Liberal Arts and Sciences: Political Science

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Political Science Courses. 27 hours, including POL S 150.

Supporting Course Work. 20 hours chosen in consultation with an adviser.

The Department of Political Science encourages students to acquire a broad understanding of political science and to pursue in depth selected subfields of the discipline. To accomplish these objectives, the department provides courses of study that introduce students to the discipline and to its principal fields. Among these are American government and politics; comparative government and politics; international relations; political philosophy; and formal theory and empirical methodology. Supporting courses are an integral part of the program and should be selected with a view toward building a coherent selection adapted to the student's particular interests.

REQUIREMENTS

The major in political science requires 47 hours. Of these, 27 hours must be within the Department of Political Science. They must include the following:

1. POL S 150

2. Any three of the following: POL S 100, POL S 240, POL S 250, POL S 260, POL S 270, POL S 280

3. At least four courses at the 300 level. (Most 300-level courses will require as prerequisites the appropriate 200-level courses [or, in the case of American politics courses, POL S 150] or the consent of the instructor.) Up to 6 hours of credit in POL S 299 may be substituted for 300-level credit. POL S 296 and POL S 297 count for this purpose as 300-level courses.

4. Three additional hours at any level.

Not more than 6 hours of individual study courses in political science or 6 hours for internships may be included in the major; a student with both independent study hours and internship hours may include a maximum of 9 hours of such credit in the major. POL S 293 is reserved for those seniors doing honors theses for distinction in political science and may not be counted in the 47-hour minimum required for the major.

Outside the department, at least 20 hours of credit in supporting course work is required in a field or fields to be selected in consultation with the student's adviser. Supporting courses should complement subfields in political science chosen by the student. At least 12 of these 20 hours must be in courses numbered 200 or above.

Departmental Distinction. The department may award "distinction," "high distinction," or "highest distinction" to any political science major whose grade-point average in the major is 4.25 or higher and who successfully completes 4 hours of POL S 293 (senior honors thesis). See the departmental academic adviser for details.

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