Political Science Major
Political Science Option
Bachelor of Arts
NSS BA 6307
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 12 including:
- Take 2 courses from:
- PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International
Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 100GS, Introduction to Political Science -
3 hours
- PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics -
3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern
language. Students coming to campus having met the admission requirements taking effect in
1997 will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school
language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this
requirement for intermediate or advanced courses.
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other
requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 111
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14
- Minimum total hours required for BA in Political Science = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
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- A. Political Science Core (6 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- PSCI 381, Introduction to Political Inquiry - 3
hours
- PSCI 489, Senior Seminar - 3 hours
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- B. Political Science Electives (30 hours required)
- Take 30 hours from the following:
(* indicates strongly recommended)
- PSCI 100, Introduction to Political Science - 3
hours
- PSCI 110, Introduction to American Politics - 3
hours
- PSCI 168, Introduction to World Politics - 3
hours
- PSCI 212, The American Bureaucracy - 3 hours
PSCI 250, The American Congress - 3 hours
PSCI 252, The Courts and the Judicial Process - 3
hours
PSCI 254, The American Presidency - 3 hours
- PSCI 265, Campaigns and Elections - 3 hours
- PSCI 266, Political Parties and Interest
Groups - 3 hours
PSCI 300, American Constitutional Law - 3 hours
- PSCI 325, Individual Liberties and Civil Rights
- 3 hours
- PSCI 344, Politics of the Developed World - 3
hours
- PSCI 345, Politics of the Developing World - 3
hours
- PSCI 346, Latin American Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 360, Topics in American Politics - 3-6
hours (may be repeated once with different topic)
- PSCI 361, State and Local Government - 3 hours
- PSCI 368, International Law and Organization -
3 hours
- PSCI 369, International Political Economy - 3
hours (Prereq: PSCI 168GS)
- PSCI 370, American Foreign Policy - 3 hours
- *PSCI 373, Development of Political Thought I -
3 hours
- *PSCI 374, Development of Political Thought II
- 3 hours
- *PSCI 375, Democratic Political Thought - 3
hours
- PSCI 380, Topics in World Politics - 3-6 hours (may
be repeated once with different topic)
- PSCI 381, Introduction to Political Inquiry - 3
hours
- PSCI 382, Public Opinion - 3 hours
- PSCI 385, Foundations of Public Policy - 3
hours
- PSCI 400, Public Administration - 3 hours
- PSCI 450, Nations in Transition - 3 hours
PSCI 456, Regional Field Study - 3 hours
- PSCI 468, War in World Politics - 3 hours
- PSCI 475, Internship in Political Science - 1-6
hours
PSCI 486, Policy Analysis - 3 hours (Prereq: PSCI 385; recommended: PSCI 381)
PSCI 490, Directed Research - 3 hours
PSCI 499, Readings in Political Science - 1-3
hours
10 May 2006
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