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Bachelor of Arts in POLITICAL SCIENCE
All students must take 36 credits in the major (distributed as shown below) and must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.0 in all their POL coursework combined.
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Total Hours
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Core Courses: Four core courses, distributed as shown below, must be taken. Additional core courses may be taken as part of your electives (see below).
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12
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10100 – American Politics or
10300 – Public Policy
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10004 – Comparative Politics or
10500 – World Politics
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20001 – Political Methods
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20002 – Political Thought or
20003 – Political Economy
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Submajor (Concentration) Courses: Five courses must be taken in your submajor, selected from the respective lists below.
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15
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American Politics
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Public Policy
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International Relations – Comparative Politics
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General
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30100 – American Political Theory
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30300 – Public Policy Theory
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30500 – International Relations Theory
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You may select courses from any of the submajors appearing to the left.
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30110 – Congress
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30301 – Introduction to Public Administration
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30520 – European Politics
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30120 – Presidency and Executive Bureaucracy
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30310 – Public Policy Analysis
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30530 – Asian Politics
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30130 – Courts
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30350 – Environmental Conflict Resolution
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30540 – African Politics
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30430 – Ohio Politics
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30430 – Ohio Politics
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30550 – Latin American Politics
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30450 – Urban Politics & Policy
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30450 – Urban Politics & Policy
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30551 – U.S.-Latin American Relations
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30460 – State Politics & Policy
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30460 – State Politics & Policy
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30560 – Middle East Politics
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40112 – Politics and the Mass Media
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30810 – Politics of the Global Economy
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30810 – Politics of the Global Economy
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40116 – Public Opinion and Political Behavior
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30820 – International Organizations and Law
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30820 – International Organizations and Law
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40118 – Political Parties and Interest Groups
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30840 – Nongovernmental Organizations
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30840 – Nongovernmental Organizations
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40182 – Con. Law: Government Powers
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40320 – Ethics and Public Policy
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40530 – Politics of War
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40183 – Con. Law: Civil Rights & Liberties
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40410 – Regulatory Policy
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40540 – Politics of Development
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40410 – Regulatory Policy
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40440 – U.S. Environmental Politics & Policies
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40560 – Human Rights and Social Justice
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40440 – U.S. Environmental Politics & Policies
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40450 – Health Care and Social Policy
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40620 – Politics of Social Movements
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40450 – Health Care and Social Policy
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40470 – Women, Politics, and Policy
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40840 – Comparative Foreign Policy
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40470 – Women, Politics and Policy
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40840 – Comparative Foreign Policy
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40930 – U.S. Foreign Policy
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40620 – Politics of Social Movements
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40930 – U.S. Foreign Policy
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40930 – U.S. Foreign Policy
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Elective Courses: Two courses must be selected from anywhere in the major. At least one of the two must be at the upper-division level, although both may be.
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6
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Capstone (Senior Seminar) Course: You must take the seminar in your area of concentration. (General submajors may take the seminar in any area.)
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3
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40191 – Seminar in American Politics
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40391 – Seminar in Public Policy
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40591 – Seminar in IRCP
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40191 or 40391 or 40591
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TOTAL
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36
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· The Washington Program in National Issues (WPNI) and The Columbus Program in Intergovernmental Issues (CPII) may be substituted for the 15 hours required in the submajor,
depending on the nature of the internship undertaken while in those programs.
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· 40995 – Selected Topics in Political Science generally will count toward the 6 Elective hours and may (depending on subject matter and with approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator) count toward a submajor.
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· 40992 – Public Service and 40996 – Individual Investigation do not count toward any of the 36 hours required for the major.
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