Semester	Spring Semester, 2020
Department	MA Program of Political Science, First Year PhD Program of Political Science, First Year MA Program of Political Science, Second Year PhD Program of Political Science, Second Year
Course Name	Modern Political Thought
Instructor	CHEN CHIEN-KANG
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Weeks	Prescribed Texts	Hours of teaching and discussion	Hours of preparation before seminar
1	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 1-31	3	8
2	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 32-63	3	8
3	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 64-95	3	8
4	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 96-127	3	8
5	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 128-159	3	8
6	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 160-191	3	8
7	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 192-223	3	8

8	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 224-255	3	8
9	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 256-287	3	8
10	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 288-319	3	8
11	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 320-351	3	8
12	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 352-383	3	8
13	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 384-415	3	8
14	Home coming holiday
15	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 416-447	3	8

16	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 448-479	3	8
17	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 480-511	3	8
18	Constitutional Code Volume 1, pp. 512-528	3	8

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

CA is obliged to faciliate the process of the seminar

Requirement/Grading

1.Presentation：40%

2.Final paper of 6000 words：40%

3.Other performace：20%, including attendance, preparations, and devotion to discussion

Textbook & Reference

1. Jeremy Bentham, Constitutional Code, edited by Frederick Rosen and Jame Henderson Burns, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983.

Urls about Course

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