Trinity College

Political Science Minor

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.

Required Courses (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

Elective Courses (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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