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1. Brief General Description:
At
least 34 credit hours in Political Science are required, to be distributed as
follows:
Twelve (12) hours of designated lower division PO courses, PO 390
(3 credit hours), Po 450 (1 credit hour), and 12 credit hours of upper division
courses with at least 1 three-credit hour upper division course in four of the
five sub-field areas.
The remaining six hours necessary to attain the
required minimum of 34 hours may be completed by enrolling in any additional
lower or upper division political science course.
Designated lower
division PO courses (106 or 107; any three from 225,235,245, or 275) are
intended to be pre-requisites or "gateway survey courses" for Majors only for
upper division PO courses within the same subfield. (Example: a Major must take
106 or 107 to be able to take 308), but a Major may take up to nine (9) total
hours of upper division political science courses at Washburn (or have the
transfer credit equivalent) without having met the pre-requisite or "gateway
survey" required 100/200 level course.
Political Science General Education approved courses
are: PO 106 American Politics,
PO 107 State & Local Government,
PO 225 Intro to International Politics,
and PO 235 Intro to Comparative
Politics.
2. Breakdown of the Requirements of the Major in Political
Science:
I. The twelve credit hours of lower division work may be
satisfied by:
A. PO 106 or PO 107 3 cr hrs
B. Any three courses (9
credit hours) from among: PO 225, 235, 245, or 275
II. The twelve hours of
upper division work (300 or 400 level) must include at least one of the
designated courses in Four of the Five following areas (A to E).
A. AMERICAN POLITICS
(Pre-requisite for this
subfield: PO 106 or PO 107 or consent of instructor)
PO 304 Polit Behavior
PO 305 Policy and/or PO 308 * Federalism
PO 306 Urban/Metro Govt PO
320 Legislative Process PO
321 Presidency PO
339 Con Law I or PO
340
B. POLITICAL THEORY
(Pre-requisite for this
subfield: PO 275 or consent of instructor)
PO 333 Classic & Med. Thy
PO 334 Modern & Cont Thy
PO 356 American Pol. Thy
C. COMPARATIVE POLITICS
(Pre-requisite for this
subfield: PO 235 or consent of instructor)
PO 360 China, Japan and Asian
Politics
PO 361 European Politics
PO 362 Mexico & Lat. Am.
PO
365 Democratization and International Political Economy
D. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
(Pre-requisite for
this subfield: PO 225 or consent of instructor)
PO 352 Peace Studies and
Conflict Resolution
PO 351 International Organizations and Law
PO 353
American For. Policy
PO 354 Issues in International Politics &
Security
E. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(Pre-requisite for this
area: PO 245 or consent of instructor)
PO 305 Public Policy and/or PO 308
Federalism and Public Policies *
PO 343 Administrative Law or PO 391 Public
Personnel Administration
PO 393 Public Budgeting
PO 394 Public
Management or PO 395 Non-Profit Management
* NOTE: Students can pick PO 305
and/or PO 308 to apply to ONE subfield. Students cannot apply one of these
courses to one subfield and then apply the other course to another subfield.
III. Students must enroll in PO 390 Research Methods (3 cr. hrs
with an added qualitative analysis component) andPO 450 Senior Political
Science Capstone (1 cr.hour).
Seniors must take PO
450. Seniors must also take the ACAT national political science
assessment exam during their final semester. Public Administration Majors must
take the Department Public Administration exam.
IV. Six (6) additional hours of lower or upper division political
science courses.
V. Optional Internship Credits PO 307 - Internship (6 cr. hours)
is an available option for interested students. The prerequisite is PO 107.
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