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Minor in Political Science

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

A. 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 of Political Science

B. 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):

American Politics

POL 3083 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 3313 The American Federal System
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

Public Administration

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 3713 Comparative Systems of Public Administration
POL 3733 Urban Human Resources Policy
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

International Politics

POL 3483 Politics of the International 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 4103 Latin America and the World

Comparative Politics

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

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 3173 Women in Western Political Theory
POL 3193 Theories of Citizenship
POL 3333 Political Power

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 ine Arts Undergraduate Advising Center.

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