Political Science, BA

Freshman Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

• HIST 2753 - United States History I Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 2753 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3 ²
• English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹
• Mathematics requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Freshman Year Spring Semester - 16 Hours

• English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹

Sophomore Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

• POLS 2853 - State And Local Government Credit Hours: 3 ²
• SPCH 1203 - Introduction To Speech Communication Credit Hours: 3
• STAT 2503 - Probability And Statistics I Credit Hours: 3
• Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
• World Language requirement Credit Hours: 4 ⁵

Sophomore Year Spring Semester - 16 Hours

• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• World Language requirement Credit Hours: 4 ⁵
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

Junior Year Fall Semester - 15 Hours

• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• World Language requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁵
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

Junior Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

Senior Year Fall Semester - 14 Hours

• POLS 3803 - Social Research Methods And Statistics Credit Hours: 3 ²
• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 2 ⁴

Senior Year Spring Semester - 12 Hours

• POLS 4803 - Seminar In Political Science Credit Hours: 3 ²
• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Political Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ^{2 & 3}
• Additional degree requirement Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

120 Total Hours

At least 40 hours must be upper-level

Notes

1. General Education Core Requirements, see Graduation Requirements section of this catalog. Follow requirements with the following stipulations: social sciences - HIST 2763  is required and select one course from ANTH 2803 , ECON 2803 , ECON 2813 , GEOG 2753 , HIST 1123 , HIST 1133 , PSYC 1163 , and SOCI 2753 .
2. These courses are used to determine major courses in residency. See Graduation Requirements section in this catalog. Major courses counted in residency must be passed with a grade of C or better.
3. Political Science requirements, 27 hours. Must complete POLS 3103 , POLS 3113 , POLS 3123 , POLS 3133 , POLS 3143 , and POLS 495V . Select an additional nine hours of upper-level POLS courses in consultation with faculty advisor. POLS 495V  is limited to nine hours toward this requirement.
4. Additional degree requirements, 32 hours; at least seven must be upper-level. Consult with faculty advisor. A minor is required; follow respective minor requirements.
5. World language requirement, 11 hours. Must complete through Intermediate I of a world language.

Prior to graduation students must demonstrate competency in financial literacy by satisfactory completion of FIN 1521 - Personal Finance Applications  (or an approved substitution) with a grade of C or better, or by a score of 70% or more on a challenge exam for FIN 1521 .