Political Science Major

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE:

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core .

Specific Departmental Requirements:

PS 101 - Intro to Political Science Credits: 4
PS 110 - U.S. National Government Credits: 4
PS 307 - Public Policy Analysis Credits: 4
PS 387 - Modern Political Thought Credits: 4
PS 496 - Senior Research Seminar Credits: 4
Either:
PS 221 - Intro to International Politics Credits: 4
OR
PS 280 - Intro to Comparative Politics Credits: 4
Either:
PS 322 - International Political Econom Credits: 4
OR
PS 337 - U.S. Foreign Policy Credits: 4
Either:
PS 340 - Constitution Law:Bill Of Rights Credits: 4
OR
PS 341 - Constitution Law:Federalism & Separation of Power Credits: 4
Either:
PS 421 - The American Presidency Credits: 4
OR
PS 422 - Legislative Process Credits: 4

Subtotal Specific Departmental Requirements - Credits: 36

Electives:

Four courses selected from political science offerings listed below, exclusive of political science internship credits.

PS 120 - State and Local Government Credits: 4
PS 130 - Intro to Environmental Policy Credits: 4
PS 221 - Intro to International Politics Credits: 4 *
PS 241 - Intro Criminal Justice Systems Credits: 4
PS 280 - Intro to Comparative Politics Credits: 4 *
PS 300 - Religion and Politics Credits: 4
PS 302 - Topics in Courts and the Law Credits: 4
PS 322 - International Political Econom Credits: 4 *
PS 325 - Middle East Politics Credits: 4
PS 337 - U.S. Foreign Policy Credits: 4 *
PS 340 - Constitution Law:Bill Of Rights Credits: 4 *
PS 341 - Constitution Law:Federalism & Separation of Power Credits: 4 *
PS 370 - Latin-American Politics Credits: 4
PS 372 - African Politics & Development Credits: 4
PS 374 - Pacific Rim Politics & Issues Credits: 4
PS 386 - Ancient Political Thought Credits: 4
PS 420 - Water Politics and Policy Credits: 4
PS 421 - The American Presidency Credits: 4 *
PS 422 - Legislative Process Credits: 4 *
PS 423 - Philosophy of Law Credits: 4
PS 475 - Global Environmental Politics Credits: 4
*Courses used to meet the Core requirements cannot also be used to meet the Elective requirement.

Subtotal Electives - Credits: 16

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 52

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120*

* Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.