Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - Legal Studies

The Department of Political Science aims to provide an education, both general and major, which maximizes students’ capacity to analyze and interpret political events and governmental processes and to understand the significance of these political phenomena in the world and in their lives.To help them develop such capabilities we use methods ranging from statistically analyzing quantifiable data to comparing institutions or systems historically to reflecting on influential texts. We strive to instill in students a desire and ability to shape events in communities states, the church, and the world.While we do not see the department major as strictly a general liberal arts discipline, a pre-professional program, or a degree in citizenship training, the department aims to turn liberal arts students who are politically interested and concerned into politically literate graduates, competent to engage in the affairs of society, to seek graduate education in political science, or to pursue training in other professions.The Political Science Department requires a minimum of 27 hours of political science courses to be taken in residency at BYU for this degree program (BYU Independent Study courses do not meet this requirement). These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.

Submit full documentation of all required transcripts. Applicants may have completed foreign high school or college work. This work will need evaluation by a third-party credential evaluation company