Political Science Major Questions

Emaheevul07
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:49:43 +0000

I thought 101 was interesting when I took it as a junior. shrug

Something to think about… you have to take classes from at least 3 of the 4 categories total for your degree, theory, comparative, world, and methods I think they are… I graduated a while ago so my memory here may be fuzzy, but I think that’s what they are. Personally, I ended up taking 101 to get a theory credit because the “methods” classes were somewhat math oriented and that was not for me, so I had to take a class from all of the other three categories. I was originally registed for a higher level theory course, as 101 was only an advisory prereq and not required and I assumed it would be too easy and boring, and I got slammed and had to drop it and take 101 instead-- maybe it was just the professor I had but it was WAY too hard and I couldn’t keep up at all. I found my 101 class fascinating even as a junior and learned a lot of valuable info, but again, that may depend on the professor teaching the course. My point is, consider that you will eventually need to take classes from 3 of the 4-- if you want to opt out of something other than theory, take 101. You can always take it later if you want, too, like I did. It should be an easy A and the other theory courses may not be.