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Political Science Curriculum
Major Requirements
Students must also complete the general education requirements.
Required Courses - 12 courses |
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| MTH 110 |
Elementary Statistics |
3 |
| POL 100 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
3 |
| POL 101 |
American Government and Public Policy |
3 |
| POL 202 |
Understanding Public Policy |
3 |
| POL 311 |
The Research Process |
3 |
| POL 498 |
Tutorial I |
4 |
| POL 499 |
Tutorial II |
4 |
5 additional 3-credit program electives
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Students may count 1 approved 3-credit internship and 1 of the following courses as part of the 5 course requirement. |
| ECN 101 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
3 |
| PHI 205 |
Introduction to Social and Political Thought |
3 |
| PHI 482 |
Rights, Justice and the Law |
3 |
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Interdisciplinary Major Requirements
Students must also complete the general education requirements.
Required Courses - 8 required courses, exclusive of the tutorial |
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| POL 100 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
3 |
| POL 101 |
American Government and Public Policy |
3 |
| POL 311 |
The Research Process |
3 |
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| An approved methods course in another discipline |
| 5 political science electives, which may include 1 approved 3-credit political science related internship |
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Minor Requirements
Required Courses - 6 required courses |
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| POL 100 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
3 |
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| POL 101 |
American Government and Public Policy |
3 |
| 5 political science electives, which may include 1 approved 3-credit political science related internship |
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Law & Society Minor Requirements
In order to better prepare students for law school studies, this minor is intended to provide students with basic analytical skills in communication, logical reasoning, and introductory constitutional law supplemented with substantive depth in policy, philosophy, law, and ethics.
Required Courses - 5 courses |
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COM 234 |
Persuasion I |
3 |
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| ENG 102 |
Expository Writing |
3 |
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| THT 158 |
Speaking to Inform and Persuade |
3 |
| POL 303 |
Constitutional Law I |
3 |
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| POL 304 |
Constitutional Law II |
3 |
| PHI 121 |
Introduction to Logic |
3 |
Select 3 of the following |
| BUS 256 |
Business Law |
3 |
| ECN 385 |
Industrial Organization and Public Policy
(includes significant anti-trust law) |
3 |
| PHI 212 |
Business and Professional Ethics |
3 |
| PHI 482 |
Rights, Justice and the Law |
3 |
| POL 201 |
American Judicial Process |
3 |
| POL 213 |
Sex Discrimination and the Law |
3 |
| POL 407 |
Minority Groups and the Law |
3 |
| POL 303 |
Constitutional Law I |
3 |
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| POL 304 |
Constitutional Law II |
3 |
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