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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Political Science B.A.
Sub-plan: Political Psychology, Beliefs, and Behavior
Sample Plan: Political Psychology, Beliefs, and Behavior
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
POL 1001 - American Democracy in a Changing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
POL 3785 - Persuasion and Political Propaganda : 3.0 cr
POL 3462 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the United States, South Africa and Cuba : 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3225 - American Political Thought : 3.0 cr : CIV
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3873W - Global Citizenship and International Ethics : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
POL 3766 - Political Psychology of Mass Behavior : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
POL 3767 - Political Psychology of Elite Behavior : 3.0 cr : CIV
POL 3310 - Topics in American Politics : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4766 - America, the Unusual?: American Political Culture in Comparative Context : 3.0 cr : CIV
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
POL 4887 - Thinking Strategically in International Politics : 3.0 cr : MATH
POL 4275 - Domination, Exclusion, and Justice: Contemporary Political Thought : 3.0 cr : DSJ
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr