Jan 22, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Political Science and International Relations


Political Science - Global Politics Concentration BA Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
POSC 150 - Introduction to American Politics   (Breadth Requirement: Group C) POSC 240 - Introduction to Global Politics  (Breadth Requirement: Group C)
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing   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 Concentration 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 Concentration Course
Credits: 16 Credits: 16
Third Year
POSC Concentration Course POSC Concentration Course
Breadth Requirement: Group A Discovery Learning Experience 
Breadth Requirement: Group C Multicultural Requirement
Breadth Requirement: Group D Free Elective
Free Elective Free Elective
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Fourth Year
POSC Concentration Course POSC Concentration Course
Second Writing Requirement1  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: 126

*POSC concentration courses must consist of at least three courses at the 400-level from the approved concentration courses.

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.