POL SCI 191H · POLISCI 191HResearch Design Seminar for Honors Thesis
Political Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Limited to students who plan to write an honors thesis, with 3.5 grade-point average in upper-division political science courses, eligibility for College Honors, and prior research experience. Production of a polished research prospectus. Students identify a live research question in the field of political science, write a critical literature review, identify a research gap, propose a preliminary argument that fills that gap, select suitable research methods, and determine appropriate sources of information. A maximum of 4 units may be applied toward major.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
POL SCI 191H
- POL SCI 198Honors Research in Political Science
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.