Major Requirements
Major Requirements, 2002-2003 or later
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The requirements for majoring in Political Science have been adopted in order to provide students with a foundation in the major areas of the discipline, as well as a concentrated plan of study in one of three areas: American Politics; Public Policy; or International Relations/Comparative Politics; or in a general area. The major consists of 36 hours, as follows:
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.
Total Hours
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).
12
10100 – American Politics or
10300 – Public Policy
10004 – Comparative Politics or
10500 – World Politics
20001 – Political Methods
20002 – Political Thought or
20003 – Political Economy
Submajor (Concentration) Courses: Five courses must be taken in your submajor, selected from the respective lists below.
15
American Politics
Public Policy
International Relations – Comparative Politics
General
30100 – American Political Theory
30300 – Public Policy Theory
30500 – International Relations Theory
You may select courses from any of the submajors appearing to the left.
30110 – Congress
30301 – Introduction to Public Administration
30520 – European Politics
30120 – Presidency and Executive Bureaucracy
30310 – Public Policy Analysis
30530 – Asian Politics
30130 – Courts
30350 – Environmental Conflict Resolution
30540 – African Politics
30430 – Ohio Politics
30430 – Ohio Politics
30550 – Latin American Politics
30450 – Urban Politics & Policy
30450 – Urban Politics & Policy
30551 – U.S.-Latin American Relations
30460 – State Politics & Policy
30460 – State Politics & Policy
30560 – Middle East Politics
40112 – Politics and the Mass Media
30810 – Politics of the Global Economy
30810 – Politics of the Global Economy
40116 – Public Opinion and Political Behavior
30820 – International Organizations and Law
30820 – International Organizations and Law
40118 – Political Parties and Interest Groups
30840 – Nongovernmental Organizations
30840 – Nongovernmental Organizations
40182 – Con. Law: Government Powers
40320 – Ethics and Public Policy
40530 – Politics of War
40183 – Con. Law: Civil Rights & Liberties
40410 – Regulatory Policy
40540 – Politics of Development
40410 – Regulatory Policy
40440 – U.S. Environmental Politics & Policies
40560 – Human Rights and Social Justice
40440 – U.S. Environmental Politics & Policies
40450 – Health Care and Social Policy
40620 – Politics of Social Movements
40450 – Health Care and Social Policy
40470 – Women, Politics, and Policy
40840 – Comparative Foreign Policy
40470 – Women, Politics and Policy
40840 – Comparative Foreign Policy
40930 – U.S. Foreign Policy
40620 – Politics of Social Movements
40930 – U.S. Foreign Policy
40930 – U.S. Foreign Policy
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.
6
Capstone (Senior Seminar) Course: You must take the seminar in your area of concentration. (General submajors may take the seminar in any area.)
3
40191 – Seminar in American Politics
40391 – Seminar in Public Policy
40591 – Seminar in IRCP
40191 or 40391 or 40591
TOTAL
36
· 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.
· 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.
· 40992 – Public Service and 40996 – Individual Investigation do not count toward any of the 36 hours required for the major.
