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Political Science Minor

Weber State University · Ogden, UT

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Program
Award
Minor
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
. Program Code: Political Science (7012) CIPC: Political Science (451001) Program Learning Outcomes Political Science students will understand and model civic dispositions conducive to democratic involvement. Specifically, we recommend attention to fostering the civic attitudes of political efficacy, empathy, civic duty, civic confidence, and civic reflection, and an inclination to engage in dialogue across difference. Political Science students will demonstrate an ability to analyze political phenomena and critique arguments in a theoretically and empirically informed manner. Political Science students will demonstrate an ability to engage as global citizens through problem solving, collective action, and collaborative decision making. Political Science students will demonstrate an ability to identify, evaluate, properly use, and cite verifiable sources of evidence. Political Science students will demonstrate an ability to engage thoughtfully with competing values and perspectives. Political Science students will demonstrate an ability to use qualitative and quantitative methods effectively and appropriately. Political Science students will demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal modes to a variety of audiences. Political science students will be able to understand and apply key concepts used to study political institutions, processes, and actors in a variety of settings. Political science students will be able to understand and evaluate diverse theoretical and disciplinary approaches to the nature, ethical distribution, and uses of power. Political science students will be able to understand, apply, and evaluate approaches and theories that address political phenomena. Political science students will be able to understand the different ways individuals and groups engage in politics at the local, regional, national, and global levels, and evaluate the effectiveness and effects of different strategies of civic engagement.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
230782
CourseShelf checklist
CK_230782_38ac5335
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Political Science Courses Required (6 credit hours)

5 items
  1. POLS 1100 AI
    3
  2. POLS 2100
    3
  3. POLS 2200
    3
  4. POLS 2300 SS
    3
  5. POLS 2400 SS
    3

Elective Requirements (15 credit hours)

33 items
  1. POLS 3140
    3
  2. HIST 3230
    3
  3. POLS 3200
    3
  4. POLS 3210
    3
  5. POLS 3290
    3
  6. POLS 3330
    3
  7. POLS 3340
    3
  8. POLS 3400
    3
  9. POLS 3610
    3
  10. POLS 3640
    3
  11. POLS 3700
    3
  12. POLS 3760
    3
  13. POLS 3780
    3
  14. POLS 4020
    3
  15. POLS 4030
    3
  16. POLS 4100
    3
  17. POLS 4160
    3
  18. POLS 4170
    3
  19. POLS 4180
    3
  20. POLS 4190
    3
  21. POLS 4200
    3
  22. POLS 4360
    3
  23. POLS 4380
    3
  24. POLS 4600
    3
  25. POLS 4620
    3
  26. POLS 4640
    3
  27. POLS 4750
    3
  28. POLS 4770
    3
  29. POLS 4940
    3
  30. PHIL 3200
    3
  31. WGS 3050
    3
  32. CJ 4065
    3
  33. SOC 4270
    3

Additional Electives

0 items

    Applied Learning Electives

    9 items
    1. POLS 1010
      3
    2. POLS 1520 SS
      Leadership and Political Life
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. POLS 3000
      3
    4. POLS 3070
      3
    5. POLS 3150
      3
    6. POLS 3151
      1
    7. POLS 4860
      1-12
    8. POLS 4861
      1-12
    9. POLS 4865
      1-12

    Individualized Electives

    4 items
    1. POLS 2920
      1-6
    2. POLS 4920
      1-6
    3. POLS 4800
      1-3
    4. POLS 4830
      3

    Note

    0 items
      Source. Weber State University, catalog 2026-2027 Catalog — https://weber.catalog.acalog.com/preview_program.php?catoid=25&poid=14112. Captured page pages/0369.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.