Major Requirements:

Lower Division Requirements: 12 semester hours

            POLS 130, 150, 210, 220.

            An average grade of C (2.0) must be obtained in these courses.

Upper Division Requirements: 24 semester hours, including

1. At least one course in three of these five groups: Political Thought, U.S. Politics, Public Administration and Policy Analysis, Comparative Politics, and Public Law;
2. At least one course in International and World Politics. It is strongly recommended that POLS 360 be the first course taken in this group;
3. At least one 500-level seminar, preferably in the senior year.

An average grade of C (2.0) must be obtained in courses included in the major.

Minor Requirements:

18 semester hours in Political Science, including two of the lower division major required courses listed. The remaining 12 semester hours must be upper division and selected from at least two of the groups 2 through 7. Specific programs should be planned individually with the advice of a faculty advisor.

An average grade of C (2.0) must be obtained in the courses included in the minor.

Honors in Political Science:

Students who attain a GPA of 3.5 of higher, both overall and in the major, are eligible to enroll in the Honors Seminar (POLS 581) in the Fall of their senior year and to write an Honors Thesis (POLS 591) in the Spring of the senior year. The Honors Seminar is a prerequisite for the Honors Thesis. Students who attain a grade of A- or higher for the Honors Thesis will graduate with Honors in Political Science. Both the Honors Seminar and Honors Thesis count toward the 24 semester hours of upper division course work required of majors.