What are the requirements for the political science major?
Political science is a 36 or 39 unit major, depending on your major catalog year. Like all Bachelor of Arts degrees, it requires clearance of the writing proficiency and foreign language requirements. In addition, you need 12 lower division and 24 or 27 upper division units of political science. Political science is divided into specialized fields; majors are required to take at least one course in each of four fields (political theory, American politics, comparative politics, international politics), plus additional elective upper division coursework, plus a senior “capstone” requirement of an internship, a senior thesis, or a graduate level (500 level) course.
