Major
Twelve PSC courses, 8 of which must be upper division-300/400 level:
Required Courses:
PSC 101 Intro to American Politics
One course from the following list:
- PSC 100 Enduring Issues in Political Science
- PSC 102 Intro to International Politics
- PSC 103 Intro to Comparative Politics
- PSC 104 Intro to Political Philosophy
One Methods of Inquiry Course:
- PSC 200 Empirical Political Science
- PSC 393 Game Theory
- PSC 408 Basic Stats for Social Sciences
- An approved substitution from the following:
- SOC 294 Basic Statistics for Social Sciences
- ECO 480 Econometrics I
- PSY 207 Psychological Statistics
- STA 119 Statistical Methods
- SSC 225 Statistics for Social Sciences
- MGQ 301 Statistical Decisions in Management
- GEO 211 Univariate Statistics in Geography
One course in 3 of the 4 Political Science fields (American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Politics, Public Law)
American Politics List:
Comparative Politics List:
International Politics List:
Public Law List:
Additional Political Science electives/courses to meet the major requirements (total of 12 courses; 8 of which must be upper division-300/400 level). A maximum of 2 courses (6 credit hours) can be from the following: PSC 496 Political Science Internship, PSC 497 Honors Thesis, and PSC 499 Independent Study
UB Seminar courses cannot count towards major requirements.
Electives
Undergraduate Electives - (18 credits)
JD – First-Year Requirements
LAW 509 – Torts (4 credits)
LAW 501 – Civil Procedure (4 credits)
LAW 507 – Property (4 credits)
LAW 515 – Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I (4 credits)
LAW 503 – Contracts (4 credits)
LAW 505 – Criminal Law (4 credits)
LAW 511 – Constitutional Law (4 credits)
LAW 516 – Legal Analysis, Writing and Research II (3 credits)
JD – Second-Year and Third-Year Curriculum
LAW 564 – Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility (3 credits)
LAW experiential elective (6 credits) (see experiential list below)*
LAW seminar elective (3 credits) (see seminar list below)**
LAW research or writing-intensive elective (3 credits) (see research/writing list below)***
LAW free electives (44 credits)
*experiential course options
LAW 523 – Judicial Externship (3 credits)
LAW 567 – Greening Buffalo (3 credits)
LAW 637 – Corporate Negotiations (3 credits)
LAW 828 – Innocence and Justice Project (3 credits)
**seminar course options
LAW 529 – Mindful and Pro-Identity (3 credits)
LAW 640 – Trump and the Law (3 credits)
LAW 656 – Privacy: Theories and History (3 credits)
***research/writing options
LAW 977 – Pro Se Civil Litigation Practicum (3 credits)
LAW 956 – Introduction to Appellate Advocacy (3 credits)
LAW 920 – Community Justice Clinic (3 credits)