EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Political Science- International Affairs Concentration (0563)
Student:
Term:
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I. GENERAL EDUCATION
(42 SH)
SH
II. POLITICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS
A. Skills
(12 SH)
(21 SH)
SH Grade Date
Grade Date
POLI100 Introduction to Politics
3
ENGL 101 College Writing Skills
3
POLI101 Intro to American Politics
3
ENGL 102 Writ/Research
3
POLI102 Intro to Comparative Politics
3
MATH 104 Finite Mathematics or higher
3
POLI103 Intro to Global Politic s
3
POLI300 Methods of Political Analysis
3
POLI370 Political Thought I
or
POLI372 Political Thought II
3
POLI507 Seminar in Political Science
3
CSCI 104 Essentials Computing I
Or Discipline-specific computer competency course
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3
B. Core
(21 SH)
1.
Artistic Expression
(3 SH)
2.
World Civilizations
(3 SH)
III. THEMATIC COURSES
(12 SH)
SH Grade
Date
Take twelve (12) semester hours from the following:
3.
American Civilizations
(3 SH)
GEOG 332 Political Geography
3
POLI 303 Curr. Issues in Global Politics
4.
Human Behavior
ANTH 180 Intro to Anthropology
5.
(3 SH)
POLI 349 National Security
POLI 350 Terrorism & Political Violence
3
Cultural Diversity & Social Pluralism (3 SH)
POLI 351 American Foreign Policy
POLI 550 International Law
6.
Ethics
(3 SH)
IV. REGIONAL STUDIES
(9 SH)
SH Grade
7.
Natural Science
(3 SH)
Take nine (9) semester hours from the following:
POLI 340 Governments of West Europe
C. Distribution
1.
Humanities & Fine Arts
Language Course*
2.
(3 SH)
(3 SH)
MATH260 Elements of Statistics
POLI 341 Gov’ts & Politics of Latin Am. .
POLI 342 Gov’t & Politics of Russia
POLI 544 Political Systems of New States
POLI 547 Gov’t & Politics in Middle East
3
Science & Math
3
POLI 345 Political Systems of Far East
3
Social & Behavioral Sciences
ECON225 Macroeconomics
3.
(9 SH)
Date
(3 SH)
3
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
OF RECORD
ADDITIONAL POLICIES
1 Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses taken
to fulfill the requirements of Political Science
2 Forty-two (42) credit hours of advanced coursework must be
completed for graduation
3 Transfer students must fulfill at least 21 credits of their major
Requirements at Edinboro University
(Revised: November 2014; Approved: April 2015)
(Effective: Summer 2015)
(Continued on Back)
V. FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT*
(9 SH)
A total of twelve (12) credits of foreign language courses
(with three from Distribution 1, plus nine more in this
section); at least six (6) credits must be of the same prefix;
course numbers must be 100, 102, 201, or 202, or approved
by the International Affairs concentration director.
SH Grade
Date
* One language course will be applied to the Distribution 1
requirement and recorded in the General Education Section.
VI. FREE ELECTIVES
(27 SH)
Students are strongly encouraged to choose from the
following courses as part of their free electives:
 ECON 220 Microeconomics
 ECON 310 International Economics
 GEOG 101 World Geography
 GEOG 130 Cultural Geography
 HIST 101 World Civilizations I
 HIST 102 World Civilizations II
 HIST 103 Twentieth Century World
Students are also encouraged to pursue an internship for
academic credit (POLI 365, up to 15 hours) as part of their
free electives
SH Grade Date
TOTAL#
(120 SH)