Required Courses
A major in politics requires 33 hours of coursework. Specifically required courses are:
Electives
Choose 2 courses from 400 level politics courses.
Choose at least 1 course from American Politics.
Nine additional credits must be taken from the remaining Politics courses.
Exceptionally competent students may, at the discretion of the politics faculty, write a thesis under the supervision of the politics faculty. Students writing a thesis will register for POL-575; the three credits earned in POL-575 may not be included in the 33 hours required for the politics major. A student must either complete the thesis project or earn an exceptional grade on the comprehensive examination, as determined by the politics faculty, in order to graduate with departmental honors.
A senior year comprehensive examination is also required.