Students are expected to combine historical, philosophical and contemporary perspectives on democracy to survey the wide range of democratic experiences in our world today.  This combination of perspectives is intended to help students understand the multiple paths societies can take toward democratic institutions and practices.  The cross-Disciplinary Studies Area in Democracy Studies assumes that a multi-disciplinary approach to democratic studies provides students with the most appropriate basis to evaluate democratic experience and to compare them across societies.  The minor in Democracy Studies, recognizes, as stated in the College catalog, that students have the opportunity to concentrate their coursework in an area without the intention of a major.  Students are also required to participate in or contribute to civil society or democratic processes in the United State or in other countries of their choice.  The purpose of this practicum is to develop and reinforce their civic obligations to our communities, by institutionalizing their civic commitments and contributions to society.

POSC 314: Voting and Legislatures

POSC 462: Studies in Comparative Politics