Division of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Political Science

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with major in Political Science

1. University Core Curriculum—49 hours
POL 2113 is included in Major Field requirements.
The Philosophy elective is covered by POL 3003.

2. Courses Specified by this Department—36 hours
Including the courses listed below. At least 12 upper division hours must be completed.

HST 2123 United States History since 1865
HST 2153 Twentieth Century World History
POL 2113 American Government
POL 2213 Comparative Politics
POL 2473 Methods of Political Analysis
POL 3003 Political Philosophy
POL 4613 Seminar in United States Politics

Fifteen hours from the following:

POL 3123 The American Congress
POL 3143 The American Presidency
POL 3353 International Relations
POL 4233 Elections and Voting Behavior
POL 4243 Constitutional Law
POL 4313 Christianity and the Legal Profession
POL 4413 Religion and Politics

3. Foreign Language - 12 hours (or equivalent) in one or two languages.
(Completion of an Intermediate language course covers the Core Global Studies component.)

4. Minor Field or Electives as necessary to complete minimum semester hours.

Minimum total semester hours: 124