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Biology - Minor
Chemistry - Minor
Classical Studies - Minor
Composition - Minor
Computer Science - Minor
Criminology - Minor
Dance - Minor
Data Analytics - Minor
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Elementary Education - Minor
English - Minor
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French - Minor
German Studies - Minor
Global Studies - Minor
Health, Society and Policy - Minor
Hispanic Studies - Minor
History - Minor
Information Technology - Minor
Interdisciplinary - Minor
International Business - Minor
Irish Studies - Minor
Islamic World Studies - Minor
Italian Studies - Minor
Latin American and Latino Studies - Minor
Latin Language and Roman Culture - Minor
Management - Minor
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Politics - Minor
Core Courses - Take All
POL 111
Introduction to American Government
3
POL 112
Introduction to Comparative Politics
3
POL 211
Introduction to Political Theory
3
American Concentration Courses - If this is your concentration, take two
HSEV 204
Environmental Politics and Policy
3
POL 220
Introduction to Law and Politics
3
POL 230
Politics & The Media: An American-Global Perspective
3
POL 260
Introduction to American Intelligence
3
POL 301
Introduction to Public Administration, Governance, and Public Service
3
POL 302
Contemporary Issues of Public Policy
3
POL 309
Politics in the Age of Trump
3
POL 310
The US Presidency
3
POL 312
The Civil Rights Movement
3
POL 313
Urban Government & Politics
3
POL 314
American Ethnic Politics
3
POL 316
The Congress
3
POL 317
American Public Opinion
3
POL 321
/
POL 321
Mass Media Law and Ethics
3
POL 322
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
3
POL 323
Constitutional Law I
3
POL 324
Constitutional Law II
3
POL 333
Democracy and Democratization
3
POL 337A
/
POL 337A
Cybersecurity
3
POL 339
/
HIST 342A
/
POL 339
Contending Views on US Intelligence From Truman to Reagan
3
POL 361
American Politics in Film
3
POL 363
Politics of the 60's
3
POL 366
Democracy in Elections in France & US
3
POL 369
Politics of the '80s
3
POL 372
Politics and Culture in France and the United States
3
POL 400
American Political Parties
3
POL 401
Mass Media and American Politics
3
POL 402
The Values Divide: American Politics & Culture in Transition
3
POL 405
National Elections
3
POL 405A
/
POL 505A
/
POL 405A
Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice
3
POL 407
U.S. Political Leadership to 1912
3
POL 407A
/
POL 507
/
POL 407A
The Supreme Court
3
POL 408
Congressional Leadership
3
POL 410
/
POL 410
American Political Thought I
3
POL 411
/
POL 648
/
POL 411
American Political Thought II
3
POL 412A
/
POL 412A
Homeland Security
3
POL 414A
/
POL 414A
Power in American Politics
3
POL 416
/
POL 616A
/
POL 416
American Federalism
3
POL 419
Interest Groups & American Politics
3
POL 420
Contemporary Issues in Congress
3
POL 421
U.S. Midterm Elections
3
POL 424
Contemporary Issues in State and Local Government
3
POL 427
/
POL 427
U.S. Political Leadership Since 1912
3
POL 428
Conservatism and American Politics
3
POL 445
US Foreign Policy
3
POL 453
/
POL 553
/
POL 453
Constitutional Theory and Interpretation
3
POL 455
American Political Development
3
POL 456
Congress and Foreign Policy
3
POL 463
/
POL 624
/
POL 463
Advanced Studies in Congress
3
POL 465
American Political Culture
3
POL 468
/
SOC 468
/
POL 468
US Counterintelligence Operations and Controversies
3
POL 471
/
POL 471
Issues in Contemporary U.S. Intelligence
3
POL 472
National Security Processes
3
POL 477
/
POL 477
