Requirements total a minimum of 24 hours. This includes 9 hours of core courses and completion of Track A (16 hours) or Track B or C (15 or 16 hours). Three of the hours meet general education requirements.
Core (9 hours):
POL 111 Introduction to Political Science
3 hrs
Choose one:
POL 250 American Government
3 hrs
POL 252 Comparative Government
3 hrs
Choose one:
POL 330X Public Policy
3 hrs
POL 361 International Relations
3 hrs
POL 382 Political Theory
3 hrs
Electives (choose one, 15 or 16 hrs):
Track A: American Studies Program semester, Washington, D.C. (16 hrs).
Track B: Selected political science–related courses from Au Sable Institute May Term, Summer Semester I or Summer Semester II: Great Lakes, Pacific Rim, East Coast, or Africa. See Director of School of Social Science for approved political science–related courses (16 hrs).
Track C: Choose from the following: IDS 200, any political science elective course from Trinity or Au Sable Institute catalog. See Director of School of Social Science for approved political science-related courses at Au Sable (15 or 16 hrs).
Updated to 2008-09 Catalog
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