这是一门为新闻学专业学生开设的专业基础课与核心课。通过该课程的教学使学生能够了解政治学的基本概念、理论与方法。通过本课程的学习，使学生对政治学的主要观点和现代政治的基本规则有所了解，同时还能增长些许政治智慧，提高分析政治问题的能力和水平。主要内容包括政治学的发展、国家的起源、宪法及其运行、政体的分类、公民的基本权利与义务、现代政治的主要制度等。 This is a key course for the undergraduates who are major in politics and administration,and law, aiming at the students’ mastery of main concepts, theories and study methods, etc. The study of this course, not only increases the students’ consciousness of the main views of political science, the fundamental rule of modern politics, but also increases their political wisdom and develops their ability to analyze political problems. The main contents of this course are the development of politics, constitutions and their operation, citizen’s fundamental rights and obligations, main institutions of modern government and so on.