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POLS-BS - Political Science, B.S.

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Program Overview

Requirements

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Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Course Sets:

  1. English must be taken each semester, except the summer, until this requirement is completed. ENGL 1010-ENGL 1020 may not be dropped. Correspondence credit in ENGL 1010-ENGL 1020 will not be accepted.

  2. The prerequisite for ENGL 1020 is a grade of C or better in ENGL 1010, and the prerequisite for a 2000-level English course is a grade of C or better in ENGL 1020. If a transfer student has completed two semesters of composition and has a grade of D in ENGL 1020, then the student must repeat ENGL 1020 before beginning the literature courses. ESL classes do not satisfy the ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020 communication requirement of the general education core, nor do these courses count toward any degree requirements.

Complete ANY of the following Course Sets:

Political Science (BS) majors take MATH 1530.

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

  1. All students must complete six hours of Historical Foundations except those students who are majoring in Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, General and Mechanical Engineering.  If the student has not completed one unit of American History in high school, the student will be required to complete 6 semester hours of Historical Foundations for the deficiency.

Complete ANY of the following Courses:
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
Earn at least 4 credits from the following:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Political Science Electives (21 hours)

21 hours of Political Science Electives are required.

A minimum of six hours of POLS courses must be taken at the 3000-4000 level.

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

History Upper Division Electives (6 hours):

Complete six hours form HIST 3000-4000 level electives.

Social Science, CJ, or PHIL Electives (6 hours):

Complete six hours from ANTH, CJ, ECON, GEOG, PHIL, POLS, PSY, SOC, or WGS electives.

English Upper Division Elective (3 hours);

Complete three hours of ENGL 3000-4000 level electives.

Foreign Language (6 hours):

Complete six hours from the following:

FREN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 2510 or

GERM 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 2520, 3520 or

SPAN 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 2510, 2550, 3510, 3550

Six hours of foreign language in a sequence or three hours foreign language/three hours of culture & civilization

Additional free electives are required to complete 120 earned hours.

Electives (27 hours)
Flight Foundations Flexible Elective (1 cr.) - choose from Humanities and Cultural Expression, Scientific Reasoning, or Financial or Digital Literacy.
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:

A total of 120 hours is required for graduation with a minimum of 36 hours at the upper division level.