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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level. At least 33 semester credit hours of political science coursework are required to fulfill the political science major. The 33-hour total is considered a minimum, and students are encouraged to deepen and broaden their grasp of their major through careful allocation of their elective semester credit hours. Students are required to complete at least 6 semester credit hours of support work. These courses, which require advance approval from advisors, should serve to introduce students to other social sciences.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Mathematics Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section on the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Natural Sciences Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Science (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed below under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
World Society and Issues (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Degree Requirements

  1. 33 semester credit hours in the major, 21 hours of which must be at the upper-division level. Courses must be selected in the following manner:

    1. 6 semester credit hours of courses selected from the following:

      POL 2503 Introduction to Political Theory
      POL 2513 Public Administration and Public Policy
      POL 2533 Introduction to Political Science
      POL 2603 International Politics
      POL 2623 Law and Society
      POL 2633 Comparative Politics

    2. 3 semester credit hours:

      POL 2703 Scope and Methods in Political Science

    3. 21 semester credit hours of political science electives, 18 hours of which must be at the upper-division level, with at least 3 hours in each of the following subfields (see list of courses by subfield following the description of the political science minor):

      American politics
      Comparative politics
      International relations
      Political theory
      Public administration or public law

    4. One senior-level seminar selected from the following:

      POL 4153 Seminar in Jurisprudence
      POL 4973 Seminar in Political Science
      Approved section of POL 4953, Special Studies in Political Science

  2. 6 semester credit hours of courses in the social sciences outside the major, chosen with consent of the advisor

  3. 6 semester credit hours of a single language other than English

  4. 33 semester credit hours of electives

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