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Politics, Policy & Public Administration Major

Politics, Policy & Public Administration Major

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DEGREE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Complete all Institutional Graduation Requirements (Including University Writing Requirement, Diversity Requirement, General Education Requirement, etc.) as provided at http://www.eou.edu/registrar.

Program Requirements: Politics, Policy & Public Administration is a minimum 60 credit hour degree. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major, but a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required for completion of the major.


CORE REQUIRED COURSES: 45 credits
Course NumberCourse TitleCreditsPrerequisites
POLS 101American National Government [SSC, UWR, DPD]5
POLS 151Democracy & Public Service [SSC]5
POLS 221International Relations [SSC]5
POLS 251Social Science Research Methods5MATH 095 or MATH 095A & 095B
POLS 314State & Local Government [UWR]5Any lower division POLS course
POLS 340Politics & Media [SSC]5
POLS 350Public Policy [SSC]5
POLS 352Budgetary Politics & Process [UWR]5

Choose ONE course from the following list:

Course NumberCourse TitleCreditsPrerequisites
POLS 407Seminar (Capstone)5
POLS 450Applied Policy Analysis [UWR]5
POLS 451Applied Public Administration [SSC]5
UPPER DIVISION POLITICAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES: 15 credits

Choose 15 credits from the following list of courses:

Non-Political Science courses may be counted with prior program approval

Course NumberCourse TitleCreditsPrerequisites
POLS 310Selected Topics1-6
POLS 315Globalization and Beer2Must be at least 21 years of age
POLS 316Politics and Beer2Must be at least 21 years of age
POLS 317Beer and Tourism2
POLS 318The American Dream2
POLS 320The Presidency (next offered 2024)5Any lower division Political Science Course
POLS 353Rural Governance [UWR]5
POLS 354Public Personnel Management [UWR]5
POLS 381Jurisprudence [UWR]5
POLS 382Constitutional Law [UWR]5
POLS 383Civil Liberties [UWR]5
POLS 384Administrative Law & Process [UWR]3
POLS 402Selected Topics1-5
POLS 409Field Placementlimit of 5 credits
POLS 410Selected Topics1-5
POLS 450Applied Policy Analysis [UWR]5
POLS 477Gambling Policy [UWR]5

Total credits required for major: 60

Minors in Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration cannot be declared with this major

Degree creation Oct 2021 – starts summer 2022