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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Political Science B.A.
Sub-plan: Law and Politics
Sample Plan: Law and Politics
Total Credits: 115.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
POL 1054 - Politics Around the World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
POL 1001 - American Democracy in a Changing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 12.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
POL 4883W - Global Governance : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
POL 3464 - The Politics of Economic Inequality : 3.0 cr : DSJ
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3309 - U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making, Process, and Politics : 3.0 cr
POL 4507 - Law, Sovereignty, and Treaty Rights : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
POL 3252W - Revolution, Democracy, and Empire: Modern Political Thought : 3.0 cr : AH, CIV, WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4253 - Modernity and Its Discontents: Late Modern Political Thought : 3.0 cr
POL 4501W - The Supreme Court and Constitutional Interpretation : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 4403W - Constitutions, Democracy, and Rights: Comparative Perspectives : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
POL 4275 - Domination, Exclusion, and Justice: Contemporary Political Thought : 3.0 cr : DSJ
POL 4991 - Political Science Capstone : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US, Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr