DEGREE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Complete all Institutional Graduation Requirements (Including University Writing Requirement, Diversity Requirement, General Education Requirement, etc.) as provided at //www.convoclubs.com/registrar.

Program Requirements: Politics, Policy & Public Administration is a minimum 60 credit hour degree. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major, but a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required for completion of the major.

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CORE REQUIRED COURSES: 45 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
POLS 101	American National Government[SSC, UWR, DPD]	5
POLS 151	Democracy & Public Service[SSC]	5
POLS 221	International Relations[SSC]	5
POLS 251	Social Science Research Methods	5	MATH 095or MATH 095A & 095B
POLS 314	State & Local Government[UWR]	5	Any lower division POLS course
POLS 340	Politics & Media[SSC]	5
POLS 350	Public Policy[SSC]	5
POLS 352	Budgetary Politics & Process[UWR]	5

Choose ONE course from the following list:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
POLS 407	Seminar(Capstone)	5
POLS 450	Applied Policy Analysis[UWR]	5
POLS 451	Applied Public Administration[SSC]	5

UPPER DIVISION POLITICAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES: 15 credits

Choose 15 credits from the following list of courses:

Non-Political Science courses may be counted with prior program approval

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
POLS 310	Selected Topics	1-6
POLS 315	Globalization and Beer	2	Must be at least 21 years of age
POLS 316	Politics and Beer	2	Must be at least 21 years of age
POLS 317	Beer and Tourism	2
POLS 318	The American Dream	2
POLS 320	The Presidency(next offered 2024)	5	Any lower division Political Science Course
POLS 353	Rural Governance[UWR]	5
POLS 354	Public Personnel Management[UWR]	5
POLS 381	Jurisprudence[UWR]	5
POLS 382	Constitutional Law[UWR]	5
POLS 383	Civil Liberties[UWR]	5
POLS 384	Administrative Law & Process[UWR]	3
POLS 402	Selected Topics	1-5
POLS 409	Field Placement	limit of 5 credits
POLS 410	Selected Topics	1-5
POLS 450	Applied Policy Analysis[UWR]	5
POLS 477	Gambling Policy[UWR]	5

Total credits required for major: 60

Minors in Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration cannot be declared with this major

Degree creation Oct 2021 – starts summer 2022