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Critical Courses

These are the required (critical) courses in the general political science curriculum.

For more detailed course descriptions, view the University's catalog online.

Political Science

Must be passed with course grade of C or higher. 37 credit hours total.

  • POLS 101 Introduction to Political Science
  • POLS 110 American National Government  OR POLS 111 Honors American National Government OR POLS 210 American Politics and Policy
  • POLS 317 State and Local Government OR POLS 318 Honors State and Local Government
  • POLS 220 World Politics OR POLS 221 Honors World Politics
  • POLS 370 Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • POLS 340 Public Administration OR POLS 414 Congress OR POLS 419 The Presidency OR POLS 442 Bureaucratic Identity and Social Roles
  • POLS 3xx/4xx, POLS electives, 12 credit hours
  • POLS 4xx, POLS electives, 9 credit hours

English

  • ENGL 101 Introduction to Academic Writing, 3 credit hours (must be passed with C or higher)
  • ENGL 102 Writing and Research about Culture, 3 credit hours (must be passed with C or higher
  • ENGL 2xx (Literature elective), 3 credit hours
  • ENGL 359 Advanced Writing in Social Sciences OR ENGL 360 Advanced Writing OR ENGL 365 Technical Writing, 3 credit hours

History

  • HIST 102 World History II, 3 credit hours
  • HIST 221 The United States to 1877, 3 credit hours

Modern Language

(Choose sequence in French (FREN), German (GERM) or Spanish (SPAN).

  • MODL101 Elementary I, 4 credit hours
  • MODL102 Elementary II, 3 credit hours
  • MODL 201 Intermediate, 3 Credit Hours

Math

  • MATH 102 Quantitative Reasoning OR (MATH 103 AND MATH 104) OR MATH 105 College Algebra
  • STAT 214 Elementary Statistics

Science

(CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS) AND BIOL, with 2 courses in the same science.

  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours

Communication

  • CMCN 202 Argumentation and Structure Decision-Making OR CMCN 302 Competitive Forensics OR CMCN 310 Public Speaking, 3 credit hours

Art

  • Elective (Art), 3 credit hours

Behavioral Science

  • SOCI 3/4xx, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECON 201 Principles of Economic I OR ECON 202 Principles of Economics II OR ECON 300 Fundamentals of Economics, 3 Credit Hours

Philosophy

  • PHIL 3/4xx, 3 Credit Hours

University Freshman Experience

  • UNIV 100 First Year Seminar: Cajun Connection, 3 Credit Hours

Minor

  • 18 Credit hours in minor
  • 6 credit hours of the 18 credit hours total must be at the 3/4xx level
  • no more than one course grade of D in minor