There are five required courses for the degree (indicated by *) and six elective courses of your choice. Students are encouraged to start with the Intro courses (121, 220, 226) followed by the Upper division electives that are most interesting to you. The only course that has a pre-requisite is 600. You must take 365 before taking 600 (Senior Thesis). All other courses you can take in whatever order you prefer (some are only offered every other year, so we recommend taking a course you are interested in as soon as it is offered, so you don't miss out). We encourage majors to participate in one or more applied learning opportunities (most students do these their 2nd or 3rd year).
Intro Courses > > >
121* American Politics
220* Intro to Intern'l Relations
226* Comparative Politics
365* Political Data Analysis (pre-req for 600)
> > Upper Division Electives
305 Environmental Politics
310 Latin American Politics
312 Asian Politics
313 Global Gender Politics
315 The Presidency
316 Legislative Politics
317 Urban Politics
319 State Government
320 Developing World
321 Intro to Public Admin
325 Gender and Politics
326 Public Opin. and Pol. Psych.
336 International Orgs
337 Conflict Analysis
338 Comparative Foreign Aid
340 Global Challenges
352 Law and Political Power
356 Civil Liberties
357 Supreme Court
360 Human Rights
361 Negotiation and Diplomacy
370 European Politics
375 Latin Am. Int’l Relations
380 Parties and Elections
385 Demo and Authoritarianism
395 US Foreign Policy
421 Engagement and Democracy
570 Int’l Political Economy
Applied Learning Opportunities
153/353 Model UN
391AB Practical Politics
398 Directed Readings
399 Travel Seminar
490 Internship (local/Topeka/DC)
600* Senior Thesis