Political Science (BA)

This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2011 - Spring 2012 catalog year. For more
information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA)

Major: POLS

Degree: BA

Unit: College of Arts and Sciences (AS)

Completion of this degree requires work to be submitted for the department’s Learning Outcomes Measurement. For details,
contact the department.

Type Hours

General Education 34

Minimum Total 34

All degrees require the completion of the University-wide General Education Program; see the General Education
requirements and the courses that fulfill them. Some General Education requirements may be met in the requirements for the
major or supporting coursework, in which case additional electives may be required to complete the minimum hours for the
degree.

Arts & Sciences Programmatic Requirements

Type Hours

General 101: A&S Orientation 1

Foreign Language
12
(completion of the intermediate level of a single foreign language)

Electives in Humanities or Natural Sciences

(in addition to courses counted toward General Education; 9
6 hours must be at 300 level or above)

WR—two approved courses at the 300 level or above

(may be incorporated into other degree requirements)

Total 22

Department of Political Science

Type Hours

Political Science 2011, 2021, or 2991 3

(Students with credit for Political Science 299 may not receive credit for 201 or
202)

Political Science 3903 3

Political Science 4952, 3

Political Science electives 21

Total 30

Supporting Courses

Type Hours

Economics 2021 3

Electives in Social Sciences other than Political Science,

15
with 9 hours at the 300-level or above

Total 18

Minimum Electives 17

Minimum Total 121

NOTE: No more than 6 hours of Political Science 450, 510 and/or 511 may count toward the major.

Only 40 hours in the major department may be applied toward the Bachelor of Arts Degree.

At least 50 of the total minimum hours required must be at the 300 level or above.
1
Fulfills General Education requirement.
2
Fulfills WR requirement.
3
Substitutions may be approved by the departmental advisor.