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American Body Politic: Studies the history, economics, politics, and sociology of institutions and
organizations in the United States
Core course (choose one):
AMS 2312/GST 2312
Social and Political Legacies of the 1960s – lower-division course
PSCI 3323
American Federalism
PSCI 3325
American Public Policy
PSCI 3326
Politics and Business
15 additional hours from the following:
Any of the core courses above, if not taken as the core course
AMS 3300
American Popular Culture
AMS 3302
American Cultures
AMS 4360/GST 4360
Rebels and Reformers: Women and Alcohol in America
BPS 4307
Corporations, Politics, and
ECON 3310
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
ECON 3312
Money and Banking
ECON 3330
Economics of Health
ECON 3336
Economics of Education
ECON 3337
Economics of Poverty and Inequality
ECON 3369
Political Economy of Terrorism
ECON 4320
Public Sector Economics
ECON 4330
Law and Economics
ECON 4333
Environmental Economics
ECON 4342
Public Policies Toward Business
GST 3303/SOC 3354
Gender, Society and Politics
GST 4311
Gender and Education
HIST 3364
History of American Religion
HIST 3369
United States Foreign Relations
HIST 3370
The American Experience in Vietnam
HIST 4346
American Culture 1877 – 1919
ISIS 3312
Women in Management
ISIS 3315
The Politics of Reproduction: U.S. and Global Contexts
ISIS 3338
Native American Cultures
ISIS 4303
Business, Law and Culture
ISIS 4309
Diversity and Globalization
ISSS 4358
National and International Security
PHIL 3375
Ethics in Contemporary American
PA 3310/PSCI 3310
Public Administration
PA 3335
Organizational Behavior
PA 4350
Politics of Bureaucracy
PSCI 3303
Civil Liberties
PSCI 3306
Political Economy
PSCI 3322
Constitutional Law
PSCI 3333
Political Behavior
PSCI 3340
Film and Politics
PSCI 3353
Law and Gender
PSCI 3362
American Political Institutions
PSCI 4311
Political Economy of Modern Texas
PSCI 4321
Media and Politics
PSCI 4326
Political Parties and Interest Groups
PSCI 4341
Politics of the Judicial Process
PSCI 4342
Legislative Decision Making
PSCI 4343
Congress and Public Policy
PSCI 4349
The Politics of the Bureaucratic Process
PSCI 4364
Civil Rights Law and Society
SOC 3325
Race, Ethnicity, and Community
SOC 4302
Class, Status, and Power
SOC 4350
Political Sociology
SOC 4355
Social Movements
SOC 4356
Social Welfare Policy
SOC 4361
Law and Society
SOC 4370
Poverty and Unemployment
And any relevant course(s) with academic advisor or program head approval.