Politics Minor
Students in our minor gain a solid grounding in ideas, concepts, and real-world problems and possibilities of politics through a selection of at least six courses.
Course Requirements
The minor requires one lower-division politics course and five upper-division politics courses. Of these, four are to be selected from core classes in our subfields: political theory (105 series), American politics (120 series), comparative politics (140 series) and global/international politics (160 series).
Students select two subfields' core series and are required to complete two core classes in each.
The sixth course can be any politics upper-division elective numbered 100-189.
Completion of the minor does not require a senior seminar.
Lower-Division Courses
One lower-division politics course from POLI 1-POLI 79.
| POLI 1 | Politics: Power, Principle, Process, and Policy | 5 |
| POLI 3 | Keywords: Concepts in Politics | 5 |
| POLI 4 | Citizenship and Action | 5 |
| POLI 17 | U.S. and the World Economy | 5 |
| POLI 20 | American Politics | 5 |
| POLI 21 | Governing the Golden State | 5 |
| POLI 45 | Music and Politics in Contemporary Society | 5 |
| POLI 46 | Africa in Global Perspective | 5 |
| POLI 60 | Comparative Politics | 5 |
| POLI 61 | Politics of Social Policy | 5 |
| POLI 65 | Introduction to International Relations | 5 |
| POLI 70 | Global Politics | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Five 5-credit upper-division politics courses are required. Of these, four are to be selected from the core courses listed below: two from one concentration and two from another concentration (concentrations are: Theory, U.S., Comparative, and Global/IR). A fifth course is to be selected from POLI 100-POLI 189. *
*Revised: 5/8/23.
Theory
| POLI 105A
/LGST 105A
| Ancient Political Thought | 5 |
| POLI 105B
/LGST 105B
| Early Modern Political Thought | 5 |
| POLI 105C
/LGST 105C
| Modern Political Thought | 5 |
| POLI 105D
/LGST 105D
| Contemporary Political Theory: Modernity and its Discontents | 5 |
U.S. Politics
| POLI 120A
/LGST 120A
| Congress, President, and the Court in American Politics | 5 |
| POLI 120B
/LGST 120B
| Society and Democracy in American Political Development | 5 |
| POLI 120C
/LGST 120C
| State and Capitalism in American Political Development | 5 |
Comparative
Global Politics/International Relations
| POLI 160A | Theories of International and World Politics | 5 |
| POLI 160B
/LGST 160B
| International Law | 5 |
| POLI 160C | Security, Conflict, Violence, War | 5 |
| POLI 160D | International Political Economy | 5 |