BS in Political Science

Bachelor's degree

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  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

In addition to taking the same 30-credit required course load as required by the BA in Political Science, Bachelor of Science students complete six courses in statistics, mathematics and computer science. Students also complete a required proseminar as juniors or seniors, in which they examine a political issue and develop scholarly writing on the topic.

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • International Relations
  • Politics
  • Credit
  • Political Science
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • International Politics
  • International
  • Calculus
  • Comparative Politics
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Political Thought
  • Foreign Policy

Course programme

Course Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled:

The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Programs.

Program-specific curriculum:

Prerequisites
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • Introduction to American Politics and Government
  • Introduction to International Politics
Required

Ten upper-division political science courses (30 credits) including one course from each of the following groups:

Group A (comparative politics)
  • Comparative Politics of Western Europe
  • Comparative Politics of Central and Eastern Europe
  • European Integration
  • Global Perspectives on Democracy
  • State–Society Relations in the Developing World
  • Development Politics
  • Nationalism
  • Comparative Political Economy
  • Russian Politics
  • Human Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Politics in the Two Koreas
  • Comparative Politics of South Asia
  • Comparative Politics of China and Northeast Asia
  • Politics and Foreign Policy of China
  • Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
  • Politics and Foreign Policy of Japan
  • Comparative Politics of the Middle East
  • Comparative Politics of the Middle East
  • Politics and Foreign Policy of Israel
  • Comparative Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Special Topics in Comparative Politics
Group B (American government and politics)
  • Comparative Politics of Latin America
  • State and Urban Politics
  • State and Urban Policy Problems
  • Judicial Politics
  • U.S. Constitutional Law and Politics I
  • U.S. Constitutional Law and Politics II
  • The American Presidency
  • Executive Branch Politics
  • Legislative Politics
  • Legislative Politics
  • Political Parties and Interest Groups
  • Public Opinion
  • African-American Politics
  • Science, Technology, and Politics
  • Campaigns and Elections
  • Issues in Domestic Public Policy
  • Women and Politics
  • Media, Politics, and Government
  • Media and Politics
  • Law and Justice: The View from Hollywood
  • Poverty, Welfare, and Work
Group C (international politics, law, and organizations)
  • International Political Economy
  • Theories of International Politics
  • International Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Public International Law
  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • American Presidents at War
  • International Security Politics
  • International Security Politics
  • Theory of War
  • Theory of War
  • U.S. Foreign Policy Perspectives
  • Humanitarianism
  • Global Governance
  • European-Atlantic Relations
  • Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
  • International Relations of East Asia
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • International Relations of the Middle East
  • African International Politics
  • International Relations of Latin America
Group D (research methods)
  • Scope and Methods of Political Science
  • Visualizing and Modeling Politics
Group E (political thought)
  • Major Issues of Western Political Thought I
  • Major Issues of Western Political Thought II
  • Major Issues of Western Political Thought II
  • Twentieth-Century Political Thought
  • Freedom and Equality
  • American Political Thought
  • Freedom in American Thought and Popular Culture
  • Special Topics in Political Thought
Proseminar
  • Proseminar: Political Science (taken in the junior or senior year. )
  • Required courses in related areas
  • Single-Variable Calculus II
  • Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics (only one may be taken for credit)
  • Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
  • Business and Economic Statistics I
  • Four additional courses from statistics, mathematics, and computer science, excluding the following:
  • Computer Science Orientation
  • Introduction to Programming with Java
  • Applications Software
  • Introduction to Computers and the Internet
  • Introduction to Internet Technology
  • Introduction to Web Software Development
  • Technology and Society
  • Technology and Society
  • Dean's Seminar
  • History of Mathematics
  • Mathematical Ideas I
  • Mathematical Ideas II
  • Calculus with Precalculus I
  • Calculus with Precalculus II
  • Single-Variable Calculus I
  • Calculus for the Social and Management Sciences
  • Introductory Special Topics
  • Dean's Seminar
  • Statistics for the Biological Sciences
  • Introduction to Computing
  • Reading and Research

BS in Political Science

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