Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

For general degree requirements, see the College of Arts and Letters and the General Degree Requirements pages.

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Area A Essential Skills                               Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options                     Required Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts                   Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100

*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology         Required Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab included); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences                           Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST 2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement                          Required Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Courses Related to Major         Required Hours: 18
ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics
POLS 2101 Introduction to Political Science
Foreign Language 1002
Foreign Language 2001
Select two 1000/2000-level courses from the following group, no more than one from each discipline:
ECON/GEOG/HIST/PHIL/PSYC/SOCI

Area G Program Requirements             Required Hours: 27
POLS 2201 State and Local Government
POLS 3115 Methods of Political Analysis
POLS 3135 History of Political Thought to 1500s
POLS 3136 History of Political Thought from the 1500s to Marx
POLS 3137 American Political Thought
POLS Elective - Area I (American Politics)
POLS Elective - Area III (Comparative/International)
POLS Elective - Area IV (Public Administration)
POLS 4795 Senior Seminar in the American Political Process
POLS 4796 Senior Seminar in Global Affairs
POLS 4797 Senior Seminar in Public Policy

Area H Program Electives                   Required Hours: 18
POLS Electives - 3000-4000 level

Area I General Electives                     Required Hours: 15
Non-POLS electives - 1000-4000 level

Total Hours Required: 123