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Political Science (B.S.)

The B.S. degree emphasizes methodology and requires increased course work in behavioral research methods. Course work also includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the general requirements for the B.S. degree, and:

PolS 101

Intro to Political Science and American Government (3 cr)

PolS 235

Political Research Methods and Approaches (3 cr)

PolS 425 or PolS 426

History of Political Philosophy I or II (3 cr)

Stat 251

Statistical Methods (3 cr)

Other courses in political science (including a minimum of 20 credits in upper-division courses and at least 6 credits in each of the following areas: (1) American government/public law/public administration and (2) comparative/international politics) (23 cr)

Additional research methods courses (may be counted as related field cr if upper-division) (6 cr)

Bus 350

Management Information Systems (3 cr)

Bus 352

Modern Information Technology (3 cr)

Bus 439

Systems and Simulation (4 cr)

Bus 453

Database Design (3 cr)

Comm 455

Communication Research Methods (3 cr)

Econ 353

Quantitative Economics and Forecasting (3 cr)

Econ 453

Econometrics (3 cr)

Geog 385

GIS Primer (3 cr)

Geog 475

Intermediate GIS (3 cr)

Hist 290

The Historian's Craft (3 cr)

Phil 202

Introduction to Symbolic Logic (3 cr)

Phil 450

Ethics in Science (3 cr)

Pols 410

Game Theory (3 cr)

Pols 435

Advanced Political Science and Research Methods (3 cr)

Psyc 218

Introduction to Research in the Behavioral Sciences (4 cr)

Soc 310

Methods of Social Research (3 cr)

CS course numbered 100 to 499

Math course numbered 171 to 299

Courses in upper-division related fields (20 cr)

Courses to total 120 credits for this degree

Note: A maximum of 6 credits of political science internship and/or directed study courses may be counted toward meeting the political science credit requirements.