Political Theory of the American Framing
3
POL 478
Environmental Politics and Policy
3
POL 479
/
POL 479
Advanced Topics in Public Law
3
POL 111
Introduction to American Government
3
POL 332
Republic or Empire: Ideas and Practice in American Foreign Policy
3
POL 340
/
POL 340
Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft
3
POL 426
/
POL 523
/
POL 426
Voting and Elections
3
POL 435
/
POL 435
Cyber Intelligence and US Policy
3
POL 471A
Leaders and Their Spies
3
POL 482
/
POL 482
Human Rights and Constitutional Order
3
POL 496A
Senior Honors Thesis
3
POL 496B
Senior Honors Thesis
3
TRS 382
Religion and Public Policy
3
World Concentration Courses - If this is your concentration, take two
HSEV 204
Environmental Politics and Policy
3
POL 202
/
EURO 202
/
POL 202
European Politics
3
POL 212
Introduction to International Relations
3
POL 226
Introduction to Peace Studies
3
POL 230
Politics & The Media: An American-Global Perspective
3
POL 260
Introduction to American Intelligence
3
POL 304
/
POL 304
/
SOC 304
Religion, Politics, and Globalization in China
3
POL 307
Global Issues
3
POL 307A
Refugees and Political Crises
3
POL 312
The Civil Rights Movement
3
POL 326
Politics of the Middle East
3
POL 327
Nationalism and Islam: Post-Colonial Movements
3
POL 328
Catholic Social Teaching and Global Politics
3
POL 329
Israel and World Politics
3
POL 332
Republic or Empire: Ideas and Practice in American Foreign Policy
3
POL 333
Democracy and Democratization
3
POL 337
/
POL 337
Security Studies
3
POL 337A
/
POL 337A
Cybersecurity
3
POL 339
/
HIST 342A
/
POL 339
Contending Views on US Intelligence From Truman to Reagan
3
POL 342
British Government and Politics
3
POL 343
Italian Politics (Rome)
3
POL 344
Brazil in World Affairs
3
POL 350
Latin American Politics
3
POL 366
Democracy in Elections in France & US
3
POL 367
France, Germany, and the EU
3
POL 372
Politics and Culture in France and the United States
3
POL 400A
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
3
POL 406
Environment & Development
3
POL 412A
/
POL 412A
Homeland Security
3
POL 414
/
POL 619
/
POL 414
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
3
POL 423
Politics & Military Strategy
3
POL 431
Classics of International Relations
3
POL 431A
East Asian Security
3
POL 433
/
POL 654
/
POL 433
Russian Foreign Policy
3
POL 435
/
POL 435
Cyber Intelligence and US Policy
3
POL 436
United States, China and International Relations of East Asia
3
POL 437
Countering Terrorists and Radicals
3
POL 441
Britain and Europe in a Global Perspective
3
POL 442A
British Politics
3
POL 443
Politics of Overseas Bases and American Empire
3
POL 445
US Foreign Policy
3
POL 445A
Contemporary Issues in the UK
3
POL 446
European Integration
3
POL 450
Public International Law
3
POL 451
/
ANTH 290
/
POL 451
Legislating Heritage: Domestic Law and International Conventions
3
POL 454
Comparative Foreign Policy
3
POL 457
War in the Modern World
3
POL 458
The Media and Foreign Policy
3
POL 459
Human Rights Politics in Asia
3
POL 460A
/
POL 660A
/
POL 460A
Grand Strategies of War and Peace
3
POL 461
Advanced International Relations Seminar
3
POL 468
/
SOC 468
/
POL 468
US Counterintelligence Operations and Controversies
3
POL 470
/
POL 670
/
POL 470
Korea in World Politics
3
POL 471
/
POL 471
Issues in Contemporary U.S. Intelligence
3
POL 473
/
POL 473
International Political Economy
3
POL 474
/
POL 474
Classics of Political Economy
3
POL 112
Introduction to Comparative Politics
3
POL 290
/
POL 290
/
SRES 290
Introduction to International Political Economy
3
POL 315
How To Think in an Age of Political Polarization
3
POL 346
/
POL 346
Family and Public Policy in the Welfare State
3
POL 459A
/
POL 459A
Israel and International Human Rights
3
POL 462
Ethics and Accountability in the U.S. Intelligence Community
3
POL 462A
Comparative Foreign Intelligence Services
3
POL 471A
Leaders and Their Spies
3
POL 478
Environmental Politics and Policy
3
POL 496A
Senior Honors Thesis
3
POL 496B
Senior Honors Thesis
3
Political Theory Concentration Courses - If this is your concentration, take two
HSSS 101
The Concept of the Person in the Social Sciences
3
HSSS 102
Economic Reasoning and Social Issues
3
POL 319
/
CLAS 219
Democracy and Politics in Classical Athens
3
POL 359
Ancient & Medieval Political Thought
3
POL 360
Modern Political Thought
3
POL 403
/
POL 603
/
POL 403
Person and Common Good
3
POL 404
Law and Morality
3
POL 405A
/
POL 505A
/
POL 405A
Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice
3
POL 406A
/
POL 706
/
POL 406A
Seminar: Voegelin
3
POL 409
/
POL 409
Foundations of Christian Political Thought (Bible to Middle Ages)
3
POL 410
/
POL 410
American Political Thought I
3
POL 410A
/
POL 644
/
POL 410A
Modern Christian Political Thought
3
POL 411
/
POL 648
/
POL 411
American Political Thought II
3
POL 417
/
POL 645
/
POL 417
Classic Political Thought
3
POL 422
/
POL 422
20th-Century French Political Thought
3
POL 425
/
POL 425
Liberalism and Its Critics
3
POL 428
Conservatism and American Politics
3
POL 442
/
POL 442
French Liberal Thought and Politics
3
POL 453
/
POL 553
/
POL 453
Constitutional Theory and Interpretation
3
POL 476
Politics and Literature
3
POL 477
/
POL 477
Political Theory of the American Framing
3
POL 480
/
POL 580
/
POL 480
Critical Political Theory
3
PHIL 333
/
PHIL 333
/
PHIL 333A
/
PHIL 333B
/
PHIL 633
Philosophy of Natural Right and Natural Law
3
PHIL 347
/
PHIL 347
/
POL 347
Justice, Education, and Leadership in Plato's Republic
3
POL 211
Introduction to Political Theory
3
POL 332
Republic or Empire: Ideas and Practice in American Foreign Policy
3
POL 338A
The Art of Rhetoric
3
POL 357
Revolution and Reaction in Nineteenth Century Political Thought
3
POL 358
Anxiety and Restlessness in Western Political Thought
3
POL 462
Ethics and Accountability in the U.S. Intelligence Community
3
POL 474
/
POL 474
Classics of Political Economy
3
POL 482
/
POL 482
Human Rights and Constitutional Order
3
POL 496A
Senior Honors Thesis
3
POL 496B
Senior Honors Thesis
3
Additional Politics Course - Take One
HSEV 204
Environmental Politics and Policy
3
HSSS 101
The Concept of the Person in the Social Sciences
3
HSSS 102
Economic Reasoning and Social Issues
3
POL 220
Introduction to Law and Politics
3
POL 226
Introduction to Peace Studies
3
POL 230
Politics & The Media: An American-Global Perspective
3
POL 260
Introduction to American Intelligence
3
POL 301
Introduction to Public Administration, Governance, and Public Service
3
POL 302
Contemporary Issues of Public Policy
3
POL 309
Politics in the Age of Trump
3
POL 310
The US Presidency
3
POL 312
The Civil Rights Movement
3
POL 313
Urban Government & Politics
3
POL 314
American Ethnic Politics
3
POL 316
The Congress
3
POL 317
American Public Opinion
3
POL 319
/
CLAS 219
Democracy and Politics in Classical Athens
3
POL 321
/
POL 321
Mass Media Law and Ethics
3
POL 322
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
3
POL 323
Constitutional Law I
3
POL 324
Constitutional Law II
3
POL 332
Republic or Empire: Ideas and Practice in American Foreign Policy
3
POL 333
Democracy and Democratization
3
POL 337A
/
POL 337A
Cybersecurity
3
POL 339
/
