Hocbigg - Political Science

Contents

• Summary
• Communities
• Curriculum
• Code of conduct

Summary

The Political Science curriculum is a complete education in Political Science using online materials.

Organization

This repository is organized into three main components:

• Core Curriculum (this page): the foundational knowledge of the field;
• Advanced Topics: focused study in specific areas;
• Projects: support learning through practical application throughout the curriculum.

Process: Learners may work through the curriculum independently or collaboratively, and either sequentially or selectively.

• For simplicity, courses in the Core Curriculum are ordered according to their prerequisites.
• The Core Curriculum provides a shared foundation and is intended to be completed in full.
• Advanced Topics are optional; learners are encouraged to select one area of focus and complete all courses within that topic.

Practical work is integrated through the Projects section and may be undertaken alongside coursework.

Note: When there are courses or books that don't fit into the curriculum but are otherwise of high quality, they belong in extras/courses, extras/readings.

How to contribute

Communities

• Forums:
  • The GradCafe Political Science Forum
  • APSA Connect (professional networking for APSA members)
• Subreddits:
  • r/PoliticalScience
  • r/PoliticalPhilosophy
• Other:
  • Political Scientists on Mastodon List (follow academics in the Fediverse)
  • politicalscience.social Mastodon Instance (dedicated server for political scientists)
• You can also interact through GitHub issues. If there is a problem with a course, or a change needs to be made to the curriculum, this is the place to start the conversation. Read more here.

• Join our Discord server (for discussions around this and other curricula):

  

Curriculum

• Foundations of Political Science
  • Core Orientation
• Political Theory Global Foundations
  • Classical & Modern
  • Contemporary & Global
• Political Science Methods Foundational
• Comparative Politics & Political Institutions
• American Politics
• International Relations

Study them in this order before moving to Advanced Topics: Foundations of Political Science → Political Theory → Methods → Comparative Politics & Institutions → American Politics → International Relations

Foundations of Political Science

Core Orientation

Political Theory (Global Foundations)

Classical & Modern

Contemporary & Global

Political Science Methods (Foundational)

Comparative Politics & Political Institutions

American Politics

International Relations

Code of conduct

Hocbigg's code of conduct.