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CAS.PPL.BS - Bachelor of Science - Major in Political Science Pre-Law

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Completion requirement

General Education

Students majoring in Political Science Pre-Law 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)

Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • POL100
  • POL215
  • ECO213
  • POL322
  • POL471
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • POL291
  • GEO202
  • POL200
Complete at least 4 of the following Courses:
  • HST301
  • HST400
  • POL354
  • POL355
  • POL365
  • POL367
Completion requirement
Complete at least 12 credits

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:
  • BUS210
  • BUS311
  • CRJ358
  • CRJ472
  • PHL285
  • POL275

Students majoring in Political Science Pre-Law must sign up for POL-275 for 0 credits at least once and may repeat up to 7 times. Students may opt to take the tutorial for 1 credit in the semester the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is completed.

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