Government Minor

Government Minor Requirements

Required Introductory Courses

GOVT 141United States Government

3

GOVT 180Introduction to Political Theory

3

GOVT 230Introduction to Comparative Politics

3

GOVT 289Methods of Political Inquiry

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Required Advanced Subfield Courses

Choose one course in three of the four subfields:

1. American Politics

GOVT 305Political Behavior

3

GOVT 321Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers

3

GOVT 322Courts and Civil Liberties

3

GOVT 324Environmental Law and Policy

3

GOVT 328Law, Government and Privacy in the Computer Age

3

GOVT 342The American Presidency

3

GOVT 343Political Parties and Elections

3

GOVT 344Kentucky Government

3

GOVT 347American Public Policy

3

GOVT 349African-American Politics

3

GOVT 351Public Administration

3

GOVT 353Public Personnel Administration

3

GOVT 354Congress and the Federal Bureaucracy

3

GOVT 355Women and Politics

3

GOVT 410Seminar in American Politics

3

GOVT 451Seminar in Bureaucracy and Public Management

3

GOVT 452Seminar in Public Law

3

2. Political Theory

GOVT 312Western Political Thought

3

GOVT 314American Political Thought

3

GOVT 316Modern Ideologies

3

GOVT 317Feminist Political Thought

3

GOVT 318Twentieth Century Political Thought

3

GOVT 440Seminar in Political Theory

3

3. Comparative Politics

GOVT 301Comparative Politics of Development

3

GOVT 302Politics and the Good Life

3

GOVT 303Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics

3

GOVT 304Politics of Transition

3

GOVT 329North American Politics: United States and Canada

3

GOVT 330Parliamentary Democracies

3

GOVT 331Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

3

GOVT 332Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean

3

GOVT 333Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa

3

GOVT 334Russia and Eastern European Governments

3

GOVT 337Politics of Asia

3

GOVT 430Seminar in Comparative Politics

3

4. International Politics

GOVT 360United Nations and World Organizations

3

GOVT 362Current World Problems

3

GOVT 364International Relations

3

GOVT 367Politics of International Economic Relations

3

GOVT 368Human Rights and Global Justice

3

GOVT 420Seminar in International Relations

3

Total Credit Hours:9

Required Advanced Courses

Any 300- or 400-level GOVT or PS elective

Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 24