2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Political Science, B.A.

I. Major Program Requirements

Thirty-three semester credits of political science courses, including:

PO 102Intro Comparative Politics

3

PO 104American National Government

3

PO 115International Relations

3

PO 306Political Research Methods

3

PO 495Senior Research Seminar in Pol Sci

3

Of the remaining 18 PO credits, at least 6 credits must be at the 300 level, consisting of at least one course drawn from two of the following three groups:

Group I: American Politics

PO 310Selected Topics in Public Policy

3

PO 315Congress and the Presidency

3

Group II: International Relations

PO 342War and Peace

3

PO 344Contemporary Global Issues CD

3

PO 348International Negotiation Simulation-GD

3

Group III: Comparative Politics

PO 312Elections/Pol Parties/Public Opinion

3

PO 321Citizenship: Think Global, Act Local-ND

3

Law and Politics Concentration (Optional):

Students who pursue a concentration in law and politics will take 10 of their political science elective credits in the following courses:

PO 201Introduction to the Legal Profession

1

PO 210Intro to Constitutional Law

3

PO 216American Political Thought

3

PO 315Congress and the Presidency

3