Political Science, BS

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Minimum degree requirement is 126 s.h. of credit as follows:

1. Foundations curriculum - 42 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry foundations curriculum credit see Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum .)

2. Core: - 51 s.h.:

Specific required courses and elective courses in each of the following categories, with a minimum of 27 s.h. above 2999. (Courses may count for only one category. No course counted for the major may count for the minor. 15 s.h. are free POLS electives. A maximum of 6 s.h. from POLS 4501 , POLS 4502 , POLS 4521 , POLS 4522 , POLS 4981 , POLS 4982 , POLS 4991 , POLS 4992 may count toward any degree program offered by the political science department.)

American Government and Politics - 9 s.h.:

Choose 3 s.h. from:

Comparative Government and International Politics - 9 s.h.:

Choose 3 s.h. from:

Political Theory, Methods, and Skills - 9 s.h.:

Choose 3 s.h. from:

Public Administration and Public Policy - 9 s.h.:

Choose 3 s.h. from:

Choose 6 s.h. from:

Electives in Political Science - 15 s.h.

Choose 15 s.h. from any of the fields above and from the following:

Independent Study, Directed Readings, Internships, and Honors:

Choose a maximum of 6 s.h. from one of the following course groups:

POLS 4501 - Independent Study in Political Science
POLS 4502 - Independent Study in Political Science
POLS 4521 - Directed Readings in Political Science
POLS 4522 - Directed Readings in Political Science
POLS 4981 - Internship in Practical Politics
POLS 4982 - Internship in Practical Politics
POLS 4991 - Internship in Public Administration
POLS 4992 - Internship in Public Administration (only 3 hours of internships will count toward degree; see dept. chair for possible waiver to 6 hours)

Or choose a maximum of 6 s.h. of honors from:

POLS 4551 - Honors (Open to POLS majors who have been invited to participate in the Honors Program)
POLS 4552 - Honors (Open only to POLS majors who have a minimum grade of B in POLS 4551 )

3. Cognates - 3 s.h.

(Choose from the following.)

4. Minor - 24 s.h.

Communication; computer science; management information systems; economics; ethnic studies; geography; history; industrial technology; information processing; international studies; recreation and leisure studies; military science; planning; psychology; public history; sociology; statistics; women’s studies; or any other appropriate minor with consent of the dept chair.