Dear Political Science Majors,
Autumn 2025 Period 1 registration recently opened. Be sure to take advantage of your registration priority!
2025-26 Pol S Projected Courses are posted on the Political Science website. While there may be some changes to what will be offered, the projected courses should help you with initial planning for next year.
Autumn 2025 Pol S Courses and Descriptions
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Use the Time Schedule to see political science courses and notes about them at a glance (this information is also viewable in MyPlan but requires clicking on each course).
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Most classes have course descriptions that you can view on the department's website at https://www.polisci.washington.edu/courses/2025/autumn/all (click the course title) or in MyPlan (click the "View Syllabus" link).
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NEW COURSE COUNTS TOWARD POL S MAJOR: Field E, Methods.
CS&SS 321/Soc 321/Stat 321, Data Science and Statistics for Social Sciences I
This course will be coded soon to count for the Pol S major on your DARS audit. For the Data Science Minor, it is a Cross-Cutting: On-Ramp course.
Autumn 2025 International Security Option and Political Economy Option Courses
Lists for both options are posted on the Political Science website at https://www.polisci.washington.edu/international-security-and-political-economy-option-courses#Au25IS
A&H and NSc Courses
If you need to complete Areas of Inquiry requirements, search for those requirements in MyPlan. In addition, Tamara has posted lists of A&H courses at https://www.polisci.washington.edu/arts-humanities-courses and NSc courses at https://www.polisci.washington.edu/natural-science-courses
Best wishes,
Meera