Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

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
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Spring Semester S.H.
15
POLS ___ Upper Division Area Req ................. 3
POLS ___ POLS 500 Level ............................ 3
____ ___ Elective ......................................... 3
____ ___ Elective ......................................... 3
____ ___ Elective ......................................... 3
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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.
15
POLS 155
Comparative Foreign Governments
3 Semester Hours
POLITICAL SCIENCE / 209
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.
POLS 198
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 199
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 210
Empirical Approaches to Politics
3 Semester Hours
This course introduces the assumptions of the scientific
approach in the study of politics, the process of concept
formation, and research design. Includes data analysis
laboratory sessions.
Prerequisite: POLS 130.
POLS 220
Survey of Political Thought
3 Semester Hours
A survey of Western political thought from the Socratics to
modern ideologies. The course develops students’ writing
skills.
POLS 298
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 299
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 380
Washington Internship
1-6 Semester Hours
The academic component of a supervised internship in
Washington, D.C.
Credit/No Credit grading only.