Feb 06, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Science, B.A. 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Political Science requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
PS 101 - AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
PS 210 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS Credit(s): 3
PS 230 - INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4

Year 2

First Semester

PS 240 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY Credit(s): 3
OR
PS 372 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Third Semeseter Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
A&S - Lab Credit(s): 1
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

Foreign Language - Fourth Semester Credit(s): 3
A&S - Humanities Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

WRD 304 - WRITING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3 (GCCR)
A&S - Humanities Credit(s): 3
200+ PS Major Course Credit(s): 3
300+ PS Major Course Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

300+ PS Major Course Credit(s): 3
300+ PS Major Course Credit(s): 3
200+ Course Outside PS Credit(s): 3
300+ Course Outside PS Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

PS 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 6 (Variable)
300-level PS Major Course Credit(s): 3
300+ PS Major Course Credit(s): 3
300+ Course Outside PS Credit(s): 3
200+ Course Outside PS Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

PS 399 - INTERNSHIP IN GOVERNMENT Credit(s): 1 - 12 (Variable)
300+ Course Outside PS Credit(s): 3
300+ PS or Course Outside PS Credit(s): 3
300+ PS or Course Outside PS Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3