Program Description: Students take a total of 24 credit hours. Core Courses constitute 9 credit hours in 3 mandatory POLS classes; Elective Courses constitute 6 credit hours selected from 6 optional POLS courses; and Interdisciplinary Courses constitute 9 credit hours, with no more than 3 credit hours taken from an single department. Students must earn a grade of C or better in each course; students seeking an IP Minor must submit a program of study at the outset of the program (and avoid “double-dipping”). The IP Minor Coordinator (Nancy Haanstad, POLS) may approve exceptions to this program.
- » Grade Requirements: A grade of "C" or better in all courses used toward the minor (a grade of "C-" is not acceptable).
- » Credit Hour Requirements: Minimum of 24 credit hours required.
Students may not major in Political Science and Minor in International Politics.
Course Requirements for Minor
Required Core Courses (9 credit hours)
- POLS SS2100 Intro to International Politics (3)
- POLS 3140 Foreign Policy of the United States (3)
- POLS 4280 Foreign Policies of Major Powers (3)
Elective Courses (6 credit hours required)
- POLS 3210 Politics and Governments of Europe (3)
- POLS 3220 Politics and Governments of Asia (3)
- POLS 3290 Introduction to Politics and Governments of Developing Nations (3)
- POLS 4160 Topics in World Politics (3)
- POLS 4180 International Law and Organization (3)
- POLS 4190 Theories of International Politics (3)
Interdisciplinary Electives (9 credit hours required)
Select 9 credit hours with no more than 3 credit hours from each prefix.- ANTH SS/DV2010 Peoples and Cultures of the World (3)
or GEOG SS/DV1300 Places and Peoples of the World (3) - CJ 4700 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (3)
- ECON 3110 International Trade (3)
- ECON 3120 International Finance and Monetary Systems (3)
- FL HU2020 Second Year II (3)
- FL DV3550 Cultural Heritage I (3)
or FL 3560 Cultural Heritage II (3)
or FL 3570 Special Topics in Culture (3) - FL 3710 Business Language I (3)
- FL 3850/4850 Study Abroad (1-6)
- GEOG 3060 World Environmental Issues (3)
- GEOG 3360 Economic Geography (3)
- GEOG DV3540 Geography of Latin America (3)
- GEOG DV3590 Geography of Europe (3)
- GEOG DV3620 Geography of Russia and the Former USSR (3)
- GEOG DV3640 Geography of Asia (3)
- GEOG DV3660 Geography of China and Japan (3)
- GEOG DV3740 Geography of Africa (3)
- HIST 4450 History of Modern Eastern Europe since 1815 (3)
- HIST DV4510 Twentieth Century World (3)
- HIST DV4530 Far Eastern History (3)
- HIST DV4550 Southeast Asian History (3)
- HIST DV4590 Middle Eastern History (3)
- HIST 4610 History of Africa (3)
- HIST DV4650 Modern Latin America (3)
- SOC DV4410 Comparative Political Sociology (3)
Weber State University 2011-2012 Catalog