Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

200 / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Spring Semester S.H.
or
POLS 210
____ ___
Empirical Approaches . . . . . .3
Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3)
or
or
HIST ___
PHIL 160
THST ___
University Core .....................3
Phil. of Human Nature ........(3)
University Core ...................(3)
____ ___ Critical/Creative Arts Core ......3
____ ___ Science Core ........................3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Junior Year
Fall Semester S.H.
or
POLS 321
POLS 360
Survey of Political Thought.....3
World Politics .....................(3)
POLS ___ POLS Upper Division .............3
or
PHIL ___
THST ___
Upper Division PHIL..............3
Upper Division THST...........(3)
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Spring Semester S.H.
or
POLS 321
POLS 360
Survey of Political Thought.....3
World Politics .....................(3)
POLS ___ POLS Upper Division .............3
or
PHIL ___
THST ___
Upper Division PHIL..............3
Upper Division THST...........(3)
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Senior Year
Fall Semester S.H.
POLS ___ POLS Upper Division .............3
POLS ___ Upper Division Area Req........3
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Upper Division Elective..........3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Spring Semester S.H.
POLS ___ POLS Upper Division .............3
POLS ___ Upper Division Area Req........3
POLS ___ POLS 500 Level . . . . . . . . .3
____ ___ Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
____ ___ Elective................................3
___
15
Students may take no more than ten upper division
courses in any one department, except for Philosophy, in
which the maximum is thirteen.
Group 1:
POLS 130
American Politics
3 Semester Hours
A survey of the basic structure and procedures of the
American political system.
Prerequisite: Political Science majors and minors only.
POLS 135
Contemporary American Politics
3 Semester Hours
An overview of the major political processes in
contemporary American life.
Prerequisite: Non-Political Science majors only.
POLS 150
Comparative Politics
3 Semester Hours
Analyzes political institutions and policies in democratic
and authoritarian countries. Combines conceptual
understanding with case studies from Europe, Africa,
Asia, and Latin America.
Prerequisite: Political Science majors and minors only.
POLS 155
Comparative Foreign Governments
3 Semester Hours
Analyzes political institutions and policies in democratic
and authoritarian countries. Combines conceptual
understanding with case studies from Europe, Africa,
Asia, and Latin America.
Prerequisite: Non-Political Science majors only.