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Political Science (B.A.) 
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Political Science (B.A.) 
Requirements of the Major


Subject Course # Title
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 180 COLLEGE ENGLISH
SELECT ONE BADM 115 BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES
OR SOSC 101 SOCIAL ISSUES
SELECT ONE GE-SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT CATEGORY
SELECT ONE GE-MATHEMATICS CATEGORY:
MATH 101 thru 121
AIID 201 READINGS IN HUMANITIES
SELECT ONE GE-INTERCULTURAL  NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY
SELECT ONE GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES CATEGORY
SELECT ONE GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES CATEGORY
SELECT ONE GE-HISTORY (HIST 101 - 110)
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS
AIID 101

FIRST YEAR TOPICS:  LIBERAL STUDIES
FOUNDATIONS I AND
FOUNDATIONS II AND
INTERMEDIATE I OR
PROFICIENCY TEST
(SEE AIS WORLD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT)

POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:
POLI 107 INTRO TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLI 206 POLITICAL THEORY
POLI 316 POLITICAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY
POLI 405 POLITICAL SCIENCE SEMINAR
CHOOSE THE AMERICAN OR THE INTERNATIONAL TRACK
AMERICAN TRACK
POLI 223 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
and six electives from the following:
Two 200 level and four 300/400 level
LAWS 201 COMPARATIVE LEGAL SYSTEMS
LAWS 224

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

LAWS 233 AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY
LAWS 340 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
POLI 210 POLITICS OF PUBLIC POLICY
POLI 225 AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
POLI 231 BLACK-AMERICA AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POLI 257 ETHNIC POLITICS IN AMERICA
POLI 261 LIBERALISM AND ITS CRITICS
POLI 308 CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
POLI 309 CIVIL RIGHTS
POLI 315 AMERICA'S VIETNAM EXPERIENCE
POLI 310 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
POLI 317 AMERICAN PARTY POLITICS
POLI 318 POLITICS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
POLI 321 THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
POLI 322 VOTING AND PUBLIC OPINION
POLI 323 CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
POLI 327 POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
POLI 340 AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
POLI 349 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
POLI 355 NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
POLI 360 CONFLICT RESOLUTION
POLI 361 MILITARY, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
POLI 390 TOPICS: related to American politics*
POLI 401 POLITICAL INTERNSHIP
SOSC 308 AFRICAN AND AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
INTERNATIONAL TRACK
POLI 205 MODERN COMPARATIVE POLITICS or
POLI 235 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
and six electives from the following:
Two 200 level and four 300/400 level
ANTH 320 NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY
ANTH 310 POLITICS, CULTURE AND IDENTITY
ENST 207 PUBLIC POLICY
HIST 251 THE POLIICS OF EUROPE
HIST 263 CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
HIST 353 CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
HIST 355 HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA
INTL 310 CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTL 335 CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
POLI 209 COMMUNISM and POST COMMUNISM
POLI 210 POLITICS OF PUBLIC POLICY
POLI 211 RUSSIAN POLITICAL HISTORY
POLI 221 CHINESE ECONOMY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
POLI 227 POLITICS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS
POLI 233 EAST ASIA:  HISTORY AND POLITICS
POLI 234 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NORTH AMERICA
POLI 236 POLITICS OF GLOBALIZATION
POLI 253 ASIA-PACIFIC POLITCAL SYTEMS
POLI 301 CHINA: HISTORY,POLITICS AND CULTURE
POLI 302 EUROPEAN POLITICS
POLI 305 JAPAN: HISTORY, POLITICS AND CULTURE
POLI 306

RUSSIAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS

POLI 312 UNITED NATIONS:  WORLD POLITICS
POLI 315 AMERICA'S VIETNAM EXPERIENCE
POLI 319 U.N. SEMINAR
POLI 320 TERRORISM IN THE MODERN WORLD
POLI 328 LAW AND POLITICS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
POLI 316 POLITICAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY
POLI 349 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
POLI 355 NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
POLI 357 INTERNATIONAL LAW
POLI 360 CONFLICT RESOLUTION
POLI 361 THE MILITARY, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY  
POLI 390 TOPICS: related to international politics*
SOCI 235 COMPARATIVE DEVELOPMENT
*See semester offerings for TOPICS courses.

Related Information:
Political Science Home Page
Requirements of the Minor
General Education Requirements
Graduation Requirements

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