Political Science and Public Affairs Research Academic Minor Requirements

Intro to Political Science and American Government (3 cr)

Six courses from the following areas (at least 6 credits in each area) (18 cr):

American Government

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 364	Politics of the Environment (3 cr)
PolS 428	American Political Thought (3 cr)
PolS 437	American Presidency (3 cr)
PolS 451	Public Administration (3 cr)
PolS 462	Natural Resource Policy (3 cr)
PolS 471	Intergovernmental Relations (3 cr)

Public Law

PolS 360	Law and Society (3 cr)
PolS 429	Contemporary Political Ethics (3 cr)
PolS 452	Administrative Law and Regulation (3 cr)
PolS 467	Constitutional Law (3 cr)
PolS 468	Civil Liberties (3 cr)
PolS 469	The Judicial Process (3 cr)

Note: Approved political science seminars may be substituted in this minor.

PolS 205	Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 cr)
PolS 237	International Politics (3 cr)

Five courses in the following areas (at least 3 credits in each area) (15 cr):

Comparative Politics

PolS 380	Canadian Political System (3 cr)
PolS 381	Western European Politics (3 cr)
PolS 480	Politics of Development (3 cr)

International Politics

PolS 438	Conduct of American Foreign Policy (3 cr)
PolS 440	International Organizations and International Law (3 cr)
PolS 449	World Politics and War (3 cr)
PolS 487	Political Violence and Revolution (3 cr)

Note: Approved political science seminars may be substituted in this minor.

This academic minor is offered through the College of Business and Economics and the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Econ 446	International Economics (3 cr)
Econ 447	International Development Economics (3 cr)
PolS 237	International Politics (3 cr)
PolS 440	International Organizations and International Law (3 cr)

Nine credits selected from the following list, provided that no more than six credits are selected from a particular discipline (9 cr):

Bus 481	International Finance (3 cr)
Econ 385	Environmental Economics (3 cr)
Econ 407	Public Finance (3 cr)
Econ 415	Market Structure and Governmental Policy (3 cr)
Geog 360	Population Dynamics and Distribution (3-4 cr)
IS 400	International Studies Seminar
PolS 364	Politics of the Environment (3 cr)
PolS 404	ST: Foreign Policy of the Pacific Rim
PolS 404	ST: Investigating International Relations
PolS 449	World Politics and War (3 cr)
PolS 452	Administrative Law and Regulation (3 cr)
PolS 487	Political Violence and Revolution (3 cr)

PolS 101	Intro to Political Science and American Government (3 cr)
PolS 425	History of Political Philosophy I or
PolS 426	History of Political Philosophy II or
PolS 428	American Political Thought (3 cr)

Three courses in American government/public law/public administration (only one course may be lower division) (9 cr)

Two courses in comparative/international politics (only one course may be lower div) (6 cr)

Note: Approved political science seminars may be substituted in this minor.

PolS 101	Intro to Political Science and American Government (3 cr)
PolS 275	American State and Local Government (3 cr)
PolS 451	Public Administration (3 cr)

Four courses from the following (12 cr):

PolS 364	Politics of the Environment (3 cr)
PolS 452	Administrative Law and Regulation (3 cr)
PolS 454	Public Organization Theory (3 cr)
PolS 462	Natural Resource Policy (3 cr)
PolS 471	Intergovernmental Relations (3 cr)
PolS 472	Local Government Politics and Administration (3 cr)

Note: Approved political science seminars may be substituted in this minor.