Aug 24, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Sciences, B.A.


POLI Curriculum guide revision, approved from 2022 packet, including POLI 215 and POLI 253 General Education course status requests. See curriculum schema for other changes.

Curriculum Guide


Freshman Year


Sophomore Year


Junior Year


First Semester


Semester Total: 15

Second Semester


Semester Total: 15

Senior Year


First Semester


  • IR and CP Restricted Requirement 3 Credit(s)
  • Free Elective 3 Credit(s)10
  • Free Elective 3 Credit(s) 10
  • POLI Elective 3 Credit(s)8
  • POLI Elective 3 Credit(s)8
Semester Total: 15

Second Semester


Semester Total: 12

Total Credit Hours: 120


1 Student must take a course from the approved Global Awareness General Education course list (make take HIST 130, HIST 206, HIST 207, HIST 216, HIST 231).

2 Student must take course from the approved Knowledge of African American History and Culture General Education Course list (may take HIST 103, HIST 206, HIST 207).

3 Student must take a course from the approved Mathematical, Logical and Analytical Reasoning General Education course list (may take HIST 277).

4 Student must take a course from the approved Humanities/Fine Arts (HFA) electives General Education course list and should discuss options with their advisor.

5 Student must take a course from the approved Scientific Reasoning (SR) Non-Lab General Education course list and should discuss options with their advisor.

6 Student must take a course from the approved Social/Behavioral Sciences General Education course list other than any POLI courses applied to the major (may take POLI 250).

7A student must complete two courses (a minimum of 6 hours) of the same foreign language.

8 15 hrs. Students may take any Political Science courses at the 300 level of above, not including required Political Science Courses.

9 Students must complete six (6) credit hours of International Relations and Comparative Politics Restricted Requirement courses for the Political Science major requirement. To fulfill the International Relations Restricted Requirement students must select from POLI 441 , POLI 444  or POLI 434  (formerly POLI 544). To fulfill the Comparative Politics Restricted Requirement students must select from POLI 310 , POLI 445  or POLI 446 .

10 Students may take any course at the University for which they meet the prerequisites.

International Relations & Comparative Politics Restricted Requirement