The Department of Public and International Affairs requires students minoring in the discipline to have

• 24 semester hours in Political Science
• with at least 12 semester hours selected from courses numbered 300 or above.

Required Courses
PLS 101 American National Government

At least one course must be taken in each of the following four subfields:

American Government and Politics
300, 301 American Constitutional Law
302 Public Opinion and Democracy
303 Elections and Voting Behavior
304 Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
305 The Constitution and the Criminal Justice System
307 The American Legislature
308 Public Administration
309 The American Chief Executive
316 Women and Politics
340 Blacks in American Politics
405 American Parties and Pressure Groups
406 Contemporary Southern Politics

Political Theory and Methodology
310 Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy
312 Scope and Methods of Political Science
313 Early Political Thought
314 Modern Political Thought
315 Contemporary Political Thought: The Major Ideologies
415 American Political Thought

International Relations
422 Contemporary American Foreign Policy
423 National Security Policy
425 International Politics
426 International Law
427 International Orginizations

Comparative Government and Politics
330 Political Systems of Africa
331 Politics of Developing Nations
332 Politics of Central America and the Caribbean
333 South American Politics
334 Revolutionary Movements
335 European Political Systems
336 Political Systems of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
338 Political Systems of the Middle East
339 Political Systems of Asia

Students must earn at least a "C" (2.0) average in courses counted for a major in political science.