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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Political Science Major B.A.

General Education Core

  Credit Hours
General Education   41
University Success   1
Foreign Language 6

Program CIP Code

28.45.1001.00

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education

Major Core Requirements

Lower Division Courses

Total Hours 9

Upper Division Courses

Total Hours 12

Major Guided Electives

Complete fifteen (15) credit hours of upper division POLS courses (excludes POLS 4540, 455A, 455B and 455A)

Total Hours 15

Free Electives

Total Hours 36

Total Program Hours 120