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Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027

College/School: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Plan Code: LAPTLCERT

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Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours
The certificate in political history and leadership requires 15 credit hours, of which at least 12 must be upper division. At least six upper-division hours must be completed in courses offered by The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. When selecting courses, the college offering the course can be identified by viewing the course details in Class Search. All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or higher.
HST 112 Foundations of Democracy (CIVI) or POS 112 Foundations of Democracy (CIVI) 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
HST 414 Political History and Leadership or POS 414 Political History and Leadership This course is typically offered only in spring semester. 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
AFR 330 / JUS 330 African American Politics CEL 306 Justice and Virtue: Classical Political Thought (HUAD) CEL 307 Reason and Revelation: Medieval Political Thought (HUAD) CEL 308 Liberty and Equality: Early Modern Political Thought (CIVI) CEL 334 Tocqueville's Democracy in America CEL 335 Lincoln: Rhetoric, Thought, Statesmanship (HUAD) CEL 345 Modern Economic Classics CEL 350 / PHI 350 Philosophy, Politics and Economics (SOBE) CEL 351 / ECN 304 Classical to Modern Economic Thought CEL 352 Debating Capitalism (SOBE) CEL 371 Classical Political Statecraft CEL 375 Politics and Leadership in the Age of Revolutions, 1776-1826 CEL 390 Leading a Life of Meaning: Liberal Learning and You (HUAD) CEL 394 Topic: James Madison and the Constitutional Convention CEL 394 Topic: Liberalism and Conservatism in America CEL 394 Topic: Modern Political Statecraft CEL 394 Topic: Progress & Power: Late Modern Political Thought CEL 475 Statesmanship and American Grand Strategy (HUAD) HST 302 Topic: History of Money HST 306 Topic: American Political Conspiracy HST 306 Topic: Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter HST 306 Topic: Debating American Liberty HST 306 Topic: Jacksonian America: Pwer & Politics in US 1828-61 HST 306 Topic: Liberal Revolution HST 306 Topic: The Civil War in Global Perspective HST 306 Topic: The U.S. Presidency HST 315 Political History of the U. S. HST 317 / POS 317 History of Postwar U.S. Conservatism HST 321 Constitutional History/US to 1865 HST 322 Constitutional History of the United States Since 1865 HST 323 / AFR 335 / TCL 335 Historical Studies in Race, Crime, and the Law HST 327 Women in U.S. History, 1600 to 1880 (HUAD) HST 328 Women in U.S. History, 1880-1980 (HUAD) HST 334 / AFR 364 African American History Since 1865 (HUAD) HST 354 Revolutionary Europe (GCSI) HST 356 Europe since 1945 HST 370 Eastern Europe in Transition HST 374 / LAT 374 / SLC 374 Roman History II: The Roman Empire (GCSI) HST 405 Colonial American History to 1763 HST 406 American Revolution/1763-1789 HST 407 Early U.S. Republic/1789-1850 HST 408 Civil War and Reconstruction (HUAD) HST 412 Contemporary U.S., 1973- Present HST 415 Debating the Constitution (AMIT) HST 426 The British Empire HST 427 French Revolution/Napoleonic Era HST 435 Russian Empire: From Ivan the Terrible to 1917 (GCSI) HST 439 Athenian Democracy (CIVI) PHI 307 Philosophy of Law (AMIT) PHI 328 History of Ancient Philosophy (GCSI) PHI 329 History of Modern Philosophy (GCSI) PHI 335 History of Ethics PHI 336 Social and Political Philosophy (CIVI) PHI 347 Philosophical Theories of Constitutional Law (CIVI) PHI 401 Rationalism PHI 402 Empiricism POS 310 American National Government (AMIT) POS 313 The Congress (AMIT) POS 314 The American Presidency (AMIT) POS 315 The Supreme Court POS 316 American Political Institutions (AMIT) POS 332 American Political Parties POS 340 History of Political Philosophy I POS 341 History of Political Philosophy II POS 342 Political Theory POS 346 Problems of Democracy (HUAD) POS 352 European Democracies POS 356 European Union (GCSI) POS 417 Arizona Politics POS 435 Women and Politics (SOBE) POS 442 American Political Thought (HUAD) POS 470 Law and the Political Order POS 471 Constitutional Law I (AMIT) POS 472 Constitutional Law II POS 475 Morality and Politics POS 485 Political Economy (SOBE) REL 388 / POS 388 Religion, Ethics, and International Politics (CIVI) WST 440 Politics of Women's Health (CIVI) Additional upper-division courses with relevant content may be used with the approval of the certificate co-directors. 9 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	9

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Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.

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