Two-Year Course Schedule for Political Science and Global Affairs

Required Courses for Political Science Majors

POL 200 Intro to US Politics (offered every semester)

POL 203 Intro to Political Theory (offered every semester)

POL 205 World Politics (offered every semester)

POL 250 Political Inquiry and Analysis (offered every fall) POL 498 Senior Capstone (offered every fall)

POL 250 Political Inquiry and Analysis is offered every fall semester and may also be offered some spring semesters; Students should plan to take POL 250 during their Sophomore year; POL 250 is a prerequisite for 4** level POL courses, with exceptions for the Constitutional Studies and POL minors.

 

Fall A

POL 344 Constitutional Law I: Federalism & Separation of Powers

POL 307 Contemporary Political Theory

POL 376 Politics of Africa

POL 374 US Immigration & Asylum Policy

POL 372 Politics of the EU & Contemporary Europe

POL 335 American Public Policy

POL 455 How to Strategy

POL 292 Mock Trial

 

Spring A

POL 314 American Political Thought

POL 423 Constitutional Theory

POL 302 Perspectives on Social Justice

POL 377 Politics of the Middle East

POL 317 Resistance, Social Movements, & Revolution

POL 470 Global Migration & Displacement

POL 350 American Foreign Policy

POL 355 The Arab-Israeli Conflict

POL 292 Mock Trial

 

Fall B

POL 346 Constitutional Criminal Procedures

POL 306 Modern Political Thought

POL 351 International Law & Governance

POL 311 Democracy & Diversity (Core Big Ideas X course)

POL 320 Gender Discourse and Politics

POL 498 Senior Capstone

POL 353 Strategies of War and Peace

POL 450 Frontline of Global War

POL 292 Mock Trial

 

Spring B

POL 345 Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties & Rights

POL 423 Constitutional Theory

POL 302 Perspectives on Social Justice

POL 462 Globalization & Its Discontents

POL 378 Muslims and Islam in Europe & the United States

POL 375 Gender, Migration, & Displacement

POL 356 Chinese Politics & Foreign Policy

POL 354 American Way of War

POL 292 Mock Trial