The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction requires that teachers of political science must have had coursework in Wisconsin state and local government. We provide this through extra readings and exams in POSC 20. You must notify your POSC 20 instructor that you are seeking a teaching major, and ask for these materials. If you took POSC 20 before becoming a teaching major, you must notify the department chairperson of this, and arrangements will be made for such instruction. This is a state requirement, and it is your responsibility to take these measures. Failure to do so could jeopardize or delay your state certification.
Students who would like to complete a teaching major and who entered
Marquette after the academic year 1999-2000 are required to take
thirty-six credit hours of POSC courses, including POSC 020, POSC 040, POSC 060,
and POSC 080,
as well as an upper division course from each of Groups
I-IV. They are not required to choose one of the new tracks.
Students who entered Marquette during academic year 1999-2000 or before may complete a teaching major with 34 instead of 36 hours.
To receive a teaching minor, students are required to take twenty-four credit hours of POSC courses, including POSC 020, POSC 040, POSC 060, and POSC 080 as well an upper division course from each of Groups I-IV.
Persons holding Wisconsin’s Broad Field Social Studies License will be qualified to teach political science if they complete fifteen semester hours in the discipline. Students should see a department adviser for secondary teaching majors or minors to consult about the appropriate sequence of courses. It is also important that prospective teachers study carefully the School of Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin regarding university and state requirements (in addition to department requirements) for teacher certification.
| Majors | Minors |
| POSC 020 ( 3 cr.) | POSC 020 ( 3 cr.) |
| POSC 040 ( 3 cr.) | POSC 040 ( 3 cr.) |
| POSC 060 ( 3 cr.) | POSC 060 ( 3 cr.) |
| POSC 080 ( 3 cr.) | POSC 080 ( 3 cr.) |
| Electives (24 cr. or 22 cr. for pre-1999 rules) | Electives ( 12 cr.) |
| Total (36 or 34 cr.) | Total (24 cr.) |
Groups:
Group I (Political Theory): POSC 100-108
Group II (American Politics): POSC 117-135
Group III (Comparative Politics): POSC 141-159
Group IV (International Politics): POSC 165-178
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