Semester Requirements
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The political science minor emphasizes the interdependence of domestic politics and international relations in the age of globalization. The minor brings together components of American politics, international relations, and comparative politics to provide students with both national and global perspectives on politics. Perhaps most important, the political science minor seeks to help students make sense of the increasingly complicated political environment that confronts them in their role as citizens. This minor is closed to students majoring in political science.
Required Course:
Choose one of the following:
POLS-110 American Politics
POLS-120 Introduction to International Relations
Electives–Choose two courses from the American politics group and two courses from the international relations group.
American Politics
POLS-200 Law and Society
POLS-250 State and Local Politics
POLS-290 Politics and the Life Sciences
POLS-295 Cyberpolitics
POLS-305 Political Parties & Voting
POLS-310 The Congress
POLS-315 The American Presidency
POLS-320 American Foreign Policy
POLS-345 Politics and Public Policy
POLS-355 Political Leadership
POLS-415 Evolution and Law
POLS-420 Primate Politics
POLS-425 Constitutional Law
POLS-430 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
POLS-435 American Political Thought
POLS-460 Classical Constitutionalism, Liberty and Equality
POLS-465 Modern Constitutionalism, Liberty and Equality
POLS-480 Women in Politics
POLS-485 Politics Through Fiction
POLS-490 Politics Through Film
POLS-525 Special Topics in Political Science
International Relations
POLS-210 Comparative Politics
POLS-220 Global Political Economy
POLS-325 International Law and Organizations
POLS-320 American Foreign Policy
POLS-330 Human Rights in Global Perspective
POLS-335 Politics of Developing countries
POLS-350 Government and Politics of East Asia
POLS-410 Evolutionary International Relations
POLS-440 War and the State
POLS-445 Terrorism and Political Violence
POLS-455 Comparative Public Policy
POLS-525 Special Topics in Political Science
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The political science minor emphasizes the interdependence of domestic politics and international relations in the present age of globalization. The minor brings together components of American politics, international relations, and comparative politics to provide students with both national and global perspectives on politics. Perhaps most important, the political science minor seeks to help students make sense of the increasingly complicated political environment that confronts them in their role as citizens.
Students select five courses from the following groups. Three courses may come from one group and two from another.
International Relations
0507-442 Contemporary Middle East
0507-444 Strategy and Diplomacy: Europe
0507-488 Modern Germany
0513-425 Politics and the Life Sciences
0513-426 Cyberpolitics
0513-429 Primate Politics
0513-441 Politics in China
0513-443 Politics of Russia
0513-446 Politics in Developing Countries
0513-447 Human Rights/Global Perspective
0513-449 Special Topics in Political Science
0513-453 American Foreign Policy
0513-461 Comparative Politics
0513-484 Government and Politics of Africa
0513-486 Comparative Politics in Latin America
0513-487 International Law and Organizations
0513-488 War and the State
0513-489 Terrorism and Political Violence
0513-490 International Political Economy
0513-491 Politics of the Middle East
0513-492 Religion and International Politics
0513-493 Global Politics and the Environment
0513-494 Comparative Public Policy
0513-496 Government and Politics in East Asia
American Politics
0508-484 Environmental Policy
0513-449 Special Topics in Political Science
0513-450 State and Local Politics
0513-451 The Congress
0513-452 The American Presidency
0513-453 American Foreign Policy
0513-454 Political Parties and Voting
0513-455 Politics and Public Policy
0513-456 Judicial Process
0513-457 Constitutional Law
0513-458 American Political Thought
0513-460 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
0513-462 Abraham Lincoln and American Democracy
0513-463 First Amendment, Liberty, and Deliberative Democracy
0513-465 Modern Constitutionalism, Liberty, and Equality
0513-466 Political Leadership
0513-481 Women in Politics
0513-485 Politics Through Fiction
0513-514 Political Theory