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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Political Science B.A.
Sample Plan: Political Science
Total Credits: 117.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 1001 - American Democracy in a Changing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 1025 - Global Politics : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3225 - American Political Thought : 3.0 cr : CIV
POL 3319 - Education and the American Dream : 3.0 cr : SOCS, DSJ
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
POL 3835 - International Relations : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3477 - Political Economy of Development : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
POL 3766 - Political Psychology of Mass Behavior : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
POL 4315W - State Governments: Laboratories of Democracy : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4275 - Domination, Exclusion, and Justice: Contemporary Political Thought : 3.0 cr : DSJ
POL 3080 - Individual Internship 4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4473W - Chinese Politics : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr