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Political Science Program Requirements

Westminster University · Salt Lake City, UT

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
Political Science Program Requirements
CIP
54.0104
Catalog edition
2026–27 Academic Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Political Science offers an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts academic major. With political science as its core focus, the major includes relevant courses from a number of disciplines. The curriculum stresses student mastery of a variety of allied subjects to enhance understanding of the global and domestic contexts of politics. The major prepares students for further study in law or graduate school; to enter public service careers in government or international organizations; to work in nongovernmental organizations; to work in the private sector, the policy arena, the political/legislative process; to work in domestic, transnational, or international/global civil society organizations, movements, or activism; or to conduct research.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
230807
CourseShelf checklist
CK_230807_94884ae8
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

I. World Language Requirement

9 items
  1. PLSC 106
    Explorations in Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 106”
    4
  2. PLSC 203
    Courts, Law, and Social Justice ()
    As published: “PLSC 203”
    3
  3. PLSC 316
    Issues in Global Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 316”
    4
  4. PLSC 367
    Political Philosophy ()
    As published: “PLSC 367”
    4
  5. PLSC 390
    Research Methods ()
    As published: “PLSC 390”
    4
  6. PLSC 490
    Senior Capstone ()
    As published: “PLSC 490”
    4
  7. PLSC 348
    Congress and the Presidency ()
    As published: “PLSC 348”
    4
  8. PLSC 355
    Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties ()
    As published: “PLSC 355”
    4
  9. PLSC 359
    Law, Politics, and Bureaucracy ()
    As published: “PLSC 359”
    4

IV. Electives

23 items
  1. COMM 101
    Disinformation in the USA ()
    As published: “COMM 101”
    4
  2. COMM 350
    Leadership & Decision Making ()
    As published: “COMM 350”
    4
  3. DATA 150
    Data and Society ()
    As published: “DATA 150”
    4
  4. ECON 253
    Elementary Macroeconomics ()
    As published: “ECON 253”
    3
  5. MATH 101
    Fundamentals of Algebra ()
    As published: “MATH 101 or above”
    4
  6. ECON 263
    Elementary Microeconomics ()
    As published: “ECON 263”
    3
  7. MATH 101
    Fundamentals of Algebra ()
    As published: “MATH 101 or above”
    4
  8. ENVI 351
    The Global Environment ()
    As published: “ENVI 351”
    4
  9. ENVI 101
    Environment: Science, Society, Culture ()
    As published: “ENVI 101”
    4
  10. JUST 221
    Community Justice ()
    As published: “JUST 221”
    3
  11. JUST 325
    Justice in Everyday Life ()
    As published: “JUST 325”
    4
  12. PHIL 102
    Critical Thinking ()
    As published: “PHIL 102”
    4
  13. PHIL 303
    Formal Logic ()
    As published: “PHIL 303”
    4
  14. PHIL 102
    Critical Thinking ()
    As published: “PHIL 102”
    4
  15. PHIL 312
    Applied Ethics ()
    As published: “PHIL 312”
    4
  16. PHIL 102
    Critical Thinking ()
    As published: “PHIL 102”
    4
  17. PLSC 300
    1
  18. PLSC 327
    Environmental Politics and Policy ()
    As published: “PLSC 327”
    4
  19. PLSC 401
    Directed Studies ( to 4)
    As published: “PLSC 401”
    1
  20. PLSC 440
    Internship ( to 8)
    As published: “PLSC 440”
    1
  21. PUBH 250
    Global Health ()
    As published: “PUBH 250”
    4
  22. SOC 205
    Social Problems ()
    As published: “SOC 205”
    4
  23. SOC 372
    Race, Ethnicity, and Class ()
    As published: “SOC 372”
    4

Spring Semester

12 items
  1. PLSC 106
    Explorations in Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 106”
    4
  2. PLSC 203
    Courts, Law, and Social Justice ()
    As published: “PLSC 203”
    3
  3. PLSC 316
    Issues in Global Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 316 or 367”
    4
  4. PLSC 348
    Congress and the Presidency ()
    As published: “PLSC 348 or 359”
    4
  5. PLSC 355
    Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties ()
    As published: “PLSC 355”
    4
  6. PLSC 316
    Issues in Global Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 316 or 367”
    4
  7. PLSC 390
    Research Methods ()
    As published: “PLSC 390”
    4
  8. PLSC 490
    Senior Capstone ()
    As published: “PLSC 490”
    4
  9. PLSC 106
    Explorations in Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 106”
    4
  10. PLSC 315
    Theories of Global Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 315”
    4
  11. PLSC 355
    Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties ()
    As published: “PLSC 355”
    4
  12. PLSC 106
    Explorations in Politics ()
    As published: “PLSC 106”
    4
Source. Westminster University, catalog 2026–27 Academic Catalog — https://catalog.westminsteru.edu/current/undergraduate/programs/arts-and-sciences/political-science.html. Captured page pages/0062.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.