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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Political Science B.A.
Sub-plan: Citizenship and Civic Action
Sample Plan: Citizenship and Civic Action
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
POL 1019 - Indigenous Peoples in Global Perspective : 3.0 cr : GP
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :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
POL 3235W - Democracy and Citizenship : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
POL 3085 - Quantitative Analysis in Political Science : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Environment, Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :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 4275 - Domination, Exclusion, and Justice: Contemporary Political Thought : 3.0 cr : DSJ
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3308 - Congressional Politics and Institutions : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4766 - America, the Unusual?: American Political Culture in Comparative Context : 3.0 cr : CIV
POL 4487 - The Struggle for Democratization and Citizenship : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
POL 4502W - The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
POL 4991 - Political Science Capstone : 3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr