Course Information
These courses do not satisfy the field distribution requirement for the major. Credits still count towards the major, unless otherwise indicated.
Introduction to some of the major questions, approaches, and texts of political science. Students will explore questions of power, coercion, virtue, democracy, conflict, and cooperation and read Plato, Aristotle, Weber, Lipset, Waltz, and Jervis, among others. Does not satisfy the major’s four subfield distribution requirement.
Prereq/Coreq: ENGL 12000 (or equivalent).
Credits: 3 hrs, 3 cr
Prereq: Department Permission.
Credits: 3 hrs, 3 cr
Prereq: Department Permission. Students may take independent study only with full-time members of the department. As a general rule, the students should have taken a prior course with this instructor. Departmental permission will not be granted without explicit approval by the instructor.
Credits: 3 hrs, 3 cr
Students will be given the opportunity to participate in ongoing faculty research and receive individual instruction in applied research.
Prereq: Department Permission. Only open to students who have completed 60 credits and 15 credits in PolSc.
Credits: 3 hrs, 3 cr
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Prereq: Department Permission. Students may take independent study internships only under the supervision of full-time members of the department. As a general rule, the students should have taken a prior course with this instructor. Departmental permission will not be granted without explicit approval by the instructor.
Credits: From 1 to 6 credits
Prereq: Department Permission. Students may take independent study honors projects only with full-time members of the department. As a general rule, the students should have taken a prior course with this instructor. Departmental permission will not be granted without explicit approval by the instructor.
Credits: 2 hrs, 2 cr
Prereq: Department Permission. Students may take independent study honors projects only with full-time members of the department. As a general rule, the students should have taken a prior course with this instructor. Departmental permission will not be granted without explicit approval by the instructor.
Credits: 2 or 3 hrs, 2 or 3 cr
Prereq/Coreq: ENGL 12000 (or equivalent) and POLSC 49100.
Credits: 1 hrs, 1 cr