Political Science Comprehensive Major, 57-60 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required

Areas of Emphasis: Criminal Justice and Criminology, Global Affairs, Public Administration

CIP: 451001

Political Science: Criminal Justice and Criminology Emphasis, 60 hours

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Must include the following:

SOC 35101	General Sociology *	3
MATH 17114	General Statistics *	3

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Required Courses

POLS 34210	Exploring Politics	3
POLS 34205	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
POLS 34315	Juvenile Justice System in America	3
POLS 34321	American Federalism	3
POLS 34332	Principles of Public Administration	3
POLS 34338	Rights of the Accused	3
POLS 34497	Research Seminar in Political Science	3
	One course each from Core A, B, D, and E not included above	12
	Political Science Electives	9
SOC 35240	Introduction to Corrections	3
SOC 35375	Police and Society	3
SOC 35321	Criminology	3
ENGL 10315	Writing for the Professions	3

Choose 6 hours from two of the four groups below:

Note: No more than 3 hours are allowed from a single area.

Group 1: Crisis Response

SOSC 36304	Planning, Mitigation, and Preparedness	3
SOSC 36450	Homeland Security and Defense	3
COM 29420	Crisis Communication	3

Group 2: Society

SOC 35230	Social Problems	3
SOC 35316	Urban Sociology	3
SOC 35320	Delinquency	3
SOC 35323	Deviant Behavior	3
SOC 35337	Race and Ethnic Issues in Modern Society	3
PSYC 08365	Social Psychology	3
SCGD 68520	Drug Prevention and Education in Schools	3

Group 3: Psychological Foundations

PSYC 08223	Abnormal Psychology	3
PSYC 08333	Developmental Psychology *	3
PSYC 08353	Psychology of Race and Gender	3
PSYC 08315	Psychology of Groups and Teams	3
PSYC 08438	Principles of Counseling	3
PSYC 08344	Drugs, Brain, and Behavior	3

Group 4: Geography

GEOG 32201	Maps and Spatial Reasoning	3
GEOG 32365	Geographic Information Systems	3
GEOG 32522	Cities and Urban Design	3

Political Science: Global Affairs Emphasis, 60 hours

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Must include the following:

SOC 35101	General Sociology *	3
MATH 17114	General Statistics *	3
PHIL 39171	Introduction to Philosophy *	3
	OR
HUM 26102	Western Civilization I: The Ancient World to 1500 *	3
	OR
HUM 26103	Western Civilization II: 1500 to the Present *	3
HUM 26104	The Eastern World	3
	OR
POLS 34105	The African World	3

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Required Courses

POLS 34210	Exploring Politics	3
	All courses in Core B	12
	One course each from Core A, C, D, and E	12
POLS 34320	Politics and Propaganda in Film	3
POLS 34497	Research Seminar in Political Science	3
POLS 34524	Minority, Gender, and Sexual Politics	3
	Political Science Electives	6
	Advisor-approved electives	9

Choose one course from each of the three groups below:

Group 1: Western/Developed World

HIST 33310	France Since Louis XIV	3
HIST 33389	Early Modern Europe: The West Meets the World	3
HIST 33510	History of Russia	3
HIST 33517	England: From Stonehenge to Versailles	3
HIST 33521	History of Germany Since 1648	3
HIST 33565	The History of American Foreign Relations	3
HIST 33589	Europe in the Age of Nationalism	3

Group 2: Non-Western/Developing World

HUM 26105	Information Technology and Culture	3
HIST 33370	History of the Near and Middle East	3
HIST 33375	History of Latin America	3
HIST 33386	The Pacific Rim	3
HIST 33380	Humanitarian Crises of the Modern World	3

Group 3: Geography

GEOG 32340	Geography of North America	3
GEOG 32441	Geography of Europe	3
GEOG 32442	Geography of Asia	3
GEOG 32521	Geopolitics	3

Political Science: Public Administration Emphasis, 57 hours

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Must include the following:

MATH 17114

General Statistics *

3

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Required Courses

POLS 34210	Exploring Politics	3
POLS 34321	American Federalism	3
POLS 34332	Principles of Public Administration	3
POLS 34435	Public Management	3
POLS 34497	Research Seminar in Political Science	3
POLS 34502	Public Policy	3
	One course each from Core A, B, D, and E not included above	12

Twenty-seven hours of electives selected from the following:

POLS 34495	Internship in Political Science	1 to 6
	Political Science Electives/Approved Electives	21 to 27

Note: POLS 34495, if taken, should be taken for no less than 3 hours.  Also, no more than nine hours of electives may come from disciplines outside Political Science.

Total Credit Hours: 57-60