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Jan 30, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Political Science Major, BA - International Affairs Concentration Honors
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College Requirements
Arts and Sciences
International Affairs Concentration Honors
Students majoring in political science who wish to emphasize transnational politics in their study may select the concentration in international affairs. The concentration consists of 40 hours of coursework in political science beyond the 100-level. To graduate with honors in the international affairs concentration of political science, the student must have a minimum GPA of 3.3 in political science and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25.
2. Select 4 courses from the two lists below, including at least one course from each list:
a. List 1: International Relations
b. List 2: Comparative Government and Politics
- POLS 350 - Sources of Political Change in the Global South: Coups, Climate, and Conflict 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 351 - Democracy and Authoritarianism 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 352 - Political Challenges of Globalization 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 452 - Foundations of African Politics: Dictators, Democratization, and Development 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 453 - Europe in Transition: The Political Transformation of a Continent 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 454 - Politics in China and Japan: Culture, Power and Competition 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 455 - Identity, Conflict and State Building in South Asian Countries 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 456 - Development and Decay of Democracy in Latin America 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 461 - Comparative Public Policy: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 463 - Politics and Power in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 464 - Fear and Bias in Migration Politics 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 465 - Nuclear Politics of the Middle East: Conflict, Energy, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
3. Complete 9 hours:
Upper-division (300-400 level) political science courses (Note: POLS 480 - Capstone does not count toward this requirement).
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