Political Science, BA

36 credit hours

Traditionally, this major introduces students to governments and political processes. Additional topics are also covered, particularly when students are introduced to methods used to study this discipline, some of which includes the use of statistics. Courses focus on using intensive reading and writing to help prepare students for law school and graduate school.

Requirements

Five required courses:

PS 15600	American Government: The States	3
PS 30000	Comparative Analysis	3
PHL 30500	Political Philosophy	3
PS 31500	Policy Analysis Statistics	3
PS 47500	Governmental and Economic Research	3

One course selected from the following options:

HIS 15500	U.S. Government: Politics and History	3
PS 15500	American Government: The Nation	3

Five courses selected from the following options:

PS 30100	Comparative Public Policy	3
PS 30700	Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting	3
PS 30800	Debate	3
PS 31000	Congress, the Presidency, and the Party System	3
PS 31100	American Constitutional Law	3
PS 33500	Public Administration	3
PS 34500	Campaigns & Elections	3
IR 35000	International Relations Theory	3
IR 35100	American Foreign Policy	3
PS 36000	Civil Liberties	3
PS 36500	Appreciating Political Books	1-6
PS 36700	Directed Research	1-6
PS 37500	Public Affairs Forum	3
PS 45000	Government Internship	1-6
HIS 31600	A Biography of the Constitution	3
HIS 33000	European Intellectual History	3
HIS 33200	Revolution in the Modern World	3
HIS 33800	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	3
PHL 31300	Modern Philosophy	3
PHL 35000	Philosophy of Law	3
PS 32000	Public Finance	3
INTL 48020	International Finance	3

Political science majors must take MTH 14100 (Basic Statistics) to fulfill the general education math requirement.