Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POLS coursework.

• POLS 404U.S. Constitutional Principles - Civil Liberties (3 crs)opens 2 courses (1 directly)
• POLS 403U.S. Constitutional Principles - Powers of Government (3 crs)opens 2 courses (0.5 directly)
• POLS 290Introduction to Political Analysis (3 crs)opens 1 course (1 directly)
• POLS 305Survey of U.S. Constitutional Principles (3 crs)opens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• ECON 201Introduction to Political Economy (3 crs)opens 1 course (0.3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate POLS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 26 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 41 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at POLS 317

  1. POLS 110American National Politics (3 crs)
  2. POLS 403U.S. Constitutional Principles - Powers of Government (3 crs)
  3. POLS 305Survey of U.S. Constitutional Principles (3 crs)
  4. POLS 317Introduction to Legal Advocacy and Moot Court (3 crs)

• 3 courses deep, ending at POLS 334

  1. ECON 103Principles of Microeconomics (3 crs)
  2. ECON 201Introduction to Political Economy (3 crs)
  3. POLS 334International Political Economy (3 crs)

• 3 courses deep, ending at POLS 480

  1. POLS 110American National Politics (3 crs)
  2. POLS 290Introduction to Political Analysis (3 crs)
  3. POLS 480Political Science Capstone (3 crs)

• 2 courses deep, ending at POLS 327

  1. POLS 102Introduction to Politics (3 crs)
  2. POLS 327Politics of Continental Europe (3 crs)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for POLS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under POLS yet.

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Department events

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