Required Introductory Course (3 credits):

  • POLS 256 Government and Society in America (or POLS 291 Honors: Contemporary American Politics)
      OR
    POLS241/GLOB241 Introduction to Global Politics (or POLS/GLOB290 Honors: Politics of the Global System

Current Elective Courses (9 credits; at least one 400-level course)

  • POLS 351: US Foreign Policy
  • POLS 353: Political Parties and Elections
  • POLS 361: Government and Citizens Around the Globe
  • POLS 363: Latin American Politics
  • POLS 364: Politics of Europe and the EU
  • POLS 365: The Middle East in War and Peace
  • POLS 385: The Politics of Government and Business in America (Fall 2007)
  • POLS 385/485: Special Topics in Politics
  • POLS 391: Political Science Internship**
  • POLS 456: The Presidency in Modern American Politics
  • POLS 462: International Relations
  • POLS 464: Political Ideologies Old and New
  • POLS 471: Russian and East European Politics
  • POLS 481: Politics of Third World Development
  • POLS 483: Politics of International Economic Relations
  • POLS 485: Comparative Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Fall 2008)
  • POLS 497: Directed Study in Politics**

**Requires supervision by a POLS faculty member and approval of the History/Social Science Dept. chair.

Note: Under special circumstances, a student may petition the Political Science faculty to have one course only from a related social science discipline substitute for a Political Science elective.