Requirements

Graduates may earn a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with a major in Political Science.

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Political Science (27 hours)

• POSC 152 Politics of American Democracy

• POSC 204 Political Thought

• POSC 206 International Politics

• POSC 207 Comparative Politics

• POSC 217 American Public Policy

• Four of the following (12 hours):
  
  

  American Politics and Law

  • POSC 307 Introduction to American Law

  • POSC 313 Mass Media and Public Opinion

  • POSC 314 Political Participation

  • POSC 315 Political Parties and Interest Groups

  • POSC 320 Congress and the Legislative Process

  • POSC 322 The Presidency

  • POSC 323 The U.S. Constitution

  • POSC 324 American Civil Liberties

  • POSC 325 American Political Development

  • POSC 355 Public Administration

  Comparative Politics

  • POSC 203RM Contemporary Italian Problems

  • POSC 304 Latin American Problems

  • POSC 312 European Politics

  • POSC 319 Politics of the Third World

  • POSC 329 Middle East Politics

  • POSC 330 Comparative Politics Proseminar

  • POSC 360 The Politics of Race

  • POSC 365 Gender and Politics

  • POSC 370 Democratization

  • POSC 435 Politics of Multiculturalism

  International Politics

  • POSC 316 International Law and Organization

  • POSC 326 Global Environmental Politics

  • POSC 416 United States Foreign Policy

  Political Theory and Methodology

  • POSC 301 The Quest for Human Rights

  • POSC 317 Research Methods in Political Science

  • POSC 341 Politics and Religion

  • POSC 342 American Political Thought

  • POSC 344 Catholic Political Thought

  Other courses:

  • POSC 390 Special Topics in Political Science