Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Religion/Political Science

Religion/Political Science

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 16

Six Units in Religion, Including:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.

Two at the 100 level in different religious traditions

REL 201 - Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 and at least one 100-level religion course

A minimum of two at the 300 level or higher (excluding 470)

Five Units in Political Science

One Unit of Empirical Politics:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
POL 220 - Introduction to Global Politics
POL 230 - Introduction to Political Economy
POL 240 - Introduction to International Relations
POL 260 - Introduction to American Politics and Public Policy

One Unit of Political Theory:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
POL 280 - Introduction to Political Theory
POL 380 - Earth, Nature, World

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

POL 381 - Science, Politics, Authority
POL 382 - Body Politics
POL 383 - Who Counts? Enumeration, Representation, Democracy
POL 390 - The Human Condition
POL 392 - Contemporary Democratic Theory
POL 395 - Illuminations: Politics in Dark Times

Prerequisite(s): One Political Science course.

POL 396 - Neoliberalism and its Critics

Prerequisite(s): One Political Science course. 

POL 403 - Hegel and Marx
POL 405 - Judgment
POL 409 - ”Being and Time” and Politics

Prerequisite(s): HUM 110 or equivalent

Three Additional Units at the 300 level or higher (Excluding 470)

One Unit from the Following Statistics Courses:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
MATH 141 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Prerequisite(s): Three years of high school mathematics

ECON 311 - Survey of Econometric Methods

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 

ECON 312 - Theory and Practice of Econometrics

Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 and MATH 141 or similar introduction to statistics

POL 311 - Quantitative Methods for Political Science

Prerequisite(s): One introductory Political Science course (POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280), and one additional Political Science course. The additional course may be concurrently enrolled. 

PSY 348 - Statistical Analysis for Psychology

Prerequisite(s): PSY 101 

SOC 311 - Research Methods

Prerequisite(s): SOC 211 and one additional unit in sociology

Two Units of Junior Year Requirements:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
REL 402 - The Junior Seminar in Religion

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, REL 201, and three additional courses in religion

One unit of junior seminar in Political Science

Junior qualifying exam in religion/political science

Two units of Thesis

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
REPO 470 - Thesis
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