Political Science Requirements (BA/BS)

Major Requirements 1
POLISCI 101INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE1
POLISCI 141AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 3
POLISCI 301POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS3
POLISCI 302WRITING IN POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND LAW3
Select one course from each of the following areas:15
Area 1 - American Government:
MEDIA AND AMERICAN POLITICS
THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS
AMERICAN INTEREST GROUP POLITICS
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC OPINION AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
THE CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE CONSTITUTION
THE CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL RIGHTS
THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS
POLITICS OF THE METROPOLIS
Area 2 - Public Policy & Administration:
POLICE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY
U.S. DISABILITY POLITICS AND POLICY
SCIENCE POLICY AND HUMAN HEALTH
US ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY
PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
FORMATION OF PUBLIC POLICY
THE POLITICS OF GOVERNMENT BUDGETING
SEMINAR IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Area 3 - Comparative Government:
FEDERALISM
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT - EUROPE
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF LATIN AMERICA
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF ASIA
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF AFRICA
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF CHINA
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF JAPAN
COMPARATIVE LAW AND DEVELOPMENT
Area 4 - International Relations:
POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
POLISCI 463
GLOBAL GENDER POLITICS
Area 5 - Political Theory:
BLACK POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT: GREEK, ROMAN, CHRISTIAN
MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT
POLITICS, JUSTICE, AND LAW
AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Select 3 elective 300 or 400 level units from the Political Science Department3
Select 6 elective units from the Political Science Department excluding CORE 1406
Total Units34
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An approved minor is required for this major.