Four Year Model Plan of Study for a Major in Political Science
Fall 2007
First Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Engl 160 3 hours Engl 161 3 hours
1 1
Pols 101 or Pols 190 * 3 hours Pols 101 or Pols 190 * 3 hours
2
Foreign Language 4 hours Pols 120 or 130 or 184 * 3 hours
General Education Requirement Course 4-5 hours Foreign Language 4 hours
General Education Requirement Course 3-4 hours
Total 14-15 hours Total 16-17 hours
Second Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
2
Pols 120 or 130 or 184 * 3 hours Pols 200 3 hours
3
Foreign Language 4 hours Pols 2xx 3 hours
General Education Requirement Course 3-4 hours Foreign Language 4 hours
General Education Requirement Course 3 hours General Education Requirement Course 5 hours
General Education Requirement Course 3 hours
Total 16-17 hours Total 15 hours
Third Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
3 5
Pols 2xx 3 hours Pols 3xx 3 hours
3
Pols 2xx 3 hours General Education Requirement Course 0-3 hours
4
Pols 201 3 hours General Education Requirement Course 0-5 hours
General Education Requirement Course 3 hours Electives 4-12 hours
General Education Requirement Course 3 hours
Total 15 hours Total 15-16 hours
Fourth Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
5
Pols 3xx 3 hours Electives 15 hours
6
Pols 329 or 349 or 389 or 399 3 hours
Electives 9 hours
Total 15 hours Total 15 hours
1 Both required
2 Two of three required
3 Any 200 level elective for which prerequisite is completed.
4 Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning but is not required for the major. Must satisfy math prerequisite.
5 Any 300 level elective for which prerequisite is completed.
6 May be taken fall or spring semester.
Note: All 100-level Political Science courses could be taken sophomore year.
Note: Students must earn at least 40 hours at the 200, 300, or 400 level at a 4-year college or university. These hours may include hours in the major.
Note: The General Education Requirement for continuing students or new transfer students for fall 2007 is 3 courses in Humanities, 3 courses in Social Sciences,
13 hours of Natural Sciences, and a Cultural Diversity course. For new freshmen for fall 2007, the General Education Requirement is 9 courses: 2 laboratory
courses from Analyzing the Natural World, 1 course from each of Understanding the Individual and Society, Understanding the Past, Understanding the Creative
Arts, Exploring World Cultures, and Understanding U.S. Society. Two additional courses will be taken from any of these categories.
* Two of these courses may be used to satisfy two of the nine courses in the new General Education Requirement.
3/22/07 JB/IB