reflect the politics of the day? This course shines a light on mainstream media to ask what popular culture can teach us about politics. This course will cross disciplines by combining a close study of films, television, and novels with political science texts to explore major concepts within the study of American politics. It will conclude with an independent research project that will allow students to explore a political and/or film topic of their choosing.