History Political Science Major
History BA-Political Science Track
General Education Course Requirements: (Other Core 30 + following 29 = 59 hrs)
Concurrent and in addition to college requirements, the following courses will be successfully completed:
POL Intro to Political Science (3)
GEO Intro to Geography (3)
POL American Government (3)
ECO Macroeconomics (4)
HIS Ancient World or Medieval World (3)
PSY Intro to Psychology (4)
HIS Modern World (3)
HIS US History to 1877 (3)
HIS US History Since 1877 (3)
One year of Foreign Language (8 hrs):
SPN Elementary Spanish I & II (8)
JAP Elementary Japanese I & II (8)
GER Elementary German I & II (8)
General Education Course Recommendations (0-17 hrs):
These courses are not required, but are highly recommended:
PHL Ethics (3)
PHL Intro to Philosophy (3)
REL Religion in America (3)
COM Intro to Public Relations (4)
COM Mass Communications & Society (4)
Upper-Division Course Requirements (48 hrs):
Note: If less than nine hours are earned during the Internship, the student must fill the remaining hours with Directed Studies or take additional History or Political Science courses to equal nine hours:
HIS Humanities I (4)
HIS Humanities II (4)
POL Modern Global Perspectives (3)
POL Comparative Government (3)
POL US Foreign Relations or 300/400 Political Science (3)
COM Public Relations Skills (4)
HIS 300/400 History (3)
REL 300/400 Religion (3)
ENG 300/400 English (3)
-- Two of the following: 300/400 Art; 300/400 Theatre; or 300/400 Music (6)
PHL Study of Human Nature (3)
POL Internship (9) or 9 credit hours of HIS/POL courses.
Program Subtotal: 115 hrs (Required) including HIS Subtotal: 23-32 hrs POL Subtotal: 24-33.
128 credit hours minimum at 2.50 GPA for Bachelor of Arts degree, including 3 credits each in a (G) Global, (S) Speech, and (W) Writing Course.