HIST 342A
/
POL 339
Contending Views on US Intelligence From Truman to Reagan
3
POL 359
Ancient & Medieval Political Thought
3
POL 360
Modern Political Thought
3
POL 361
American Politics in Film
3
POL 363
Politics of the 60's
3
POL 366
Democracy in Elections in France & US
3
POL 372
Politics and Culture in France and the United States
3
POL 400
American Political Parties
3
POL 401
Mass Media and American Politics
3
POL 402
The Values Divide: American Politics & Culture in Transition
3
POL 403
/
POL 603
/
POL 403
Person and Common Good
3
POL 404
Law and Morality
3
POL 405
National Elections
3
POL 405A
/
POL 505A
/
POL 405A
Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice
3
POL 406A
/
POL 706
/
POL 406A
Seminar: Voegelin
3
POL 407
U.S. Political Leadership to 1912
3
POL 407A
/
POL 507
/
POL 407A
The Supreme Court
3
POL 408
Congressional Leadership
3
POL 409
/
POL 409
Foundations of Christian Political Thought (Bible to Middle Ages)
3
POL 410
/
POL 410
American Political Thought I
3
POL 410A
/
POL 644
/
POL 410A
Modern Christian Political Thought
3
POL 411
/
POL 648
/
POL 411
American Political Thought II
3
POL 412A
/
POL 412A
Homeland Security
3
POL 414A
/
POL 414A
Power in American Politics
3
POL 416
/
POL 616A
/
POL 416
American Federalism
3
POL 417
/
POL 645
/
POL 417
Classic Political Thought
3
POL 419
Interest Groups & American Politics
3
POL 420
Contemporary Issues in Congress
3
POL 421
U.S. Midterm Elections
3
POL 422
/
POL 422
20th-Century French Political Thought
3
POL 424
Contemporary Issues in State and Local Government
3
POL 425
/
POL 425
Liberalism and Its Critics
3
POL 427
/
POL 427
U.S. Political Leadership Since 1912
3
POL 428
Conservatism and American Politics
3
POL 433
/
POL 654
/
POL 433
Russian Foreign Policy
3
POL 442
/
POL 442
French Liberal Thought and Politics
3
POL 443
Politics of Overseas Bases and American Empire
3
POL 445
US Foreign Policy
3
POL 451
/
ANTH 290
/
POL 451
Legislating Heritage: Domestic Law and International Conventions
3
POL 453
/
POL 553
/
POL 453
Constitutional Theory and Interpretation
3
POL 455
American Political Development
3
POL 456
Congress and Foreign Policy
3
POL 461
Advanced International Relations Seminar
3
POL 463
/
POL 624
/
POL 463
Advanced Studies in Congress
3
POL 465
American Political Culture
3
POL 468
/
SOC 468
/
POL 468
US Counterintelligence Operations and Controversies
3
POL 471
/
POL 471
Issues in Contemporary U.S. Intelligence
3
POL 472
National Security Processes
3
POL 474
/
POL 474
Classics of Political Economy
3
POL 477
/
POL 477
Political Theory of the American Framing
3
POL 478
Environmental Politics and Policy
3
POL 479
/
POL 479
Advanced Topics in Public Law
3
POL 480
/
POL 580
/
POL 480
Critical Political Theory
3
PHIL 333
/
PHIL 333
/
PHIL 333A
/
PHIL 333B
/
PHIL 633
Philosophy of Natural Right and Natural Law
3
PHIL 347
/
PHIL 347
/
POL 347
Justice, Education, and Leadership in Plato's Republic
3
POL 111
Introduction to American Government
3
POL 211
Introduction to Political Theory
3
POL 315
How To Think in an Age of Political Polarization
3
POL 338
The Art of the Interview
3
POL 338A
The Art of Rhetoric
3
POL 340
/
POL 340
Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft
3
POL 357
Revolution and Reaction in Nineteenth Century Political Thought
3
POL 358
Anxiety and Restlessness in Western Political Thought
3
POL 404A
Justice
3
POL 426
/
POL 523
/
POL 426
Voting and Elections
3
POL 471A
Leaders and Their Spies
3
POL 482
/
POL 482
Human Rights and Constitutional Order
3
POL 496A
Senior Honors Thesis
3
POL 496B
Senior Honors Thesis
3