主要的需求
These guidelines apply to students who declare a political science major in fall 2023 and t在这里after. For students who declared the major earlier, please see the 2022年公告 主要要求.
Students majoring in political science are required to complete 11 courses, 每门课的成绩都在C-以上.
主要要求包括:
- 四门低水平课程(200级及以下), only one of which may be a 100-level course; one of which must be a research methods course (see below).
- 6门300级课程
- 高级顶点课程
- 每个分支领域(美国政治)的课程, 比较政治学, 国际关系, 政治理论)
低级课程: 四门200级或以下的课程, only one of which may be a 100-level course and one of which must be a research methods course. All four should be taken by the end of the sophomore year. 200级课程对高年级学生不开放. Enrollment in 100-level courses is closed to both juniors and seniors.
方法要求: Students are required to take POLS 242 (Research Methods) or one of the following methods courses in other departments/programs: ANTH 301, 经济318, 嘘300, PBPL 220, 221年心理学, SOCL会201. Any of these six non-POLS methods courses will be equivalent to POLS 242, 从而满足了200级方法的要求. Only one research methods course will count toward the eleven required for the major. 经济318, 嘘300, and 221年心理学 are limited to only those students who are double majors (or minors in the case of history). ANTH 301 and PBPL 220 require a prerequisite (or permission of the instructor).
阶课程: 6门300级课程.
高级顶石: One senior seminar (400 level) or the completion of a senior thesis. (The senior capstone course satisfies the Writing Intensive Part II requirement.)
每个子领域一门课程: 学科的广度, majors must complete one course in each of the four subfields (American politics, 比较政治学, 国际关系, 政治理论). The senior capstone course does not satisfy this requirement). A list of courses in the various concentrations can be found 在这里.
No new majors will be accepted into the department after the College deadline for major declarations in the second semester of the sophomore year.
任何专业, 无论GPA如何, can apply to the department to write a senior thesis by 提交ting a thesis proposal. However, honors in the major will be awarded to students with both a GPA of 3.67 or higher in the major and an A- or better on the thesis.
All senior theses will be two-semester, two-credit theses. In the first semester, students will enroll in a thesis colloquium. In the second, students will continue to write independently in consultation with their advisers. The senior thesis colloquium will satisfy the senior capstone course requirement, though thesis students are still welcome to enroll in a senior seminar. 因此, the colloquium counts among the 11 minimum credits required for the major, while the spring semester of the thesis must be taken in addition to the 11 credits.
The thesis proposal will normally be due in late March of the junior year. Juniors studying away may request an extension for 提交ting the proposal, but the proposal must be 提交ted and approved by early September, 及时报名参加秋季论文讨论会.
In the thesis proposal, students may apply for funding to support their research. 典型的奖励将高达1500美元.
额外的机会
美联社信贷: The Department does not recognize 美联社信贷 toward the minimum 11 course major requirement; 然而, a minimum score of 4 on the AP United States Government and Politics exam allows entry into upper-level American politics courses that have POLS 102 as a prerequisite.
实习: T在这里 are a range of internships students in the major may pursue for credit. Although internships supervised by POLS faculty do not count toward the POLS credit requirement, t在这里 is one exception—the Legislative Internship Program. Through this unique program, students may earn POLS major credits for their participation.
The 博彩平台网址大全 Legislative Internship is a special program designed for those students who want to observe politics and government firsthand. Student interns work either part-time or full-time for individual legislators and are eligible for two course credits for part-time interns and four credits for full-time interns. For full-time interns, three credits are graded and one is pass/fail. One of the graded credits is a political science credit for both part-time and full-time interns. In addition to working approximately 16 hours per week (part-time) to 32 hours per week (full-time) for a legislator, interns participate in a seminar on state legislatures. T在这里 are no prerequisite courses for enrollment in this program; preference will be given to juniors and seniors. Students majoring in areas other than political science are encouraged to apply.
这个项目的候选人, 哪个限制14名学生, should contact the political science department in September.
研究了: Students are encouraged to take advantage of appropriate study-away programs, for which the department will grant up to two credits toward the major. Students who study away for a full year at approved study-away sites may transfer up to three courses for the major. 有, 然而, 对罗马项目的学分没有限制, 因为它被认为是三一校园的一部分.
荣誉: 荣誉 in the major will be awarded to students with both (1) a GPA of 3.67 or greater in the major and (2) an A- or better on the thesis.
