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Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. in Political Science
Requirements
Summary: 39 semester hours including a Foundation
Core of 24 semester hours , and 15 semester hours of Professional
Political Science electives.
Foundation Core Courses: 24
semester hours.
- PSC 151 American National Government
- PSC 210 Research Methods in Political Science
- PSC 227 Comparative Politics
- PSC 333 Public Administration
- PSC 341 Congress and the Presidency
- PSC 351 International Relations
- PSC 460 Senior Seminar
- One Statistics course (either SOC 220, PSY 250, ECO 216, or MAT 220)
Professional Electives: Any 15 semester hours of other Political Science courses.
Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. in Political Science
with a Concentration in International Relations
Requirements Summary: 42 semester
hours including a Foundation Core of 24 semester hours, and 18 semester
hours of International Relations courses.
Foundation Core Courses: 24 semester hours.
- PSC 151 American National Government
- PSC 210 Research Methods in Political Science
- PSC 227 Comparative Politics
- PSC 333 Public Administration
- PSC 341 Congress and the Presidency
- PSC 351 International Relations
- PSC 460 Senior Seminar
- One Statistics course (either SOC 220, PSY 250, ECO 216, or MAT 220)
International Relations: 18 semester hours:
- PSC 305 Democratic Principles and the Democratic State
- PSC 347 American Foreign Policy
- PSC 440 International Organizations
- PSC 451 International Political Economy
- One area studies course (PSC 401 to PSC 408)
- Either HIS 370 Contemporary World History or HIS 421 American Military Experience
