Political Science Teaching

Political Science Teaching
Minor
Hours25 Credit Hours

Program Requirements

This minor is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. A teaching minor may only be received by students graduating with a teaching major. In order to graduate with this minor, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to http://education.byu.edu/ess/licensing.html or contact Education Student Services, 350 MCKB, (801) 422-3426.
For students accepted into the major after August 1, 2014, grades below C in any required coursework in a teaching major or teaching minor will not be accepted. Teacher candidates must maintain a total GPA of 3.0 or higher throughout the program and to qualify for student teaching. For details on admission and retention requirements for teaching majors and teaching minors, see Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Requirements in the undergraduate catalog.
requirement 1 Complete 1 course
requirement 2 Complete 1 course
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
requirement 5 Complete 1 course
requirement 6 Complete 1 course
Complete one additional political science elective (300-level or above):
POLI 302 - Experimental Research Methods 3.0
POLI 303 - Qualitative Methods 3.0
POLI 304 - Game Theory in Political Science 3.0
POLI 305 - Survey Research Methods 3.0
POLI 306R - Topics in Political Science Methods 3.0
POLI 311 - State and Local Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 313 - Interest Groups 3.0
POLI 314 - The United States Presidency 3.0
POLI 315 - Congress and the Legislative Process 3.0
POLI 316 - American Political Parties 3.0
POLI 317 - Public Opinion and Voting Behavior 4.0v
POLI 318 - Campaigns and Elections 3.0
POLI 319R - Topics in American Government and Politics 3.0v
POLI 321 - The Media in American Politics 3.0
POLI 324 - Political Psychology 3.0
POLI 325 - Politics of Wilderness, National Parks, and Public Land Management 3.0
POLI 328 - Statistical Analysis 4.0
POLI 331 - Politics and Public Policy 3.0
POLI 332 - Public Policy Analysis 3.0
POLI 333 - Politics of Bureaucracy 3.0
POLI 334 - Public Ethics 3.0
POLI 335 - Social Policy 3.0
POLI 336 - Government and Religion 3.0
POLI 339R - Topics in Public Policy 3.0
POLI 341 - Western European Politics 3.0
POLI 342 - Gender and Politics 3.0
POLI 343 - Designing Democracies and Dictatorships 3.0
POLI 344 - Comparative Political Economy 3.0
POLI 345 - Comparative Parties and Elections 3.0
POLI 346 - Southeast Asian Politics 3.0
POLI 347 - Russia/Former Soviet Politics 3.0
POLI 348 - Government and Politics of Asia 3.0
POLI 349R - Topics in Politics 3.0v
POLI 351 - British Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 352 - African Politics 3.0
POLI 353 - China: Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 354 - Japan: Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 355 - Canadian Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 357 - Middle East: Political Systems 3.0
POLI 358 - Latin American Politics 3.0
POLI 359R - Topics in Comparative Politics 3.0
POLI 362 - Reason, Revelation, and Politics 3.0
POLI 363 - Theories of Human Freedom 3.0
POLI 364 - Jurisprudence 3.0
POLI 365 - Early American Political Thought: 1620-1865 3.0
POLI 366 - Modern American Political Thought: 1865-Present 3.0
POLI 367 - Contemporary Political Theory 3.0
POLI 368R - Topics in Political Philosophy 3.0
POLI 371 - Foreign Policy Analysis 3.0
POLI 372 - International Political Economy 3.0
POLI 373 - International Law 3.0
POLI 374 - Ethics and International Affairs 3.0
POLI 375 - International Organizations 3.0
POLI 376 - U.S. Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 377 - National Security Affairs 3.0
POLI 378 - International Conflict 3.0
POLI 379R - Topics in International Relations 3.0v
POLI 380 - International Relations of Latin America 3.0
POLI 381 - International Relations of the Middle East 3.0
POLI 382 - International Relations of North America 3.0
POLI 385 - International Relations of Asia 3.0
POLI 386 - Japanese Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 387 - International Relations of Developing Countries 3.0
POLI 388 - Chinese Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 391 - Advanced Seminar on Current Issues 3.0
POLI 392R - Topics in Political Strategy 3.0
POLI 393R - Topics in Legal Studies 3.0
POLI 394R - Topics in Global Development 3.0
POLI 397 - Utah Legislative Politics 2.0
POLI 399R - Washington DC Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - State Government Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Utah Legislature Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - International Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - City Government Intership 9.0v
POLI 399R - Campaign Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Academic Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Congressional Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Pre-Law Internship 9.0v
POLI 400 - Research Project in Political Theory 3.0
POLI 410 - Research Project in American Politics 3.0
POLI 420 - Constitutional Law - American Federal System 3.0
POLI 421 - Constitutional Law - Rights and Immunities 3.0
POLI 422 - Interests and Ideas in the American Founding 3.0
POLI 428 - Advanced Statistical Analysis 3.0
POLI 430 - Research Project in Public Policy 3.0
POLI 444 - The Political Economy of Development 3.0
POLI 450 - Research Project in Comparative Politics 3.0
POLI 452 - Islam and Politics 3.0
POLI 461 - Federalist Papers 3.0
POLI 462 - Tocqueville on America 3.0
POLI 465 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 3.0
POLI 466 - Plato's Political Thought 3.0
POLI 470 - Research Project in International Relations 3.0
POLI 472 - International Political Economy of Women 3.0
POLI 473 - Human Rights 3.0
POLI 474 - Arab-Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 3.0
POLI 475 - Civil Wars and Ethnic Violence 3.0
POLI 476 - Terrorism 3.0
POLI 497R - Mentored Research 6.0v
POLI 498R - Directed Readings 3.0v
POLI 499 - Honors Thesis 3.0v
POLI 539R - Advanced Topics in Public Policy 3.0
POLI 579R - Topics on World Politics 3.0
POLI 599R - Graduate Internship 9.0v
POLI 599R - Academic Internship 9.0v
requirement 7 Complete 2 courses
requirement 8 Complete 1 course
Poli 101 and 297 cannot be counted toward the minor.
Students scoring a 4 or 5 on the American Government and/or Comparative Government AP exams may substitute AP credit for Poli 110, or Poli 150, respectively. However, they are required to take at least one upper-division elective in each subfield in which they substitute AP credit for American Government and Politics or Comparative Government and Politics.
Program Outcomes

Please contact the individual department for outcome information.