Students with less than 60 credit hours receive advising from and register with Ms. Eli-Sah L. Hayes (Eli-Sah.L.Hayes@jsums.org; 601-979-2127) in the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center in the Library.

Students with more than 60 credit hours receive advising from and register with Ms. Ashlee Gray (Ashlee.Gray@jsums.org; 601-979-1389) in the Department of Psychology Suite in Room 244 LIB.

Students who have over 60 credit hours earned register themselves. You can register yourself when we give you your Alternate PIN after we receive them from the Registrar’s Office.

Please follow your Degree Works account very closely. You access the Degree Works Dashboard via Thee Portal. While fulfilling the list of requirements, you monitor your progress.

When scheduling your courses, note that we offer major courses (200-level and higher) just once a year, except for PS 236 Political Statistics, which we offer in both the fall and spring semesters. That is, all other 200-level and higher courses are either just in the fall or just in the spring.

Major Courses Offered by Semester

Fall Only	Spring Only
PS 238 Intro to Comparative Politics	PS 341 African American Politics
PS 320 Legal Research and Writing Philosophy	PS 343 Political Philosophy
PS 347 Judicial Politics	PS 346 Civil Rights and Liberties
PS 351 The American Presidency	PS 350 American Political Parties
PS 365 Voting and Elections	PS 364 Public Opinion and Political Psychology
PS 423 Constitutional Law I	PS 376 LSAT Survey
PS 432 Introduction to Law I	PS 424 Constitutional Law II
PS 447 Senior Research Seminar	PS 433 Introduction to Law II
PS 473 Legislative Politics	PS 446 Scope and Methods
PS 484 Intergovernmental Relations	PS 450 Urban Politics

Please take PS 446 before PS 447. PS 446 is a prerequisite for PS 447.

The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute of Advocacy & Social Action, cosponsored by the department, conducts summer seminars on the civil rights movement as a model of participatory democracy.

“Challenging Minds, Changing Lives.”

Political Science majors have a plethora of career options:

• Policy Analyst
• Legislative Assistant
• Public Relations Specialist
• Social Media Manager
• Marketing Research Analyst
• Political Consultant
• Attorney
• Intelligence Analyst