Political Science and International Studies Major

Two courses from Political Inquiry:

• PSI 2208 - Inventors of Political Ideas: Intro to Political Theory
• PSI 2219 - Research Design and Methods
• PSI 3316 - Comparative Revolutions I
• PSI 3318 - Comparative Revolutions II

Three courses in American Politics from:

• PSI 1115 - Promises to Keep: Intro to Minority Politics
• PSI 2201 - American Political Institutions
• PSI 2202 - State and Local Government
• PSI 2207 - American Public Policy
• PSI 2216 - United States Campaigns and Elections
• PSI 3306 - National Security in a Changing World
• PSI 3307 - U.S. Foreign Policy
• PSI 3308 - American Constitutional Law
• PSI 3319 - American Civil Liberties
• HIS 2229 - U.S. History in the Cold War Era, 1945-1991
• HIS 2235 - U.S. History in the Progressive Era, 1890-1920
• HIS 2236 - Black America and the Civil Rights Era, 1865-1968
• ECO 3327 - Industrial Organization and Public Policy
• ENV 1151 - Sustainability
• ENV 2215 - Environmental Policy
• ENV 3115 - Political Ecology
• PHI 2226 - Philosophy Law
• SIS 2002 - The Natural and Social Science of Aging
• SOC 3303 - Urban Sociology

Three courses from International Politics:

• PSI 2203 - International Law and Organization
• PSI 2204 - Approaches to International Relations
• PSI 2213 - Comparative Politics of Europe
• PSI 2214 - African Politics through Literature
• PSI 2217 - Contemporary African Politics
• PSI 2236 - The Politics of the Middle East
• PSI 3306 - National Security in a Changing World
• PSI 3307 - U.S. Foreign Policy
• PSI 3310 - Politics of Latin American Development
• PSI 3312 - The Politics of African Diaspora
• PSI 3313 - Politics of Global Feminisms
• PSI 3315 - The Politics of Ethnicity and Nationalism
• PSI 3325 - International Relations of Asia-Pacific
• PSI 3333 - Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking, and Peacekeeping in Post-Cold War World
• SIS 2022 - Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: Oppression and Liberation in the African Diaspora

One additional course from either of the above two groups.

Two Hours in Directed Studies from:

• PSI 2295 - Internships in Political Science
• PSI 3395 - Internships in Political Science
• PSI 4495 - Internships in Political Science

• (e.g. The Governor’s Internship in Annapolis, internships in state, local, national, international agancies, nongovernmental offices or foreign embassies)

• PSI 2298 - Independent Studies in Political Science
• PSI 3398 - Independent Studies in Political Science
• PSI 4498 - Independent Studies in Political Science

• (e.g.,The Harvard National Model United Nations, Model European Union, Model Arab League, Maryland Student Legislature)