Major/Minor Requirement Information

The requirements for a major in Political Science are:

• Nine Political Science courses, including:
  • two 150-level courses, which may be taken in any order (no more than two 150-level classes may be counted toward a major)
  • two 200-level courses
  • four courses at the 300 or 400 level
  • one seminar

  These courses must fulfill distribution requirements among the department's three subfields-Politics and Government, Theory, and International Relations-as listed in the catalog:

  • The four courses at the 150 and 200 level must include at least one course in each of the three subfields
  • The courses at the 300 level and above (four 300- or 400-level courses and one seminar) must also include at least one course in each of the three subfields; the seminar can fulfill a subfield requirement

- Courses at the 300 level and above will ordinarily require a 150- or 200-level course as a prerequisite.
- Courses in which a grade below "C" is received cannot be counted toward the major.
- Courses taken elsewhere for concentration credit must be approved in advance.

http://departments.colgate.edu/polisci/
Revised: November 20, 2000.
Questions to: mhayes@mail.colgate.edu
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