Counting study abroad credits at St. Olaf happens in several stages. The Registrar’s office works with IOS to record classes and any associated GE credits on your transcript. Then it’s up to you to confirm that your courses count for a major or concentration.
Below you will find information about how course credits earned in various popular off-campus programs count towards the Political Science major. If you are interested in taking an off-campus course not mentioned in the list, please confer with the Chair about how it might contribute to your major, then seek approval for the courses you wish to count by completing this form (before you register).
139
Political Science Graduates from the classes of 2016, 2017 & 2018
73%
Of those students took part in a St. Olaf approved Off-Campus program, January Term, Semester, or Year-length.
Environmental Science in Australia
- Political Science 221 (Environmental Policy) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This course counts as a St. Olaf credit and does not count against the two-course transfer credit limit in the major.
Global Semester: Capital Normal University, Beijing
- Chinese Political Economy counts as a 200-level comparative politics course.
Bogazici University, Turkey
- POLS 246 (Intro to Turkish Politics) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- POLS 340 (Foreign Policy) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Curtin University, Australia
- IR 222 (International Political Economy) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- IR 223 (Religion, War, and Terror in South and West Asia) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- IR 224 (Conflict and Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- IR 211 (Democracy and Dictatorships in Asia) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Harris Manchester College, Oxford University
- Politics 203 (Theory of Politics) counts as a 200-level political theory course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Politics 214 (International Relations) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Politics 201 (Comparative Government) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Politics 202 (British Politics and Government since 1900) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
IES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- PO 340 (Argentine Politics and Government) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- PO/IR 360 (Argentine Foreign Relations in the Americas and the World) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Lancaster University
- Politics 210 (Politics of Development) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Politics 1342 (International Negotiation) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
London School of Economics
- International Relations 200 (International Political Theory) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- International Relations 202 (Foreign Policy Analysis) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- International Relations 203 (International Organizations) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- PSCI 221 (Environmental Policy) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Government 245- (Democracy and Democratization) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Government 247 (Theories and Problems of Nationalism) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Government 264 (Politics and Institutions in Europe) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course
Nagoya University, Japan
- POL 1342 (International Negotiation) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
University of Aberdeen
- Pol Sci 1006 (Structure of International Relations) counts as a 100-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Pol Sci 1007 (Comparative Politics UK & US) counts as a 100-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Pol Sci 1010 (Comparative Politics US & Russia) counts as a 100-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Pol Sci 2507 (International Political Economy) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- PSCI 3018 (International Security) counts as a 200-level international relations course.
- PSCI 3570 (Memory and Politics of the Past) counts as a 200-level international relations course.
- Pol Sci 3562 (Political Parties in Britain) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Oslo Summer School
- POLSCI 1850 (Scandinavian Government and Politics) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This course counts as a St. Olaf credit and does not count against the two-course transfer credit limit in the major.
- POLSCI 1753 (The Norwegian Welfare State) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This course counts as a St. Olaf credit and does not count against the two-course transfer credit limit in the major.
- POLSCI 1855 (International Politics) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This course counts as a St. Olaf credit and does not count against the two-course transfer credit limit in the major.
- POLSCI 1810 (Peace Seminar) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This course counts as a St. Olaf credit and does not count against the two-course transfer credit limit in the major.
University of Botswana
- POLS 307 (Politics of Regionalism) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
University of Konstanz
- Pol Sci (Depression in Germany and the US) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Pol Sci (International Political Economy and International Organization) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
University of Oslo, Norway
- POLSCI 1510 (Nordic Politics) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
University of Otago, New Zealand
- Politics 202 (Theories of Justice) counts as a 200-level political theory course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Politics 207 (Environmental Politics) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Politics 211 (Global Political Economy) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Politics 213 (New Zealand Foreign Policy) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Yonsei University
- IEE3315-01 (North Korean Politics and Foreign Policy) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Pols 340 (Foreign Policy) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)
- Political and Social Processes of Latin America, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS)
- Fleeing Across Boarders: International Refugee Law, counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Globalized Islam and Sharia Law, counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course
- Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict, counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism from a European Perspective, counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- The Enemy Within: Spies and Espionage in the Cold War, counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- The European Game of Politics: Crisis and Survival, counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
HECUA
- Social and Political Transformation in Ecuador counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Paris French Studies (IES)
- IR/PO 386 (Terrorism and Security: A European and American Perspective) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Namibia: Nation-building Globalization (CGE)
- Political Science 353 (Political and Social Change in Southern Africa) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- Political Science 354 (Politics of Development in Southern Africa) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Social Change in Central America (CGE)
- Political Science 310 (Citizen Participation within a Globalized Economy) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Spain: Sevilla (CIEE)
- Politics 3001 (Politics and Society in the Contemporary Arab World) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- INRE 3102 (US European Relations since WWII) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- INRE 3101 (European – Latin American Relations since Independence) counts as a 200-level international relations course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
- SOCI 3003/POLI 3002/SPAN 3005 (Social Justice and Community Service Practicum) counts as a 200-level comparative politics course. This is a pre-approved transfer credit course.
Below you will find a summary sheet of the programs listed in the previous tabs. They are separated by subfields and the information in the cells refers to the different courses offered at the institution that will fulfill the subfield requirement.