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CAS.POL.BS - Bachelor of Science - Major in Political Science

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Completion requirement

General Education Competencies

Students majoring in Political Science will complete the following General Education requirements and competencies with the listed courses. Where no course is specified, students are free to choose courses that meet the university requirements.

• Communication Competency: COM-100 (division requirement)

• Intercultural Competency: GEO-202 (core requirement)

• Math Requirement: MAT-112, MAT-204, or MAT-305 (pre-requisite for Research Methods)

• Social Sciences: POL-100 (pre-requisite for some upper division POL and HST courses), ECO-213 (core requirement)

Students majoring in Political Science need to achieve no less than a 2.5 GPA in the major to graduate with a Political Science degree.

Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • POL100
  • POL215
  • ECO213
  • POL322
  • POL471
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • POL200
  • GEO202
Complete at least 4 of the following Courses:
  • HST301
  • HST400
  • POL354
  • POL355
  • POL365
  • POL367

Twelve credit hour cognate (group of courses from a second major or a minor) OR any courses listed below not previously taken. If the student does not have a second area of study, the major electives must be completed from the courses below.

Complete at least 4 of the following Courses:
  • ECO270
  • ECO315
  • ECO340
  • ECO365
  • ECO454
  • GEO202
  • HST300
  • HST301
  • HST302
  • HST400
  • INR332
  • INR375
  • INR432
  • MAT204
  • MAT304
  • MAT305
  • POL200
  • POL220
  • POL230
  • POL232
  • POL350
  • POL354
  • POL365
  • POL367
  • POL371
  • POL401
  • POL475