• POLS 120 The Government of the United States
• POLS 130 Comparative Politics
• POLS 240 Political Theory
• POLS 493 Senior Seminar in Political Science

In addition to these courses, students select from one of the following concentrations:

• General Political Science Concentration
  Students take an additional 18 credit hours from any of the courses offered in the department (including courses that would apply to the International Relations major).
   
• Legal Studies Concentration
  Students take at least 15 of the remaining 18 credit hours needed for the major from the following:
  
  
  • POLS 140 The Field of Law
  • POLS 220 State and Local Politics in the United States
  • POLS 340 Constitutional Law I
  • POLS 341 Constitutional Law II
  • POLS 345 Judicial Process
  • POLS 380 Problems in International Relations
  • POLS 490 Seminar in Political Science (when topics are appropriate).
• Public Policy and Public Administration Concentration
  In addition to the 12 hours required of all majors, students are required to take:
  
  
  • POLS 360 Public Administration
  • POLS 361 Public Policy

  and at least 9 of the remaining 12 credits from the following courses:

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  • POLS 220 State and Local Politics in the United States
  • POLS 260 Applied Research in Political Science
  • POLS 270 Voting Behavior
  • POLS 320 Politics of Urban and Metropolitan Areas
  • POLS 326 The Presidency
  • POLS 327 Congress
  • POLS 345 Problems in the Judicial Process
  • POLS 386 Internship in Political Science
  • POLS 400 Comparative Public Policy
  • POLS 401 Gender and Public Policy in Global Perspective
  • POLS 490 Seminar in Political Science (when topics are appropriate)