Political Science Minor

Political Science Minor Requirements

Core Requirements

POLS 110Introduction to Political Theory

3

POLS 140United States Government

3

POLS 200Methods of Political Inquiry

3

POLS 230Introduction to Comparative Politics

3

POLS 262U.S. Foreign Policy

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Advanced Subfield Electives

1. Political Theory, American Politics, and Public Law

Choose two courses (six hours) from the following subfield:

POLS 311Politics, Justice and the Good Life

3

POLS 312Classical and Medieval Political Thought

3

POLS 314American Political Thought

3

POLS 316Modern Political Thought

3

POLS 317Feminist Political Thought

3

POLS 318Contemporary Political Thought

3

POLS 319Islamic Political Thought

3

POLS 321Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers

3

POLS 322Courts and Civil Liberties

3

POLS 324Environmental Law and Policy

3

POLS 325Federalism and the Constitution

3

POLS 328Law, Government and Privacy in the Internet Age

3

POLS 329Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics

3

POLS 342The American Presidency

3

POLS 343Political Parties and Elections

3

POLS 344Kentucky Government

3

POLS 345Congress and the Federal Bureaucracy

3

POLS 350Political Behavior

3

POLS 351Public Administration

3

POLS 352American Public Policy

3

POLS 353Public Personnel Administration

3

POLS 354African-American Politics

3

POLS 355Women and Politics

3

POLS 410Seminar in Political Theory

3

POLS 420Seminar in Public Law

3

POLS 440Seminar in American Politics

3

POLS 451Seminar in Bureaucracy and Public Management

3

Total Credit Hours:6

2. Comparative Politics and International Relations

Choose one course (three hours) from the following subfield:

POLS 330European Parliamentary Democracies

3

POLS 331Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

3

POLS 332Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean

3

POLS 333Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa

3

POLS 334Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe

3

POLS 335Politics of Development and Democratization

3

POLS 336North American Politics: United States and Canada

3

POLS 337Politics of Asia

3

POLS 338Politics of Transition

3

POLS 360International Relations

3

POLS 361Globalization and its Discontents

3

POLS 362Current World Problems

3

POLS 365United Nations and World Organizations

3

POLS 367Politics of International Economic Relations

3

POLS 368Human Rights and Global Justice

3

POLS 369Political Geography

3

POLS 430Seminar in Comparative Politics

3

POLS 460Seminar in International Relations

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 24