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Dec 21, 2024
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2017-18 College of Liberal Arts [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Political Science Minor
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Meet the Faculty
Do you want to be a change maker, to make a difference in the world around you? The political science major prepares you for a lifetime of challenges, from our backyard in Florida to the far corners of the globe. In the classroom, as well as through travel abroad, internships, field studies, and collaborative research projects, you not only learn about how the world really works. You also gain invaluable problem-solving skills for successful lives and careers – skills that include data analysis, critical thinking in the context of conflicting values, and deliberative decision-making, not to mention oral as well as written communication. From careers in business and law to government and politics to the non-profit sector and media, our majors are change makers. They make a difference.
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Minor Requirements
Political Science offers three minors: one general minor in Political Science and two specialized minors in Political Science: Law and Policy or Political Science: Civic Engagement. Each minor requires six courses, and students may transfer up to two POL courses from another institution into the minor with prior approval of the department chair.
Political Science:
This general minor requires six courses, three introductory courses (POL 100 , POL 130 , and POL 160 or POL 161 ) and three upper-level courses, including one from at least two different subfields. Core courses serve as prerequisites to corresponding upper-level courses. For example, POL 160 or POL 161 must precede all upper-level courses in American politics. Winter intersession courses do not count towards the Political Science minor. Political Science subfields are American Politics, Political Theory, Comparative Politics, and International Politics. See the Political Science course catalogue for a full listing of options.
Political Science: Law & Policy:
This minor requires six courses, three of which must be at the 300-400 level, and one of which may be an approved four-credit POL 397 internship/practicum.
All minors must complete one of the three following introductory courses, but students cannot take both POL 160 and POL 161 :
Other courses available to complete the minor are:
Political Science: Civic Engagement:
This minor requires six courses, three of which must be at the 300-400 level, and one of which may be an approved four-credit POL 397 internship/practicum. At least one of the six courses must have a Community Engagement (CE) component with a related service assignment.
All minors must complete one of the three following introductory courses, but students cannot take both POL 160 and POL 161 :
Other courses available to the minor are:
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