2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Science, B.A.

General Education 41-42

Foundation Requirements 13

 
GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION 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).

ENG 1030: Require grade of C or better.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two ares below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

OR

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

Select two GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science
Biology

3-4

Chemistry or Physics

3-4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3-4

Interdisciplinary

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)

Academic Major 36

All Major Courses require a grade of C or better.

Major Required Courses 18

PS 1010INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS

3

PS 2100AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

3

PS 2300INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

3

PS 2400INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION

3

One Course from Political Theory Area

3

 

Select one course from the choices below:

PS 3430INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

3

OR

PS 3460HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

3

OR

PS 3550SCOPE/METHOD OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

3

PS 1010: Prerequisite for PS 4130

Major Elective Courses 15

Select Five (5) Major Elective Courses: At least four (4) of these must be at the 3000 level. One course must be a Writing Emphasis (WE) course.

PS 2000-4000

3

PS 3000

3

PS 3000

3

PS 3000

3

PS 3000-4000 (WE)

3

PS 3172 (3 S.H.), PS 3172 (2 S.H.), PS 3171 (1 S.H.): (Optional) Internship courses may be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Major Capstone Course 3

PS 4130: Course required by major and requires a grade of C or better.

PS 4130SENIOR SEMINAR: POLITICAL ISSUES

3

Free Electives 33-34

(50% of the free electives must be taken at the 3000-4000 Level)

 

PS 1996 (Optional) Freshman Research Course: Freshman may partner with faculty to earn one credit in PS 1996 which may be used to fulfill free elective requirements. This may be taken up to two times and is the only PS course approved in the free elective area.

Total Credit Hours: 120