All students must meet the Degree and University Requirements.
All students must meet the Catamount Core Curriculum Requirements.
All students must meet the College Requirements.
Major Requirements
30 credits in major courses, plus 3-6 credits in ancillary courses, including:
| LEVEL AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS | ||
| 4 courses at the 1000-level | 12 | |
| 2 courses/6 credits at the 2000-level or above taken at UVM | 6 | |
| 2 additional courses/6 credits at the 2000-level or above taken at UVM or on a collegiate study abroad program | 6 | |
| 1 additional course/3 credits at the 3000-level or above taken at UVM | 3 | |
| 3 additional credits at any level | 3 | |
| COURSE REQUIREMENTS | ||
| CORE COURSES. | ||
| Intro to Political Theory | ||
or POLS 1012 | FYS Intro to Political Theory | |
| US Political System | ||
or POLS 1013 | FYS US Political System | |
| Intro International Relations | ||
or POLS 1015 | FYS Intro Int'l Relations | |
| Comparative World Politics | ||
or POLS 1017 | FYS Comparative World Politics | |
| SUBFIELDS. Choose three of the following options: | ||
Political Theory. 1 course/3 credits in POLS numbered 2200 to 2299, or 3200 to 3299 | ||
US Politics. 1 course/3 credits in POLS numbered 2300 to 2499, or 3300 to 3499, or POLS 4310 | ||
International Relations. 1 course/3 credits in POLS numbered 2500 to 2699, or 3500 to 3699 | ||
Comparative Politics. 1 course/3 credits in POLS numbered 2600 to 2799, or 3600 to 3799 | ||
| SEMINAR.1 course/3 credits from the following: | ||
POLS numbered 3200 to 3799 | ||
| VT Legislative Research Srvc | ||
| Senior Honors Seminar | ||
| RESIDENCY. 4 courses/12 credits must be taken at UVM. | ||
| ELECTIVE. 3 additional credits in POLS | ||
With the approval of the chair or the director of undergraduate studies, certain CAS 2920 internship experiences may be substituted for the POLS elective. | ||
| SKILLS REQUIREMENT | ||
| Choose 1 of the following options: | 3-6 | |
| STATISTICS AND METHODOLOGY. Choose 1 of the following options: | ||
Option A: | ||
| Social Research Methods | ||
and 1 course/3 credits in STAT | ||
Option B: | ||
2 courses/6 credits in STAT | ||
| POLITICAL ECONOMY. | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics and Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| LANGUAGE. 1 additional course/at least 3 credits in language above the current College of Arts and Sciences language requirement. The course must be in the same language as that used to meet the CAS language requirement. | ||
| PHILOSOPHY. | ||
| Introduction to Logic | ||
and 1 additional course/3 credits in PHIL | ||
| GEOGRAPHY. | ||
| Geog Info:Cncpts & Applic | ||
| Qualitative Research Methods | ||
Other Information
In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), only one course may overlap between a major and a minor or between two CAS majors.
Courses for the major and/or its pre/co-requisites that are cross-listed in the catalog or schedule of courses under another course prefix may be taken under that other prefix and still count for these requirements.
With the approval of the chair/director, courses that applied to the major in previous years but have since been deactivated may be applied to this year’s major requirements if they are reactivated.
For a Bachelor of Arts degree, no more than 45 credits in courses with the same departmental prefix may be used toward completion of the 120 credits required for graduation.
At least half of the credits used to complete major requirements must be taken at the University of Vermont.