Political Science Major (BA)

Curriculum Core Requirements

Lower Division:

ECON 1010	Macroeconomics	3.00 units
POL 1100	Intro to American Politics	3.00 units
POL 1500	Intro International Relations	3.00 units
POL 1600	Intro to Comparative Politics	3.00 units
POL 1350/IS 1350	Fundamentals of Social Science	1.00 unit
Total Credit Hours:		13

Upper Division

POL 3XXX	Political Science Elective (outside concentration)	3.00 units
POL 3XXX	Political Philosophy Elective	3.00 units
POL 3101/IS 3101	Research Methods in Social Science	4.00 units
POL 4572/POL 4574	Public Policy Debate I	2.00 units
	or
POL 4573	Public Policy Debate II	2.00 units
POL 4574/POL 4572	Debate Theory into Practice I	1.00 unit
	or
POL 4575/POL 4576/POL 4577	Debate Theory into Practice II	1.00 unit
POL 4910/IS 4910/IS 4911/POL 4911	Senior Seminar	1.00 to 4.00 units
POL 4911/IS 4910/IS 4911/POL 4910	Senior Thesis	1.00 to 4.00 units
POL 4996	Internship: Political Science	0.50 to 3.00 units
POL 3570/IS 3570	Power, Order, & Justice	1.00 unit
PSY 3187	Statistics for Health/Behavior Sciences	4.00 units
	or
MATH 1450	Math Thinking & Quantitative Reasoning	3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		21-29

PSY 3187: Counts for GE Math requirement

Total Credit Hours: 34-42

Concentration Requirements

International Relations Concentration Requirements

POL 3500	World Politics	3.00 units
POL 3520	U.S. Foreign Policy	3.00 units
POL 3524	Model United Nations	3.00 units
	International Relations Electives	6.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		15

International Political Economy Concentration Requirements

POL 3523	Globalization	3.00 units
POL 3561	International Political Economy	3.00 units
POL 3563	Politics of Developing Countries	3.00 units
	Upper Division International Business Electives	6.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		15

Public Law Concentration Requirements

HIST 3351	Historical Roots of U.S. Law	3.00 units
POL 3400	Politics of the American Legal System	3.00 units
POL 3410	Constitutional Law I	3.00 units
POL 3411	Constitutional Law II	3.00 units
	Public Law Elective	3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		15

American Politics Concentration Requirements

POL 3302	American Presidency	3.00 units
POL 3303	Congress	3.00 units
POL 3304	Political Parties and Interest Groups	3.00 units
	American Politics Elective	3.00 units
	American Public Law Elective	3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		15

Moral and Political Philosophy Concentration Requirements

	Moral and Political Philosophy Electives	15.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		15

Total Credit Hours: 49-57