Political Science Minor

Select Two Courses:

• GOVT 110 - American Government Credit Hours: 3
• GOVT 120 - State & Local Government Credit Hours: 3
• GOVT 130 - World Affairs Credit Hours: 3
• GOVT 150 - Civil Liberties Credit Hours: 3
• GOVT 160 - Comparative Politics Credit Hours: 3
• GOVT 165 - Political Theory and Ideas Credit Hours: 3
• GOVT 170 - Introduction to Law Credit Hours: 3

Select One Course:

• HIST 100 - Early American History Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 105 - Modern American History Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 120 - History of the Ancient & Medieval World Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 125 - History of Western & World Civilizations I Credit Hours: 3
• CJUS 100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
• CJUS 110 - Criminology Credit Hours: 3
• ECON 110 - Introductory Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
• ECON 120 - Introductory Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
• ECON 210 - Economics of Sports Credit Hours: 3
• ECON 300 - Environmental Economics Credit Hours: 3
• HUMN 170 - Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
• HUMN 210 - World Religions Credit Hours: 3
• SOCI 100 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
• SUST 310 - Environmental and Social Justice Credit Hours: 3
• Or any Government (GOVT) course by advisement Credit Hours: 3

Select Two Courses:

• HUMN 210 - World Religions Credit Hours: 3
• ECON 300 - Environmental Economics Credit Hours: 3
• SUST 310 - Environmental and Social Justice Credit Hours: 3
• Any 200-level (or higher) History (HIST) course Credit Hours: 3
• Any 200-level (or higher) Criminal Justice (CJUS) course Credit Hours: 3
• Any 200-level (or higher) Government (GOVT) course Credit Hours: 3

Minimum Total Credit Hours: 15

Note: Some courses are listed more than once; you must take a total of 15 credits for the minor; you may not apply one course to more than one area within the minor.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

1. Summarize different political factors leading to present-day governments;
2. Analyze social forces and how they manifest themselves as both formal and informal political events;
3. Propose solutions based on policy outcomes;
4. Utilize political theory to explain present-day problems; and
5. Synthesize understanding from different schools of political theory.

Minors - Academic Policy Guidance

• Only students enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program may pursue a minor.
• A student may petition for the minor to be added to their academic record upon successful completion of all courses required for the minor or when the student petitions to graduate.
• The student must earn a GPA of 2.0 in all courses applied to the minor.
• In compliance with federal and state financial aid regulations, courses for the minor may not be eligible for financial aid. Students should be full-time before registering for any courses for the minor.
• Cross registration is not available for courses required for a minor.
• A maximum of 9 credits may be recorded as transfer credit.
• A maximum of 9 credits may overlap with the student’s major course of study.
  • Courses that apply as unrestricted electives do NOT count as overlapping credit.
  • Restricted major electives DO count as overlapping credit.