General Education 41-42
Foundation Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030: Require grade of C or better.
Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29
Humanities 9
ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two ares below:
| | Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| | Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| | Music or Theatre | 3 |
| | Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| | Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 9
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
| | Psychology | 3 |
| | Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| | Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
| | Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 10-11
Select two GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science
| | Biology | 3-4 |
| | Chemistry or Physics | 3-4 |
| | Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences | 3-4 |
| | Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Additional Required Courses 9
Select three of the following; one must be from Social Sciences below:
| ECON 3050 | COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS | 3 |
| ECON 3400 | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 3 |
| PHIL 3300 | SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
| PHIL 3313 | JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
| REL 1700 | INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD | 3 |
| MKT 4220 | INTERNATIONAL MARKETING | 3 |
| PA 2000 | INTRO TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 3 |
| PA 3110 | INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS | 3 |
| CJ 3640 | COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUST SYST | 3 |
| ANTH 1800 | INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 3 |
| SOC3170 | JAPANESE CHALLENGE | 3 |
| HIST 2510 | AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1885 | 3 |
| HIST 3400 | DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF FAR EAST | 3 |
| HIST 4366 | THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A SUPER POWER:AMERICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1899-PRESENT | 3 |
Academic Major 36
All major courses require a grade of C or better.
Major Required Courses 18
| PS 1010 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 2100 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 2400 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION | 3 |
| PS 3550 | SCOPE/METHOD OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| | One Course from Political Theory Area | 3 |
| PS 2300 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 3 |
Major Electives 15
Select Five (5) Major Elective Courses: At least four (4) of these must be at the 3000 level. One course must be a Writing Emphasis (WE) course choosing from the following list:
| PS3300 | COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT | 3 |
| PS 3310 | COMPARATIVE NON-WESTERN GOVT | 3 |
| PS3320 | POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST | 3 |
| PS3330 | FAR EASTERN POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 3340 | LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 3341 | CENTRAL AMERICAN POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 3350 | TOTALITARIAN POLITICS: THE USSR | 3 |
| PS 3360 | SOUTHERN AFRICAN POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 3400 | THE POLITICS OF WAR AND PEACE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 3 |
| PS 3410 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION | 3 |
| PS 3418 | THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT | 3 |
| PS 3420 | INTERNATIONAL LAW | 3 |
| PS 3430 | INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM | 3 |
| PS 3440 | INTL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
| PS 3450 | CONDUCT OF US FOREIGN POLICY | 3 |
| PS 3460 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY | 3 |
| PS3470 | POLITICS OF INTL ECON RELATION | 3 |
| PS 3480 | THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF VIOLENCE | 3 |
| PS 4400 | HONOR SEM INT/COMP POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 4410 | SEMINAR/INTERNATIONAL POLITICS-WE | 3 |
| PS 4420 | SEM IN AFRICAN POLITICS | 3 |
| | One Political Science course other than those listed above | 3 |
PS 3172 (3 S.H.), PS 3172 (2 S.H.), PS 3171 (1 S.H.): (Optional) Internship courses may be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
Major Capstone Course 3
PS 4130: Course required by major and requires a grade of C or better.
| PS 4130 | SENIOR SEMINAR: POLITICAL ISSUES | 3 |
Free Electives 33-34
(50% of the free electives must be taken at the 3000-4000 Level)
PS 1996 (Optional) Freshman Research Course: Freshman may partner with faculty to earn one credit in PS 1996 which may be used to fulfill free elective requirements. This may be taken up to two times and is the only PS course approved in the free elective area.