1. Majors must complete 11 3-credit courses (or 10 3-credit courses
and two 1.5-credit courses) in political science with a grade of
C or better, including
a. at least
one of the following introductory courses in Theoretical
Approaches to Politics: 01:790:101 or 105;
b. at
least one of the following introductory courses in American
Institutions and Politics: 01:790:201 or 247;
c.
at least one of the following introductory courses in Foreign and
International Politics: 01:790:102 or 204 or 210;
d. at least one 300- or 400-level course in each of these three
areas: Theoretical Approaches to Politics, American Institutions and
Politics, and Foreign and International Politics. A list of courses
falling into each area is available from the department.
e. 01:790:395 Political Science Seminar (normally taken in the junior year);
2. The major may include
a. no more than 12 credits of 100-200 level course work may be counted toward the major;
b. no more than 6 credits of independent study, internships, or thesis work, or any combination of these;
c. no more than 3 credits of minicourses.
3. In addition, majors must complete with a grade of C or better, two
3-credit courses in each of two of the following cognate departments:
anthropology, economics, history, philosophy, psychology,
religion, and sociology.
4. No more than four political
science courses (12 credits) taken outside the Rutgers-New
Brunswick/Piscataway Department of Political Science may be applied to
the major. No winter session courses from any Rutgers campus or another
university/college may be applied toward the major.
Joint Major in History/Political Science 514
This major is administered entirely by the Department of History. For
further information, see the heading History/Political Science Joint
Major 514 in this section of the catalog.
