Feb 17, 2025

2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Political Science Minor

Minor Requirements - 21 semester hours

POLS 100 - American Government 3 semester hours
POLS 141 - Governments of the World 3 semester hours
POLS 210 - State & Local Government 3 semester hours
POLS 250 - World Politics 3 semester hours
POLS 461 - Early Political Philosophy 3 semester hours
or
POLS 462 - Modern Political Philosophy 3 semester hours

Distributed Electives - take two courses from different areas:

U.S. Government

POLS 320 - Public Administration 3 semester hours
POLS 400 - The President and the Congress 3 semester hours
POLS 402 - Judicial Process 3 semester hours
POLS 417 - American Indian Government & Politics 3 semester hours
POLS 430 - Constitutional Law 3 semester hours
POLS 476 - History of South Dakota 3 semester hours
SOC 400 - Social Policy 3 semester hours

Comparative & International Relations

HIST 313 - History of the Middle East 3 semester hours
POLS 341 - Europe Democratic Government 3 semester hours
POLS 349 - Politics of Nonwestern Nations 3 semester hours
POLS 411 - International Political Economy 3 semester hours
POLS 418 - History of Latin America 3 semester hours
POLS 459 - Political Geography 3 semester hours
POLS 469 - American Foreign Relations 3 semester hours

Political Philosophy

POLS 461 - Early Political Philosophy 3 semester hours
POLS 462 - Modern Political Philosophy 3 semester hours
POLS 465 - Contemporary Political Thought 3 semester hours