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Dec 03, 2024
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2024-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Political Science, B.A.
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The Department offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree in Political Science. The department also offers a minor in Political Science.
College-wide Requirements:
In addition to meeting the requirements in General Education and in the major, students must also complete six (6) credits in the Liberal Arts Core required of all majors in the College of Liberal Arts. Options for satisfying this requirement are outlined under the section on the College of Liberal Arts. Also, in order to qualify for graduation, students must have taken two-thirds of their junior- and senior-level requirements in the major at Morgan (unless granted prior written permission by the Dean to take courses elsewhere); and must have earned a cumulative average of 2.0 or better and a major average of 2.0 or better, with no outstanding grades below “C” in the major (which includes all courses required for the major and required supporting courses).
Requirements for the B.A. Degree in Political Science
A minimum of 120 credit hours are required to graduate with a B.A. in Political Science. These credit hours are distributed as follows:
General Education and University Requirements 43
Liberal Arts Core Requirements 6
Required Courses for the Major in Political Science 71
Total Credits 120
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General Education and University Requirements 43 credits
Liberal Arts Core 6 credits
- XXXX - Liberal Arts Core 3 credits
- XXXX - Liberal Arts Core 3 credits
Required Core Courses for the Political Science Major 27 credits
Students majoring in Political Science must complete the following required courses:
General Track Course Requirements 18 credits
- XXXX - POSC 300-400 level elective 3 credits
- XXXX - POSC 300-400 level elective 3 credits
- XXXX - Comparative Government Elective 3 credits1
- XXXX - International Relations Electives 3 credits2
- XXXX - American Government and Politics Elective 3 credits3
General Track Free Electives 26 credits
XXXX - Free Elective (8 three credit courses anywhere in the University) 24 credits
XXXX - Free Elective (Any 2 credits of electives anywhere in the University) 2 credits
** It is strongly recommended to develop a minor using free electives
**Note**
1 Students choose 1 3 credit course from the following choices: POSC 315 , POSC 316 , POSC 321 , POSC 350 , POSC 352 , POSC 354 , POSC 360 , POSC 380 , POSC 383
2 Students choose 1 3 credit course from the following choices: POSC 331 , POSC 342 , POSC 405 , POSC 407 , POSC 463 , INST 111 , INST 409
3 Students choose 1 3 credit course from the following choices: POSC 202
Pre-Law Track Course Requirements: 26 Credits
Pre-Law Track Electives 18 credits
XXXX - Free Electives (3 three credit courses anywhere in the University) 18 credits*
* PHIL 301 and PHIL 302 Strongly Recommended
Total Credits 120
*Any POSC course at the 300- and/or 400-level not used to satisfy any of the requirements above.
**Two sequential courses in the same language.
Please see General Education Requirements Distribution Areas for courses that satisfy General Education Requirements where not specified by the department
Please Note: POSC 101 and POSC 201 are prerequisites for enrollment in all 300- and 400-level courses in Political Science.
*Note*
*denotes a department required course that must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher!
**Foreign language course must be sequential
1 Pre-Law track students are required to take LATN 101 and LATN 102
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