Political Science (B.A.)

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Requirements

In consultation with a departmental advisor, every student will meet the core requirements. A minimum of 38 credits must be taken in the department including:

POL 104 - American National Politics 4 credits
POL 105 - Power and Justice: Perspectives on Political Order 2 credits
POL 106 - International Relations 4 credits
POL 434 - State, Citizen and Civil Society 2 credits

American Politics

Four credits from the following:

POL 213 - Political Communication: Votes, Groups and Media 4 credits
POL 214 - American Domestic Policy 4 credits
POL 217 - American Constitutional Law 4 credits
POL 325 - Congress and the Presidency 4 credits

Comparative Politics

Four credits from the following:

POL 210 - Introduction to Comparative Politics 4 credits
POL 219 - Politics of the Developing World 4 credits
POL 240 - Politics of Western Europe 4 credits
POL 324 - Politics and History of Latin America 4 credits

International Politics

Four credits from the following:

POL 246 - International Diplomacy: The Model United Nations 2 credits
POL 310 - American Foreign Policy 4 credits
POL 320 - Women and Politics 4 credits
POL 348 - Theories of International Relations 4 credits
POL 349 - Religion and International Affairs 4 credits
POL 416 - International Political Economy 4 credits

Political Theory

Four credits from the following:

POL 223 - Theories of Politics 4 credits
POL 322 - American Political Thought 4 credits
POL 329 - Modern Political Theory 4 credits

Internship/Off-Campus Study

One of the following:

POL 425 - Internship in Government and Politics 2 to 6 credits (6 credits maximum for major)
Approved academic experience outside the United States
American Studies Program, or other C.C.C.U. program, or other approved off-campus academic program inside the U.S. (8 credits maximum applied to major)

Additional requirements:

In addition to the requirements listed above, students must take sufficient elective credit in political science courses to reach the minimum of 38 credits required for the major.

Students considering graduate study should take a modern language and a course in statistics for social science research.

Double Majors

Students with double majors must take a minimum of 34 credits in political science when it is declared as their second major. They may substitute an internship in their first major for the political science requirement. Double majors from philosophy are excused from the internship requirement.