Political Science, BA

36 credit hours

The Political Science program prepares you for a wide variety of career opportunities in government, business, and non-profit organizations, as well as equipping you for further study in law school or other graduate certificate and degree programs. You will develop skills in communication and analysis, while also developing an understanding of and appreciation for the political process and its institutions.

Requirements

Five required courses:

PS 15600	American Government: The States	3
PS 20000	Methods for Political Science	3
PS 30000	Comparative Analysis	3
PS 33500	Public Administration	3
PS 47500	Political Literacy	3

One course selected from the following options:

HIST 15500	US Government: Politics and History	3
PS 15500	American Government: The Nation	3

One course selected from the following options:

IR 20000	International Organizations and the Global Architecture	3
IR 35000	International Relations Theory	3
IR 35100	American Foreign Policy	3

One course selected from the following options:

PHRL 30000	The Natural Law	3
PHRL 30200	Political Philosophy	3
PHRL 30400	Philosophy of Law	3

Four courses selected from the following options:

ESC 20000	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
ESC 30000/GEO 30000	Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	3
HIST 24400	The Nazi State	3
HIST 32500	The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War	3
HIST 32600	The United States in the Age of the Cold War	3
HIST 33200	A Biography of the Constitution	3
HIST 34300	The Soviet Union and European Communism	3
HIST 34400	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	3
HIST 36300	Revolution in the Modern World	3
INTL 48020	International Finance	3
IR 20000	International Organizations and the Global Architecture	3
IR 30000	Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution	3
IR 31000	Governing Europe	3
IR 32000	Transpacific Relations	3
IR 35000	International Relations Theory	3
IR 35100	American Foreign Policy	3
IR 36100	Paris 1919: Making of the Modern World	3
IR 36200	Seapower: History and Application	3
IR 48000	Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, and War	3
MGMT 38900	Game Theory	3
PHRL 20800	Christianity and Politics	3
PHRL 30000	The Natural Law	3
PHRL 30200	Political Philosophy	3
PHRL 30400	Philosophy of Law	3
PHRL 32400	Modern Philosophy	3
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 32000	Public Finance	3
PS 33500	Public Administration	3
PS 34500	Campaigns and Elections	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

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