Essential Courses for B.A. Political Science
In the Core Curriculum:
Successful completion of one foreign language through the intermediate level.
Departmental Requirements:
Twenty-four credit hours, Required Courses:
GVT 101 Comparative Politics
GVT 113 National Government
GVT 121 International Relations
GVT 125 Introduction to Public Policy
HG 443 Research Project
HG 458 Internship
HIS 315 Modern Political Thought
HIS 343 Historical Methods
Six credit hours in American Government selected from the following:
GVT 114 State and Local Government
GVT 217 American Political Parties & Pressure Groups
GVT 223 Political & Civil Rights in the United States
GVT 224 American Political Campaigns & Elections
GVT 230 United States Judicial Process
GVT 305 American Constitutional Law
GVT 311 Seminar on Legislative Politics
GVT 415 Seminar on the Presidency
HIS 137 African American History
HIS 221 United States History: 20th Century
Six credit hours in Public Policy selected from the following:
GVT 211 Environmental and Energy Policies
GVT 215 Issues in Public Policy
HIS 222 Urban America
HIS 223 United States Foreign Policy: World War II to the Present
Six credit hours in Comparative Government/ International Relations selected from the following:
GVT 126 Politics of East Asia
GVT 232 International Political Economy
GVT 238 Democracy and Dictatorship in World Politics
GVT 315 Politics of Western Europe
HIS 111 Western Civilization: French Revolution to the Present
HIS 230 Problems of the Third World
HIS 304 Modern China
HIS 308 Modern Latin America vHIS 317 The Middle East
HIS 319 20th Century Russia and Eastern Europe
