Government honors handbook

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The electives must include a second, upper-division, Political Theory course and a Department Seminar. Through the elective courses they choose, students are encouraged to construct a strong academic foundation within the discipline that matches their own intellectual and professional goals.

While six electives are required, Government majors may certainly take more. Courses offered by other units in the University that are cross-listed with GOVT may count toward the Government major. A government major may also receive elective government credit for up to two courses taken outside the department, if the course syllabus in question includes a substantial component of Political Science, Political Theory, International Relations, or Political Philosophy.

The DUS makes the decision whether to approve such courses for credit toward the government major. Government majors complete the College Integrated Writing Requirement by practicing various political science research methods and skills across the foundational courses and within their upper-division electives.

Through short, to medium-length, assignments, they gain experience in writing data-analytic papers, policy briefs, text-based critical essays, comparative case students, and argumentative and persuasive essays. Learning to write for the discipline culminates in the Department Seminar, during which each major undertakes substantive research and a significantly longer paper generally 25 pages or more.

Government Majors who would relish the opportunity to write a senior thesis and whose GPA is 3. The Honors program begins in Spring of Junior year, and the new Honors cohort take two designated courses together. Thus Government majors who hope to be selected for the Honors Program should not plan to study abroad in the Spring.

During senior year, Honors students participate in a research seminar and write a Senior Thesis under supervision. If that thesis is deemed of Honors quality, then the student graduates with Honors in the Major. The senior thesis fulfills and surpasses the Department Seminar requirement and the College requirement for one integrated Writing Course in the major.

Government Majors who study abroad may transfer up to two courses toward the Government major, with the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies [DUS].

Before study abroad, students review their proposal with the DUS.