I. Required Foundation Courses (18 credits)

• PSCI 102 - Comparative Political Systems
• PSCI 103 - American Government and Politics
• PSCI 104 - International Relations

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• PSCI 105 - Introduction to Political Theory OR
• PSCI 255 - Classics in Political Theory

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• PSCI 210 - Contemporary Approaches to Political Science

II. Intermediate and Upper-Level Electives (32 credits)

In addition to the required foundation courses, students must take 32 credits (total) in intermediate (200) and upper (300) level courses and they must be distributed across at least three of the four subfields in the discipline. At least half of these credits (16) must be at the upper-level. A minimum of 16 of these intermediate and upper level credits must be taken on campus. A maximum of 8 departmental internship course credits may be counted towards the major.

III. Capstone (2 credits)

• PSCI 400 - Capstone Seminar

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.