B.A. Political Science
Fall 2021
Degree: | Bachelor of Arts |
Major: | Political Science |
Concentration: | None |
General Education Core Curriculum
Communication - 6 Hours:
ENGL 1301 - Composition I
Select one from:
- COMM 1315 - Public Speaking I
- COMM 1321 - Business and Professional Speech
- DSDE 1371 - ASL I
- FREN 1311 - Beginning French I
- SPAN 1311 - Beginning Spanish I
Mathematics - 3 Hours:
MATH 1314 - College Algebra (Non-Calculus Track)
Life and Physical Sciences - 6 Hours From:
BIOL 1308 - General Biology (Non-Majors)
BIOL 1315 - Plants and Human Society (Non-Majors)
BIOL 2306 - Environmental Science
CHEM 1306 - Chemistry for Allied Health Sciences
CHEM 1308 - Biochemistry for Allied Health Sciences
CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 1312 - General Chemistry II
PHYS 1305 - Elementary Physics I Lecture
PHYS 1307 - Elementary Physics II Lecture
PHYS 1311 - Introduction to Astronomy Lecture
SPSC 1301 - Space Exploration
SPSC 1401 - Space Science
Language, Philosophy and Culture - 3 Hours From:
ENGL 2300 - Close Reading II
ENGL 2310 - British Literature Before 1800
ENGL 2320 - British Literature After 1800
ENGL 2322 - British Literature
ENGL 2326 - American Literature
ENGL 2331 - World Literature
ENGL 2371 - Masterworks of Asian Literature
ENGL 2376 - African American Literature
Creative Arts - 3 Hours From:
ARTS 1301 - Art Appreciation
ARTS 1303 - Art History I
COMM 1375 - Film Appreciation
COSC 1324 - Art of Computer Game Development
DANC 2304 - Dance Appreciation
MUSI 1306 - Music Appreciation
MUSI 1309 - Jazz History and Appreciation
MUSI 1310 - History of Rock and Roll
PHIL 1330 - Arts and Ideas
THEA 1310 - Introduction to Theatre
American History - 6 Hours From:
HIST 1301 - US History I 1763-1877
HIST 1302 - US History II Since 1877
HIST 2301 - Texas History
Government/Political Science - 6 Hours:
POLS 2301 - Introduction to American Government I
POLS 2302 - Introduction to American Government II
Social/Behavioral Sciences - 3 Hours:
ANTH 2346 - Intro to Anthropology
ANTH 2351 - Cultural anthropology
BULW 1370 - Business Environment and Public Policy
CRIJ 1301 - Intro to Criminal Justice
ECON 1301 - Economic Principles and Policies
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics
INEN 2373 - Engineering Economics
PSYC 2301 - General Psychology
POLS 1301 - Intro to Political Science
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology
SOWK 2361 - Intro to Social Work
Component Area Option - 6 Hours:
ENGL 1302 - Composition II
Three Hours From:
- BIOL 1108 - General Biology Lab
- BIOL 1115 - Plants and human Society Lab
- BUAL 2310 - Business Analysis and Computing
- HNRS 2160 - Scholars Development
- INEN 2301 - Applications of Quantitative Methods
- LIBR 1101 - Intro to Library Research
- MATH 1316 - Trigonometry
- MATH 1332 - Contemporary Mathematics
- MATH 1342 - Statistics
- MATH 2311 - Precalculus I
- MATH 2312 - Precalculus II
- MUSI 1309 - Jazz History and Appreciation
- PSYC 2317 - Introduction to Statistical Methods
Required Courses for Major - 9 Hours
POLS 1301 - Introduction to Political Science
POLS 3351 - Statistics for Social Scientists
POLS 3352 - Advanced Research Methods
American - 6 Hours From:
POLS 3313 - Judicial Process
POLS 3314 - Legislative Process
POLS 3317 - American Presidency
POLS 3318 - American Political Parties
POLS 4312 - American Constitutional Law and Development
International Relations - 3 Hours From:
POLS 3320 - International Politics
POLS 3321 - Politics of American Foreign Policy
POLS 4322 - International Law and Institutions
Comparative Politics - 3 Hours From:
POLS 3330 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS 3332 - Politics of Western Democracies
POLS 4331 - Politics of Developing Nations
International Relations or Comparative Politics - 3 Hours From:
POLS 3320 - International Politics
POLS 3321 - Politics of American Foreign Policy
POLS 3330 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS 3332 - Politics of Western Democracies
POLS 4322 - International Law and Institutions
POLS 4331 -Politics of Developing Nations
Public Policy - 6 Hours From:
POLS 3341 - Introduction to Public Administration
POLS 3342 - Environmental Policy
POLS 3343 - Urban Politics
POLS 4340 - Formulation of Public Policy
POLS 4341 - Organizational Theory and Behavior
Advanced Political Science - 3 Hours:
Any 3000 or 4000-level POLS course
College of Arts and Sciences Requirements - 3 Hours
3 Hours From:
PHIL 1370 - Philosophy of Knowledge
PHIL 2306 - Ethics
bachelor of Arts Core Courses - 12 Hours
Foreign Language Requirement - 12 Hours of foreign language
Minor - 18 Hours
Minor Courses - 18 hours (12 advanced) in any approved minor subject
Elective Courses - 12 Hours
Additional Elective Courses - 12 Hours (3 at the 3000-4000 level)
Hours
120