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Political Science, BA

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA

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Program
Award
BA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
45.1001
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
215293
CourseShelf checklist
CK_215293_95d19f3e
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Political Science Major Requirements

0 items

    Core Courses

    5 items
    1. PS 0200
      AMERICAN POLITICS
      As published: “American Political Process : An introduction to the institutions and political processes in the United States. The course surveys the presidency, Congress, and the judicial system as well as political behavior, public opinion, political attitudes, and the party system.”
      3
    2. PS 0300
      COMPARATIVE POLITICS
      As published: “Comparative Politics : An introduction to political systems outside the United States. The course surveys a variety of theoretical approaches to the comparison of political systems and an examination of the political processes, institutions, and current political developments in a variety of political systems in all of the major regions of the world.”
      3
    3. PS 0500
      INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
      As published: “World Politics : An introduction to the study of foreign policy, covering the international political environment in which nation-states and other actors operate, as well as the specific policies adopted by particular states.”
      3
    4. PS 0600
      POLITICAL THEORY
      As published: “Political Theory and Analysis : An introduction to the history of Western political ideas, including the thought of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Mill, and Marx.”
      3
    5. PS 0700
      RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
      As published: “Research Methods in Political Science : An introduction to the methods used in political science research, covering the logic of social scientific inquiry, the basics of research design, and the quantitative and qualitative methods that are commonly used by political scientists to investigate important questions about the political world.”
      3

    Field Courses

    0 items

      American Politics

      24 items
      1. PS 1201
        CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PS 1202
        3
      3. PS 1204
        WOMEN IN POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PS 1205
        RACE, GENDER AND POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PS 1211
        LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PS 1212
        AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PS 1213
        LAW AND POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PS 1214
        US CONGRESS
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PS 1221
        LATINA/O/X POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PS 1227
        RACIAL AND ETHNIC POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PS 1230
        INTEREST GROUP POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PS 1231
        POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PS 1232
        POLITICAL ATTITDE & PUBLIC OPIN
        Not resolved to a course
      14. PS 1233
        POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PS 1234
        ELECTORAL BEHAVIORS AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PS 1235
        MEDIA AND POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      17. PS 1240
        THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY
        Not resolved to a course
      18. PS 1250
        GAMES, POLITICS, AND STRATEGY
        Not resolved to a course
      19. PS 1252
        STATE GOVERNMENT
        Not resolved to a course
      20. PS 1254
        POLITICS OF APPALACHIA
        Not resolved to a course
      21. PS 1261
        AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY
        Not resolved to a course
      22. PS 1263
        HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN FLOURISHING
        Not resolved to a course
      23. PS 1275
        RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      24. PS 1281
        CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN AMERICAN POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course

      Comparative Politics

      27 items
      1. PS 1302
        POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PS 1311
        WESTERN EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PS 1317
        POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PS 1321
        LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PS 1324
        US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PS 1328
        AUTHORITARIAN STATECRAFT AND THE ARTS OF RESISTANCE
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PS 1332
        GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PS 1333
        GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF JAPAN
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PS 1340
        DEMOCRATIZATION
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PS 1341
        GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS USSR/RUSSIAN FEDERATION
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PS 1348
        XENOPHOBIA IN MODERN EUROPE
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PS 1349
        TRANSATLANTC GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PS 1351
        3
      14. PS 1352
        INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PS 1357
        THE POLITICS OF FOOD, LAND, AND SUSTAINABILITY
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PS 1361
        COMPARATIVE POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEMS
        Not resolved to a course
      17. PS 1365
        SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
        Not resolved to a course
      18. PS 1378
        CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS
        Not resolved to a course
      19. PS 1381
        CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      20. PS 1398
        EU SIMULATIONS
        Not resolved to a course
      21. PS 1399
        ANALYSIS OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      22. PS 1411
        BRUSSELS DECODED: AN EXPEDITION INTO EU POLICYMAKING
        Not resolved to a course
      23. PS 1412
        COMPARATIVE POPULISM
        Not resolved to a course
      24. PS 1434
        THE ROAD TO REPRESENTATION: HOW ARE REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED IN THE WORLD’S DEMOCRACIES?
        Not resolved to a course
      25. PS 1440
        DEMOCRATIC EROSION
        Not resolved to a course
      26. PS 1441
        DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION IN EASTERN EUROPE
        Not resolved to a course
      27. PS 1442
        POLITICS OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPE
        Not resolved to a course

      International Relations

      16 items
      1. PS 1501
        THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PS 1503
        INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PS 1504
        NATIONALISM
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PS 1508
        INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PS 1509
        CONFLICT AND WAR THEORY
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PS 1511
        AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PS 1512
        THE POLITICS OF MIGRATION
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PS 1514
        POLITICAL STRATEGY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PS 1534
        CIVIL WARS
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PS 1536
        HUMAN SECURITY
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PS 1537
        PEACEMAKING & PEACEKEEPING
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PS 1538
        THE POLITICS OF OIL AND NATURAL RESOURCES
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PS 1542
        GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      14. PS 1543
        GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PS 1581
        CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PS 1592
        POLITICS OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS - ANALYSIS
        Not resolved to a course

      Political Theory and Analysis

      17 items
      1. PS 1601
        ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PS 1602
        STATES OF NATURE: EARLY MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT IN CONTEXT
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PS 1603
        MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PS 1607
        AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PS 1612
        MARXISM AND ITS LEGACY
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PS 1613
        FASCISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PS 1614
        THEORIES OF JUSTICE
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PS 1621
        HISTORY OF FEMINIST POLITICAL THOUGHT
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PS 1622
        “OUTSIDER POLITICS” : ANARCHIST, PUNK, QUEER, AND FEMINIST THEORY
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PS 1650
        PROCESSES OF IDENTITY FORMATION
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PS 1661
        GAME OF THRONES AND POLITICAL THEORY
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PS 1662
        GRIMDARK POLITICS: 40K, DUNE, DREDD, AND THE POLITICAL THEORIES INSIDE SCIENCE FICTION
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PS 1675
        POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
        Not resolved to a course
      14. PS 1681
        CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PS 1691
        MYTH, PROPAGANDA, AND THE STATE - ANALYSIS
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PS 1692
        DEMOCRATIC THEORY-ANALYSIS
        Not resolved to a course
      17. PS 1693
        POLITICAL THEORY & THE FUTURE-ANALYSIS
        Not resolved to a course

      Additional Offerings

      6 items
      1. PS 1702
        3
      2. PS 1900
        INTERNSHIP
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PS 1901
        INDEPENDENT STUDY
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PS 1902
        DIRECTED READING
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PS 1903
        DIRECTED RESEARCH
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PS 1910
        INSTITUTE OF POLITICS INTERNSHIP/SEMINAR
        Not resolved to a course

      Capstone seminar

      0 items

        Departmental honors requirements

        0 items

          Grade requirements

          0 items

            Satisfactory/No Credit option

            0 items
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