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Minor Requirements

15 hours of Political Science with a 2.00 grade point average. Students may not count no more than 3 hours in political science taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis toward the minor. Students taking an internship, PS 3940, may count no more than three hours of the internship toward the minor.

Minor in Political Science, General
Fifteen hours, chosen from among all political Science courses.

Requirements for Minor in American Politics
15 hours chosen from the following:

1100 Introduction to Amer. Politics
2280 Judicial Politics and Policy Behavior
2300 State Politics
2320 African Americans & the Political System
2350 Introduction to Urban Politics
2380 The Politics of Gender in US
2420 Introduction to Public Policy
2650 American Political Thought Regulation
2820 United States Foreign Policy
3260 The Supreme Court
3300 The American Presidency
3330 Introduction to Political
3331 Congressional Politics
3340 Politics and the Media
3350 Political Parties & Elections
3390 Studies in American Politics
3410 The Politics of Business
3900 Special Readings (consent of instructor) 
3940 Internship (consent of instructor)

Requirements for Minor in Comparative Politics
Political Science 1500 plus 12 hours chosen from the following:

2500  Comparing Different Worlds
2510  Comparative Politics of Europe
2530  Political Systems of South America
2540  Political Systems of Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean                        2550  East Asian Politics
2560  Russia and the New Republics
2580  African Politics
3570  Gender, Race, and Public Policy
3595  Studies in Comparative Politics
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor)
4510  Comparative Public Policy Administration

Requirements for Minor in International Relations
15 hours chosen from the following:

1800  World Politics                                                      
1820  Global Issues                                                       
2520  Middle Eastern Politics                                        
2820  United States Foreign Policy                                
3830  International Political Economy                             
3840  European International Relations 
3850  International Organizations & Global Problem-Solving
3860  Studies in War and Peace 
3890  Studies in International Relation
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor)
3940  Internship (consent of instructor)
4850  International Law

Requirements for Minor in Political Theory
15 hours chosen from the following:

1600  Contemporary Political Ideologies                         
2610  Ancient & Medieval Political Thought                   
2620  Modern Political Thought                                     
2650  American Political Thought
3680  Feminist Political Theory
3690  The Marxist Heritage
3695  Studies in Political Theory
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor) 

Requirements for Minor in Public Administration
Political Science 2400 plus 12 hours from the following:

2420  Introduction to Public Policy                                                       
3420  Public Personnel Management                             
3439  Studies in Policy Formation                                  
3440  Public Budgeting                                                 
3450  Urban Administration 
3490  Studies in Public Administration
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor)
3940  Internship (consent of instructor) 
4460  Urban Planning and Politics
4510  Comparative Public Policy and Administration

Requirements for Minor in Public Law
15 hours from the following:

1200  Foundations of Law: An Intro to Legal Studies
2260  Law, Politics and Society
2280  Judicial Politics & Policy
2290  Gender and the Law
3200  Constitutional Law
3210  Civil Liberties
3260  The Supreme Court
3290  Studies in Public Law
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor)
4850  International Law

Requirements for Minor in Public Policy
Political Science 2420 plus 12 hours from the following:

2300  State Politics
2350  Introduction to Urban Politics
2400  Public Administration
3300  The American Presidency
3440  Public Budgeting
3450  Urban Administration
3460  The Politics of Poverty & Welfare
3480  Environmental Politics
3570  Gender, Race, & Public Policy
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor)
3940  Internship (consent of instructor)
4460  Urban Planning and Politics
4510  Comparative Public Policy and Administration

Requirements for Minor in Urban Politics
Political Science 2350 plus 12 hours from the following:

2320  African-Americans & the Political System
3450  Urban Administration
3460  The Politics of Poverty & Welfare
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor)
3940  Internship (consent of instructor)
4460  Urban Planning and Politics

Requirements for Minor in Women and Politics
Political Science 1550, Women and Politics in the Developing World
and 12 hours from among the following:

2290  Gender and the Law
2380  The Politics of Gender in the US
3439  Studies in Policy Formation
3460  The Politics of Poverty and Welfare
3570  Gender, Race, and Public Policy
3590  Politics, Leadership and the Global Gender Gap
3680  Feminist Political Theory
3900  Special Readings (consent of instructor)
4940  Leadership & Management in Nonprofit Org.