Political Science Minor

B.A.; B.A.A.; B.S. degree

Required Courses (3 hours)

PSC 105 (3) Introduction to American Government and Politics (Group III-B)

Other Requirements (12 hours)

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

Field I. 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

Field II. 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 Resources and 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

Field III. 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 453 (3) American Foreign Policy

  • PSC 551 (3) Seminar in International Relations

  • PSC 555 (3) International Law I

Field IV. 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 (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

Field V. Political Theory or Methodology

  • PSC 275 (3) Great Political Thinkers (Group I-A)

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

  • 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

  • PSC 583 (3) Survey Research

Electives (5 hours)

Select hours from the five fields listed above.

Total: 20 semester hours