Required Core Courses (16 hours)

• PSCI 2000 - National Government Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 2400 - Comparative Politics Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 2500 - International Relations Credits: 4 hours

Four of the Following Courses (12 to 16 hours)

• PSCI 3400 - European Politics Credits: 4 hours
• PSCI 3410 - The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa Credits: 4 hours
• PSCI 3440 - Russian and Central Asian Politics Credits: 4 hours
• PSCI 3450 - Latin American Politics Credits: 4 hours
• PSCI 3460 - Women in Developing Countries Credits: 4 hours
• PSCI 3500 - American Foreign Policy Credits: 4 hours
• PSCI 4400 - The European Union Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 4410 - Issues in International Politics Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 4420 - Studies in International Politics Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 5320 - Administration in Developing Countries Credits: 3 hours
• PSCI 5530 - United Nations Credits: 3 hours

Additional Course

• One additional course (3 to 4 hours) from Political Science at the 3000-level or higher.

Baccalaureate-Level Writing Requirement

• PSCI 4500 - Seminar in International and Comparative Politics Credits: 3 hours

Foreign Language Requirement

Student must complete two years of the same foreign language, and this can be met in one of the following four ways. First, successful completion (defined as passing) of the 2010-level course at WMU in the language of their choice. Second, successful completion of similar courses at another institution which are accepted as transfer credit by WMU. Third, passing the Foreign Language Placement Evaluation Exam in the language of their choice regularly offered by the Department of World Languages and Literatures. The student must be placed in the third year of study, which means the student’s level of competence is in accordance with two completed years. Fourth, if the student is a foreign student whose first language is not English, the student is exempt from this requirement. Determination of eligibility for this exemption will be based on whether the student was required to take the TOEFL test for admission.

Cognate Courses

Complete at least three additional courses on foreign, international, or cross-national topics (prior approval by advisor required) from at least two of the following departments: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, World Languages and Literatures (literature and culture classes only), Comparative Religion, Sociology or Spanish (literature and culture classes only). Certain business courses may also be considered (see advisor).