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Government Minor

Government Minor Requirements

Required Introductory Courses

GOVT 141United States Government

3
GOVT 180Introduction to Political Theory

3
GOVT 230Introduction to Comparative Politics

3
GOVT 289Methods of Political Inquiry

3
Total Credit Hours:12

Required Advanced Subfield Courses

Choose one course in three of the four subfields:

1. American Politics

GOVT 305Political Behavior

3
GOVT 321Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers

3
GOVT 322Courts and Civil Liberties

3
GOVT 324Environmental Law and Policy

3
GOVT 328Law, Government and Privacy in the Computer Age

3
GOVT 342The American Presidency

3
GOVT 343Political Parties and Elections

3
GOVT 344Kentucky Government

3
GOVT 347American Public Policy

3
GOVT 349African-American Politics

3
GOVT 351Public Administration

3
GOVT 353Public Personnel Administration

3
GOVT 354Congress and the Federal Bureaucracy

3
GOVT 355Women and Politics

3
GOVT 410Seminar in American Politics

3
GOVT 451Seminar in Bureaucracy and Public Management

3
GOVT 452Seminar in Public Law

3

2. Political Theory

GOVT 312Western Political Thought

3
GOVT 314American Political Thought

3
GOVT 316Modern Ideologies

3
GOVT 317Feminist Political Thought

3
GOVT 318Twentieth Century Political Thought

3
GOVT 440Seminar in Political Theory

3

3. Comparative Politics

GOVT 301Comparative Politics of Development

3
GOVT 302Politics and the Good Life

3
GOVT 303Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics

3
GOVT 304Politics of Transition

3
GOVT 329North American Politics: United States and Canada

3
GOVT 330Parliamentary Democracies

3
GOVT 331Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

3
GOVT 332Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean

3
GOVT 333Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa

3
GOVT 334Russia and Eastern European Governments

3
GOVT 337Politics of Asia

3
GOVT 430Seminar in Comparative Politics

3

4. International Politics

GOVT 360United Nations and World Organizations

3
GOVT 362Current World Problems

3
GOVT 364International Relations

3
GOVT 367Politics of International Economic Relations

3
GOVT 368Human Rights and Global Justice

3
GOVT 420Seminar in International Relations

3
Total Credit Hours:9

Required Advanced Courses

Any 300- or 400-level GOVT or PS elective

Total Credit Hours: 24