Program of Study
Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements for the Political Science Major:
ENG 103: not required for Honors Program students
Freshman Year
First Semester
| POL 101 | Foundations of Politics and Government | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Freshman English I | 3 |
| PHL 113/PHL 503 | Philosophy of the Human Person | 3 |
| HST 207 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| Elementary Foreign Language | 3 |
POL 101, ENG 103, PHL 113, HST 207: must be taken by the end of the student’s fourth semester as a political science major.
Elementary Foreign Language: indicate the 6 credit intermediate language requirement for all university B.A. programs. If students are not qualified to enter at the intermediate level, they must first take 6 credits of the language at the elementary level. The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by examination or other verification of proficiency,
Second Semester
HST 290, HST 208: must be taken by the end of the student’s fourth semester as a political science major.
Elementary Foreign Language: indicate the 6 credit intermediate language requirement for all university B.A. programs. If students are not qualified to enter at the intermediate level, they must first take 6 credits of the language at the elementary level. The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by examination or other verification of proficiency,
Sophomore Year
First Semester
| POL 233 | International Politics | 3 |
| POL 291 | Political Philosophy I | 3 |
| PHL 212/PHL 512 | Foundations of Ethics | 3 |
| THE 101 | Foundations of Catholicism | 3 |
| Intermediate Foreign Language OR Elective | 3 |
| Natural Science Core | 3 |
PHL 212: must be taken by the end of the student’s fourth semester as a political science major.
Intermediate Foreign Language: indicate the 6 credit intermediate language requirement for all university B.A. programs. If students are not qualified to enter at the intermediate level, they must first take 6 credits of the language at the elementary level. The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by examination or other verification of proficiency,
Natural Science Core: students must select one of the following courses to satisfy the Natural Science Core requirement: ANT 102 Physical Anthropology, BIO 106 Survey of Biological Science, BIO 110 Human Biology, BIO 120 Intro to Environmental Science, BIO 203 Human Biology, BIO 237 Tropical Marine Biology, CHM 105 Pollution of the Environment, PHY 105 Survey of Physical Science, PHY 106 Survey of Earth & Space Science, PHY 121 Physics and Everyday Life.
Second Semester
| POL 292 | Political Philosophy II | 3 |
| ENG 211 | Lyric and Dramatic Voices | 3 |
| THE 110 | The Word of God: Scripture and Tradition | 3 |
| Intermediate Foreign Language OR Elective | 3 |
| Natural Science Core | 3 |
Intermediate Foreign Language: indicate the 6 credit intermediate language requirement for all university B.A. programs. If students are not qualified to enter at the intermediate level, they must first take 6 credits of the language at the elementary level. The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by examination or other verification of proficiency,
Natural Science Core: students must select one of the following courses to satisfy the Natural Science Core requirement: ANT 102 Physical Anthropology, BIO 106 Survey of Biological Science, BIO 110 Human Biology, BIO 120 Intro to Environmental Science, BIO 203 Human Biology, CHM 105 Pollution of the Environment, GEL 101 Introduction to Geology, PHY 105 Survey of Physical Science, PHY 106 Survey of Earth & Space Science, PHY 121 Physics and Everyday Life.
Junior Year
First Semester
| POL 361 | American State and Local Government | 3 |
| ENG 210 | Epic and the Person | 3 |
| THE 115/THE 515 | Christian Moral Principles | 3 |
| Catholic Traditions in Fine Arts Core | 3 |
HST
| History Core | 3 |
Catholic Traditions in Fine Arts Core: students must select one of the following courses to satisfy the Fine Arts core: MUS 261 Survey of Sacred and Religious Music, ART 150 Visual Arts and the Catholic Imagination, DRA 150 Catholic Traditions in Drama.
History Core: students must select one of the following courses to satisfy the History Core requirement: HST 105 or HST 106 History of Civilization I or II, HST 323 Medieval World, HST 324 Renaissance and Reformation, or HST 327 French Revolution and Nineteenth Century Europe.
Second Semester
| POL 320 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POL 358 | American Constitutional Law | 3 |
POL
| Political Science Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
Senior Year
First Semester
POL
| Political Science Elective | 3 |
| ECO 201 | Principles of Economics I (Macro) | 3 |
| OR | |
MTH
| Math Elective | 3 |
| Electives | 9 |
ECO 201 Principles of Economics I is recommended. The University’s Social Science and American Founding Principles Core requirements are satisfied by the required courses for the political science major.
Second Semester
| POL 435 | Coordinating Seminar | 1 |
| Electives | 15 |
POL 435: Coordinating Seminar is offered only once a year in the spring; under no circumstances will it also be offered in the fall. Students are permitted to enroll in it only if they are political science majors with senior status (at least 88 credits completed) and have completed the following required courses above: ENG 103; HST 207, HST 208, HST 290; PHL 113, PHL 211, PHL 212; and 7 of the 8 specifically required 3 credit political science courses above (POL 101, POL 220, POL 233, POL 291, POL 292, POL 320, POL 358, POL 361).
Students should understand that all of the specifically stated courses above both in Political Science and other fields are required for the major in political science. Substitutions will not be made and students must pass all these courses. Students are required to take all courses required for the major in the sequence stated above –exceptions in sequencing are made only for very good reasons. (The sequence in the junior year will be slightly altered for students spending a semester in Austria.)
Typical program courses for the political science major may have a notation of one or more of the following symbols. These symbols are defined as follows:
> (*) must be taken by the end of the student's fourth semester as a political science major.
> (**) indicate the 6 credit intermediate language requirement for all university B.A. programs. If students are not qualified to enter at the intermediate level, they must first take 6 credits of the language at the elementary level. The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by examination or other verification of proficiency.
> (+) students must select one of the following courses to satisfy the Natural Science Core requirement: ANT 102 Physical Anthropology, BIO 106 Survey of Biological Science, BIO 110 Human Biology, BIO 120 Intro to Environmental Science, BIO 203 Human Biology, GEL 101 Introduction to Geology, PHY 105 Survey of Physical Science, PHY 125 Physics and Everyday Life.
>(++) --students must select one of the following courses to satisfy the History Core requirement: HST 105 or 106 History of Civilization I or II, HST 323 Medieval World, HST 324 Renaissance and Reformation, or HST 327 French Revolution and Nineteenth Century Europe.
>(##)--students must select one of the following courses to satisfy the Fine Arts core: MUS 261 Survey of Sacred and Religious Music, ART 150 Visual Arts and the Catholic Imagination, DRA 150 Catholic Traditions in Drama
>(^) ECO 201 Principles of Economics I is recommended. The University's Social Science and American Founding Principles Core requirements are satisfied by the required courses for the political science major.
>(^^) Coordinating Seminar is offered only once a year in the spring; under no circumstances will it also be offered in the fall. Students are permitted to enroll in it only if they are political science majors with senior status (at least 88 credits completed) and have completed the following required courses above: ENG 103; HST 207-208 and HST 290; PHL 113, PHL 211, PHL 212; and 7 of the 8 specifically required 3 credit political science courses above (POL 101, POL 220, POL 233, POL 291, POL 292, POL 320, POL 358, POL 361).