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2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Political Science (B.A.)


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Bulletin/Catalog Year 2019-2020

College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

Department of Political Science

Location: Clement Bldg., Room 143
Phone: 931-221-7515
Website:  www.apsu.edu/polysci

Description of Major

The Political Science program is designed for students who want to work in campaigns and government; teach government and history in high school; or who want a traditional liberal arts major which prepares them to think critically and enter a wide variety of business and other nongovernmental organizations. Our majors with the legal studies concentration are also prepared for law school and graduate school. Courses cannot be counted in both the major and minor. A departmental exit exam is required the last semester before graduation.

* For this degree a student must complete at least 39 hours upper division (3000-4999) credit hours.

* Six hours of foreign language at the intermediate-level are required for the B.A. degree. Students may be required to enroll in elementary-level, foreign language classes to satisfy the prerequisites for intermediate-level foreign language classes.

General Education Core


  Credit Hours
see Common Core   41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement 1
Foreign Language 6

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education Core


Total Hours 3


Major Core Requirements


Major Guided Electives


Eighteen (18) credit hours of upper division POLS courses.

Total Hours 18


Free Electives


  • Select thirty-three (33) credit hours of general electives

Total Hours 33


Total Program Hours 120


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