Concentration in Political Science

          "I wish I could find a program that I could complete during my free time."                    "I want a graduate education that I can readily apply to my workplace."                    "I want to enjoy my next degree and not feel pressured to compete with other students."                    "I don't have time to come to campus every week for classes, so my classes have to be designed for the distance learner."     

Students completing their MLS program in this concentration will have the following notation on their transcripts: "Liberal Studies (Political Science)."

Online MLS concentration in political science

10-hour core

IDS 801 Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies (1 hr)
IDS 802 Ways of Knowing in Comparative Perspective (3 hrs)
IDS 803 Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society (3 hrs)
IDS 804 Information Literacy (3 hrs)

18-hour concentration - choose six of the following

POLS 611 Policy Analysis (3 hrs)
POLS 612 The Administrative Process (3 hrs)
POLS 616 Public Personnel Management (3 hrs)
POLS 620 Constitutional Law (3 hrs)
POLS 621 American Civil Liberties (3 hrs)
POLS 631 American Foreign Policy (3 hrs)
POLS 664 Political Behavior (3 hrs)
POLS 672 Readings in Political Science (3 hrs) - can be taken more than once
(topics: theory; urban politics/planning/eco devo; budgeting/finance; Latin America;
leadership, management, and organization; and international political economy
and business)
POLS 675 Seminar on Budgeting

3-hour culminating experience

Choose one of the following: thesis, project, internship

Once you have been admitted to this concentration, please follow the MLS Checklist and carefully read The MLS Student Handbook.