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Subject Headings Below: *B.A. Degree Requirements *Pre-Law *Cooperative Education *Special Learning Opportunities **Summer Internship Applications *Resources for Research, Writing, and How to Avoid Plagiarism *Extracurricular Activities *Related A&S Programs, Minors and Certificates *Employment and Career Opportunities *Request a Reference from a Professor *Graduate Education and PhD Requirements *Advisers, Hours and Contact Information *Key Dates
Links to Online Resources *print copy also available in wall rack, 11th floor Crosley Tower
B.A. Degree Requirements [Top]
Political Science Department Undergraduate Handbook with degree requirements checklists
Political Science *Requirements Checklist http://www.polisci.uc.edu/Undergrad/undergrad.html
International Affairs *Checklisthttp://www.polisci.uc.edu/Undergrad/undergrad.html
A&S Distribution Requirements *Checklist http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/CollegeMain/cur_ug_students/advising/0506currGuides/checklist.pdf
McMicken A&S Advising Center Phone: 513.556.5860 Fax: 513.556.6347 Email:artsci.advising@uc.edu Web: www.artsci.uc.edu
General Education *http://www.uc.edu/gened/ Audit Sheet
Pre-Law Add pre-professional code (PLAW) to major code when registering [Top]
U.C. Pre-professional Advising Center Swift Hall 556-2166 http://www.uc.edu/pre_pro_advising/law.html
Legal Assisting CECH Criminal Justice and Clermont College programs with courses in legal research, litigation, etc. http://www.uc.edu/criminaljustice/paralegal/Paralegal.html
Pre-Law resources http://stu.findlaw.com/prelaw/ and www.findlaw.com
ABA Pre-Law Advising http://www.abanet.org/legaled/prelaw/prep.html
Guide to ABA approved law schools School specific info: http://officialguide.lsac.org/ General info: http://www.abanet.org/legaled/
Mock Trial http://www.geocities.com/ucmocktrial1/index.html Contact coach Katie Pridemore in fall at kpridemo@Prosecutor.hamilton-co.org Meetings Monday and Thursday Fall and Winter quarter at 6 pm in U.C. College of Law. Register for 15-MLTI-350-001 to earn 1 to 3 credits for intercollegiate competition.
Phi Alpha Delta *Pre-law society 556.6360. http://www.soa.uc.edu/org/pad/
SWEL Summer Work Experience in Law Internships for African American students up to age 22 http://www.swel.org/
LSAT Prep Course, U.C. Communiversity http://www.uc.edu/cece/commu.htm#FOUNDATION
Council on Legal Education Opportunity Summer workshops and law school admissions for mintority students http://www.cleoscholars.org
Courselist recommended for pre-law http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/CollegeMain/cur_ug_students/advising/0506currGuides/PreLaw.pdf http://www.uc.edu/programs/viewprog.asp?progid=2389
Special Learning Opportunities [Top]
Internships, 3 credit Summer 2005 Practicum, *applications due to Professor Jane.Anderson@uc.edu
U.C. Honors Program 3.2 GPA, apply by March 31 http://www.uc.edu/honors/ Also U.C. contact for Washington Center internships
Service Learning http://www.learnandserve.org/
U.C. Center for Community Engagement http://www.cspo.uc.edu/servicelearning.html
Study Abroad http://www.uc.edu/global/Programs/mprograms.html
Semester at Sea http://www.semesteratsea.com/ 10 ports of call around the world in 100 days. See Professor Tolley for video
Crossroads Africa http://www.igc.org/oca/ Summer work camps, scholarships available
U.C.Library Research Training Classes offered Spring 2002 http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libinfo/instruction/TESSpring2002.html
Ask a U.C. Reference Librarian a Question Submit query online and obtain a reply by email
Online Tutorial for Doing Research http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libinfo/instruction/tutorial/contents.htm
Guide to Citation When to quote, what to note. http://oz.uc.edu/~peterscs/110/cite.html
Examples of Plagiarism http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html#original
Write Stuff article by Thomas Cronin with excellent guidance on writing research papers http://www.apsanet.org/teach/resources/essays/cronin.cfm
UCOW U.C. On-line Writery Online Tutorial Assistance with papers http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/english/ucow For personal appointment in Writing Lab, McMicken 257 call 556-3912
Extracurricular Activities [Top]
American Model U.N. To attend in Chicago November 2005, enroll in POS 289 International Organization in fall.
15-POL-289 MWF at 11 Rieveschl 422E . Contact Howard.Tolley@uc.edu Dayton Model U.N. February 2006.
