A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- B.A.
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 45.1002
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The Political Science Program is housed within the Department of Global Humanities. Both a major and minor in Political Science are offered. Political science examines the origins, uses, justification, and distribution of power in society, as well as the relationship between power and other social “goods” such as wealth, rights, and liberties. Political science can be both empirical and normative. When empirical, it investigates how and why power, wealth, and rights are distributed as they are in the real world. When normative, political science explores how they ought to be distributed. Politics, in short, is about how societies are governed, how competing ideas about what is best for society are articulated and resolved, and how decisions in one part of the world affect other parts of the world. As part of a liberal arts education, the study of politics helps students develop critical thinking, research, analytical and communicative skills. It enables them to understand ideas and practices of citizenship, social justice, and human values. Political science prepares students for graduate studies as well as for a wide range of careers, including those in teaching, law, government, public service, public policy and administration, foreign and military service, business, international organizations, NGOs and the nonprofit sector, interest-group advocacy, and journalism.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 174899
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_174899_37aea5f3
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Program Required Courses
0 items
Core Courses
major core · 6 items
- As published: “Introduction to Global Sustainability and Justice Studies”4
- As published: “Political Philosophy”4
- As published: “Introduction to Political Science”4
- 4
- 4
- As published: “Statistics”or: MTH 2442 Introduction to Data Analysis and Applied Statistics4
Sixteen elective credits from one concentration listed below. 3
electives · 32 items
- American PoliticsNot resolved to a course16
- As published: “Mass Media Law and Ethics”4
- As published: “Community Nonprofits”2
- As published: “Indigenous Peoples of North America”4
- 3
- As published: “American Social Welfare Policy”4
- Comparative Politics 2Not resolved to a course16
- As published: “Introduction to Mexico”0-4
- As published: “Popular Music and Political Movements”4
- As published: “The Other Americas”4
- As published: “Contemporary Africa”4
- As published: “Russia: Revolution and Empire”4
- As published: “Islam and the Modern World”4
- POL/GSJ 4402Water and PoliticsNot resolved to a course
- International Relations 2Not resolved to a course16
- As published: “Migration, Diaspora, Identity”4
- As published: “Peaceful Resolution of International Conflicts”4
- As published: “Human Rights”4
- As published: “Europe Today”4
- As published: “The World Since 1945”4
- As published: “United States Foreign Relations”4
- 4
- 4
- As published: “Globalization of Food and Agriculture”4
- As published: “Water and Politics”4
- Political TheoryNot resolved to a course16
- As published: “Introductory Ethics”4
- As published: “Contemporary Ethical Issues”4
- As published: “Philosophies of Feminism”4
- As published: “Theologies of Peace and Justice”4
- 4
- As published: “Religion and Politics of Compassion”4
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