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Politics courses are designed to
give students opportunities to
develop both theoretical and
practical understandings of the
political world. Students are
encouraged to develop analytic
and evaluative skills that will
enable them to investigate,
understand, and explain political
phenomena. The Politics
curriculum also aims to foster
informed and active participation
in the political
process.
Those
who pursue the Politics major
have the opportunity to study in
the areas of American politics,
political philosophy, comparative
politics, and international
relations. The senior thesis,
required of all majors, involves
writing a major research paper
under the close supervision of a
faculty member. Opportunities for
interning in government and
politics at the local, state, or
national levels are available for
qualified students with required
academic preparation.
Politics majors find career
opportunities in law, politics,
public administration, planning,
international organizations,
foreign service, international
management, journalism, teaching,
research, social service,
grass-roots activism, business,
and government.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE POLITICS
MAJOR
(10 credits)
Two credits are required at the
100 and 200 level. No more than
four credits at the 100 and 200
level may count toward the major.
If four credits are earned at the
100 and 200 levels, four credits
are required in 300 level
courses; if three credits are
earned at the 100 and 200 levels,
five credits are required in 300
level courses; if two credits are
earned at the 100 and 200 levels,
six credits are required in 300
level courses. Only one credit at
the 100 level may count toward
the major.
One
course is required in each of the
following three area
concentrations of the
major.
One
course in Political Theory (1)
POLI
212
(TH) History of Western Political Philosophy
POLI
213
(W; IT) Writing Political Philosophy: Individuality
and Community
POLI
301
Liberalism and Its Critics
POLI
303
(AR) Topics in Political Theory
POLI
304
(W; AR) Politics of Environmental Ethics
POLI
305
Modern Political Theory
POLI
306
Critical
Theories of the Law
POLI
307
American Political Thought
POLI
311
(W;
IT)
Writing
Political
Humor
POLI
315 Topics in Politics
One
course
in
American
Politics
(1)
POLI
210
(US)
American
Politics
POLI
307
American
Political
Thought
POLI
315
Topics
in
Politics
POLI
319
U.S.
Welfare
Policy
POLI
330
Topics
in
Public
Policy
POLI
334
Law
and
Public
Policy
POLI
337
Constitutional
Law
POLI
341
Environmental
Policymaking:
Politics
and
Process
POLI
343
Oregon
and
the
Politics
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
POLI
345
Forest
Ecology
and
Policy
POLI
351
(W)
Women
in
American
Politics
POLI
353
Parties,
Elections
and
Campaigns
POLI
354
The
American
Presidency
POLI
358
American
Political
Development
POLI
379
Latinos
in
US
Politics
POLI
396
Internship
in
Government
and
Politics
(1-2)
POLI
398
Legislative
Internship
One
course
in
Comparative
and
International
Politics
(1)
POLI
214
(US)
International
Politics
POLI
216
(US)
Politics
of
Advanced
Industrial
Societies
POLI
218
(US)
Political
Change
in
the
Third
World
POLI
315
Topics
in
Politics
POLI
326
(W)
Globalization
and
Equity
POLI
362
Latin
American
Politics
POLI
369
Women
and
Politics
POLI
370
(W)
Europe
and
the
International
System
POLI
372
American
Foreign
Policy
POLI
373
International
Security
and
Cooperation
POLI
374
Asia
and
the
International
System
POLI/HIST
376
Latin
American
Revolutions
[Crosslisted]
POLI
378
(W)
Nations
and
the
International
System
POLI
380
Asian
Politics
and
Development
One
Capstone
Course
POLI
480
(W)
Senior
Thesis
is
required
of
all
majors.
(2)
At
least
six
credits
must
be
completed
in
residence
at
Willamette
University.
No
more
than
three
credits
toward
the
major
may
be
earned
through
off-campus
programs,
including
AP
credit
and
transfer
credits,
no
more
than
one
credit
may
be
earned
toward
the
major
through
internship
and
no
more
than
.25
credit
may
be
earned
toward
the
major
through
POLI
061X
Model
United
Nations.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE
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