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Minor in Political Science

All students pursuing the Minor in Political Science must complete 18 semester credit hours, 12 hours of which must be upper-division.

  1. 6 semester credit hours of lower-division courses selected from the following:

    POL 2503 Introduction to Political Theory
    POL 2513 Public Administration and Public Policy
    POL 2533 Introduction to Political Science
    POL 2603 International Politics
    POL 2623 Law and Society
    POL 2633 Comparative Politics
    POL 2703 Scope and Methods in Political Science

  2. 12 upper-division semester credit hours. Students must take at least one upper-division class in three of the six subfields (see list of courses by subfield below):

    Subfields in Political Science:

    American Politics

    POL 3073 African American Politics
    POL 3083 Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States
    POL 3093 Mexican American Politics
    POL 3123 Political Psychology
    POL 3183 Women in Politics
    POL 3234 Political Campaigns and Elections
    POL 3244 Mass Media and Public Opinion
    POL 3253 Participation and American National Elections
    POL 3283 The American Presidency
    POL 3293 Political Movements
    POL 3303 Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy
    POL 3363 Political Parties and Interest Groups
    POL 3373 The Legislative Process
    POL 3413 The Politics of Urban Development
    POL 3573 Politics of the Contemporary City
    POL 3743 Film in Politics
    POL 3753 Latino/a Politics
    POL 3813 Political Polling

    Comparative Politics

    POL 3063 Comparative Political Participation
    POL 3213 Business and Politics in the Third World
    POL 3353 Leadership and Elites
    POL 3393 Latin American Politics
    POL 3403 European Politics
    POL 3423 Geopolitics of Russia and Eurasia
    POL 3433 Governments and Politics of Southeast Asia
    POL 3443 Governments and Politics of East Asia
    POL 3453 The Politics of Mexico
    POL 3463 Politics of the Third World
    POL 3473 Theories and Problems in Latin American Politics
    POL 3493 Politics of the Middle East
    POL 3553 Social Policy in Modern Welfare States
    POL 3633 Political Economy
    POL 3783 Comparative Democratization

    International Politics

    POL 3003 International Law
    POL 3033 International Governance
    POL 3043 Human Rights
    POL 3053 United States–Latin American Relations
    POL 3483 International Political Economy
    POL 3503 American Foreign Policy since World War II
    POL 3513 International Organizations
    POL 3523 Force in International Politics
    POL 3563 Current Issues in World Politics
    POL 3763 Globalization
    POL 3793 Politics and Ethics of International Business
    POL 4003 Comparative Foreign Policy
    POL 4103 Latin America and the World
    POL 4143 The European Union

    Political Theory

    POL 3103 Political Ideology
    POL 3113 American Political Theory
    POL 3133 Political Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval
    POL 3143 Political Philosophy: Modern
    POL 3153 Political Philosophy: Contemporary
    POL 3163 Introduction to Feminist Theory
    POL 3193 Theories of Citizenship
    POL 3203 African American Political Thought

    Public Administration

    POL 3413 The Politics of Urban Development
    POL 3603 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
    POL 3613 Public Budgeting and Taxation
    POL 3623 Public Policy Evaluation
    POL 3703 Personnel Administration in the Public Sector
    POL 4323 Administrative Law

    Public Law

    POL 3013 The American Legal Process
    POL 3023 Civil Liberties in American Law and Practice
    POL 3223 Judicial Politics
    POL 3323 Constitutional Law
    POL 4123 Legal and Philosophical Reasoning
    POL 4153 Seminar in Jurisprudence
    POL 4323 Administrative Law

Internship hours cannot count toward the minor.

To declare a Minor in Political Science, obtain advice, or seek approval of substitutions for course requirements, students should consult the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Advising Center.

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