Politics Minor

All students are required to complete one lower-division politics course from POLI 1-POLI 79 with a grade of a C or better, prior to declaring the minor. 

To facilitate the progress of politics majors toward completion of their degree requirements, enrollment in many upper-division politics courses is restricted to those with major status during the priority enrollment period. All students, including declared minors, may enroll during the open enrollment period that follows.

Course Requirements

Lower-Division Courses

One lower-division politics course from POLI 1-POLI 79.

POLI 1	Politics: Power, Principle, Process, and Policy	5
POLI 3	Keywords: Concepts in Politics	5
POLI 4	Citizenship and Action	5
POLI 10	Nationalism	5
POLI 17	U.S. and the World Economy	5
POLI 20	American Politics	5
POLI 21	Governing the Golden State	5
POLI 45	Music and Politics in Contemporary Society	5
POLI 46	Africa in Global Perspective	5
POLI 60	Comparative Politics	5
POLI 61	Politics of Social Policy	5
POLI 65	Introduction to International Relations	5
POLI 70	Global Politics	5

Upper-Division Courses

Five upper-division politics courses are required. Of these, four are to be selected from the core courses listed below: two from one concentration and two from another concentration (Concentrations are: Theory, U.S., Comparative and Global/IR). A fifth course is to be selected from POLI 101-POLI 199.

Theory

POLI 105A /LGST 105A	Ancient Political Thought	5
POLI 105B /LGST 105B	Early Modern Political Thought	5
POLI 105C /LGST 105C	Modern Political Thought	5

U.S. Politics

POLI 120A /LGST 120A	Congress, President, and the Court in American Politics	5
POLI 120B /LGST 120B	Society and Democracy in American Political Development	5
POLI 120C /LGST 120C	State and Capitalism in American Political Development	5

Comparative

POLI 140A	European Politics	5
POLI 140C	Latin American Politics	5
POLI 140D	Politics of East Asia	5

Global Politics/International Relations

POLI 160A	Theories of International and World Politics	5
POLI 160B /LGST 160B	International Law	5
POLI 160C	Security, Conflict, Violence, War	5
POLI 160D	International Political Economy	5