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Requirements:

This section has been divided into the following sub-categories:

Adviser for Study Abroad: Howard Gold
Graduate School Adviser: Steven Goldstein
Director of the Jean Picker Semester-in-Washington Program: Donald Baumer


The Major

Advisors: Martha Ackelsberg, Donald Baumer, Mlada Bukovansky, Patrick Coby, Donna Robinson Divine, Velma Garcia, Howard Gold, Steven Goldstein, Alice Hearst, Jacques Hymans, Gary Lehring, Marc Lendler, Catharine Newbury, Gregory White, Dennis Yasutomo.

Basis: 100.

Requirements: 10 semester courses, including the following:

  1. 100;
  2. one course at the 200 level in each of the following fields: American government, comparative government, international relations, and political theory;
  3. two additional courses, one of which must be a seminar, and both of which must be related to one of the courses taken under (2); they may be in the same sub-field of the department, or they may be in other sub-fields, in which case a rationale for their choice must be accepted by the student and her adviser; and
  4. three additional elective courses. Majors are encouraged to select 190 as one of their electives.

Majors may spend the junior year abroad if they meet the college requirements.


The Minor

Advisers: Same as those listed for the major.

Requirements: Based on 100. The minor consists of 6 courses, which shall include 5 additional courses, including at least one course from two of the four fields identified as requirements for the major.


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