Total Credit Hours:   120
Major Credit Hours:  36

Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses
POLS 20000	American National Government	3
or POLS 21000	State and Local Government
POLS 22100	Comparative Government	3
POLS 23100	International Relations	3
POLS 30000	Research Methods	3
POLS 36100	Western Political Thought 1	3
or POLS 36200	Western Political Thought 2
POLS 40000	Senior Capstone	3
Electives
(18 credits of POLS courses) - see below for options		18
II. Optional Concentrations
Students may choose to declare a concentration in one or more of the following areas by completing 12 elective credit hours within a concentration. Any remaining elective hours (6) can come from any other POLS courses. A concentration is not required to earn the Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. Students may graduate with more than one concentration and courses can be applied to more than one concentration.
Select one of the following Concentrations:
a. Public Policy Concentration (12)
i. Required (6)
POLS 38100	Public Policy Formation and Analysis	3
PSYC 30300	Statistics for the Social Sciences	3
ii. Concentration Electives (6)
POLS 38200	Issues in Public Policy	3
POLS 38400	Environmental Politics	3
POLS 35300	Congress	3
POLS 35500	American Presidency	3
POLS 30400	Nonviolent Political Action	3
POLS 33400	Political Violence	3
POLS 33300	International Human Rights	3
POLS 33600	American Foreign Policy	3
POLS 33800	International Political Economy	3
POLS 37100	Constitutional Law	3
POLS 33800	International Political Economy	3
POLS 37200	Civil Liberties	3
POLS 39800	Internship in Political Science	1-3
b. International Relations Concentration (12)
i. Required (6)
POLS 33800	International Political Economy	3
POLS 33600	American Foreign Policy	3
ii. Concentration Electives (6)
POLS 32800	Model United Nations	3
POLS 33000	U.S.-Mexico Relations	3
POLS 33300	International Human Rights	3
POLS 33400	Political Violence	3
POLS 33500	Latin American Politics	3
POLS 33700	International Topics	3
POLS 36800	Non-Western Political Thought	3
POLS 36400	Political Ideologies	3
POLS 38400	Environmental Politics	3
POLS 39800	Internship in Political Science	1-3
c. American Politics Concentration
1. Required (6)
POLS 35300	Congress	3
POLS 35500	American Presidency	3
ii. Concentration Electives (6)
POLS 20000	American National Government	3
POLS 30800	Political Scandals	3
POLS 33600	American Foreign Policy	3
POLS 30400	Nonviolent Political Action	3
POLS 35000	Parties and Interest Groups in America	3
POLS 35200	Public Opinion and Behavior	3
POLS 35600	Campaigns and Elections	3
POLS 36400	Political Ideologies	3
POLS 36300	American Political Thought	3
POLS 36500	Women and Politics	3
POLS 37100	Constitutional Law	3
POLS 37200	Civil Liberties	3
POLS 37800	Media and Politics	3
POLS 38100	Public Policy Formation and Analysis	3
POLS 38200	Issues in Public Policy	3
POLS 38400	Environmental Politics	3
POLS 39800	Internship in Political Science	1-3
d. Prelaw and Theory Concentration (12)
i. Required (4)
POLS 37100	Constitutional Law	3
or POLS 37200	Civil Liberties
POLS 36000	Pre-Law Seminar: Law School Preparation	1
11. Concentration Electives (8)
POLS 32200	Mock Trial - Forensics	3
POLS 32700	Mediation 1	3
POLS 32900	Mediation 2	3
POLS 35300	Congress	3
POLS 36100	Western Political Thought 1	3
POLS 36200	Western Political Thought 2	3
POLS 36300	American Political Thought	3
POLS 36800	Non-Western Political Thought	3
POLS 36400	Political Ideologies	3
POLS 30400	Nonviolent Political Action	3
POLS 39800	Internship in Political Science	1-3
III. Advanced Writing Requirement
The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of:
POLS 40000	Senior Capstone	3

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Note: The additional six courses should be distributed among the remaining courses offered in the Political Science curriculum.