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2013-2014 College of Liberal Arts Catalog 
    
2013-2014 College of Liberal Arts Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Political Science Major


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Requirements for the Major (52 or 64 credits)


Students may elect to add a concentration to the basic major.

II. Options


A. Basic Major (32 credits)


16 upper-level credits. To be distributed across three of the four subfields in the discipline. 16 credits taken on campus. A maximum of 8 departmental internship course credits may be counted towards the major.

B. Concentrations (44 credits)


Electives (12 credits)

Distributed across three of the four sub-fields listed below.

Areas (32 credits)

Intermediate or upper-level credits from one of the following concentrations. 18 upper-level credits. Students are strongly encouraged to take PSCI 307 - Research Methods in Politcal Science . Students may not have more than one concentration. 16 credits taken on campus.

ii. Global Politics

This concentration exposes students to the concepts, institutions, issues, policies and actors shaping the terrain of global political life. It offers a rich array of thematic courses that afford a student the opportunity to study the theory, the politics and political behavior of states and nations across the globe. The goal of the Global Politics concentration is to provide the student with an opportunity to study both major themes that cut across nation and region as well as in depth study of politics in the regions of the world. Students may combine courses from the Global Politics menu in a variety of ways. Students with specific regional or thematic interests should discuss combinations with their advisor.

20 upper-level credits, chosen from the following courses with at least one from each of the four groupings.

III. Capstone (2 credits)


Sub-Fields


Notes


Students planning to attend graduate school in political science, public policy, public administration, or a related field and students planning to write an honors thesis or enroll in upper-level research seminars are encouraged to take PSCI 307 - Research Methods in Politcal Science. Additional highly recommended courses are MATH 117 - Introductory Statistics and CSCI 115 - Introduction to Computers and Computing.

PSCI 300 - Independent Study in Political Science may satisfy a requirement with department approval.

A maximum of 8 departmental internship credits may be counted towards the major.

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