Political Science, B.A.

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General: 120 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence. Students must have a GPA of at least 2.0 to graduate.

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

Core (35 hours)

See General Education Requirements for more details.

Second Language Proficiency (0-9 hours)

Completion of 2000-level second language course or demonstrate equivalent proficiency. See General Education Requirements for more details.

Major (36 hours)

Political Science Foundation Courses (6 hours)

PLSC 20003 - (was POLS 1310) American National Government (Also counts toward the core)
PLSC 20353 - (was POLS 2303) Introduction to International Politics (Also counts toward the core)
PLSC 20453 - (was POLS 2304) Introduction to Political Science

American Politics (6 hours)

International Politics (6 hours)

Normative and Empirical Analysis (3 hours)

Electives (12 hours)

Four upper-level political science (POLS) courses.

Field Experience Requirement

Coursework taken to satisfy this requirement may also be used to satisfy a subfield or elective requirement for the major. Students must complete one of the following:

PLSC 33853 - (was POLS 3338) Cooperative Education in Political Science I & II
PLSC 33953 - (was POLS 3339) Cooperative Education in Political Science I & II
PLSC 34853 - (was POLS 3348) Internship I
PLSC 44853 - (was POLS 4348) Internship II
Any POLS course with a service learning component
Any travel course or study abroad program
A paid or volunteer position of at least 15 weeks with a government agency, elected official, campaign, interest group, or other politically-oriented organization. (Students taking this option will not receive course credit, but will have the requirement waived.) In order to use this option to satisfy the requirement, students must provide evidence of the position and submit a paper describing the work that they did to the internship coordinator for approval.
Students in the online-only program who cannot complete one of the above will be given the option to take a second course in the Normative and Empirical Analysis subfield, instead.

Minor

(none required)

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours, if any, to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and/or 30 hours in residence.