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Comparative Politics (B.A.) - PS 27

The study of foreign governments and politics in other countries - democracies and autocracies, elections and revolutions. 

ALL COURSES FOR THE MAJOR MUST BE TAKEN FOR A LETTER GRADE.

Requirements:

Lower Division required:

  1. POLI 11 or 11D
  2. Two (2) from the following introductory sequence lower division courses: POLI 10 or 10D, POLI 12 or 12D, POLI 13(R)* or 13D(R)*.
  3. POLI 30 or 30D

Upper Division required:

  1. Five (5) upper-division Comparative Politics courses, of which:
    1. At least one (1) from the following Thematic courses: 120, 120J, 120Q, 122122D, 123, 124, 124A, 125, 125A, 125D, 125E, 126, 126AA, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 134, 135, 135D, 136136A136C, 137, 137A, 138, 150A
    2. At least one (1) course from any two (2) of the following Regional areas:
      Africa: 120M, 120N, 120P, 120Q
      Asia: 121, 121B, 130B, 130G131C(R)**, 132(R)**, 133, 133A, 133D133G, 133J
      Latin America: 134AA, 134B, 134D, 134I, 134J, 139
    3. The two (2) additional courses for the Comparative Politics concentration must be chosen from: POLI 120-139.
  2. Seven (7) additional upper division Political Science elective courses from POLI 100 - 199, except for POLI 197 courses.

*If POLI 13(R) or POLI 13D(R) are taken, then only one of the following can be taken for credit toward the major: POLI 13, POLI 13R, POLI 13D, or POLI 13DR.

*Duplicate credit cannot be given for both an in-person version of a course and the remote (R) version of the same course toward a major.


Major Checklist:

In order to plan out your Political Science - Comparative Politics major and remaining courses effectively, please utilize the Major Checklist below. The document is a fillable PDF; students are encouraged to review their plan and progress with the Department's Undergraduate Advisor.

Political Science - Comparative Politics (B.A.) Major Checklist