MINORS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Requirements for the Political Science minor:
| Total credit hours: 15 | —This may include
courses taken to satisfy requirements for general education.— |
A minimum of 15 hours in Political Science courses. At least 5 of the 15 hours must be in courses numbered 300 or above.
Requirements for the National Security Minor:
| Total credit hours: 15 | —This may include
courses taken to satisfy requirements for general education.— |
Required (3 hours): PO520 National Security & Intelligence Policy
Core Courses (6 hours; select one of the following):
- PO400 International Conflict Processes: War & Peace
- HI423 War and Society
- HI449 America in the Cold War
- GE300 Geography of International Development
Electives (6 hours; select two of the following):
- PO331 International Relations Theory
- PO335 International Law & Organization
- PO425 Politics of Developing Countries
- PO427 Government & Politics of Latin America
- PO540 Democracy in Peril
- GE372 Economic Geography
- HI319 The World Since 1945
- HI412 Modern Middle East
- BC550 International Economics
- SO320 Social Stratification
- PY333 Social Psychology
- MA341 Intro to Probability & Statistics
- MA380 Probability & Statistics
Other courses may be acceptable as approved by the Associate Chair of Political Science.
Requirements for the Public Affairs minor:
| Total credit hours: 15 | —This may include
courses taken to satisfy requirements for general education.— |
The Public Affairs minor is designed for students who wish to supplement their knowledge oaf administrative behavior, governmental institutions, and public policy making. A minor in Public Affairs requires completion of 15 credits drawn from the following list of courses.
Required Courses (9 credits):
- PO350 Public Administration
and two of the following:
- PO322 State & Local Government
- PO351 Seminar in Public Affairs
- PO354 Politics of Budgeting & Finance
- PO444 Constitutional Law I: Governmental Institutions
- PO445 Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties
- PO447 American Presidency
- PO448 American Judiciary
- PO449 American Bureaucracy
- PO451 Practicum
Electives (6 credits):
- PO322, PO343, PO354, PO447, PO448, PO449
- PO450
- PO750 Public Administration
- PO757 Seminar in Public Law
- EC103 Principles of Economics I
- EC554 Public Finance
- AC223 Financial Accounting I
- SP303 Organization Communications
- GE325 The United States & Canada
- GE515 Urban Geography
- SO353 Criminology
- SO405 Urban Sociology
Last Updated May 4, 2007