BS POLITICAL SCIENCE (2012-2013)
FOUNDATIONS CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS (10 hours)
ENGLISH COMPOSITION (6 hours)
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
ENGL 1100
WI
at least one course in Humanities & one in Fine Arts
HUMANITIES2
3
ENGL 1200
ENGL, CLAS, FORL, PHIL,
(Some ETHN, WOST, HNRS)
3
(Foreign Languages 1001-1004 do not meet this
requirement.)
NATURAL SCIENCES2 (8 hours)
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS, (GEOG 1300)
at least one laboratory course
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
FINE ARTS2
MATH OR LOGIC2 (3 hours)
ART, THEA, DNCE, MUSC
(COMM 2020, 2410, 2420)
MATH 1050, 1065, 1066, 1067, 2127, or PHIL 1500
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
COURSE
3
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
SOCIAL SCIENCES2 (12 hours)
ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOCI
(Some ETHN, WOST, HNRS)
Must take one course from at least (3) areas
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
3
3
3
Free Electives (estimated 6 hours)
(Electives needed to reach 126 for graduation)
3
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
HEALTH and EXERCISE & SPORT SCIENCE
(3 hours) at least one course in each
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
HLTH 1000
2
EXSS 1000 or
1001
1 or 2
WI
REMINDERS
At least 25% of total required hours and at least ½ major hours (core/cognate) must be taken at ECU.
2/2012
You must have 12 hours of WI (writing intensive) courses—with at least 3 hours in the major.
TOTAL HOURS for Graduation: 126 hours (½ of total hours completed at regionally accredited senior college)
BS POLITICAL SCIENCE (2012-2013)
CORE (51 hrs) Specific required courses & electives in each of the following categories. Courses may only count for one category. No course
counted for the major may count for the minor; 15 sh are free POLS electives.
American Government & Politics (9 sh)
POLS 1010 National Government (3)
POLS 3240 State & Local (3)
Choose 3 sh from:
POLS 3033 Voting Behavior
POLS 3035 US Political Parties
POLS 3037 Campaigns & Elect
POLS 3039 Black Politics
POLS 3040 Women in Politics
POLS 3045 Humor in US Politics
POLS 3090 Religion & Politics
POLS 3202 Legislature
POLS 3203 Executive
POLS 3204 Judiciary
POLS 3223 Constitutional Powers
POLS 3224 Civil Liberties
Comparative Government & International Politics (9 sh)
POLS 2010 Comparative Gov’t & Politics (WI) (3)
POLS 2020 International Relations (3)
Choose 3 sh from the following:
POLS 3140 Politics of Globalizaton
POLS 3265 African
POLS 3144 American Foreign Policy
POLS 3270 Latin American
POLS 3155 National Security policy
POLS 3280 South Asian
POLS 3232 European Union
POLS 3282 East Asian
POLS 3234 West European
POLS 3290 Conflict & Peace
POLS 3235 East European
POLS 3291 Pol. of Genocide in 20th
POLS 3236 Soviet Successor
POLS 3293 Int’l Organizations
POLS 3260 Middle Eastern
POLS 3295 International law
Political Theory, Methods, and Skills (9 sh)
POLS 3031. Research Design for Political Science (3) (F)
POLS 3032. Statistical Methods for Political Science (S) P: POLS 3031.
Choose 3 sh from:
POLS 2070 Intro to Political Theory or POLS 3042 American Pol music or
POLS 3241 Urban Pol. Systems
POLS 3243 State Politics
POLS 3244 NC Politics
POLS 4321 Southern Politics
POLS 5000 Am.Govt & Politics
POLS 3297 Int’l Political Economy
POLS 4000 Political Leadership
POLS 4107 Topics
POLS 4360 Developing Areas
POLS 4380 International Politics
POLS 4382 Terrorism
POLS 4383 War in Middle Ages
POLS 4384 Inter-American Relations
POLS 3050 Social/protest movements
Public Administration & Public Policy (9 sh)
POLS 3252 Public Administration (3) or POLS 3255 Domestic Public Policy (3)
Choose 6 sh from:
POLS 3041 Women & Public Policy
POLS 3242 Municpal Policy
POLS 3252 Public Administration
POLS 3253 Gov’t Fiscal Administration
POLS 3255 Domestic Policy
POLS 3256 Environmental Politics
POLS 3257 Int’l Environmental Policy
POLS 4310 Public Policy & Media
Electives in Political Science (15 sh)
Choose 15 sh from any of the fields above and from the following:
POLS 3011 Political Issues (3)
POLS 3013 Decision making UN (3)
POLS 3080 Security & Weapons of
POLS 3012 Politics Through Film (3)
Mass Destruction (3)
Independent Study, Directed Readings, Internships, & Honors (optional):
Choose a maximum of 6 sh from one of the following course groups:
POLS 4501, 4502 Independent Study (1,2)
POLS 4981, 4982 Intern in Practical Politics (1,2)
POLS 4521, 4522 Directed Readings (1,2)
POLS 4991, 4992 Intern in Public Admin.(1,2)
Or choose a maximum of 6 sh of honors fromPOLS 4551 or Honors POLS 4552 Honor
COGNATES (3 sh)
ENGL 3810 Adv. Comp or 3820 Scientific Writing or 3880 Writing for Business & Industry
MINOR (24 sh) BS students may NOT minor in Public Administration or Comparative Government & International Relations.
Recommended minors include: Communication, computer science, management information systems, economics, ethnic studies, geography, history,
industrial technology, information processing, international studies, recreation & leisure studies, military science, planning, psychology, public history,
sociology, statistics, women’s studies, or any other appropriate minor with consent of dept. chair.
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BS POLITICAL SCIENCE (2012-2013)
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