About the Program
The minor in political science consists of 18 credit hours and no more than six of them in the lower division. Students may transfer no more than 3 courses (9 credit hours) to be used for the minor.
Program Requirements
A. Required (choose one, 3 credit hours)
PSC 101 Introduction to Government and Politics (3 cr)
PSC 102 Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr)
PSC 103 Great Political Issues (3 cr)
B. Distribution Requirements (choose one course from each category)
American Government and Politics (3 credit hours)
PSC 210 American Presidency
PSC 215 Urban Government
PSC 218 African American Political Culture
PSC 225 Women in American Politics
PSC 310 American Political Parties
PSC 311 Interest Groups
PSC 312 Legislative Process
PSC 315 State and Local Government and Politics
PSC 316 Urban Ethnic Politics
PSC 317 U.S. Constitutional Law
PSC 320 U.S. Constitution and Civil Liberties
PSC 326 Politics and Media
PSC 327 Practical Politics
PSC 360 Public Administration
PSC 364 American Public Policy
PSC 410 Political Behavior and Public Opinion
PSC 415 Urban Public Policy
PSC 420 Contemporary Constitutional Issues
PSC/CRJ/SOC 485 Moot Court
International Relations and Comparative Government (3 credit hours)
PSC 230 International Relations
PSC 240 European Political Systems
PSC 305 Environmental Policy
PSC 308 International Organizations and International Law
PSC 309 International Political Economy
PSC 330 American Foreign Policy
PSC 333 African International Relations
PSC 335 International Relations of the Middle East
PSC 336 Latin America in World Politics
PSC 337 The Politics of Globalization
PSC 340 Politics of Developing Countries
PSC 341 Government, Politics, and Policies of the European Union
PSC 342 Russian Politics
PSC 345/HIS 313 Politics and History of the Middle East
PSC 368 Comparative Public Administration
PSC 370 Canadian Public Administration
Political Theory or Political Analysis (3 credit hours)
PSC 203 Political Analysis
PSC 204 Political Statistics
PSC 250 Introduction to Law
PSC 318 Democracy and Peace: Principles and Practices in the Urban Experience
PSC 351 History of Political Thought I
PSC 352 History of Political Thought II
PSC 355 American Political Thought
PSC 375 Race/Sex/Politics of Myth and Story
PSC 450 Contemporary Political Thought
C. General Electives in Political Science Minor (6 credit hours)
Note: Courses not used to fulfill sections a or b may also be used as political science electives.
PSC 306 Politics of Energy
PSC 389 Topics in Political Science (title may change)
PSC 390 Italian American Experience
PSC 495 Special Project
PSC 497 Washington Semester
PSC 499 Independent Study
