Degree Requirements
Both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science degrees in political science are offered at the university. In addition to the four required courses in political science subfields and senior seminar, students who select the Bachelor of Arts option, a general liberal arts program, are required to study a foreign language of their choice and to select an appropriate minor.
For the Bachelor of Science degree, the student chooses a career emphasis, such as public administration, state and local government, international organizations, or foreign service, with statistics and computer science as recommended tools. The department also offers a specialized Planning Track for students who intend to enter the field of state, local and regional planning.
For a minor in Political Science, the student must take fifteen hours of upper division (3000/4000) political science courses in which the student makes a "C" or better.
For Pre-Law students, the department has developed a set of recommended courses that can fulfill requirements in the core, the major, or serve as electives.
