Political Science (B.A.)

The B.A. degree emphasizes a traditional liberal arts education including a 16-credit foreign language requirement. 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. The course work also includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the general requirements for the B.A. 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	Western 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)

20 credits in upper-division related fields including: Anth, Bus, Comm, Econ, Engl, FLEN, Hist, IS, JAMM, MusH, OrgS 415, OrgS 444, Phil, Psyc, Soc, The 467, The 468, and The 469. Thesis and internship credits cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.

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.