The Major in Political Science requires 46 hours in the principal and related fields.

Required courses include:

Major and Major-Related Courses

PLS 121	Contemporary Political Issues	3
PLS 122	American Government and Politics	3
PLS 211	Comparative Government and Politics	3
PLS 212	International Politics	3
PLS 232	Public Policy	3
PLS 306	Political Philosophy	3
ECN 201	Principles of Economics	4
SLS 301	Social Sciences Research Methods	3

Either of the following courses:

PLS 313	Regional Comparative Governments and Politics	3
	Or
PLS 316	International Organizations and Law	3

Either option for Senior Study:

PLS 351	Senior Study I	3
	And
PLS 352	Senior Study II	3
	Or
PLS 353	Senior Study	3
	And
PLS 3XXX	One additional PLS course at the 300 Level	3

Either of the following courses:

PLS 321	American Political Process	3
	Or
PLS 322	The Judicial Process	3

One of the following courses:

PLS 328	Global Feminisms	3
PLS 345	Environmental Politics	3
PLS 349	Selected Topics	1-4

Either of the following courses:

MTH 221	Inferential Statistics w/Data Visualization	3
	Or
MTH 222	Regression Analysis	3

One course selected from the following list:

PSY 101	Introductory Psychology	3
SOC 101	Introductory Sociology	3
SOC 211	Cultural Anthropology	3