International Relations/Comparative Politics Concentration
 

Required Courses (15 hours)
PSC 105 (3) Introduction to American Government and Politics (Group III-B)
PSC 150 (3) World Politics (Group III-B)

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

PSC 280 (3) Introduction to Empirical Methods of Political Research

PSC 351 (3) International Relations
 

Electives (18 hours)
Select two from the following (6 hours):

PSC 320        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

Select one from the following (3 hours):
PSC 275 (3) Great Political Thinkers (Group I-A)
PSC 375 (3) Socialism, Fascism, and Liberalism (Group IV-A)

Select from the following (3-6  hours):
International Relations
PSC 151 (3)  The US and the World (Group III-B)
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
Note: If you select 3 from this group, you must select 6 from the Comparative Politics courses below.

Select from the following (3-6  hours):
Comparative Politics
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

Note: If you select 3 from this group, you must select 6 from the International Relations courses above.

Total: 33 semester hours
 

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.  

PSC 395, Internship in Government and Politics, cannot be counted toward the International Relations/Comparative Politics Concentration.