Political Science, BA

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First Year

Fall Semester

POLI 2000 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
HIST 1010 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
or HIST 1017 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 1070 - WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
MATH 1050 - FINITE MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or MATH 1070 - APPLIED ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s) &
MATH 1080 - APPLIED ALGEBRA LABORATORY 2 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH 1 Credit Hour(s)
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 15-17

Spring Semester

POLI 2010 - AMERICAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
HIST 1020 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 1027 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 1080 - WORLD CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHIL 2010 - INTRODUCTION TO LOGICAL REASONING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or MATH

Total Credit Hours: 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

WORLD LANGUAGE ² Credits / Units: 3
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ANY COMM from COMM/LANG GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3
HIST 2010 - AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 2017 - HONORS: AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

HIST 2020 - AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 2027 - HONORS: AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
ART 1060 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY II 3 Credit Hour(s)
or MUS 1510 - INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC 3 Credit Hour(s)
or THEA 1310 - INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 2290 - INTRODUCTION TO GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2300 - WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2310 - ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2320 - AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 2330 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
WORLD LANGUAGE ² Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

POLI 4010 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC LAW 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or POLI 4030 - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4070 - CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4320 - SOUTHERN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 4370 - THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE IN SESSION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or POLI 4380 - POLITICAL PARTIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4400 - LOUISIANA POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4420 - POLLING AND PUBLIC OPINION 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4440 - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4460 - POLITICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 3000 - RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
WORLD LANGUAGE ² Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

POLI 4200 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or POLI 4220 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4240 - INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4250 - COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4260 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4280 - MIDDLE EAST POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 4500 - ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THEORY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or POLI 4510 - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4520 - AMERICAN POLITICAL THEORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
WORLD LANGUAGE ² Credits / Units: 3
PHIL 4000 LEVEL Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

APPLY FOR PROGRAM COMPLETION

POLI EXPERIENTIAL ^{†† 4} Credits / Units: 3
POLI 4340 - THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or POLI 4360 - THE CONGRESS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4600 - AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or POLI 4620 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC POLICY 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 4000 LEVEL ELECTIVE ^†† Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE ⁵ Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

POLI 4900 - SEMINAR FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJORS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
POLI 4000 LEVEL ELECTIVE ^†† Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVES ⁵ Credits / Units: 6
HIST 3210 - HISTORY OF LOUISIANA 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 4790 - EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN UNITED STATES (1877 TO 1917) 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 4800 - AMERICA, THE WORLD WARS, AND THE NEW DEAL (1917 TO 1945) 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 4820 - AMERICA IN THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND (1945 TO PRESENT) 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 4890 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 4930 - HISTORY OF THE NEW SOUTH 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Total Semester Hours Required 120-122

^GGeneral Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^††Major course requiring a grade of “C” or higher.

¹To be chosen from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, or Sociology on the GER Social Sciences list.

²Twelve (12) semester hours in one world language (taken sequentially) are required.

³A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

⁴Majors will acquire an Experiential Learning experience by participating in an internship, a political poll, or Study Abroad, or by writing and presenting an Honors Senior thesis or independent research project.

⁵Majors planning to attend graduate or law school are encouraged to consider a Minor in Communication, Criminal Justice, English, World Language, History, Geography, Philosophy, Psychology, or Sociology.