Mock Trial http://www.geocities.com/ucmocktrial1/index.html Contacts: Shannon Haferkamp at echoes12@aol.com or Katie Pridemore at kpridemore@fuse.net
Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference annually in April, research paper required, contact Professor Harknett in December http://www.nadn.navy.mil/NAFAC/
Phi Alpha Delta *Pre-law society 556.6360. http://www.soa.uc.edu/org/pad/
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary society open to Juniors with 12 hours above the 100 level and 3.3 GPA http://www.apsanet.org/~psa/
Political Science Graduate Student Association PSGSA http://www.artsci.uc.edu/polisci/PSGSA/psgsa-home.htm
Political Science Student Association. Contact President on Blackboard student organizations
Amnesy International Contact President on Blackboard student organizations
Financial Aid [Top]
A&S Scholarship Application, deadline March 13, 2002 http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/forms_scripts/Scholarships/scholarship_form.cfm
Taft Enrichment Award, up to $2,000 undergraduate, $2,500 graduate http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/taft/
Globalization Grants up to $500 http://www.uc.edu/global/
For Graduate Education:
Truman Scholarship, $30,000 for graduate and professional school leading to public service career, Jan., 2003 deadline Contact feerc@ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu
Marshall Scholarships for graduate study in the U.K., 3.7 GPA required, October deadline Contact Philip.Way@uc.edu
Rhodes Scholarships Contact Philip.Way@uc.edu
Fulbright Grants January workshop, U.S. State Department awards for graduate study abroad http://www.uc.edu/global/
Related A&S Programs, Minors and Certificates [Top]
International Human Rights Certificate http://www.law.uc.edu/morgan/ihrc/index.html Current course offerings listed in online Learning Opportunities and individual degree progress audits can be generated for 15cert2ihrc
Security Studies http://www.polisci.uc.edu/Undergrad/
Legal Assisting Certificate CECH Criminal Justice and Clermont College programs with courses in legal research, litigation, etc. http://www.uc.edu/criminaljustice/paralegal/Paralegal.html
Asian Studies Curriculum Guide Minor http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/CollegeMain/student/advising/majors/Guides/Majors/Asian.htm
Asian Studies Certificate http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/CollegeMain/student/advising/cerfctes.html
Latin American Studies Curriculum Guide http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/CollegeMain/student/advising/majors/Guides/Majors/Latin.htm
Latin American Studies Certificate http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/CollegeMain/student/advising/cerfctes.htm
A&S Certificates *African Studies, *Russian and East European Studies (REES), *Women's Studies,
*Writing, and *Interdisciplinary Program in Film and Media Studies
http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/CollegeMain/student/advising/cerfctes.htm
Employment and Career Opportunities [Top]
Employment Opportunities on Campus http://www.uc.edu/jobs/ses/
Institute for Policy Research Ohio Poll http://www.ipr.uc.edu/about/employment.cfm Telephone survey positions
UC Career Dynamics Center http://staging.uc.edu/career/index.htm
Resource Library and Monster Trak job postings, Online job search, info 6-3471 6th Floor old chem. ML 115
Peace Corps http://www.peacecorps.gov/indexf.cfm
Americorps http://www.americorps.org/
Request a Reference from a Professor for Law and Graduate School admission, employment, financial aid or other
Graduate Education and PhD Requirements [Top]
Joint Degree Program Law and Political Science JD/MA & JD/PhD
To register for the GRE test at UC, call 556-7173 To register for this GRE test prep class, call 556-6932 or visit offered by U.C. for graduate and professional school admission (GMAT, GRE) 316 Dyer Hal1
Political Science Department Graduate Handbook
Core Readings for International Relations 785
POS 885 Focus Field for International Law + Organization
Taft Graduate Enrichment Awards and Graduate Travel
Political Science Graduate Student Association PSGSA http://www.artsci.uc.edu/polisci/PSGSA/psgsa-home.htm
American Political Science Association http://209.235.207.197/content_3360.cfm
Minority Programs for Graduate Education http://209.235.207.197/section_177.cfm
GRE/GMAT Prep Courses U.C. Communiversity http://www.uc.edu/cece/commu.htm#FOUNDATION
Department Advisers, Hours and Contact Information [Top]
All Seniors, Political Science and International Affairs
Director of Undergraduate Studies Thomas.Moore@uc.edu, 1109 Crosley, 556-3376
Political Science Majors Surnames beginning with
A-K
L-Z
International Affairs Majors
Howard.Tolley@uc.edu 1114 Crosley, 556-3316 http://homepages.uc.edu/~tolleyhb
Pre-Law
Howard.Tolley@uc.edu 1114 Crosley, 556-3316 http://homepages.uc.edu/~tolleyhb
*Cooperative Education [Top]
Effective fall 2006, the department no longer offers a Professional Practice Option for incoming majors. For students who enrolled prior to that date the following information applies.
Introductory Overview Explains different options/requirements for political science and international affairs majors
Professional Practice Contact 556-3061 606C Old Chemistry for political science and international affairs enrollment. 2.7 GPA
International Coop 3.0 GPA required contact Gayle.Elliott@uc.edu 556-5433
Key Dates [Top]
Last Updated May 2006
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