Major Requirements

Requirements, in sum: 16 quarter courses total.

*11 quarter-courses in political science. These must include:

• Three introductory or "gateway" courses at the 200-level (choose from 201, 220, 221, 230, 240, 250). Since the introductory courses expose students to a variety of subfields, students may take no more than 2 from the American politics courses 220,221 and 230 to fulfill this requirement.
• One course in research methods (310, 311, 312, 315 or 316)
• Seven advanced 300 level courses of which one must be a 395

* Five quarter-courses in related disciplines (typically in Asian studies, African-American studies, anthropology, economics, gender studies, global health, history, Latin American, Caribbean studies, international studies, legal studies, philosophy, psychology and sociology). Not more than one such related course can be at the 100-level and at least three must be at the 300 level.

Answers to some Frequently Asked Questions:

a. Appropriate AP credit enables a student to place out of one gateway course, not reduce the total number of political science courses to be taken.

b. WCAS distribution courses can 'double count' toward the 5 related courses in other departments.

c. Credit toward the major for courses taken outside NU must be approved by the DUGS

d. Courses taken P/F cannot be counted toward the major.