1. Understand the role of politics and political action in human societies at the local, national, and international levels.
2. Understand their own place in the political world and appreciate the importance of political awareness, agency, empowerment, and civic responsibility in their lives and in society.
3. Understand the role of political ideas, value conflicts, and ideology in human societies.
4. Be able to criticize alternative political ideas and ideologies and take positions on, and argue (orally and in writing) for different political and issue positions.
5. Be able to describe and explain the structural context within which politics takes place, including the role of the economy, society, and culture, and conflicts over and within those domains.
6. Understand the historical development of political institutions, the functions of government, and the strengths and weaknesses of alternative forms of government.
7. Understand the role of political leadership in politics, government, and society.
8. Be able to think systematically and critically, and write clearly and cogently, about politics and government in contemporary societies.
9. Be able to think theoretically, and be able to apply alternative political theories, to politics at the local, national, and international levels.
