For more information on the admission process, please visit the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. Applications may be submitted via the Common Application.
Supporting documents not submitted online should be mailed to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The George Washington University
800 21st Street NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20052
Contact for questions:
gwadm@gwu.edu or 202-994-6040

The minor in public policy is not available to political science majors.

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 24 credits, including 15 credits in required courses and 9 credits in elective courses.

Required
ECON 1011Principles of Economics I
ECON 1012Principles of Economics II
PSC 1001Introduction to Comparative Politics
or PSC 1001W Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSC 1002Introduction to American Politics and Government
or PSC 1002W Introduction to American Politics and Government
PSC 2101Scope and Methods of Political Science
or COMM 3110 Research Methods in Communication
or IAFF 2101 Qualitative Methods in International Affairs
or PSC 2102 Visualizing and Modeling Politics
or PSYC 2101 Research Methods in Psychology
or PUBH 3199 Topics in Public Health
or SMPA 2151 Research Methods
or SOC 2102 Techniques of Data Analysis
Note: PUBH 3199 must be taken on the topic Research Methods in Public Health to count toward the research methods requirement.
Electives
Three courses (9 credits) selected from the following:
PSC 2212State and Urban Policy Problems
PSC 2213Judicial Politics
PSC 2216The American Presidency
PSC 2217Executive Branch Politics
PSC 2218Legislative Politics
PSC 2219Political Parties and Interest Groups
PSC 2222Science, Technology, and Politics
PSC 2224Issues in Domestic Public Policy
PSC 2240Poverty, Welfare, and Work
PSC 2241The Politics of Education Policy
PSC 2446U.S. Foreign Policy
PSC 2468Post-Soviet Foreign Policy