Political Science Honors Program (BA)

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Political Science Department information

Honors Program students with an interest in Political Science are urged to acquaint themselves with the faculty and discipline as early as possible and to apply formally to the Department for the Honors Program in Political Science no later than their sophomore year. The Department will meet with individual Honors applicants to work out the details of their course work and honors project.

Prerequisites

Three introductory level social sciences courses, taken in two different disciplines, and including one of the following two-semester sequences:

World History

HIS 112 - World History to 1400 (3)
HIS 113 - World History: 1400 to 1900 (3)

American History

HIS 220 - United States to 1898 (3)
HIS 221 - United States since 1898 (3)

Principles of Economics

Requirements

A. Political Science

All requirements for the General Program in Political Science General Program (BA). (Note: With the agreement of the Department, students may be permitted to substitute another course for the required internship in a public or community agency.)

Normally taken in the first semester of the junior year, a course in research methods or statistics from:
SOC 210 - Introduction to Social Research (3)
SOC 215 - General Statistics (3)

B. Honors

All requirements of the University Honors Program, to include:

Normally taken in the junior year as preparation for the honors project:
POL 494 - Honors Research and Proposal Development (3).
or
HON 393 - Independent Study and Research Methods (1-3).
POL 495 - Honors Thesis I (Off-Campus Study) (4).
POL 496 - Honors Thesis II (4).
Credit and grade for POL 495 are not normally given until completion of POL 496 and the honors thesis.

Minimum Credits for the Degree: 120 credits