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The Political Science program is the place for students interested in understanding government and politics at the international, national, state, and local level. Our students are provided with both a substantive knowledge of politics and the skills necessary to make use of that knowledge effectively, not only as private citizens participating in a democracy, but also in a wide range of careers.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Attorney, with additional education
• Campaign Consultant
• Director of Government Affairs
• Elected Official
• Social Studies Teacher, with licensure

POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS

• Bryant School District
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Friday, Eldredge, and Clark
• State Legislature
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Political Science with Education Licensure, B.A.

General: 120 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit

Core (35 hours)

See “General Education Requirements.”

Second Language Proficiency (0-9 hours)

Completion of 2000-level second language course or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.

Major (33 hours)

Political Science Foundation Courses (6 hours)

POLS 1310 - American National Government (Also counts toward the core)
POLS 2303 - Introduction to International Politics (Also counts toward the core)

American Politics (6 hours)

POLS 3300 - American Political Parties
POLS 3303 - American State and Local Government
POLS 3305 - Elections and Public Opinion
POLS 3320 - The American Presidency
POLS 3350 - Arkansas Government and Politics
POLS 4350 - Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers
POLS 4351 - Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties

International Politics (6 hours)

POLS 3360 - Comparative Government: Western
POLS 3365 - The European Union
POLS 3370 - Comparative Politics: Developing Areas
POLS 4320 - American Foreign Policy
POLS 4331 - International Organizations
POLS 4340 - International Relations

Normative and Empirical Analysis (3 hours)

POLS 3302 - Methods of Political Inquiry
POLS 3304 - Qualitative Methods in Political Science
POLS 3390 - American Political Thought
POLS 4380 - Classical Political Theory
POLS 4390 - Modern Political Theory
POLS 4395 - Seminar in Political Science Research

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