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Political Science, B.A.

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Admission Requirements

Freshmen and Transfers

Minimum GPA: 2.0
Declaration of Major: Change of Major form accepted year-round; students declaring the major should meet with the assigned academic advisor before registering for the next semester
Transferable Credit Hours: 24

Degree Requirements

A Major in Political Science for the B.A. degree requires 30 credit hours of political science courses.

General Education Courses (37-41 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the General Education Program .

Foreign Language Requirement (0-8 credit hours)

For details, refer to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirement .

Major Courses (30 credit hours)

Major Core Courses (13 credit hours)

Introductory Courses (9 credit hours)

Notes:

* Students who receive an evaluation of Qualified (3) or above on the Advanced Placement examination in American Politics will receive credit for POLS 1110 .

** Students who receive an evaluation of Qualified (3) or above on the Advanced Placement examination in Comparative Politics will receive credit for POLS 1130 .

Methods Course (3-4 credit hours)

Select one of the following. POLS 2220 should be taken unless there is a double major, as indicated. POLS 2220 and one of the Senior Courses listed below fulfill the writing intensive courses (W) required for graduation. If an equivalent social science methods course is taken that is not a writing intensive course, then another writing intensive course will need to be taken.

POLS 2220 - Political Science Methods (4) (W)
COMM 3100 - Communication Research Methods (3) (W) (for double major in Political Science and Communication Studies)
CJUS 2370 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice (3) (for double major in Political Science and Criminal Justice)
PSYC 2103 - Research Methodology II (3) (W) (for double major in Political Science and Psychological Science)
SOCY 3155 - Sociological Research Methods (4) (for double major in Political Science and Sociology)

Major Elective Courses (17 credit hours)

Political and Legal Philosophy Elective Course (3 credit hours)

Select one of the following:

Senior Course (3 credit hours)

Select one of the following:

POLS 4110 - North Carolina Student Legislature (3) (O,W) ***
POLS 4163 - Advanced Model United Nations (3) (O,W) ***
POLS 4600 - Senior Seminar (3) (O,W)
POLS 4700 - Honors Thesis (3) (O,W)
POLS 4990 - Senior Thesis (3) (O,W)

Political Science Elective Courses (11-14 credit hours)

Select any POLS courses to achieve a total of 30 credit hours in POLS courses.***

Note:

*** No more than 9 credit hours from POLS 3400 , POLS 3800 , POLS 4110 , and POLS 4163 may be used to fulfill major requirements.

Unrestricted Elective Courses

As needed to complete the credit hours required for graduation.

Degree Total = 120 Credit Hours

Grade Requirements

Students must earn a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all Political Science courses.

Honors Program

For details about the Honors Program in Political Science, visit the program page .

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