(Effective Fall 2010) Check Sheet for Political Science Education Majors Name ___________________________________ Date __________ General Studies (Follow College of Arts & Science Sheet B.A. Requirements) ENGL 110 ___ Mathematics Requirement ___ *Multicultural Requirement ___ First Year Experience ___ Discovery Learning Experience ___ **Second Writing Course ___ **(Please email professor to confirm course is being offered as second writing) Language Requirement _______________________ ___ _______________________ ___ _______________________ ___ Proficiency Test__________ ___ ***University Breadth Requirements (Fall 2010 or later); 3 credit hours each; minimum grade of CGroup A: _____________ Group B: _____________ Group C: _____________ Group D: _____________ ***Must be from 4 different academic departments but not from the major department; can be combined with CAS Group Requirements. *CAS Group Requirements (*One group requirement should also fill multicultural course requirement) A. Creative Arts & Humanities ________ ________ ________ C. Social and Behavioral Sciences _________ ________ _________ Minimum 9 credits in at least 2 programs Minimum 9 credits in at least two programs B. History and Cultural Change D. Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology Science with lab _________ *________ _________ *Science w lab ________ ________ ________ Minimum 9 credits in at least 2 programs Minimum 10 credits in at least two programs Academic Studies: 57 Credit Hours. 3.0 g.p.a in political science, minimum grade CPolitical Science (3 credit hours each) Major Courses one course from: Related Work (3 credit hours each) POSC 150___ POSC 240___ POSC 220 ___ POSC 270___ ECON 151___ GEOG 120___ POSC 300___ POSC 285___ ECON 152___ GEOG ___ ECON ___ GEOG ___ Eighteen credits distributed as follows: HIST 104___ HIST ___ *POSC 3 ___ *POSC 3 ___ *POSC 3 ___ HIST 206 ___ **POSC 4 ___ **POSC 4 ___ **POSC 4 ___ *The 6 courses in asterisks must be divided in the following manner: *9 credits at the 300 or 400 level. **9 credits at the 400-level. Within these eighteen credits, the courses must represent three of the four fields listed: American Government and Politics, Comparative Government and Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory. (Public Administration & Public Policy will be deleted effective Fall 2011.) Professional Studies (27 Credit Hours - minimum grade of C-) EDUC 419___ EDUC 413___ EDUC 414___ EDUC 420 ___ HIST 491 ___ HIST 492 ___ HIST 493 ___ *EDUC 400___ (1 credit) (Senior year - fall ONLY) (Senior year - fall ONLY) (1 credit) (Senior year - fall ONLY) (Senior year - spring ONLY) (9 credits; spring ONLY; See Social Studies advisor for prerequisites) *To be eligible to student teach, Political Science Education students must have a g.p.a. of 3.0 in their major, and an overall g.p.a. of 2.75 and must pass a teacher competency test as established by the University Council on Teacher Education (UCTE) Credits Required for Degree & Certification: 124 minimum: 2.75 overall g.p.a.