Professional Politics Certificate - Embedded

Department of Political Science and International Affairs
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Courses in the program focus on applied skills and settings: campaign management, media and politics, polling, public policy, and lobbying.

Students receiving the certificate must complete 15 semester hours, as outlined below. The internship serves as a capstone experience for the program and is limited to professional political settings. Credit hours for the internship may range from 3 to 12 semester hours depending on the number of hours worked per week.

Choose 12 hours from the following options:

POLS 3313:Public Policy Analysis
POLS 3380:Mass Media and Politics
POLS 3385:Campaigns and Elections
POLS 3388:Lobbying and Interest Groups
POLS 3390:Political Research On-Line
POLS 3394:Public Polling and Survey Techniques
POLS 4410:American Legal System
POLS 4420:Judicial Process
POLS 4444:Administrative Practices and Organization

Required Capstone Experience (3 Credit Hours)

POLS 3398:Internship

Professional Politics Certificate - Embedded

Choose 12 hours from the following options:

Required Capstone Experience (3 Credit Hours)

Program Total (15 Credit Hours)