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Two political science courses count toward the major but do not count toward any area requirements. Both of these courses DO satisfy Core Curriculum requirements. These are as follows:
300 Political Science Research Method. Satisfies QQ Quantitative Reasoning and ITR Information Technology
395 Political Science Seminar. Satisfies WcD Writing in the Discipline

The remaining upper level political science courses count toward the area requirements as follows:

Theoretical Approaches to Politics		American Institutions and Politics		Foreign and International Politics
316	Politics, Literature, and the Arts	301	Political Campaigning	290	Politics and Social Policy: Lessons from Europe 21C, SCL
365	Gender and Political Theory	302	American Party Politics	309	The Politics of Puerto Rican Development
370	Topics in Political Theory	303	Elections and Participation	310	UK Politics
371	Western Tradition: Plato to Machiavelli	304	Congressional Politics	311	European Politics
372	Western Tradition: Hobbes to Mill	305	Public Policy Formation	312	Change in Latin America
373	Legal Philosophy, Rights, and Justice	306	American Presidency	313	Comparative Political Development of the Far East
374	Democratic Political Philosophy	307	Survey Research	314	Sub-Sahara African Policies
375	American Political Thought to 1865	308	New Jersey Politics	315	Politics and Culture
376	American Political Theory	326	American Politics: Executive and Legislative Decision Making	317	Globalization and the Non-Western World
377	Marx and Marxist Thought from 1865	329	Latino Politics in the United States*	318	Comparative Public Policy
378	Theories of the Labor Movement*	330	Interest Groups	319	Issues of American Foreign Policy
380	Russian and Central European Political Thought*	331	Urban Politics	321	Theories of World Politics
388	Ideologies of the Right*	332	Money and Modern America	322	Strategy in International Relations
390	Formal Political Analysis*	333	Political Development of American Race Relations	323	Defense Policy
423	Contemporary Feminist Theory	334	Politics of Black America	324	Causes of War
471	Machiavelli and the Renaissance*	335	Women and American Politics	327	International Political Economy
472	Religion and Politics	336	American Political Movements*	328	Caribbean Politics and Development*
473	Critics of Modernity	337	American Political Economy*	350	Environmental Politics – United States and International
477	Critical Theory and Society	338	Government and Business	351	Contemporary Politics in the Middle East
The following courses WILL NOT COUNT toward the major or minor for students declaring the major or minor after May 2015.		340	Law and Society	352	Israeli Politics
Classics 190:322	Greek Political Philosophy	341	Public Administration: American Bureaucracy	353	Government and Politics of Southeast Asia
History 510:304	The Rise of the Roman Republic	342	Public Administration: Policymaking*	354	Southeast Asia in World Affairs
Religion 840:343	Religion and Politics	344	Public Opinion	356	Mexican Politics
Religion 840:347	War, Peace, and Violence in Western Religious Thought	345	Mass Media and U.S. Democracy	357	Comparative Political Economy
		346	Political Socialization*	359	Women & Politics in the Middle East HST, SCL
		348	Psychology and Politics	361	International Organizations
		349	Topics in American Politics	362	International Law
		355	Women and Public Policy	363	Conflict Resolution in World Politics
		398	Washington Summer Internship and Research	366	Formulation of American Foreign Policy*
		401	American Constitutional Law I	368	Comparative Political Institutions*
		402	American Constitutional Law II	369	Topics in World Politics
		404	Politics of Criminal Justice	381	Post-Communist Europe
		406	Civil Liberties and Civil Rights	382	Foreign Policy of Russia and the East European States
		409	Courts and Public Policy	383	Politics of Post-Communist Economic Reforms
		410	Advanced Studies in Law I	384	Jewish Politics, Jewish Power
		411	Advanced Studies in Law II	385	Arab Politics and Society
		412	Advanced Studies in Law III	386	Political Change in China
		426	Gender, Public Policy, and Law	387	Politics and Culture in Greece and the Balkans
		428	The Practice of Politics	389	Topics in Comparative Politics
		429	Processes of Politics	418	Democracy and Markets in Latin America*
		437	Politics of American Capitalism*	419	Research Seminar on Causes of War*
		438	Labor and American Politics*	424	Gender and Political Economy*
		440	Advanced Studies in American Politics	450	Advanced Studies in Comparative Politics*
		442	Political Leadership*	451	Critical Perspectives on the Middle East*
		494	Washington Research	453	Comparative Political Anthropology*
		The following courses WILL NOT COUNT toward the major or minor for students declaring the major or minor after May 2015.		454	Political Development of Asia
		History 512:400	History of American Politics	455	Culture and Revolution in the Middle East
		595:309	The Politics of Puerto Rican Development	457	Islamic Law and Jurisprudence WCd
		595:329	Latino Politics in the United States
				The following courses WILL NOT COUNT toward the major or minor for students declaring the major or minor after May 2015.
				Geography 450:334	Western Europe
				Religion 840:347	Western Europe

* Course not currently being offered.

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