Sep 29, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Political Science and International Relations


Political Science BA Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing      POSC 240 - Introduction to Global Politics  (Breadth Requirement: Group C)
POSC 150 - Introduction to American Politics  (Breadth Requirement: Group C) Foreign Language Requirement
Foreign Language Requirement  Breadth Requirement: Group A
MATH 113 , MATH 114 , MATH 115 , MATH 117  or other Breadth Requirement: Group B
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I   Free Elective
Free Elective  
Credits: 17 Credits: 16
Second Year
POSC 220 , POSC 230 POSC 270  or POSC 285   POSC 300 - Research Methods for Political Science  
POSC Elective Course  Breadth Requirement: Group A
Foreign Language Requirement Breadth Requirement: Group B
Breadth Requirement: Group B Breadth Requirement (Group D with Laboratory)
Breadth Requirement: Group D POSC Elective Course 
Credits: 16 Credits: 16
Third Year
POSC Elective Course  POSC Elective Course
Breadth Requirement: Group A Discovery Learning Experience
Breadth Requirement: Group C Free Elective
Breadth Requirement: Group D Multicultural Requirement
Free Elective  Free Elective
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Fourth Year
POSC Elective Course  POSC Elective Course  
Second Writing Requirement  1 credit Capstone
Free Elective Free Elective
Free Elective Free Elective
Free Elective Free Elective
  1 credit Free Elective
Credits: 15 Credits: 14
Total Credits: 124

*POSC Electives must consist of at least nine credits at the 400-level. A student must take at least one approved elective course numbered at the 300 or 400-level in three of four fields.

This is one example, among many, of how graduation can be accomplished in four years.

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.