Degree Requirements
Minimum Credit Requirement: 128 credits
Minimum Residency Requirement: 32 credits must be taken at UNH
Minimum GPA: 2.0 required for conferral*
Core Curriculum Required: Discovery & Writing Program Requirements
Foreign Language Requirement: Yes
All Major, Option and Elective Requirements as indicated.
*Major GPA requirements as indicated.
Major Requirements
The major in political science consists of at least 10 courses (40 credits) and not more than 12 courses (48 credits). The minimum grade requirement is C- per course. Any grade lower than a C- will not count toward major. The required minimum overall GPA for major coursework is 2.0.
Candidates for a degree must satisfy all of the University Discovery Program requirements in addition to satisfying the requirements of the major program. Bachelor of arts candidates must also satisfy the foreign language proficiency requirement.
Political Science majors may use one major-required course to satisfy one Discovery category requirement.
Course List Code | Title | Credits |
POLT 401 | Politics and Society | 4 |
POLT 402 | American Politics and Government | 4 |
POLT 403 | United States in World Affairs | 4 |
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POLT 500 | American Public Policy | |
POLT 502 | State and Local Government | |
POLT 504 | American Presidency | |
POLT 505 | American Congress | |
POLT 506 | Parties, Interest Groups, and Voters | |
POLT 507 | Politics of Crime and Justice | |
POLT 508 | Supreme Court and the Constitution | |
POLT 509 | Managing Bureaucracy in America | |
POLT #510 | Media and Politics | |
POLT 511 | Women & Politics | |
POLT 512 | Public Opinion in American Politics | |
POLT 513 | Civil Rights and Liberties | |
POLT 580 | Selected Topics Am Politics | |
POLT #520 | Politics, Justice, and Morality | |
POLT #521 | Rights and the Political Community | |
POLT 522 | Dissent and the Political Community | |
POLT 523 | American Political Thought | |
POLT 524 | Politics and Literature | |
POLT #524W | Politics and Literature | |
POLT 584 | Selected Topics in Political Thought | |
POLT 544 | Of Dictators and Democrats | |
POLT #545 | People and Politics in Asia | |
POLT 546 | Wealth and Politics in Asia | |
POLT 548 | Drug Wars | |
POLT 549 | The Politics of Markets | |
POLT 550 | Comparative Government and Society | |
POLT 551 | Ethnicity ,Violence, Democracy | |
POLT 552 | Contemporary European Politics | |
POLT 554 | Revolution and Protest in Latin America | |
POLT 556 | Politics in China | |
POLT 559 | Comparative Politics of the Middle East | |
POLT 588 | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics | |
POLT 560 | World Politics | |
POLT 562 | Strategy and National Security Policy | |
POLT #563 | The Global Information Grid's Disruptive Impact on Government, Politics, and Society | |
POLT 565 | United States Policy in Latin America | |
POLT 566 | Asian Challenge to Global Order | |
POLT 568 | International Security | |
POLT 569 | The Rise of China | |
POLT #570 | Counterterrorism: Nation states' responses to terrorist activity | |
POLT 592 | Selected Topics in International Politics | |
POLT 595 | Smart Politics | |
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Total Credits | 40 |