• 16 credits in politics at the 200 level or above
• At least 4 credits must be at the 300 level.

Courses

• These courses must span at least two of the department's four subfields: American politics; comparative politics; international politics; political theory.

Other

• Students must obtain the approval of the department chair at the time they register for their next-to-last semester.

Teacher Licensure

Students interested in pursuing licensure in the field of politics can combine their course work in politics with a minor in education. In some instances course work in the major coincides with course work required for licensure; in other cases, it does not. For specific course requirements for licensure within the major of politics, please consult your adviser or the chair of the politics department. For information about the requirements for the minor in education, please consult "Teacher Licensure" in the Other Degree and Certificate Programs chapter and Ms. Lawrence in the psychology and education department. Licensure also requires a formal application as well as passing scores on the Massachusetts Test of Educator Licensure (MTEL) in both the literacy component and the subject matter component. Copies of the test objectives for the MTEL are available in the politics department and in the Department of Psychology and Education. Licensure application information and materials are available in the Department of Psychology and Education.

Related Courses in Other Departments

Available for credit in politics. See department listings for course descriptions.

Program in International Relations
211 Middle East Politics
222 The United States, Israel, and the Arabs
224 The United States and Iran
225 Resource Scarcities, Global Environment Perils, and World Politics
311 Problems of International Peace Security
317 U.S. Foreign Policy and Regional Conflict
319 The United States and the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights
323 Comparative Politics of the Middle East
333 Just War and Jihad: Comparative Ethics of War and Peace
341 Political Islam
342 Comparative Politics of North Africa
365 Ethics and International Relations

Russian and Eurasian Studies
131 An Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures in Russia and Eurasia
240 Russia: From Communism to Capitalism
241 Russian and the West
242 Oil and Water Don’t Mix: Geopolitics, Energy and the Environment
243 Terrorism: Russia as its Cradle
313 The New Democracies
316 Foreigners Within, Foreigners Without: Europe and its New Neighbors
330 Nationalism
350 Revolutions