Government and Law Major
Requirements
The major consists of a minimum of 10 courses:
Three introductory courses from:
| GOVT 101 | Introduction to United States Politics | |
| GOVT 102 | Introduction to International Politics | |
| GOVT 103 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | |
| GOVT 104 | Introduction to Political Theory | |
Two seminar courses:
| | Two 400-level seminars | |
| | Or | |
| | One 400-level seminar | |
| | And | |
| | Honors thesis | |
Five additional courses:
| GOVT | Five additional Government and Law electives | |
Introductory Courses/Subfields
Exposure to each of the four subfields required (United States Politics, International Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Theory) AND exposure beyond the introductory level in at least three of the subfields:
United States Politics:
| GOVT 101 | Introduction to United States Politics | |
| GOVT 207 | Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics | |
| GOVT 211 | State and Local Government and Politics | |
| GOVT 213 | Law and Society | |
| GOVT 215 | Campaigns and Elections in the U.S. | |
| GOVT 218 | Politics of Public Policy | |
| GOVT 245 | Early American Political Thought | |
| GOVT 258 | Political Opinion and Participation in the U.S. | |
| GOVT 310 | Politics, Policy, and Law in American Federalism | |
| GOVT 311 | Constitutional Law and Politics in the United States | |
| GOVT 313 | First Amendment in the United States: Law and Politics | |
| GOVT 314 | Liberty in the United States: Law and Politics | |
| GOVT 315 | Equality in the United States: Law and Politics | |
| GOVT 320 | The Presidency and Executive Politics | |
| GOVT 321 | Congress and the Legislative Process | |
| GOVT 401 | Representation, Apportionment and Democratic Participation | |
| GOVT 407 | Law and Social Movements | |
| GOVT 410 | Personality and Supreme Court Decision Making | |
| GOVT 421 | American Political Economy | |
International Politics:
| GOVT 102 | Introduction to International Politics | |
| GOVT 220 | The United States and Latin American Relations | |
| GOVT 230 | International Politics of the Middle East and Persian Gulf | |
| GOVT 231 | Global Environmental Politics | |
| GOVT 232 | | |
| GOVT 238 | East Asian International Relations | |
| GOVT 270 | Chinese Foreign Policy | |
| GOVT 331 | Politics of the European Union | |
| GOVT 332 | Globalization and Security | |
| GOVT 334 | American Security Policy | |
| GOVT 336 | International Conflict | |
| GOVT 405 | US Foreign Policy in a Changing World | |
| GOVT 412 | Politics of European Integration | |
| GOVT 415 | Nationalism in World Politics | |
| GOVT 419 | Global Governance | |
Comparative Politics:
| GOVT 103 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | |
| GOVT 223 | Politics of Africa | |
| GOVT 225 | Politics of Russia, the Other Post-Soviet States, and Eastern Europe | |
| GOVT 226 | Political Regimes and Regime Change | |
| GOVT 227 | Latin American Political History from the Conquest to the Present | |
| GOVT 228 | Democratization and Democratic Breakdown | |
| GOVT 230 | International Politics of the Middle East and Persian Gulf | |
| GOVT 412 | Politics of European Integration | |
| GOVT 415 | Nationalism in World Politics | |
| GOVT 420 | Issues in Contemporary Latin American Politics | |
Political Theory:
| GOVT 104 | Introduction to Political Theory | |
| GOVT 241 | The Politics of Fashion | |
| GOVT 242 | African American Political Thought | |
| GOVT 244 | Modern Political Theory | |
| GOVT 245 | Early American Political Thought | |
| GOVT 246 | Recent American Political Thought | |
| GOVT 248 | Capitalism and its Critics | |
| GOVT 341 | Contemporary Political Thought | |
| GOVT 414 | Political Thought through Literature | |
| GOVT 416 | Critical Theory: Power and Resistance | |
| GOVT 418 | Locked Out, Locked In: Citizenship and its Discontents | |
Prerequisite for 200- and 300-level courses in this group: GOVT 104, or permission of instructor.
Seminars:
| GOVT 401 | Representation, Apportionment and Democratic Participation | |
| GOVT 405 | US Foreign Policy in a Changing World | |
| GOVT 407 | Law and Social Movements | |
| GOVT 410 | Personality and Supreme Court Decision Making | |
| GOVT 412 | Politics of European Integration | |
| GOVT 414 | Political Thought through Literature | |
| GOVT 415 | Nationalism in World Politics | |
| GOVT 416 | Critical Theory: Power and Resistance | |
| GOVT 418 | Locked Out, Locked In: Citizenship and its Discontents | |
| GOVT 419 | Global Governance | |
| GOVT 420 | Issues in Contemporary Latin American Politics | |
General Courses:
Coordinate majors: Government and Law with Religion, and Foreign Languages and Literatures.
This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.