Political Science
 

Political Science

Political Science
Minor
Hours21 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 1 course
requirement 2 Complete 1 course
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
requirement 5 Complete 9.0 hours from the following course(s)
Complete nine additional upper-division credit hours. Only 6 hours of Poli 399R (internship credit) may count toward the minor.
POLI 302 - Experimental Research Methods 3.0
POLI 303 - Qualitative Methods 3.0
POLI 304 - Game Theory in Political Science 3.0
POLI 305 - Survey Research Methods 3.0
POLI 306R - Topics in Political Science Methods 3.0
POLI 311 - State and Local Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 313 - Interest Groups 3.0
POLI 314 - The United States Presidency 3.0
POLI 315 - Congress and the Legislative Process 3.0
POLI 316 - American Political Parties 3.0
POLI 317 - Public Opinion and Voting Behavior 4.0v
POLI 318 - Campaigns and Elections 3.0
POLI 319R - Topics in American Government and Politics 3.0v
POLI 321 - The Media in American Politics 3.0
POLI 324 - Political Psychology 3.0
POLI 325 - Politics of Wilderness, National Parks, and Public Land Management 3.0
POLI 328 - Statistical Analysis 4.0
POLI 331 - Politics and Public Policy 3.0
POLI 332 - Public Policy Analysis 3.0
POLI 333 - Politics of Bureaucracy 3.0
POLI 334 - Public Ethics 3.0
POLI 335 - Social Policy 3.0
POLI 336 - Government and Religion 3.0
POLI 339R - Topics in Public Policy 3.0
POLI 341 - Western European Politics 3.0
POLI 342 - Gender and Politics 3.0
POLI 343 - Designing Democracies and Dictatorships 3.0
POLI 344 - Comparative Political Economy 3.0
POLI 345 - Comparative Parties and Elections 3.0
POLI 346 - Southeast Asian Politics 3.0
POLI 347 - Russia/Former Soviet Politics 3.0
POLI 348 - Government and Politics of Asia 3.0
POLI 349R - Topics in Politics 3.0v
POLI 351 - British Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 352 - African Politics 3.0
POLI 353 - China: Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 354 - Japan: Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 355 - Canadian Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 357 - Middle East: Political Systems 3.0
POLI 358 - Latin American Politics 3.0
POLI 359R - Topics in Comparative Politics 3.0
POLI 362 - Reason, Revelation, and Politics 3.0
POLI 363 - Theories of Human Freedom 3.0
POLI 364 - Jurisprudence 3.0
POLI 365 - Early American Political Thought: 1620-1865 3.0
POLI 366 - Modern American Political Thought: 1865-Present 3.0
POLI 367 - Contemporary Political Theory 3.0
POLI 368R - Topics in Political Philosophy 3.0
POLI 371 - Foreign Policy Analysis 3.0
POLI 372 - International Political Economy 3.0
POLI 373 - International Law 3.0
POLI 374 - Ethics and International Affairs 3.0
POLI 375 - International Organizations 3.0
POLI 376 - U.S. Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 377 - National Security Affairs 3.0
POLI 378 - International Conflict 3.0
POLI 379R - Topics in International Relations 3.0v
POLI 380 - International Relations of Latin America 3.0
POLI 381 - International Relations of the Middle East 3.0
POLI 382 - International Relations of North America 3.0
POLI 385 - International Relations of Asia 3.0
POLI 386 - Japanese Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 387 - International Relations of Developing Countries 3.0
POLI 388 - Chinese Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 391 - Advanced Seminar on Current Issues 3.0
POLI 392R - Topics in Political Strategy 3.0
POLI 393R - Topics in Legal Studies 3.0
POLI 394R - Topics in Global Development 3.0
POLI 397 - Utah Legislative Politics 2.0
POLI 399R - Campaign Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Academic Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Congressional Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Pre-Law Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Washington DC Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - State Government Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Utah Legislature Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - International Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - City Government Intership 9.0v
POLI 400 - Research Project in Political Theory 3.0
POLI 410 - Research Project in American Politics 3.0
POLI 420 - Constitutional Law - American Federal System 3.0
POLI 421 - Constitutional Law - Rights and Immunities 3.0
POLI 422 - Interests and Ideas in the American Founding 3.0
POLI 428 - Advanced Statistical Analysis 3.0
POLI 430 - Research Project in Public Policy 3.0
POLI 444 - The Political Economy of Development 3.0
POLI 450 - Research Project in Comparative Politics 3.0
POLI 452 - Islam and Politics 3.0
POLI 461 - Federalist Papers 3.0
POLI 462 - Tocqueville on America 3.0
POLI 465 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 3.0
POLI 466 - Plato's Political Thought 3.0
POLI 470 - Research Project in International Relations 3.0
POLI 472 - International Political Economy of Women 3.0
POLI 473 - Human Rights 3.0
POLI 474 - Arab-Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 3.0
POLI 475 - Civil Wars and Ethnic Violence 3.0
POLI 476 - Terrorism 3.0
POLI 497R - Mentored Research 6.0v
POLI 498R - Directed Readings 3.0v
POLI 499 - Honors Thesis 3.0v
Poli 101 and 297 cannot be counted toward the minor.
Students scoring a 5 on the American Government and/or Comparative Government AP exams may substitute AP credit for Poli 110 or Poli 150, respectively. However, they are required to take at least one upper-division elective in each subfield in which they substitute AP credit for American Government and Politics or Comparative Government and Politics.
Program Outcomes: 

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