Independent Study: 1-3 credits

Prereq: At least one course in the appropriate subfield and perm dept. Students may take independent study only with full-time members of the department. As a general rule, the students should have taken a prior course with this instructor. Departmental permission will not be granted without explicit approval by the instructor.

POLSC 490.11-13 Independent Study in American Government and Politics
POLSC 490.21-23 Independent Study in Political Theory
POLSC 490.31-33 Independent Study in Comparative Politics
POLSC 490.41-43 Independent Study in International Politics

Honors Work:

In order to graduate with honors in political science, a student must have a 3.5 GPA in political science and a college-wide cumulative index of at least 3.0, and must also complete a major paper of approximately 25 pages in length that reflects serious scholarship in a 300- or 400-level political science course or in an honors course (POLSC 492). Students are encouraged to enroll in POLSC 492 in order to conduct a significant independent research project or to revise a term paper or similar project begun in a political science course in a previous semester. Under some circumstances, with department approval, a student may substitute a paper from a 300- or 400-level course taught by a full-time faculty member as their major paper. As a general rule, a student who takes POLSC 492 must be supervised by a full-time faculty member with whom the student has done prior coursework and who has agreed to supervise the student's honors project. Thus, students seeking to graduate with departmental honors should begin to plan the sequence of honors work at least two semesters in advance of their expected graduation date.

Honors Independent Study: 1-3 credits

Prereq: at least one course in the appropriate subfield and perm dept. Students may take independent study honors projects only with full-time members of the department. As a general rule, the students should have taken a prior course with this instructor. Departmental permission will not be granted without explicit approval by the instructor.

POLSC 492.11-13 Independent Study in American Government and Politics (Honors)
POLSC 492.21-23 Independent Study in Political Theory (Honors)
POLSC 492.31-33 Independent Study in Comparative Politics (Honors)
POLSC 492.41-43 Independent Study in International Politics (Honors)

Students may take an independent study, an honors course, and/or an internship more than once. No more than 6 credits of internship may be applied to the major in political science.