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2014-2015 Catalog

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Political Science, B.S.

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Consists of at least 39-40 credits.

Required, 9 credits

Take 6 credits from

POLI 101 - American Politics 3 cr.
POLI 160 - Comparative Politics 3 cr.
POLI 170 - Political Ideas 3 cr.
POLI 180 - International Relations 3 cr.

Take 3 credits from

POLI 300 - Analyzing Politics 3 cr.

Upper-level requirement, 18 credits

Earn at least 18 credits in courses 300 and above.

Political Science subfields

Take at least 3 credits in each of the four fields:

American politics and government

POLI 202 - American Policymaking 3 cr.
POLI 242 - State and Local Government 3 cr.
POLI 250 - Public Administration 3 cr.
POLI 304 - Environmental Politics 3 cr.
POLI 306 - Health Politics and Policies 3 cr.
POLI 307 - Politics and the Media 3 cr.
POLI 308 - Public Opinion 3 cr.
POLI 310 - American Presidency 3 cr.
POLI 314 - Public Policy Issues 3 cr.
POLI 315 - Minority Group Politics 3 cr.
POLI 316 - Parties and Elections 3 cr.
POLI 317
POLI 320 - Legislative Process 3 cr.
POLI 324 - Religion and Politics 3 cr.
POLI 330 - Constitutional Law 3 cr.
POLI 331 - Constitutional Law: Special Topics 3 cr.
POLI 332
POLI 334 - Judicial Process 3 cr.
POLI 335 - Law and Society 3 cr.
POLI 341 - Urban Politics 3 cr.
POLI 354 - Public Personnel Administration 3 cr.
POLI 356 - Government Finance 3 cr.
POLI 358 - Public Budgets 3 cr.
POLI 389 - Food and Environment 3 cr. or
HIST 389 - Food and Environment 3 cr.
POLI 397 - Methods of Policy Analysis 3 cr.
POLI 414 - Politics of Race, Class and Gender in the U.S. 3 cr.
POLI 450 - Administrative Law 3 cr.
POLI 497 - Methods of Political Science Research 3 cr.

Political theory

Comparative politics

POLI 309 - Tribal Governments in the United States 3 cr.
POLI 361 - Western European Politics 3 cr.
POLI 362 - East European Politics 3 cr.
POLI 363 - The Politics of the European Union 3 cr.
POLI 366
POLI 370
POLI 371 - Chinese Politics 3 cr.
POLI 374 - Political Development 3 cr.
POLI 375 - Latin American Politics 3 cr.

International politics

Mathematical Sciences Courses

Take either:

MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr. or
MATH 367 - Mathematics of Decision and Choice 3 cr.

Teacher Certification

You need 12 credits American politics and government, including 3 credits public law and 3 credits state and local: 6 credits comparative and international; 6 credits theory including POLI 300 or POLI 497 that is required for certification by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
THE DPI requires all elementary and secondary education majors to take POLI 101.
Also see information about the Professional Education Program in the Education section, and information about Secondary Education for teacher certification in the Secondary Education Curriculum for Teacher Certification section of this catalog.

Communication in the Major

Satisfied by POLI 300 and one of the following:

POLI 498 - Political Science Capstone Seminar 3 cr.
POLI 499 - Special Work 1-3 cr. *
POLI 455 - Internship in Government 1-6 cr.

Note

* when taken as a 3 credit independent study with a presentation of research to a public audience

Capstone Experience

Satisfied by:

POLI 498 - Political Science Capstone Seminar 3 cr. or
POLI 499 - Special Work 1-3 cr. *

Note

* when taken as a 3 credit independent study that satisfies the Capstone Experience requirements

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