Minor requirements include:

This minor introduces students to the main themes, issues, and questions of governance and public policy. It covers the theoretical and practical dimensions of affairs of state and the relations between the state and citizenry on local, national, and international levels. It is designed to introduce students to the core of the discipline and, with three free electives, to give students the option to focus on any of its subfields.

The minor requires completion of five politics courses.

1. Students must complete three of the core courses of the Politics discipline:
   This requirement is as follows:
   1. PO 102 - American Government  
   2. Either PO 104 - Comparative Politics  or PO 106 - International Relations  
   3. And, either PO 201 - Elements of Political Theory: Classical  or PO 202 - Elements of Political Theory: Modern .
2. Students must complete any two courses from any of the other offerings of the Politics Department .