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The course Introduction to Political Science provides a general but systematic overview of the theoretical approaches, research areas, research design and research methods used in political science to study national, international, supranational and transnational politics. It serves as the first introductory course to the science behind political science. Some important questions addressed in this course are: what is politics? What is political science? What do political scientists do? What is a...

This course will simultaneously introduce students to the basics of economics and demonstrate, with examples, the political importance of economic principles. It will explore the various ways economics helps us understand politics and how politics helps us understand how the economy works. The course will examine topics from both microeconomic and macroeconomics. They include economic growth, unemployment, inequality, trade, monetary policy, the role of prices, finance, market failures, the eco...