Political Science, BA

NOTE:

All students with a major in the College of Arts and Sciences must demonstrate competency through the level of 135 in a language other than English. This competency is ordinarily achieved by successful completion of the three-course sequence: 115, 125, and 135. Because these courses are a college requirement, no courses in the sequence may be taken on a pass/fail, correspondence, or audit basis. Placement into other than the beginning course of the sequence is achieved by acceptable performance on the Modern Language Competency Examination. See the Modern Languages Department  for details on the examinations. Courses used to satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences modern language requirement may not be used to fulfill political science major requirements.

Choose one of the following two courses:

• HIST 121 - Studies in Modern Civilization 5
• HIST 231 - Survey of the United States 5

American Politics (Choose one of the following):

• PLSC 300 - Environmental Politics 5
• PLSC 301 - The Evolving Presidency 5
• PLSC 304 - Interests, Parties, and Elections 5
• PLSC 305 - The Policy Process 5
• PLSC 309 - Local and State Politics 5
• PLSC 311 - The Politics of Race, Class and Poverty 5
• PLSC 319 - Law, Politics, and Society 5
• PLSC 410 - Urban Politics and Public Policy 5
• PLSC 483 - Native American Encounters 5

Comparative Politics (Choose one of the following):

• PLSC 332 - Politics of Japan 5
• PLSC 334 - Chinese Politics 5
• PLSC 335 - Latin American Politics 5
• PLSC 337 - Politics of Development 5
• PLSC 338 - The Political Economy of Africa 5
• PLSC 432 - Social Policy: US and Europe 5
• PLSC 434 - European Union 5

International Politics (Choose one of the following):

• PLSC 361 - U.S. Foreign Policy 5
• PLSC 362 - Global Governance 5
• PLSC 363 - North-South Relations 5
• PLSC 364 - US-Latin American Relations 5
• PLSC 365 - East Asian Security 5
• PLSC 366 - Comparative Foreign Policy 5
• PLSC 368 - World Economic Order & Justice 5
• PLSC 369 - Global Conflict and Cooperation 5
• PLSC 465 - East Asian Political Economy 5
• PLSC 469 - Hegemony and Empire 5
• PLSC 485 - Indigenous Movements in Latin America 5

Political Theory and Law (Choose one of the following):

• PLSC 320 - Legal Theory 5
• PLSC 321 - American Constitutional Law 5
• PLSC 322 - Civil Liberties in American Constitution Law 5
• PLSC 325 - Race and the Law 5
• PLSC 326 - Law and Gender 5
• PLSC 327 - The Politics of Rights 5
• PLSC 352 - Modern Political Thought 5
• PLSC 355 - Contemporary Political Thought 5
• PLSC 356 - American Political Thought 5
• PLSC 422 - Law, Politics, and Justice 5
• PLSC 459 - Topics in Political Philosophy 5

NOTE:

1. Political science majors must complete at least 30 credits in the major at Seattle University. 2. Several PLSC courses have been identified as satisfying the senior synthesis and the core interdisciplinary requirements. Those courses may be used to fill major requirements or major electives while also fulfilling university core requirements. The credit for each course completed is included in totals only once.  3.  A political science major may not count more than 10 credits of independent study toward the credits required for the major.