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Majors: Early registration begins THIS Friday. For most students registration begins NEXT Monday (March 27). When you register depends on the number of credit hours you have completed PRIOR to this semester: The number of COMPLETED HOURS, as of JANUARY, 2023. This number is found on Degree Works, your “OVERALL CREDITS” (not “credits applied”).

Your adviser should have already contacted you to give you’re your PIN and/or set up an appointment.

Before proceeding, you should familiarize yourself with your Degree Works record.

Remember: We advise PS majors take the following classes in the following years/semesters:
*Spring of Sophomore year: POLS 2090
*Fall of Junior year: POLS 3031
*Spring of Junior year: POLS 3032

Finally: BS Pre-Law students: Look to take pre-law concentration courses as early as possible – they may not be offered later!

Other Information About Registration Can Be Found Here
*https://registrar.ecu.edu/students
*https://politicalscience.ecu.edu/for-students/

If you have any questions, please contact your adviser.

Prof. Hugh Lee presented an invited lecture to the North Carolina Bar Association’s 27th Annual Elder and Special Needs Law Symposium in Greensboro, NC on Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 entitled “The State of the Union: A Discussion of U.S. Public Policy on Aging.” The talk addressed six different areas of public policy which are failing to meet the needs of elders – health care access, long-term care access and financing, affordable housing, retirement income, protective services, and overall economic policy. The talk also addressed projected population patterns and how those patterns impact the viability of current public policy initiatives.

A former Political Science major, Morgan “Lea” Nobles, has recently been selected as Managing Editor of the Florida State University Law Review.

This is a tremendous honor and likely indicates that she is one of the top students in her class.

Congratulations Morgan!

“The U.S. House of Representatives votes 11 articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson, nine of which cite Johnson’s removal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, a violation of the Tenure of Office Act. The House vote made President Johnson the first president to be impeached in U.S. history.”

More, see: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-andrew-johnson-impeached

Register at http://bit.ly/3KiaM2C

Abstract: “Language is a clear indicator of political change. As China continues to rise and expand its influence in the South China Seas, threatened neighboring states will balance against it. One step in this process is the formulation of persuading language and concepts to accept the threat posed by China. This is demonstrated by the invention and use of the term Indo-Pacific, an area from the eastern part of Africa in the west to the United States in the east. This article traces the genealogy of the term Indo-Pacific as it relates to the securitization of this region given the rise of China. The article will first trace the genealogy of the term Indo-Pacific to then highlight the processes of securitization given changes in the structure of international relations.”

See: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41111-023-00233-z