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2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Political Science Major

Political Science (23 hours)

POLS 105 - American Govern and Politics
POLS 120 - Introduction to Political Theory
POLS 210 - International Relations
POLS 230 - Comparative Politics
SOSCI 210 - Social Science Statistics
SOSCI 220 - Social Science Research Methods
Modern Foreign Language: 8 hours in a foreign language (or proficiency credit). American Sign Language is not included.

POLS 495 - Political Science Internship or
POLS 498 - Senior Thesis

Political Science Electives (18 hours)

POLS 205 - Intro to Public Policy or
POLS 225 - The American Presidency or
POLS 370 - Parties and Elections
POLS 313 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective or
POLS 331 - Political Development or
POLS 334 - Democracy and Democratization or
POLS 340 - Latin American Politics and History or
HIST 325 - History of Modern China or
HIST 385 - Russian/Soviet History
POLS 202 - Philosophy and Politics I: Ancient and Medieval or
POLS 209 - Philosophy and Politics II: Modern and Contemporary or
POLS 350 - Modern Political Ideologies
And:
- Nine additional hours in Political Science (at the 300 or 400-level)

Signature Learning Requirements for Economic-Political Science Majors:

First Year Seminar
Reading and Writing
Oral Communication
Ethics
Quantitative Reasoning (Requirement fulfilled with Major - MATH 215 Elementary Statistics or SOSCI 210 Social Science Statistics )
Religion
Social Science - (Requirement fulfilled with Major)
Cultural Pluralism
Fine Arts
Natural Science - Students must take a minimum of 6 credit hours of Natural Science courses (the combination of the Natural Science and Society requirement and the Laboratory Science requirement).
Humanities
Global Systems

See Signature Learning Pathways for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses.