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Major Requirements l Minor Requirements

Major Requirements:
1. The major in political science shall successfully complete:

37 CH in political science including—

POSC 116 American Government and Politics
POSC 146 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POSC 156 Introduction to International Relations
POSC 236 Public Policy
POSC 300 Introduction to Legal Studies
POSC 286 Political Analysis
POSC 496 Senior Seminar

At least 1 additional course from any 3 of the 5 following subfields:

A.  American Politics
POSC 297 Political Parties and Elections in the U.S.
POSC 333 Congressional Politics
POSC 335 The American Presidency

B. Public Policy and Public Administration
POSC 226 State and Local Politics
POSC 336 Public Administration
POSC 385 The Law of Families
POSC 388 The Death Penalty
POSC 456 American Foreign Policy Formulation

C. Public Law
POSC 436 Constitutional Law
POSC 437 First Amendment
POSC 438 Criminal Due Process
POSC 439 Criminal Law
POSC 445 The Great American Trial

D. International Relations
POSC 357 Vietnam and Iraq Wars
POSC 367 American Propaganda in WWI and II
POSC 396 International Law and Organization
POSC 466 International Relations: Selected Problems

E. Comparative Politics
POSC 327 Politics of Developing Societies
POSC 347 Politics of Industrial Societies
POSC 376 Nationalism

2. A total of two additional courses selected from any of the following programs: economics, history, psychology, sociology.

3. English 120

Minor Requirements:
The minor in political science shall successfully complete six courses (18 CH) in political science:
POSC 116 American Government and Politics
POSC 146 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POSC 156 Introduction to International Relations

Three additional departmental courses, one of them from the subfield of public law and one from the subfield of public administration/public policy.