EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Political Science- Legal Studies Concentration (0564)
Student:
I. GENERAL EDUCATION
(42 SH)
SH
II. POLITICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS
Grade Date
A. Skills
(12 SH)
ENGL 101 College Writing Skills
ENGL 102 Writ/Research
3
3
MATH 104 Finite Mathematics or higher
3
CSCI 104 Essentials Computing I
Or Discipline-specific computer competency course
______________________________
3
B. Core
(21 SH)
1.
Artistic Expression
(3 SH)
2.
World Civilizations
(3 SH)
HIST101 World Civilizations I
3.
Term:
ID# @
HIST261 History of U.S. I
POLI101 Intro to American Politics
3
POLI102 Intro to Comparative Politics
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
III. LEGAL STUDIES CONCENTRATION
3
American Civilizations
POLI100 Introduction to Politics
(3 SH)
3
(21 SH)
SH Grade Date
3
POLI343 Law and Legal Systems
(12 SH)
SH Grade Date
3
Take nine (9) semester hours of the following:
4.
Human Behavior
(3 SH)
5.
PSYC101 General Psychology
3
Cultural Diversity & Social Pluralism (3 SH)
POLI 463 Civil Liberties
POLI 465 Constitutional Law
POLI 469 Criminal procedure
6.
Ethics
PHIL240 Intro. to Moral Issues
7.
(3 SH)
POLI 560 Jurisprudence
3
Natural Science
POLI 550 International Law
(3 SH)
IV. POLITICAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES
C. Distribution
1.
(9 SH)
Humanities & Fine Arts
(3 SH)
(9 SH)
Political science electives include any POLI course of 301+ level,
(Excluding POLI 395, which may be taken for free elective credit)
SH Grade Date
POLI
2.
Social & Behavioral Sciences
ECON225 Macroeconomics
3.
(3 SH)
Science & Math
MATH260 Elements of Statistics
POLI
3
(3 SH)
3
POLI
V. FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
OF RECORD
(Revised: March 2013; Approved: June 2013)
(Effective: Fall 2013; Printed: June 2014)
(Continued on Back)
(6 SH)
Six (6) credits of foreign language courses of the same prefix;
course numbers must be 101, 102, 201, or 202:
SH Grade Date
VI. FREE ELECTIVES
(30 SH)
Following the recommendations of the American Bar
Association, students are strongly encouraged to take
The following courses as part of their free electives:
 ECON 220 Microeconomics
 BUAD 260 Business Law I
 ANTH 180 Introduction to Anthropology
 HIST 102 World Civilizations II
 HIST 262 History of the U.S. II
Students are also strongly 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)
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