2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Science, B.A.: International/Comparative Politics Option


General Education 41-42

Foundation Requirements 13

 
GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

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 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

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 1062WORLDS 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

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

OR

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

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 3050COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

3

ECON 3400INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

3

PHIL 3300SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

3

PHIL 3313JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

3

REL 1700INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

3

MKT 4220INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

3

PA 2000INTRO TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

3

PA 3110INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

3

CJ 3640COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUST SYST

3

ANTH 1800INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3

SOC3170JAPANESE CHALLENGE

3

HIST 2510AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1885

3

HIST 3400DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF FAR EAST

3

HIST 4366THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A SUPER POWER:AMERICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1899-PRESENT

3

ECO 3050, ECO 3400, ANTH 1800, SOC 3170, HIST 2510, HIST 3400, HIST 4366: Social Science

Academic Major 36

All major courses require a grade of C or better.

Major Required Courses 18

PS 1010INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS

3

PS 2100AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

3

PS 2400INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION

3

PS 3550SCOPE/METHOD OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

3

One Course from Political Theory Area

3

PS 2300INTRODUCTION 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:

 

PS3300COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT

3

PS 3310COMPARATIVE NON-WESTERN GOVT

3

PS3320POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

3

PS3330FAR EASTERN POLITICS

3

PS 3340LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS

3

PS 3341CENTRAL AMERICAN POLITICS

3

PS 3350TOTALITARIAN POLITICS: THE USSR

3

PS 3360SOUTHERN AFRICAN POLITICS

3

PS 3400THE POLITICS OF WAR AND PEACE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

3

PS 3410INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

3

PS 3418THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

3

PS 3420INTERNATIONAL LAW

3

PS 3430INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

3

PS 3440INTL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA

3

PS 3450CONDUCT OF US FOREIGN POLICY

3

PS 3460HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

3

PS3470POLITICS OF INTL ECON RELATION

3

PS 3480THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF VIOLENCE

3

PS 4400HONOR SEM INT/COMP POLITICS

3

PS 4410SEMINAR/INTERNATIONAL POLITICS-WE

3

PS 4420SEM 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 4130SENIOR 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.

Total Credit Hours: 120