《政治学原理》是一门介绍政治学基本理论知识的课程，它是面向行政管理专业学生开设的第一门专业课程。本门课程是该专业学生学习其它专业课的基础，主要介绍政治学的基本概况，例如阶级与革命、国家的起源与发展、前资本主义国家的基本理论等基础知识，以及政党理论、政府机构、政治参与、政治发展、民族问题、政治文化、政治发展和国际政治等抽象理论。通过本门课的学习，学生可以对政治学的基本框架结构和理论体系有一个初步的了解，能够系统地掌握政治基本理论知识，对一些政治现象可以进行理论分析，也能够较好理论联系实际，分析当今世界政治局势。总而言之，这门课的主要任务是使学生系统掌握政治学基本理论知识，增强政治意识，提高政治觉悟，并理论联系实际，对现实政治问题进行分析和探讨。

Theory on Political Science is an introduction course on basic theoretical knowledge of politics. It is the first specialized course for the students majoring in administrative management. This course serves as the foundation for other courses. It focuses on not only the general information of the politics, for example, class and revolution, the origin and development of the country, the basic theory of the pre-capitalist countries, but also other in-depth political theories, like government agencies, political participation, political development, the ethnic minority issues, political culture, political development and international politics. After learning the course, students would understand the basic frame and the theoretical system of politics, and would master the basic theory of political knowledge systematically, and could analyze some political phenomenon with theoretical knowledge. To sum up, the main task of this course is to enable students to master the basic theory of political science, enhance the political consciousness, raise political consciousness and analyze and discuss the politic issues in reality.