DATETOPICSASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 1: 2/3-2/9/2025* Introduction
* Module 1: Power in Politics – Machiavelli’s “The Prince”		* Machiavelli study questions due on 2/10, in class only.
WEEK 2: 2/10-2/16* Module 2 – Kant: “What is Enlightenment”?* Kant study questions are due on Monday, 2/17.
* NOTE: we will NOT have class on Wednesday, 2/12, as it is Lincoln’s birthday and CUNY is closed.
WEEK 3: 2/17-2/23* Module 3 – K. Marx: “The Communist Manifesto”* NOTE: Monday, the 17th, is President’s Day and the college is closed. We will meet on Tuesday, the 18th, which follows a Monday schedule.
* Study questions are due on Monday, 2/24, in class.
WEEK 4: 2/24-3/2* First Exam Review
* FIRST EXAM
WEEK 5: 3/3-3/9* Module 4: W.E.B. DuBois: “Double Consciousness and the Veil”* NOTE: Thursday, March 6th is following a Wednesday schedule, so we will meet.
WEEK 6: 13/10-3/16* Module 5: M. Foucault on the forms of political power
* Second Exam review on 3/12 in class.
WEEK 7: 3/17-3/19* SECOND EXAM* Due by midnight on Monday, 3/17/2025