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POLS Major - Graduate School Track


Suggested Courses

Freshman

POLS 111: Principles of Political Science

QTM 100: Intro to Statistical Inference

Elective #1 (Ex: POLS 100 or AP credit: National Politics of the U.S.)

Elective #2 (Ex: POLS 110: Intro to International Politics)

Sophomore

POLS 208: Political Science Research Methods

Political Theory (Ex: POLS 201: Classical Political Thought)

Elective #3 (Ex: Any 300+ POLS course)

Elective #4 (Ex: Any 300+ POLS course)

Junior

RSCH course (Ex: POLS 310: Statistical Modeling)

Elective #5 (Ex: POLS 387: CLSS Directed Research – 2 semesters)

Elective #6 (Ex: Any 300+ POLS course)

Senior

Elective #7 (Ex: POLS 495: Honors Tutorial or POLS 497: Directed Study)

Elective #8 (Ex: Any 300+ POLS course)

Elective #9 (Ex: 400+ POLS seminar)

 

Pre-Graduate School Courses

  • POLS 100: National Politics of the U.S.
  • POLS 110: Intro to International Politics
  • POLS 120: Intro to Comparative Politics
  • POLS 387: Directed Research (CLSS)
  • POLS 399: Directed Research in Political Science
  • POLS 495/499: Honors Tutorial and Research
  • Any 300-level course
  • Any 400-level advanced seminar
  • Any 500-level graduate seminars (by permission of instructor only)