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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Political Science Minor

The Minor in Political Science is available to any non-Political Science major.

Requirements

A minimum of 21 units which must include:

Take one of the following courses:

POSC 100 - Introduction to American Government (3 units)
POSC 391 - American Government (3 units)

Take the following course:

POSC 300 - Scope and Methods of Political Science (3 units)

Fifteen Elective units in POSC:

No more than three units may be lower division.

May include three units of one approved political science internship from the following:

POSC 418 - Legal/Judicial Apprenticeship (3 units)
POSC 447 - Public Service Internship I (3 units)
POSC 448 - Public Service Internship II (3 units)
POSC 496 - Washington Center Internship (3 units)
POSC 498 - Practicum in Politics (1-3 units)

May include no more than three units (each) of the following:

POSC 378 - Politics and Practice of the UN (3 units)
POSC 417 - Legal Practices: Moot Court (3 units)