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GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATION
The Government Concentration is designed to enhance the student’s liberal arts education and also to
nurture an understanding of the role of the government and the citizen in a polity. To this end, the program
puts an emphasis on the core themes and subjects in three sub-fields. Students in the Government
Concentration must successfully complete a minimum of forty-five semester hours in government
courses. They will select at least two courses from each sub-field and these courses are to be taken
sequentially and in accordance with the profile for the concentration. The choice of courses must be made
in cooperation with a faculty advisor. Should the student wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts
degree, rather than a Bachelor of Science degree, then, the student must satisfy a foreign language
requirement, which can also be met by passing a Foreign Language Proficiency Examination. Students who
wish to pursue graduate studies in government are strongly encouraged to take twelve hours of Foreign
Language Electives and, thereby, to graduate with a BA.

CORE REQUIREMENTS (12 semester hours) Sem. Hrs.
GOVT 140 Introduction to Comparative Politics 3
GOVT 145 Scope and Methods of Political Science 3
GOVT 315 Early Political Philosophy 3
GOVT 391 Research Methods in Political Science 3
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RELATED REQUIREMENTS (12 semester hours) Sem. Hrs.
ECON 211 Principles of Macroeconomics or
ECON 212 Principles of Microeconomics 3
ENGL 255 Advanced Composition or
ENGL 361 Technical & Report Writing 3
PYSC 204 Elementary Statistics in Psychology or
SOCI 309 Elementary Statistics in Sociology 3
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SUB-FIELDS
Students are required to take two courses from each of the following sub-fields: American Government,
Comparative and International Politics, and Political Philosophy. At least one course from each sub-field
has to be at or above the 300-level.

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Sem. Hrs.
GOVT 150 Introduction to Public Policy 3
GOVT 232 US State and Local Government 3
GOVT 235 Legal Rights and Remedies 3
GOVT 240 Black Politics in the United States 3
GOVT 283 Urban Politics and Policy Analysis 3
GOVT 317 US Constitutional Law and History I 3
GOVT 318 US Constitutional Law and History II 3
GOVT 319 Law and Politics 3
GOVT 338 US Foreign Policy 3

GOVT 348 US Legislative Process
3 GOVT 483 Independent Study in Political Science
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