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Political Science (B.S.)

The B.S. degree emphasizes methodology and requires increased course work in behavioral research methods. Political Science majors must have a minimum of 35 credits in Political Science courses with at least 23 of those credits coming in upper-division courses. 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)

American Politics (6 cr):

PolS 275

American State and Local Government (3 cr)

PolS 331

American Political Parties and Elections (3 cr)

PolS 332

American Congress (3 cr)

Pols 333

American Political Culture (3 cr)

PolS 335

American Interest Groups & Social Movements (3 cr)

PolS 360

Law and Society (3 cr)

PolS 364

Politics of the Environment (3 cr)

PolS 428

American Political Thought (3 cr)

PolS 436

Policy Deliberation in the New Information Society (3 cr)

PolS 437

American Presidency (3 cr)

PolS 451

Public Administration (3 cr)

PolS 452

Administrative Law and Regulation (3 cr)

PolS 462

Natural Resource Policy (3 cr)

PolS 467

Constitutional Law (3 cr)

PolS 468

Civil Liberties (3 cr)

PolS 469

The Judicial Process (3 cr)

PolS 471

Intergovernmental Relations (3 cr)

PolS 472

Local Government Politics and Administration (3 cr)

Comparative/International Relations (6 cr):

PolS 205

Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 cr)

PolS 237

International Politics (3 cr)

PolS 338

American Foreign Policy (3 cr)

PolS 381

European Politics (3 cr)

PolS 410

Game Theory (3 cr)

PolS 420

Introduction to Asian Politics (3 cr)

PolS 423

Politics, Policy and Gender (3 cr)

PolS 440

International Organizations and International Law (3 cr)

PolS 449

World Politics and War (3 cr)

PolS 473

Sustainable Community Development Planning (3 cr)

PolS 480

Politics of Development (3 cr)

PolS 487

Political Violence and Revolution (3 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 439

Systems and Simulation (4 cr)

Bus 453

Database Design (3 cr)

Comm 455

Communication Research Methods (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.