介绍顺序
除了下文“资格、例外和特别规则”中所述的一些例外情况外， all majors must take one of the following introductory courses: Fundamental Concepts of 政治 (POLI 1041) or How to Rule the World (POLI 1021). 选了这两门课中的一门之后, students will be able to choose from among Introduction to Modern 政治 (POLI 1042); 美国政治概论 (POLI 1061); Introduction to 国际政治 (POLI 1081); 或比较政治学导论(POLI 1091).
NB: It is 不 essential to take Fundamental Concepts of 政治 or How to Rule the World before Introduction to Modern 政治, 美国政治概论, 比较政治学概论, or Introduction to 国际政治; nor is it essential to take either or both of the introductory courses in the freshman year. 许多学生直到大二才开始他们的专业学习, 他们毫不费力地按时完成了任务. Students who scored a 4 or 5 on either of the AP exams in Government and 政治 (American or Comparative) may place out of the requirement f或者第二门入门课程 (but 不 the first). 仍然需要修10门专业课程(30学分). You will need to get a form from the Office of Student Services signed by the Director of 本科 Studies in order for this waiver to be reflected on your Degree Audit.
政治学的入门课程与其他专业不同, 比如经济学或自然科学. Ours does 不 present a single curriculum that all students are expected to know before moving on to higher-level courses. 而, the introductory curriculum is designed to expose students to the study of politics in a variety of ways. 例如, each faculty member who teaches POLI 1041 Fundamental Concepts has his or her own particular style of doing so.
不过，双方还是有一些共同点. 1041基本概念和1021如何统治世界, 通常在秋天上课, 主要致力于电子游戏正规平台政治理论中的一些经典文本. 1042现代政治概论, “美国政治概论”, 1081国际政治概论, 和1091比较政治学概论, 都强调哲学, 概念上的, 以及理解其实质领域的分析基础. 批判性对话——在课堂上和某些情况下, 在讨论部分——是这些入门课程教学方式的核心.
Some introductory courses—POLI 1061 and similar courses to be offered in the future—are open to non-majors as well as majors, 并满足大学核心社会科学要求. 后者同样适用于POLI 1041和POLI 1042.
To summarize: Students will be required to take two introductory courses: Fundamental Concepts or How to Rule the World; and one additional course from the introductory list: Introduction to Modern 政治 (POLI 1042); Introduction to American Government (POLI 1061); Introduction to 国际政治 (POLI 1081); and (POLI 1091) 比较政治学概论.
超越入门课程
学生可以直接从入门课程进入高级选修课. 这些选修课没有特定的顺序, 课程编号并不表示首选的顺序或难度水平. The second number indicates the category in which the courses fall: courses with a “3” in the second digit are in American 政治; courses with “4” in the second digit are in 比较政治学; courses with “5” in the second digit are in 国际政治; and courses with “6” in the second digit are in Political Theory. 学生必须修八门课程 (24学分)超出了入门课程, 四个子领域中的每一个子领域必须至少修一门课程(3学分):美国政治, 比较政治学, 国际政治, 和政治理论. 所有的课程 (学分) that do 不 fulfill the subfield or introductory requirements will be counted as electives in the major. 所修课程必须满足子领域的要求 (学分) 在部门里; courses taken (学分) 在国外或从其他机构转来的可用于完成选修要求, 或者第二门入门课程. 为了完成专业, at least six courses (18 credits) of the ten courses (30 credits) required must be taken at 电子游戏软件.
这些选修课种类繁多, because each faculty member has a rotating set of courses and usually teaches four of these each year. 在四年的时间里，大约有100门课程向本科生开放. 其中一些课程是研讨会, 哪一个星期开一次会, and are usually limited to 19 members so that there is much more opportunity for sustained and intense analysis of texts and problems than there is in a conventional lecture/discussion format. 除了特别的大二研讨会，研讨会只对大三和大四的学生开放.
我们所有课程要求的工作量一般都很高. 思路清晰和写作是同一技能的两个方面, 出于这个原因, 我们的课程特别强调写作技巧. 除了, 大多数课程鼓励定期进行课堂讨论, so that students may be graded on their participation in class as well as on their writing and exams.
学位要求
领域和选修课
两门入门课程(六个入门学分)，包括, Fundamental Concepts of 政治 (POLI 1041) or How to Rule the World (POLI 1021) and one course 3 credits from the list of other introductory offerings: Introduction to Modern 政治 (POLI 1042); 美国政治概论 (POLI 1061); Introduction to 国际政治 (POLI 1081), 或比较政治学导论(POLI 1091).
至少一门课程(3学分) 在政治学的四个子领域中:美国政治(POLI X3XX), 比较政治学(POLI X4XX), 国际政治(POLI X5XX), 和政治理论(POLI X6XX), 总共四个子领域的课程 (12分学分).
四个选修课 (12学分) 从系里开设的非入门课程中选择.
注:POLI 1021 (How to Rule the World)也可以满足政治理论的子领域要求. 它可能 不, 然而, 同时满足导论和政治理论子学科的要求.
Note: Courses designated as POLI X200-X299 count as electives toward the major but do 不 fulfill any of the four subfield distributional requirements. 编号为POLI 7700及以上的课程为电子游戏正规平台生课程.
资格、例外和特殊规则
入门课程不必按照特定的顺序学习, and students entering the major late may have to take one of the “second” Introductory courses before Fundamental Concepts or How to Rule the World.
加入本专业的学生 在他们大二之后 不需要修基础概念或其他入门课程. 经院系许可，可代修其他课程(学分) 标准入门课程(学分)(POLI 1021、1041、1042、1061、1081、1091). Students who have scored at least a 4 on the American Government or Comparative Government AP exams may place out of the second introductory course (1042, 1061, 1081, 1091). 在这两种情况下，学生仍然需要学习10门课程 (30 credits) and will need to see the director of undergraduate studies in order to get this waiver recorded on their degree audits.
伍兹高等教育学院(WCAS)开设了政治学课程。. 这些课程只能用于满足本专业的选修课要求, 而且必须事先得到本系本科生主任的批准. 一般来说, the Department will only approve for major credit WCAS courses taught by regular faculty or teaching fellows in the 政治科学 department.
学生可以从其他机构转学最多四门课程(12学分), 包括国外学习项目. But in no case may a student earn a degree in 政治科学 without taking at least six courses (24学分) 在部门里. Transfer credits and foreign-study credits may 不 be used to satisfy the four subfield distributional requirements.
注意:即使在大学接受转学或外国学习课程之后 (学分) 你的MCA&年代的需求, you will still need to see the Director of 本科 Studies or one of the Foreign Study Advisors for special forms to move those classes (学分)在学位审核中归入相应的类别.
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