To serve students through teaching and mentoring, serve society through research, public outreach and activities, and serve the university through collegial participation in all aspects of the community.
Learning Outcomes
Understand key concepts in politics and public service.
Apply analytical approaches to political problems.
Gain practical experience through research, public outreach and advocacy, and participation in campus leadership.
Political Science major (72 credits)
PS 201 American National Government (3)
PS 202 State and Local Government (3)
PS 203 International Relations (3)
PS 350 Introduction to Public Policy (3)
PS 351 Introduction to Public Administration (3)
PS 352 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
Choose two in International Relations and Comparative Politics: (3)
PS 460 Governments and Politics of Asia
PS 461 Politics and Governments of Post- Communist States
PS 462 Politics and Governments of Europe
PS 463 Governments and Politics of Developing States
PS 477 International Environmental Politics
PS 478 Political Fiction and Film
PS 481 International Law
PS 492 Ideologies of the 21st Century
PS 493 International Organizations
PS 497 American Foreign Relations
(depending on content, PS 199, 399, 406, 407, 409, 410)
Choose two in Administration and Political Processes: (3)
PS 325 Democracy in Theory and Practice
PS 414 Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Elections
PS 415 Politics and Psychology
PS 416 Politics and Communication
PS 419 American Presidential Elections
PS 426 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
PS 454 Public Personnel Administration
PS 466 Governmental Budgeting
PS 469 Congress and the Presidency
PS 490 Community Politics
PS 495 Public Sector Labor Relations
(depending on content, PS 199, 399, 406, 407, 409, 410)
Choose two in Public Policy and Law: (3)
PS 423 Issues in National Policy
PS 424 Policy Making in the States
PS 430 Aging Society
PS 435 Women and Politics
PS 436 Gender and Politics
PS 445 Introduction to Policy Analysis
PS 446 Land Resource Politics and Policy
PS 447 Environmental Politics and Policy
PS 449 Environmental Values and Political Action
PS 479 Constitutional Law
PS 480 Administrative Law
PS 484 American Jurisprudence
PS 485 Legal Reasoning and Writing
(depending on content, PS 199, 399, 406, 407, 409, 410)
Electives in Political Science (12)
Electives in Social Science/Political Science (24)
Note: For the B.S. degree in Political Science, students may take any combination of Math/Computer Science/Statistics courses as long as it includes at least one Math course beyond MTH 105 and one Computer Science course beyond CS 101.
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