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The minor in Political Science allows students with a general interest in political science to take courses across a variety of subfields. 

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select one 100-level course from the following:4
THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Select three 200-level courses from the following:12
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
LATINO POLITICS
POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
LIVED CIVICS, SOCIAL CONTRACT & PUBLIC LIFE
AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE
WOMEN AND POLITICS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS
TOPICS IN POLITICAL CULTURE
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
CONGRESS AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS
URBAN POLITICS
STATE POLITICS
LATINO POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
CLASSICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
LIBERALISM, CONSERVATISM, AND DEMOCRACY
POLITICAL IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES
FREEDOM AND EMPOWERMENT
EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
LEGITIMACY AND CRISIS
TOPICS IN POLITICAL THOUGHT
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS
LATIN AMERICAN-UNITED STATES RELATIONS
ASIAN FOREIGN POLICY
U.S. - AFRICA RELATIONS
WAR, PEACE, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
EUROPEAN POLITICS
RUSSIAN POLITICS
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS
ASIAN POLITICS
AFRICAN POLITICS
MIDDLE EAST POLITICS
CYBER WARFARE AND CYBER POLITICS
GENDER, RESISTANCE & LABOR: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
LAW AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: SEPARATION OF POWERS
LAW AND POPULAR CULTURE
LAW, POLITICS AND MASS INCARCERATION
LAW, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
THE POLITICS OF LAW AND SEXUALITY
TOPICS IN PUBLIC LAW
Select two 300-level courses from the following:8
POLITICAL CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
LGBTQ POLITICS
INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLITICS
RELIGION, NATIONALISM AND POLITICS
ADVANCED TOPICS IN POLITICAL CULTURE
MASS MEDIA AND AMERICAN POLITICS
URBAN POLICYMAKING
CHICAGO GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
INEQUALITY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
IDEOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND POLICY
PUBLIC OPINION
ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
ADVANCED TOPICS IN PUBLIC POLICY
AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT
MARXISM
THEORIES OF THE CHURCH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
CHRISTIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
ADVANCED TOPICS IN POLITICAL THOUGHT
THE EUROPEAN UNION
POLITICAL ISLAM AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
ARMS, SECURITY, AND WAR
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE PACIFIC RIM
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WORLD POLITICS
THE UNITED NATIONS AND WORLD PROBLEMS
ETHICS IN WORLD POLITICS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
ADVANCED TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
JAPANESE POLITICS
REVOLUTION AND TERRORISM
CHINESE POLITICS
COMPARATIVE DEMOCRACY AND DICTATORSHIP
GLOBAL GENDER POLITICS
ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
INTERNATIONAL LAW
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
WOMEN AND THE LAW
VOTING, REPRESENTATION, AND THE LAW
NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
IMMIGRATION LAW
RIGHTS-BASED SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
ADVANCED TOPICS IN PUBLIC LAW
Total Hours24