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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Political Science B.A.
Sub-plan: Global Politics
Sample Plan: Global Politics
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: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
POL 3835 - International Relations : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3451W - Politics and Society in the New Europe : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3477 - Political Economy of Development : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
POL 3873W - Global Citizenship and International Ethics : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
POL 3462 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the United States, South Africa and Cuba : 3.0 cr
POL 3479 - Latin American Politics : 3.0 cr : GP
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4885W - International Conflict and Security : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
POL 4887 - Thinking Strategically in International Politics : 3.0 cr : MATH
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3478W - Contemporary Politics in Africa and the Colonial Legacy : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr