Required Courses (9 credits)

114 National, State and Local Gov't
200 Political Analysis
480 Senior Seminar in Political Science

Directed Electives (15 credits)
Choose one course (3 credits) from each of the following five field areas. 

1) American Politics
   a) Political Process:
        225 Public Administration
      256 Public Policymaking
        324 Managing Public Services
   b) Political Institutions:
        311 Political Parties & Elections
        326 The American Presidency
        327 Congressional Politics
   c) State & Local:
       253 State & Local Politics
       322 Politics of American Cities

2) Comparative Politics
     245 Intro to Comparative Politics

3) International Relations
     260 Intro to International Relations

4) Political Philosophy
     230 Contemporary Political Ideologies
     308 West Pol Thgt: Renaissance - Marx
     309 West Pol Thgt: Nietzsche - 20th C.
     310 Hist of Am Political Thought

 5) Political Behavior
      212 Politics of Equality and Inequality
      314 Women and Politics
      320 Journalism & Public Opinion
      321 Political Participation

Electives in Political Science (12 credits)

Elective courses include any Political Science course other than those taken to fulfill the requirements listed above (no double counting).   However, if a student chooses to complete the course, POLS 379, Internship in Political Science, only 6 credits from that course may apply to Electives in Political Science. Any  additional credits earned from an internship experience count toward free electives and are included in the 120 credits needed for the B.S. degree.

Finally, Political Science majors must take a minimum of 15 credits in courses numbered at  the 300 level or higher, excluding any internship credits.

Total Credits Required (36 credits)

A reminder: to graduate with a B.S. in Political  Science, each student must: attain a minimum Grade Point Average(GPA) of 2.00 overall, and a minimum Grade Point Average in Political Science courses of 2.25.