Major requirements
Courses required in major subject - grade earned must be C or better.

Three basic required courses:
POLS 110 American Politics (4 credits)
POLS 220 Perspectives on Political Science (2 credits)
POLS 230 Introduction to Data Analysis (4 credits)

One course in each of the three following groups:

Political Process and Political Behavior:
POLS 313 State and Local Politics (4 credits)
POLS 318 The Presidency (4 credits)
POLS 331 Parties and Elections (4 credits)
POLS 411 Bureaucracy (4 credits)

Political Thought:
POLS 120 Great Issues in Politics (4 credits)
POLS 340 Classical Political Theory (4 credits)
POLS 341 Modern Political Theory (4 credits)
POLS 346 American Political Thought (4 credits)

Comparative and International Politics:
POLS 251 Europe Politics (4 credits)
POLS 253 Dictatorship and Democracy (4 credits)
POLS 271 World Politics (4 credits)
POLS 282 Latin American Politics (4 credits)

Plus 14 additional semester hours in Political Science

Minor requirements
POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics (4 credits)
POLS 220 Perspectives on Political Science (2 credits)
POLS 120 Great Issues in Politics (4 credits)
or
POLS 271 World Politics (4 credits)

Plus ten additional hours in Political Science

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