Political Science Curriculum
(Leading to the Bachelor of Arts Degree)
Requirements
General Studies (42 hours)
English Composition (6 hours)
Humanities and Fine Arts (12 hours)
Required
| HUM 103 | Humanities Through the African American Experience | 3 |
| And | |
ENG 109
| Introduction to Literature** | 3 |
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| ENG 110 | Introduction to Literature** | 3 |
HUM 103: Requirement for originating Alabama State University students.
ENG 109 and ENG 110: Students satisfying the six semester hour literature sequence (ENG 209 and 210) are only required to complete three semester hours of the history sequence (HIS 131 or 132) and are not required to take a humanities elective.
Choose one of the following:
Humanities Electives: (choose one of the following)**
| HUM 102 | Interdisciplinary Humanities | 3 |
HUM 102
| | 3 |
| CMS 200 | Voice and Diction | 3 |
| CMS 205 | Public Speaking | 3 |
PHL 210
| | 3 |
**Students satisfying the six semester hour literature sequence (ENG 209 and 210) are only required to complete three semester hours of the history sequence (HIS 131 or 132) and are not required to take a humanities elective.
Natural Sciences and Mathematics (12 hours)
(A) Natural Sciences (8 hours)
(B) Mathematics (3 hours)
History, Social and Behavioral Sciences (12 hours)
Required Courses:
GEO 206: Requirement for originating Alabama State University students.
And
History, Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives:
Choose two of the following**
**Students satisfying the six-semester hour history sequence (HIS 131 and 132) are required to complete only three semester hours of the English literature sequence (ENG 209 or ENG 210) and are only required to take one (1) history, social and behavioral sciences elective.
Orientation - Required of All Undergraduates (1 hour)
Pre-professional, Major and Elective Courses (21 hours)
Required Major Courses (21 hours)
| POS 300 | Statistics for Political Scien | 3 |
| POS 308 | Comparative Political Systems | 3 |
| POS 309 | Scope Methods in Pol Sci | 3 |
| POS 311 | American Foreign Policy | 3 |
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| POS 401 | Ancient & Medievel Pol Thought | 3 |
| Or | |
| POS 402 | Early Modern Pol Thought | 3 |
| Or | |
| POS 403 | Contemporary Pol Ideology | 3 |
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| POS 407 | Amer Constitutional Law I | 3 |
| Or | |
| POS 408 | American Const Law II | 3 |
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| POS 430 | Seminar in Political Sci | 3 |
Major Course Electives (9 hours)
Minor Courses (18 hours)
Foreign Language (6 hours)
Majors are required to complete 6 hours of a single foreign language.
Total Credit Hours: 123