Service Courses in Political Science

The Department of Political Science offers courses to meet a variety of student educational needs and graduation requirements.
These include:

1. General Education
   1. Social Sciences Knowledge Area courses:
      

      PLS 111	International Relations
      PLS 112	Comparative Politics
      PLS 113	American Politics

   2. Humanities Knowledge Area courses:
      

      PLS 203

      Political Thought

   3. Computer Literacy courses:
      

      PLS 303

      Political Science Research Methods

   4. Comparative Perspective courses:
      

      PLS 112

      Comparative Politics

   5. Contemporary Issues courses:
      

      PLS 313	Gender Politics
      PLS 314	Issues in American Politics
      PLS 338	Global Issues
      PLS 356	Political Economy
      PLS 362	Women in Western Political Thought

2. Co-requisites for other majors.
   Some political science courses are co-requisite requirements for academic majors offered by other departments, such as Criminal Justice, and Recreation and Leisure Studies.
3. Free electives.
   Political science courses may be used as free electives to satisfy intellectual curiosity or to complement other aspects of a student's program.
4. Overseas academic programs.
   The department participates in the SUNY Brockport social science programs in London and Paris.
5. Academic internship programs.
   The department operates the SUNY Washington Semester Program. Also, it participates in the Albany Semester Programs of the New York State government, political party and law office internship courses.

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Events

Mon, Feb 13

Black History Month Speaker

Win a Night on Ice
9:30 pm - 11 pm

Tue, Feb 14

Red Cross Blood Drive
10 am - 4 pm

CSA Newlyweds
9 pm - 11 pm

Wed, Feb 15

CSA Success VS Sell-Out
9 pm - 11 pm