Interesting. So no history, econ, or math? No English requirement?
Political science courses aren’t current events classes, so there shouldn’t be any feel good to it. The courses can be pretty dry and boring as it focuses on theory and philosophy with a whole lot of reading and writing.
As I pointed out, California is a quirky state with some 1950-ish instituted requirements that have never been purged, which I think were a reaction to the HUAC hearings.
Perhaps the 62% of college graduates who picked Elena Kagan came from colleges that required a lower division poli sci course.
