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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Examples of Internationally-focused Topics - Political Science


The International Studies Track requires 4 internationally-related political science electives. Certain topics from courses POS 380, 399, and 499 (Topics courses) qualify for this requirement. 

Note: Some POS Topics courses are taught by other programs and cross-listed with political science. For these courses, students typically choose whether to enroll in POS 380 or the other program’s prefix and course number.  To receive credit as an internationally-related political science elective, you must enroll in the POS 380 section of the cross-listed course. The prefix of the enrolled course determines how the course is counted. The same course cannot count as both an Approved Internationally-Focused Elective Course from another program and an Internationally-Related POS Elective Course.

 

Examples of POS Topics courses previously taught that qualify as internationally-related POS electives for the International Studies Track:

Fall 2023: POS 499 Global Order 1945-Present

Spring 2023: POS 380 Revolutions of Modern China

Summer 2022:  POS 380 WMD in the Movies

Fall 2021:  POS 380 The Politics of Climate Change

Spring 2021: POS 399 Social Media and Revolutions

Spring 2020: POS 380 Islam Religion, Society & Politics

Spring 2020: POS 380 The Politics of Nuclear Weapons