Students pursuing this bachelor’s degree must earn a minimum of 30 credit hours in the Newcomb-Tulane College core curriculum, 120 credit hours in their degree and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.000. More information on degree and core curriculum requirements can be found here.

See Sample Plan of Study below.

Curriculum Requirements 

TO DECLARE A POLS, PSIR OR PSDV MAJOR and for information about undergraduate advising in Political Science, please go to: https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/political-science/undergraduate-advising

Please note, you cannot declare two political science majors. You must choose either POLS, PSIR or PSDV.

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A course in the political economy department (such as PECN 3040 Comp & Intl Pol Econ (3 c.h.)) that is approved by the political science department’s director of undergraduate studies may also be considered. POLI 3540 Internationl Political Economy (3 or 4 c.h.) and POLC 6110 Comparatv Political Econ (4 c.h.) can count for either the Economics Component or an Elective but not both.

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Not more than FOUR of the electives may be in any single subfield (POLA, POLC, POLI, PSDV or POLT).

Pre-requisites

For all major tracks (POLS, PSIR, & PSDV),students must have successfully completed POLS 2010 Scope/Methods Poli Sci (3 c.h.) or PSDV 2010 Scope and Methods for International Development (3 c.h.) and the correlating  introductory course in order to enroll in any course above the 3000-level.  For example, students must complete POLA 2100 American Government (3 c.h.) in order to enroll in POLA 4000 or 6000-level courses.  Faculty may choose to add other pre-requisites to any course and are encouraged to do so in any case in which they feel that doing so would improve student preparation for and performance in their own courses.  Non-major juniors and seniors may enroll in courses at the 4000-level or above with the consent of the instructor.  The Political Science department enforces all pre-requisites.  Students must have successfully completed a pre-requisite the semester before registering for any class.  The department reserves the right to drop students who are missing the pre-requisite from the course without notice.

Level of Course Work

• Students must successfully complete at least three courses at the 4000 or 6000 level.
  • An Honor's thesis in Political Science will count as one 4000-level elective
  • One Political Science independent study may count as a 4000-level elective but only if it is taken for 3 credits
• Students may count one Political Science internship course (POLS 4560 Internship (1,3 c.h.) Internship) toward the major requirements, however it will not count toward the three required 4000- or 6000-level electives.

Sample Plan of Study

This example plan of study for the BA in Political Science/International Relations represents a fall semester start and encompasses all program requirements. Students are responsible for reviewing university, school, and program requirements, along with prerequisites and the sequencing of courses in coordination with their academic and major advisors.

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For more information, contact the School of Liberal Arts.