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Political Science Department

The program in Political Science prepares students for careers in local, state, federal, and international agencies, for the law and for service in private-sector organizations. It is also designed to provide a solid subject matter background for those who may wish to become certified teachers in the Social Science area. Western's program emphasizes three major sub fields of Political Science: International Relations and Comparative Politics; Administration and Political Processes; Public Policy and Law (the latter two focusing on American Government). For more information, please contact Dr. Mark Henkels, 838-8544, henkelm@wou.edu, of contact any of the following Political Science faculty members.

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Political Science Faculty:

Mark Henkels, Professor
Edwin Dover, Professor
Mary Pettenger, Professor, Department Head
Eliot Dickinson, Associate Professor

BA/BS in Political Science Political Science Major Political Science Minor

BA/BS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

For more information, please contact Dr. Mark Henkels, 838-8544, HSS 207.

Political Science Major (72 Credits Total)

PS 201 American National Government (3)
PS 202 State and Local Government (3)
PS 203 International Relations (3)
PS 204 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
PS 350 Introduction to Public Policy (3)
PS 351 Introduction to Public Administration (3)
PS 375 Scope and Method of Political Science (3)
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Choose two in International Relations and Comparative Politics (6)

PS 193 Introduction to Model United Nations
PS 393 Advanced Model United Nations
PS 440 Causes of War
PS 441 Causes of Peace
PS 459 Government and Politics of Latin America
PS 460 Governments and Politics of Asia
PS 461 Politics and Governments of Post-Communist States
PS 462 Politics and Governments of Europe
PS 463 Govt's and Politics of Developing States
PS 464 Government and Politics of Africa
PS 465 Gov't and Politics of the Middle East
PS 473 Globalization Issues
PS 477 International Environmental Politics
PS 478 Political Fiction and Film
PS 481 International Law
PS 492 Political Ideologies
PS 493 International Organizations
PS 497 US Foreign Policy
(depending on content, PS 199, 399, 406, 407, 409, 410)

Choose two in Administration and Political Processes (6)

PS 325 Democracy in Theory and Practice
PS 414 Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Elections
PS 415 Politics and Psychology
PS 416 Politics and Communication
PS 419 American Presidential Elections
PS 426 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
PS 451 Political Theory: Plato to Marx
PS 452 Political Theory: Marx to Habermas
PS 454 Public Personnel and Administration
PS 466 Governmental Budgeting
PS 469 Congress and the Presidency
PS 490 Community Politics
PS 495 Public Sector Labor Relations
(depending on content PS 199, 399, 406, 407, 409, 410)

Choose two in Public Policy and Law (6)

PS 423 Issues in National Policy
PS 424 Policy-making in the States
PS 430 Aging Society
PS 432 Global Health Policy
PS 435 Women and Politics
PS 436 Gender and Politics
PS 445 Introduction to Policy Analysis
PS 446 Land Resource Politics and Policy
PS 447 Environmental Politics and Policy
PS 449 Environmental Values and Political Action
PS 471 Immigration Politics and Policy
PS 479 Constitutional Law
PS 480 Administrative Law
PS 484 American Jurisprudence
PS 485 Legal Reasoning and Writing
(depending on content, PS 199, 399, 406, 407, 409, 410)

Electives in Political Science (12)
Electives in Social Science/Political Science (21)

Note: For the B.S. degree in Political Science, students may take any combination of Math/Computer Science/Statistics courses as long as it includes at least one Math course beyond MTH 105 and one Computer Science course beyond CS 101.

Political Science Minor

For more information, please Dr. Mark Henkels, 838-8544, HSS 207.

Political Science Minor (27 Credits Total)

PS 201 American National Government (3)
PS 202 State and Local Government (3)
PS 203 International Relations (3)
PS 204 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
PS 350 Introduction to Public Policy (3)
PS 351 Introduction to Public Administration (3)

Upper division electives in Political Science (9)

Contact

Division of Social Science Sharyne Ryals (503) 838-8288 | or e-mail: ryalss@wou.edu

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