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Major Requirements

Summary of Requirements for the Political Science Major

ECO 101 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS*
POL 105 THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE*
POL 201 COMPARATIVE POLITICS
POL 205 WORLD POLITICS
POL 220 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
POL 347 AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
or POL 351 ANCIENT POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
or POL 353 MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
POL 455 SENIOR SEMINAR

Select five of the following:

POL 206 MODEL UNITED NATIONS
POL 210 INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL STUDIES
POL 250 POLITICAL ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY
POL 288 POLITICAL PARTIES, CAMPAIGNS, & ELECTIONS
POL 297 INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
POL 302 ARKANSAS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
POL 315 U.S. FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
POL 346 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATIONS
POL 347 AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT 
POL 349 THE GERMAN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL TRADITION
POL 351 ANCIENT POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
POL 353 MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
POL 358 MODERN RUSSIA
POL 368 ASIAN POLITICS
POL 370 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUBLIC ISSUES
POL 371 THE MIDDLE EAST
POL 380 CIVIL LIBERTIES
POL 382 SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
POL 399 POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES COURSE: VARIABLE TOPICS
POL 450 DIRECTED STUDY
POL 460 PRACTICUM IN POLITICS

*Students may use this course to satisfy Core requirements.