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Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Semester Hours: 47

This major requires 47 semester hours including a required WCSC term which also fulfills the EMU Core requirement for cross-cultural learning, thus requiring only 37 SH beyond the WCSC term.

Required Courses (47 SH)

PHIL 201 Introduction to Philosophy - 3
POL 111 Comparative Politics - 2
POL 112 American Politics - 2
POL 113 International Relations - 2
SOC 336 Methods of Social Research - 3
SSC 490 Social Sciences Capstone - 2
STAT 120 Descriptive Statistics - 2
Choose among the following courses to equal at least 10 SH (with a semester WCSC term) or 12 SH (with a summer WCSC term). Two courses must be 300 or 400 level:
- *POL 220 US Foreign Policy - 3
- *POL 230 International Norms and Institutions - 3
- *POL 250 Law, Justice and the Local Context - 3
- *PPX 371 Peace and Security in East Asia - 3
- *PPX 401 Human Rights and Dignity - 4
- *PPX 405-409 Topics in Politics and Peace Studies - 3-4
- *PPX 421 Genocide of the 20th Century - 4
- *PPX 431 Political Reconciliation - 4
- *PXD 365 Social and Political Economy - 3
Choose two of the following courses (in conjunction with a semester WCSC term) or three (in conjunction with a summer WCSC term). One course must be upper level:
- ECON 201 Survey of Economics - 3
- *ECON 311 Contemporary Economic Issues - 3
- *HIST 251 History of Africa - 3
- *HIST 391 The Birth of Modernity in Europe: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - 3
- *HIST 411 The History of Recent America, 1941-Present - 4
- *HIST 432 History of the Middle East - 3
- LEAD 300 Leadership Theory and Practice - 3
- *PHIL 412 Philosophy of Religion - 3
- *PXD 335 Understanding Violent Conflict - 3
- PXD 485 Global Development - 3
- *REL 201 Introduction to Religious Studies - 3 OR REL 223 World Religions - 3
- *SOC 255 Social Movements - 3
- SOWK 330 Social Policy Analysis - 3
- SOWK 360 Race and Gender - 3
- *THEO 412 Liberation Theologies OR THEO 323 Biblical Theology of Peace and Justice - 3

Washington Community Scholars' Center (10-15 SH)
Political science majors must complete a semester (15 SH) or summer (10 SH) in the WCSC program.

Students choosing a summer WCSC term will take two additional courses from the above lists to fulfill the 47 SH requirement.

Students are highly encouraged to complete an international cross-cultural experience as well, especially if they are interested in transnational or international political issues.

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