HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULUM PLANNING SHEET 2015-2016
POLITICAL SCIENCE – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TRACK
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE●OPTION IN ARTS & SCIENCES
Req’d
Credit
ANTH 102 (GB)(D)
3
CMST 101 (GI)
3
ECON 101 (GB) OR ECON 102 (GB)
3
ENG 101 (GE)
3
ENG 109
3
GEOG 103 (GB)(D)
3
HIST 202 (GB)(D)
3
PS 101 (GB)
3
PS 201 (GB)
3
PS 203
3
**ARTS/HUMANITIES ELEC (GH)
3
**ARTS/HUMANITIES ELEC (GH)
3
BIO/PHYS LAB SCI ELEC (GL)
4
BIO/PHYS SCI ELEC (GS)***
3
MATH ELEC (GM)****
3
*GENERAL ELEC
3
*GENERAL ELEC
3
*GENERAL ELEC
3
*GENERAL ELEC
3
PHYS ED ELEC
1
PHYS ED ELEC
1
TOTAL
60
HCC
Credit
Trans.
Credit
Mil./Test
Credit
Remaining Requirements/
Comments
It is the student’s responsibility to APPLY FOR GRADUATION (degree or certificate) by the published deadlines:
March 1 for May graduation; June 1 for August graduation; and October 1 for December graduation.
Required Courses
NAME ______________________________
TOTAL CREDITS
REMAINING FOR DEGREE:
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ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE – OPTION IN ARTS & SCIENCES
Date:
2015 - 2016
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE – OPTION IN ARTS & SCIENCES
2015 - 2016
POLITICAL SCIENCE
International Relations Track - OPTIONS IN ARTS AND SCIENCES
Award: Associate of Arts Degree – Option in Arts & Sciences
No. of credits required: 60
For more information: Contact Dr. Stephanie Hallock, 443-4122262, shallock@harford.edu; or Advising, Career, and Transfer
Services, 443-412-2301.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This option is designed primarily to prepare students for transfer
to institutions with baccalaureate programs with majors in
International Relations or Political Science.
PROGRAM GOALS
Upon completion of the AA in Political Science, students will
be able to:
1. Analyze current issues/events through historical and
contextual lenses.
2. Construct personal political opinions supported with
relevant evidence, and express them in cogent and
compelling written and oral formats.
3. Evaluate the connection between themselves and the
communities in which they live (local, national and
global).
4. Participate effectively in the democratic process.
5. Perform successfully in a baccalaureate program.
TRANSFER INFORMATION
Many liberal arts colleges and universities offer International
Relations as a major, either as its own degree program or as an
option under the Political Science major. The political science
courses at Harford are accepted for transfer to Maryland
colleges and universities and to public and private institutions
nationwide.
EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
The Political Science program – Track in International
Relations prepares students for careers in government, foreign
service, international organizations, trade, international
business, teaching and research.
Note: The following codes identify courses which satisfy the
General Education Degree Requirements:
Behavioral/Social Science+
English Composition
Arts/Humanities+
Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues
Biological/Physical Laboratory Science
Mathematics
Biological/Physical Science
+
For AS, AA, and AAT degrees, Behavioral/Social Science and
Arts/Humanities electives must be selected from two different
disciplines.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Recommended Course Sequence
First Semester
ENG 101 English Composition
GEOG 103 World Regional Geography
PS 101
American National Government
Biological/Physical Science Elective
***
Physical Education Elective
Semester Total
Second Semester
ECON 101 Macroeconomics
or
ECON 102 Microeconomics
ENG 109 English Composition: Research Writing
PS 201
Introduction to International Relations
Mathematics Elective
****
General Elective *
Physical Education Elective
Semester Total
Third Semester
ANTH 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
HIST 202 The Twentieth Century World
Arts/Humanities Elective
**
Biological/Physical Lab Science Elective
General Elective *
Semester Total
Fourth Semester
CMST 101 Speech Fundamentals
PS 203
Comparative Politics and Governments
Arts/Humanities Elective
**
General Elective *
Semester Total
Credits
3
3
3
3
1
13
Credits
3
3
3
3
3
1
16
Credits
3
3
3
4
3
16
Credits
3
3
3
6
15
* Foreign Language and/or BA 101: (Introduction to Business)
and/or additional economics courses are strongly recommended
based on the student's career goals or transfer requirements.
** RELG 210: (Comparative Religion) and/or PHIL 205:
(Ethics) are strongly recommended.
*** A four credit Biological/Physical Science Lab
course
may be substituted.
****A four credit mathematics
course may be substituted.