All students must complete the following lower-level course:

• POLI 100 - American Government and Politics (3.00)

Courses at the 200 level

Students are required to take four additional courses at the 200 level. They may choose among the following or any other 200 level POLI courses offered:

• POLI 200 - Introduction to Political Science (3.00)
• POLI 210 - Political Philosophy (3.00)
• POLI 220 - The Constitution and American Democracy (3.00)
• POLI 230 - Introduction to Constitutional Law (3.00)
• POLI 233 - Common Law and Legal Analysis (3.00)
• POLI 240 - State and Local Politics (3.00)
• POLI 250 - Introduction to Public Administration and Policy (3.00)
• POLI 260 - Comparative Politics (3.00)
• POLI 270 - Culture and Politics (3.00)
• POLI 280 - International Relations (3.00)
• POLI 281 - International Relations (w/ writing focus) (3.00)

One of the following two courses:

 All students are required to take one of the following two courses:

• POLI 300 - Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (4.00)
• POLI 301 - Research Methods in Political Science (3.00)

Upper-level electives

Students must complete 6 upper-level POLI couse electives (300 and 400-level courses) or 18 upper-level POLI credits .  At least two of these elective courses must be 400-level courses.

Note:

In addition to these formal requirements, the political science faculty makes the following recommendations to its majors:

1. Majors are strongly urged to take one or more courses in English composition beyond ENGL 100  before taking 200 level or higher POLI courses.
2. Majors are urged to take additional courses in mathematics, computer science, principles of economics, American history, philosophy and other social sciences.
3. Majors planning to enter graduate or professional study are especially urged to take STAT 121  or a more advanced statistics course.