Political Science (PLSC)
The Department of Political Science offers a major leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, three combined majors, also leading to Bachelor of Arts degrees, and two minors, one in legal studies and a second interdisciplinary minor in urban planning. Political science is the traditional undergraduate degree choice for those considering law school. It is also ideal preparation for a career in government service, including internationally-oriented paths like the foreign service, intelligence, and foreign aid/development agencies, and domestic political careers like consulting, research, polling, and policy/campaign staff.
Courses
- AAST 10003 — Introduction to African and African American Studies
- AAST 20203 — The African American Experience
- AAST 32903 — Black Politics
- AAST 33903 — Civil Rights Policy and Politics
- AAST 43203 — Racial Identity, Politics, and Public Policy
- AAST 49303 — African American Political Ideology
- AGEC 35003 — Agricultural Law I
- ANTH 44403 — Cultural Resource Management I
- ANTH 51103 — Anthropology of the City
- ARCH 54903 — History of Urban Form
- BLAW 30303 — Commercial Law
- COMM 41103 — Legal Communication
- COMM 43703 — Political Communication
- CRIM 20403 — Sociology of Criminal Law
- CRIM 35003 — Criminal Procedures
- CRIM 35103 — Criminal Evidence
- ENGL 10103 — Composition I
- ENGL 10203 — Composition II
- ENSC 32201 — Ecosystems Assessment Laboratory
- ENSC 32203 — Ecosystems Assessment
- ENSC 34103 — Principles of Environmental Economics
- ENSC 39303 — Environmental Ethics
- FDSC 32002 — Introduction to Food Law
- GEOS 30403 — Sustaining Earth
- GEOS 40703 — Urban Geography
- GEOS 43903 — American Public Lands & Policy
- GEOS 46903 — Environmental Justice
- GNST 42203 — Gender and Justice in the U.S.
- HIST 23104 — The American Experience
- HIST 231H4 — Honors The American Experience
- HIST 45003 — History of Political Parties in the United States, 1789-1896
- HIST 45103 — History of Political Parties in the United States Since 1896
- INST 38003 — International Organization
- INST 39003 — Crossing Borders: Transnationalism and Intercultural Transfer
- INST 47903 — Eugenics in Global Perspective
- INST 48903 — International Negotiation and Mediation
- INST 49103 — International Studies Seminar
- ISYS 10303 — Data Analysis and Interpretation
- JOUR 36603 — Media Law
- LALS 32703 — Belonging, Citizenship, & Immigration in the United States
- LALS 41603 — Nuevo South: The Emerging Latino Electorate in the South
- LARC 4020V — Special Studies
- LARC 40303 — Landscape Architecture Theory
- LARC 47503 — Incremental Sprawl Repair
- LARC 50503 — Introduction to Cultural Landscape Preservation
- LARC 54903 — Environmental Land Use Planning
- MATH 11003 — College Algebra
- MATH 11103 — Quantitative Reasoning
- MATH 20503 — Finite Mathematics
- MATH 21003 — Principles of Statistics
- MATH 21803 — Mathematical Reasoning in a Quantitative World
- MATH 22003 — Survey of Calculus
- MATH 24004 — Calculus I
- OMGT 43103 — Law and Ethics
- PHIL 20003 — Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 22003 — Logic
- PHIL 41403 — Philosophy of Law
- PLSC 20003 — American National Government
- PLSC 20103 — Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PLSC 28103 — Introduction to International Relations
- PLSC 3000V — Internship in Public Affairs
- PLSC 31003 — Public Administration
- PLSC 32003 — Introduction to Legal Studies
- PLSC 32103 — The South and the Law: Race, Gender, and Citizenship
- PLSC 32403 — The Judicial Process
- PLSC 32503 — Urban Politics
- PLSC 32903 — Black Politics
- PLSC 36003 — Scope and Methods of Political Science
- PLSC 38103 — International Law
- PLSC 3900V — Special Topics
- PLSC 3940V — Readings in Political Science
- PLSC 41003 — Introduction to Urban Planning
- PLSC 41703 — Community Development
- PLSC 41903 — Administrative Law
- PLSC 42503 — The U.S. Constitution I
- PLSC 42603 — The U.S. Constitution II
- PLSC 42803 — Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
- PLSC 47903 — Latino/Hispanic Political Thought
- PLSC 49703 — Political Science Capstone
- PLSC 4980V — Senior Thesis
- PLSC 499HV — Honors Essay
- SCMT 34403 — DELIVER: Transportation and Distribution Management
- SOCI 10103 — General Sociology
- SOCI 31503 — Urban Sociology
- SOCI 41803 — Social Network Analysis