In light of the COVID-19 crisis, students may declare their major or minor remotely by contacting Dr. Eileen Doherty-Sil at dohertye@upenn.edu
(At the discretion of the Undergraduate Chair or Undergraduate Coordinator, some of these courses may be used to fulfill a subfield distribution or a concentration requirement)
010 Freshman Seminars (may fulfill subfield distribution requirement)
105 The Study of Politics (occasional; satisfies core & society sector requirement)
298 Selected Topics/Study Abroad
398 Seminar - Selected Topics
399 Independent Study
497 Political Science Honors Seminar
498 Senior Seminars -- Selected Topics in Political Science
499 Senior Honors Independent Study
598 Selected Topics (graduate level, but open to undergraduates by permission of instructor)
130 Introduction to American Politics (satisfies core & society sector requirements)
131 American Foreign Policy
134 U.S. Political Parties
135 The Politics of Food (ABCS course: academically-based community service)
136 Urban Politics in the United States (satisfies society sector requirement)
137 Policymaking in American Politics
138 The Public Policy Process
139 Politics of Poverty & Development (satisfies humanities & social science requirement)
183 American Political Thought (satisfies humanities & social science requirement)
204 Political Participation
230 Public Opinion and American Democracy
231 Race & Ethnic Politics
232 Introduction to Political Communication (always cross-listed with COMM 226)
233 Introduction to African American Politics
235 America and the World
236 The Public Policy Process
237 The American Presidency
238 Congress
239 Elections in the United States
240 Religion and U.S. Public Policy
241 Polarization
242 Business, Government & Public Policy
271 Classic American Constitutional Law
272 Modern American Constitutional Law
320 Who Gets Elected and Why
330 The Politics of Governance in Washington (taught in Washington DC)
331 Latino Politics
335 Healthy Schools (ABCS course: academically-based community service)
338 Statistical Methods for Political Science (satisfies College QDA requirement)
380 Race, Ethnicity and American Constitutional Law
398 Washington Semester Program Seminars (taught in Washington DC)
404 Media & Politics
433 Social Movements
437 Race & Criminal Justice
500-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
110 Introduction to Comparative Politics (satisfies core & society sector requirements)
116 Political Change in the "Third World" (satisfies society sector requirement)
210 African Politics (satisfies cross-cultural analysis requirement)
211 Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
213 Latin American Politics (satisfies cross-cultural analysis requirement)
214 Political Economy of East Asia
215 European Union
217 Russian Politics (satisfies cross-cultural analysis requirement)
218 Post-War Western Europe (satisfies cross-cultural analysis requirement)
219 Chinese Politics (satisfies cross-cultural analysis requirement)
220 Contemporary South Asian Politics (satisfies cross-cultural analysis requirement)
221 Health Politics and Policy in Comparative Perspective
224 Political Economy of Development
226 Ethnic Conflict
229 China's Domestic Politics
317 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (satisfies society sector requirement)
395 Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Societies (BFS)
410 Comparative Political Communication
411 Comparative Politics of Federalism & Decentralization
414 Comparative Politics of the Welfare State
418 Evolution, Politics and Computer Simulation
419 Democracy & Decentralization
500-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
131 American Foreign Policy
150 Introduction to International Relations (satisfies core & society sector requirements)
151 International Security
152 International Political Economy
153 International Law and Institutions
215 European Union
235 America and the World
252 War, Strategy and Politics
253 International Politics of the Middle East
255 Causes of War & Peace
256 International Relations of U.S. and Asia
257 International Relations of South Asia
258 Human Rights
355 Topics in Race and International Relations
358 International Law
418 Evolution, Politics and Computer Simulation
452 Civil Wars
552 Game Theory and Political Science (need permission of instructor)
Other 500-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
180 Ancient Political Thought (satisfies core and history & tradition requirements)
181 Modern Political Thought (satisfies core and history & tradition requirements)
182 Contemporary Political Thought
183 American Political Thought (satisfies humanities & social science requirement)
186 Money & Markets (satisfies society sector requirement)
271 Classic American Constitutional Law
272 Modern American Constitutional Law
275 Muslim Political Thought
280 Feminist Political Thought (satisfies society sector requirement)
281 The Meaning of Democracy
500-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
116 Political Change in the "Third World"
135 The Politics of Food
136 Urban Politics
139 Politics of Poverty and Development
152 International Political Economy
186 Money and Markets
210 Contemporary African Politics
211 Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
213 Latin American Politics
214 Political Economy of East Asia
215 European Union
217 Russian Politics
218 The Domestic Politics of Post-War Western Europe
219 Chinese Politics
224 Political Economy of Development
226 Political Economy of Modern India
229 China’s Domestic Politics
242 Business, Government & Public Policy
411 Comparative Politics of Federalism & Decentralization
414 Comparative Politics of the Welfare State
552 Game Theory and Political Science
Other 500-level courses may also count toward subfield requirements, but students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
(One of the following courses offered by other departments may be used as major related courses. Other major related courses are identified on a case by case basis, depending on the extent of complementarity with substantive topics covered in a PSCI course taken by a student)
ANTH 002 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ECON 001 Intro to Economics - Micro
ECON 002 Intro to Economics - Macro
SOCI 001 Intro to Sociology
SOCI 135 Law and Society
PSYC 001 Intro to Psychology
PSYC 170 Social Psychology
This is NOT an exhaustive list; new or "special topics" courses are offered each semester.
Note that some courses (e.g. PSCI 131, 271) may be listed under more than one subfield.