May 31, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog
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POLS 131 - Introduction to Comparative Politics


Credit Hours: 3

Introduces students to foundational concepts and dynamics in the field of comparative politics. The course discusses patterns of political behavior, the essential elements of a political system, the institutions of different regimes, and the various ways in which states reconcile freedom, order, and equality. Numerous political systems are studied in comparative context. Both democracies and non-democracies are examined, with attention to the process of democratization in different systems.



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