This Course Guide provides you with the various topics on the introductory course in Political Science. Political Science is the modern discipline for the study of politics and political processes and the organisation of the state. Traditionally, Political Science has often been studied by means of volume and very large textbooks; this guide provides the student with concise understanding of the basic principles and focuses on views that are germane in the study of Political Science. To study this course, and the various units, you need to be ready to think critically and analytically. You need to develop a constructive minds to be able to weigh different arguments carefully, trying to determine which arguments you find most plausible, convincing and why. This is to enable you decipher properly which positions you would like to take without being a “copy-cat” student. If it is by understanding different positions that one can develop one’s ability, do the same.