General Political Science Major

Required Courses (9 hours)

PSC 100 (3) Introduction to Political Science (Group III-B)
PSC 105 (3) Introduction to American Government and Politics (Group III-B)
PSC 280 (3) Introduction to Empirical Methods of Political Research

Other Requirements (12 hours)

One 3-credit hour course in four of the following five fields: 

1. American National Political Institutions and Processes:
PSC 101 (3) Political Behavior (Group III-A)

                   PSC 125 (3) African-American Politics (Group IV-C)

                   PSC 235 (3) Politics and Personality

                   PSC 320 (3) The American Legislative Process

                   PSC 321 (3) The American Chief Executive

                   PSC 322 (3) Judicial Process and Politics

                   PSC 323 (3) American Parties and Politics

                   PSC 325 (3) The Civil Rights Movement (Group IV-C)

                   PSC 326 (3) Women and Politics (Group IV-A)

                   PSC 327 (3) Lobbying and Interest Group Behavior

                   PSC 328 (3) Campaigns and Elections

                   PSC 421 (3) Constitutional Law:  Powers of Government

                   PSC 422 (3) Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties

                   PSC 520 (3) American National Government and Politics
 

2. American State and Local Government, Public Administration and Policy:
PSC 210 (3) Introduction to Public Administration

PSC 261 (3) State and Local Government (Group III-B)

                   PSC 300 (3) Michigan Politics and Elections

PSC 301 (3) Law and Policy in Michigan State Government        

PSC 313 (3) Budgetary Processes in the United States

PSC 411 (3) Public Sector Human Resource & Organization Theory

PSC 514 (3) American Public Policy Making

PSC 516 (3) Environmental Politics and Policy

PSC 522 (3) Regulatory Processes and Administrative Law

PSC 561 (3) American State Government and Administration

PSC 563 (3) Politics and Policy in Urban Communities

PSC 565 (3) Managing Modern Local Government

PSC 566 (3) Intergovernmental Relations in the United States

PSC 585 (3) Computer Applications for Public Administrators
 

3. International Relations:
PSC 150 (3) World Politics (Group III-B)

PSC 151 (3) The US and the World (Group III-B)           

PSC 351 (3) International Relations

PSC 352 (3) US-Latin American Relations

PSC 353 (3) Model United Nations

PSC 354 (1) Advanced Model United Nations

PSC 453 (3) American Foreign Policy

PSC 551 (3) Seminar in International Relations

PSC 555 (3) International Law I

PSC 556 (3) International Law II
 

4. Comparative Politics:
PSC 242 (3) Introduction to Comparative Politics (Group III-B)

PSC 340 (3) African Political Systems and Processes (Group IV-B)

PSC 341 (3) Comparative Politics:  Eastern Europe (Group IV-B)

PSC 342 (3) Comparative Immigration Politics     

PSC 343 (3) Southeast Asian Political Systems and Processes (Group IV-B)

PSC 344 (3) East Asian Political Systems and Processes (Group IV-B)

PSC 345 (3) Middle Eastern Political Systems (Group IV-B)       

PSC 346 (3) The Politics of Islam

PSC 347 (3) Comparative Politics:  Western Europe (Group IV-B)

PSC 348 (3) Latin American Political Systems (Group IV-B)

PSC 349        PSC 349 (3) Panama:  Exploring Politics and Society in a Central American Nation (Group IV-B)

PSC 515 (3) Comparative Public Policy     

PSC 540 (3) Cultural Heritage and Politics of Eastern Europe
 

5. Political Theory:
PSC 275 (3) Great Political Thinkers (Group I-A)
PSC 371 (3) American Political Thought (Group I-A)

PSC 372 (3) American Radical Thought

PSC 373 (3) American Individualism (Group IV-A)

PSC 375 (3) Socialism, Fascism, and Liberalism (Group IV-A)

PSC 378 (3) Modern Democratic Theory (Group I-A)

PSC 426 (3) Feminist Theory

Electives (12 hours)

Hours selected from the five fields listed above.

Total: 33 semester hours

Note:  A minimum of 15 hours of coursework must be at the 300 level or above, with at least one course at the 400-500 level.  PSC 405 cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.