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AMST - American Studies
ARAB - Arabic
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CHEM - Chemistry
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CSP - Cultural Studies Program
CTSJ-Critical TheorySocial Justice
DWA - Diplomacy & World Affairs
EALC - East Asian Languages and Cultures
ECON - Economics
EDUC - Education
ENGL - English
FREN - French
GEO - Geology
GERM - German
GRK - Greek
HIST - History
ITAL - Italian
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KINE - Kinesiology
LANG - Language
LATN - Latin
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LLAS - Latino/a Latin American Studies
MAC - Media Arts and Culture
MATH - Mathematics
MUSC - Music
PHAC - Athletics & Physical Activities
PHIL - Philosophy
PHYS - Physics
POLS - Politics
Departmental Core Courses
American Politics and Public Policy
Comparative Politics and Area Studies
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Political Theory
POLS 150
POLS 251
POLS 252
POLS 253
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POLS 350
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POLS 353
POLS 354
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200
300
PSYC - Psychology
RELS - Religious Studies
RUSN - Russian
SOC - Sociology
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SPAN - Spanish
THEA - Theater
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WRD - Writing & Rhetoric
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POLS 251
European Political Thought: From Plato to Machiavelli
Credits
4