Government and Law Minor

Requirements

The minor consists of a minimum of six courses:

A general minor (three introductory courses and three mid-level courses in the respective subfields).

A subfield (concentration) minor (one introductory course and five other courses in the same subfield).

A thematic minor. A student who wants to pursue a thematic minor must submit a statement explaining the rationale and the plan behind his/her idea to the department head.

Introductory Courses/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 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 242	African American Political Thought
GOVT 241	The Politics of Fashion
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:

GOVT 309	Scope and Methods of Political Science
GOVT 380	Internship
GOVT 390-391	Independent Study
GOVT 495-496	Thesis