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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Political Science B.A.
Sub-plan: Public Affairs
Sample Plan: Public Affairs
Total Credits: 116.0
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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: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3235W - Democracy and Citizenship : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
POL 3321 - Issues in American Public Policy : 3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3327 - Suburbs, Stadiums, and Scandals: The Politics of American Cities : 3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
POL 3319 - Education and the American Dream : 3.0 cr : SOCS, DSJ
POL 4867W - United States Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East : 4.0 cr : GP, WI
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
POL 3451W - Politics and Society in the New Europe : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 12.0 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 4502W - The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
POL 4991 - Political Science Capstone : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr