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Politics Minor

Minor Requirements

All students are required to complete and pass one lower-division politics course from those numbered 1 through 79, as a prerequisite to upper-diviion courses in politics and prior to declaring the minor. Additionally, five upper-division politics courses are required. Of these, four are to be selected from the core courses: two from one subfield and two from another subfield, these courses are listed below. The fifth course is to be selected from courses numbered 101-199.

Subfields and core courses:

  • Theory
    • 105A, 105B, 105C
  • U.S. Politics
    • 120A, 120B, 120C
  • Comparative Politics
    • 140A, 140B, 140C, 140D, 140E
  • International Politics
    • 160A, 160B, 160C

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