Political Science, Law Concentration, B.A.

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 (39 hours)

Political Science Foundation Courses (6 hours)

American Politics (3 hours)

International Politics (3 hours)

Normative and Empirical Analysis (3 hours)

Upper-Level Electives (9 hours)

9 hours of Upper-level Electives in the major

Electives (9 hours)

Field Experience Requirement

This is not an hours requirement. Courses taken to satisfy this requirement would also count toward one of the above requirements. Additionally, students can have this requirement waived if they have relevant experience, as outlined below:

LGST 3300 - Introduction to the Legal System
POLS 4350 - Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers
POLS 4351 - Constitutional Law: Civil liberties
PHIL 2350 - Introduction to Logic
3 hours of Upper-level coursework in Rhetoric and Writing

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.