2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Science, B.A.

General Education 46-48

Foundation Requirements 13

See prerequisites and equivalencies.

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMM AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements:

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

Select two courses from different areas:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Foreign Languages

3

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

Select two courses from different areas:
Economics or Geography

3

Political Science

3

Psychology

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1031INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

OR

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

 

Lab Science Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Geology; Meteorology; Earth Science; Astronomy

4

Additional Science course: ID or one different science course from above

3-4

Health and Physical Education 2-3

ID 1225CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH

3

OR

ID 1010LEISURE & RECREATION IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

3

OR

PED
Two ONE-Credit Physical Education courses

2

Major/GE Capstone Course 3

PS 4130SENIOR SEMINAR: POLITICAL ISSUES

3

Additional Required Courses 9

(Three 3000-Level Courses from among the following subject areas: Communications, English, Foreign Languages, History, Philosophy Social Work, Sociology and Anthropology)

Major Requirements 30

Require grade of C or better.

Required Courses 12

PS 1010INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS

3

PS 2100AMERICAN GOVT AND POLITICS

3

 

PS 2300INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

3

OR

PS 2400INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION

3

 

One course from political theory area

3

PS 1010: Prerequisite for PS 4130

Major Electives 18

Six political science courses, five of which must be at the 3000-4000 level; of these five courses, at least 3 must be 3000-level courses. One course must be a writing emphasis course.

Free Electives 37-39

At least 50% must be at 3000 level or above.

Total Credit Hours: 124