Political Science Minor

Requirements

The Political Science minor is designed to offer interested non-majors exposure to some of the important issues in American, European, and world politics, and is an excellent complement to majors in many areas.

Core Courses

POLS 104	American National Government	3
POLS 225	Comparative European Governments	3
	or
POLS 325	Comparative European Governments	4
POLS 233	World Politics	3
	or
POLS 333	World Politics	3

Plus three of the following courses:

POLS 212	Congress and the Presidency	3
POLS 311	Federal Indian Policy	3
POLS 312	Congress and the Presidency	4
POLS 314A	Governmental Power and U.S. Constitutional Law	3
POLS 314B	Governmental Power and U.S. Constitutional Law	4
POLS 316A	Rights & Liberties and U.S. Constitutional Law	3
POLS 316B	Rights & Liberties and U.S. Constitutional Law	4
POLS 335A	The European Union	3
POLS 335B	The European Union	4
POLS 342A	American Foreign Policy	3
POLS 342B	American Foreign Policy	4
POLS 352A	American Economic Policy	3
POLS 352B	American Economic Policy	4
POLS 368	Politics in India	4
POLS 391/HIST 391	American Economic Development	3
POLS 396	Modern Political Thought	3
POLS 450	Internship in Political Science	1-3
POLS 495	Independent Study in Political Science	3
POLS X00	Directed study in Political Science	3
POLS X90	Special Topics in Political Science	3

Total Credit Hours: 18

Internships conducted through the Office of Experiential Education (EE 350) and worth at least 3 credits, as well as special topics classes in any department, can be used to satisfy one Political Science elective requirement with the approval of the Department of History and Political Science.

Students cannot take multiple sections of classes that are cross-listed with other departments or have different sections or numbers in Political Science. At least 9 credits must be unique to the minor – i.e. they cannot also fulfill other major or minor requirements.