Semester Hours
A. Core
Requirements............................................................................................................12
(Total)
1. POLS-100 Introduction to Politics.....................................................3
2. Additional Required
Courses............................................................9
(One
course must be selected from three of the following four core areas)
a. American Government
POLS-101 American Government & Politics................................3
POLS-304 State & Local Government...........................................3
b. Comparative Politics
POLS-201 Comparative Politics....................................................3
POLS-303 Politics of Development & Modernization..................3
c. International Relations
POLS-202 International Relations.....................................................3
POLS-203 International Organizations.............................................3
d. Theory
POLS-307 American Political Thought..............................................3
POLS-408 Development of Political Thought to Machiavelli...........3
B. Political Science Electives....................................................................................................6 (Total)
Students may fulfill the electives portion of their minor requirements through completion of any combination of the following coursework:
POLS-203 International Organizations..................................................................3
POLS-204
Government & Politics of
Africa..........................................................3
POLS-205 Introduction to Public
Administration..................................................3
POLS-206 Government & Politics of China &
Japan..........................................3
POLS-214 Women in
Politics................................................................................3
POLS-301 American Party
System.......................................................................3
POLS-302 Public Opinion and Pressure
Groups................................................3
POLS-303 Politics of Development &
Modernization.........................................3
POLS-304 State and Local
Government..............................................................3
POLS-306 Campaign
Politics...............................................................................3
POLS-307 American Political
Thought.................................................................3
POLS-308 Ethnic Politics in
America...................................................................3
POLS-309 Urban
Politics.......................................................................................3
POLS-310 Public Personnel
Administration........................................................3
POLS-311 Governmental
Budgeting.....................................................................3
POLS-312 Black Politics in
America.....................................................................3
POLS-315 Urban
Administration............................................................................3
POLS-316 Contemporary Western European
Politics.........................................3
POLS-317 The American
Congress.......................................................................3
POLS-318 The American
Presidency....................................................................3
POLS-320 Law in Society: Civil
Law......................................................................3
POLS-321 Law in Society: Criminal
Law...............................................................3
POLS-322 American Constitutional Law: The Federal
System..........................3
POLS-323 American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights &
Liberties.....................3
POLS-324 American Public
Policy........................................................................3
POLS-330 American Foreign
Policy.....................................................................3
POLS-404 Government & Politics of India & South
Asia....................................3
POLS-405 Government & Politics of Latin
America............................................3
POLS-406 Government & Politics of the Middle
East.........................................3
POLS-407 Government & Politics in the Post-Soviet
States..............................3
POLS-409 Modern Political
Thought.....................................................................3
POLS-410 Directed
Study......................................................................................3-6
POLS-412 Government & Politics in the East European
States........................3
POLS-416 Selected Topics in Political
Science..................................................3
POLS-420 Seminar & Internship in Political
Science..........................................3
POLS-425 Politics of the Federal
Bureaucracy....................................................3
POLS-426/427 Seminar & Internship in Public
Administration...........................4
POLS-429
Polling In The
US...................................................................................3
POLS-430 International
Law....................................................................................3
POLS-435 Senior Honors
Seminar........................................................................3
MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR THE MINOR.................................................................................18