Methodist University - Political Science Requirements

Requirements

Requirements Summary: 36 semester hours including 15 semester hours of core courses, 18 semester hours of elective courses, 3 semester hours of an approved statistics course, and completion of the Political Science Area Concentration Test. Listed below are approved courses for each requirement

Core Courses: 15 semester hours of Political Science courses including the following.

PSC 151 American National Government
PSC 210 Research Methods in Political Science
PSC 227 Comparative Politics
PSC 333 Public Administration
PSC 460 Senior Seminar

Elective Courses: 18 semester hours of Political Science courses at the 200 level from the following list.

PSC 201 State and Local Government
PSC 305 Democratic Principles and the Democratic State
PSC 310 Law and the Legal System
PSC 341 Congress and the Presidency
PSC 347 American Foreign Policy
PSC 351 International Relations
PSC 385 The Living Constitution
PSC 401 European Politics
PSC 402 Middle East Politics
PSC 403 Politics in Africa
PSC 404 Politics in East Asia
PSC 405 Latin American Politics
PSC 406 Advanced Industrial Countries
PSC 407 Politics in Southeast Asia
PSC 425 Special Topics Seminar
PSC 430 Political Campaign Seminar
PSC 440 International Organizations
PSC 451 International Political Economy
PSC 455 Terrorism and Homeland Security
PSC 470 Internship
PSC 499 Independent Study in Political Science

Statistical Course: 3 semester hours (one course) from the following list of courses.

PSY 250 Statistics for Psychology
SOC 220 Applied Statistics (recommended)
MAT 220 Applied Statistics
ECO 216 Statistics for Business and Economics

Political Science Area Concentration Test: All students are required to complete this test the fall semester of the student’s senior year.

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