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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Political Science B.A.
Sub-plan: Campaigns and Elections
Sample Plan: Campaigns and Elections
Total Credits: 118.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3225 - American Political Thought : 3.0 cr : CIV
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3085 - Quantitative Analysis in Political Science : 4.0 cr : MATH
POL 3766 - Political Psychology of Mass Behavior : 3.0 cr : SOCS
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3451W - Politics and Society in the New Europe : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
POL 4253 - Modernity and Its Discontents: Late Modern Political Thought : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
POL 3308 - Congressional Politics and Institutions : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
POL 4737 - American Political Parties : 3.0 cr
POL 3769 - Public Opinion and Voting Behavior : 3.0 cr : SOCS
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4461W - European Government and Politics : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr