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The Curriculum

Concentration Courses

Pre-law    
POLS 425 Legal Research Methods 3 hrs.
POLS 620 Constitutional Law 3 hrs.
POLS 621 American Civil Liberties 3 hrs.
POLS 622 Legal Advocacy 3 hrs.
 
TOTAL
12 hrs.
Political Management    
POLS 660 Campaign Management 3 hrs.
Choice of 3 courses from:    
IDS 468 Political Communication 9 hrs.
POLS 661 American Political Parties  
POLS 663 Political Behavior  
POLS 600 The Presidency  
POLS 601 The Congress  
 
TOTAL
12 hrs.
International Studies    
Choice of 1 course from:    
POLS 108 Model United Nations
(High School Conference)
3 hrs.
POLS 609 Model United Nations
(College Conference)
 
POLS 640 Comparative Politics 3 hrs.
POLS 631 American Foreign Policy 3 hrs.
POLS 632 Problems/Issues in World Politics 3 hrs.
 
TOTAL
12 hrs.
Public Administration (Online only, MLS or BGS)  
POLS 611 Policy Analysis 3 hrs.
POLS 612 Administrative Process 3 hrs.
POLS 616 Public personnel Management 3 hrs.
Choose 1 approved Elective, such as:  
POLS 400 Urban Politics 3 hrs.
POLS 675 Seminar (e.g. Budgeting, Public Policy, etc.  
 
TOTAL
12 hrs.
Political Theory    
All three below required (one taken as part of Core - see Curriculum)
POLS 650 History of Political Theory 9 hrs.
POLS 651 Recent Political Theory  
POLS 653 American Political Thought  
Choose 1 approved Elective, such s:  
PHIL 301 Legal Philosophy 3 hrs.
POLS 620 Constitutional Law  
POLS 621 American Civil Liberties  
PHIL 470 20th Century Philosophy  
PHIL 480 Contemporary Philosophy  
POLS 675 Seminar  
 
TOTAL
12 hrs.
Global Public Policy (under development)
Pending Introduction to American Public Policy 3 hrs.
Pending Politics of Globalization 3 hrs.
Choice of 2 courses from:    
Pending Global Environmental Policy 3 hrs.
Pending Global Life Sciences Policy 3 hrs.
Pending Politics of Global Terrorism 3 hrs.
POLS 630 International Organization in World Politics 3 hrs.
Pending Environmental Law 3 hrs.
 
TOTAL
12 hrs.

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