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Minor Requirements

The minor consists of five political science courses, as described below.

Lower Level Subfield Electives

Courses fulfilling this requirement are the 100- and 200-level and have an attribute of POAP (American politics), POCP (comparative politics), POIR (international relations), or POPT (political theory) in the course offerings.

• Two courses at the 100- or 200-level
  • The two courses must come from different subfields:
    • American politics 
    • comparative politics
    • international relations
    • political theory

Upper Level Electives

Courses fulfilling this requirement are the 300- and 400-level and have an attribute of POAP (American politics), POCP (comparative politics), POIR (international relations), or POPT (political theory) in the course offerings.

• Three courses at the 300- or 400-level
  • These may come from any subfield

Additional Stipulations

• No course with a grade below C will count toward the minor.
• Normally, no more than one independent study course, transfer credit, or political science course taken while participating in a Colgate off-campus study group (except those study groups sponsored by the Department of Political Science) is accepted for credit toward a minor. Requests for exceptions must be approved in advance by the faculty member designated to authorize transfer credits.
• A student may not count courses toward a political science minor, which are being counted toward a major in international relations.

Political Science Department

For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Political Science departmentÌý³¦²¹³Ù²¹±ô´Ç²µÌý±è²¹²µ±ð.