Political Science
Program Outcomes
The program in Political Science seeks to empower students to:
- Understand and identify the properties universal to government in all human societies.
- Understand the nature and consequences of the major variations in governments among different nations.
- Understand the importance of ideas in shaping politics and government.
- Comprehend and the system of rights and responsibilities of individuals in the United States and the manner in which government is influenced and changed by the support and dissent of individuals and interest groups in a democracy.
The major in Political Science requires 31 credit hours in Political Science, including 15 credits of upper-level hours in Political Science.
Courses that are cross listed, such as HIPS courses, have an equal amount of history and political science content. Cross-listed courses can count credits toward one discipline or the other, but not both. Political Science courses count toward “social science” general education requirements.