2024-2025 Undergraduate Benedict Catalogue

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Benedict Catalogue

Political Science, B.A.

*Major courses require a “C” or better.

Freshman Year

First Semester

ENG 131 - ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENTATION Credits: 3
MATH 132 - GENERAL COLLEGE MATHEMATICS I Credits: 3
Science Requirement Credits: 4
HIST 130 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY Credits: 3
CSC 131 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS Credits: 3
AA 111 - THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE Credits: 1

Total SCH 17

Second Semester

ENG 132 - INFORMATION, LITERACY & RESEARCH Credits: 3
MATH 134 - GENERAL COLLEGE MATHEMATICS II Credits: 3
* POLS 231 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE Credits: 3
EC 130 - INTRO TO ECONOMICS Credits: 3
OR
SOC 230 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3
OR
PSY 130 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
OR
PHIL 230 - GENERAL PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3
SS 232 - CRITICAL THINKING & LOGICAL ANALYSIS IN THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Credits: 3

Total SCH 15

Sophomore Year

First Semester

ENG 237 - ORAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
FS 233 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH Credits: 3
OR
SP 233 - INTERMEDIATE SPANISH Credits: 3
OR
AR 233 - INTERMEDIATE ARABIC Credits: 3
HIST 131 - WORLD CIVILIZATION I Credits: 3
HIST 231 - US HISTORY TO 1865 Credits: 3
* POLS 233 - AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT Credits: 3
AA 211 - PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS DEVELOPMENT Credits: 1

Total SCH 16

Second Semester

EC 130 - INTRO TO ECONOMICS Credits: 3
OR
SOC 230 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3
OR
PSY 130 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
OR
PHIL 230 - GENERAL PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3
HIST 132 - WORLD CIVILIZATION II Credits: 3
HIST 232 - US HISTORY SINCE 1865 Credits: 3
* POLS 234 - INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Credits: 3

Total SCH 12

Junior Year

First Semester

SS 230 - STATISTICS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Credits: 3
* POLS 335 - UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY Credits: 3
* POLS 336 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Credits: 3
Minor Requirement Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3

Total SCH 15

Second Semester

* POLS 332A - Scope & Methods of Political Science Credits: 3
OR
* SS 235 - QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Credits: 3
OR
* SS 236 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Credits: 3
* POLS 330 - AMERICAN STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT Credits: 3
OR
* POLS 331 - MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Credits: 3
* POLS 338 - AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS Credits: 3
Minor Requirement Credits: 3
Minor Requirement Credits: 3

Total SCH 15

Senior Year

First Semester

* POLS 430A - THE U.S. CONGRESS Credits: 3
* POLS 430B - THE U.S. PRESIDENCY Credits: 3
* POLS 431 - MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT Credits: 3
* POLS 437 - APPLIED POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH I Credits: 3
Minor Requirement Credits: 3

Total SCH 15

Second Semester

PHIL 430 - SOCIAL ETHICS Credits: 3
* POLS 430C - THE U.S. SUPREME COURT Credits: 3
* POLS 434 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS Credits: 3
* POLS 438 - APPLIED POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH II Credits: 3
Minor Requirement Credits:3

Total SCH 15

Total SCH 120

SCH in Major 45