SDSU Department of Political Science Major Requirements for the B.A. Degree in Political Science, Exercises of Psychology

Download SDSU Department of Political Science Major Requirements for the B.A. Degree in Political Science and more Exercises Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! SDSU DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE B.A. DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE A. GENERAL EDUCATION: We offer a Bachelors of Arts degree, so you should follow the B.A. GE requirements in the catalog. B. PREPARATION FOR THE MAJOR: 12 units 1. Political Science 101 2. Political Science 102 3. Political Science 103 or 104 4. Statistics: Political Science 201 or equivalent: Statistics 119, Statistics 250, Economics 201, Sociology 201, Psychology 280, or Philosophy 120 In order to move from pre-major to major status, you must 1) complete all four of the above courses with a “C” or better, 2) have a cumulative GPA of 2.4 or higher, and3) complete a minimum of 30 semester units. C. UPPER-DIVISION POLITICAL SCIENCE: 30 units 1. One 3-unit course in each of the following four fields, taken in any order (12 units): Political Theory: ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________ American Politics: Comparative Politics: _________________________________________ International Politics: _________________________________________ 2. Five additional upper-division Political Science courses, known as “major electives” (15 units)* ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ 3. One capstone course (3 units). Choose one of the following options: Senior thesis (Pol S 497A/B). Both are required for the thesis capstone; 497B earns 3 capstone units and 497A earns 3 major elective units OR Internship course: Complete an internship while enrolled in our internship course, 495 (3 units) Internships through the either Sacramento or D.C. semesters earn 12 units. Sacramento earns 12 units toward the major and D.C. (POL S 498) earns 6 units toward the major OR Any 500-level Political Science course ___________________ * POL S 390W can’t be used as a major course. You may take up to 6 of your 15 major elective units from these courses – WMNST 375, AMIND 485, AFRAS 321, and AFRAS 322 – but this is not required.