DEGREE REQUIREMENTS- POLITICAL SCIENCE (major code- POSCBA01)

Effective Fall 2007

39 Units Required in Major

120 Units Required for B.A.

Required Courses:    2 Courses (6 units)

Political Science POSC 100 and POSC 300 are required

Concentration Requirement: 6 Courses (18 units)

Take eighteen units in one of the three areas of concentration: (1) Law, Politics and Policy; or (2) Political Theory; or (3) Global Politics.  Three lower-division units and fifteen upper-division units must be taken in the chosen area of concentration, including the senior seminar in that area.

Breadth Requirement:   5 Courses (15 Units) Fifteen units, no more than six of which may be from your area of concentration; no more than three of which may be lower-division.  Must include at least three units of a practicum.

CONCENTRATION FIELDS:

(1) Law, Politics and Policy: 210, 212, 311, 312, 321, 322, 323, 326, 327, 328, 329,  412, 414, 417, 418, 419, 422, 423, 424, 429, 430, 431, 432, 447, 448, 449

(2) Political Theory: 225, 301, 303, 304, 306, 308, 401, 409

(3) Global Politics: 215, 218, 220, 353, 357, 358, 362, 367, 371, 376, 378, 450, 455, 461I, 463, 469, 481, 482, 485, 486, 489      

GENERAL & PRACTICUM COURSES

(4) General: 100, 300, 300B, 388I, 391, 395I, 490H, 491H, 492H, 493, 494I, 496, 497, 498, 499

(5) Practicum: 378, 417, 418, 447, 448, 450, 496, 498

PLEASE NOTE:

• POSC 100, the 200-level concentration requirement, and POSC 300 must be completed by the end of the junior year.
• Students CAN use courses from the General area (#4 above) to fulfill their Breadth Requirement but NOT their Concentration requirement.
• Do not take POSC 391 if you have credit for POSC 100 at CSULB or if you have fulfilled the General Education category D2b (U.S. Constitution and Ideals).

• POSC 323 meets the General Education Human Diversity requirements and applies toward major requirements.
• POSC 388I, 395I, 461I, and 494I meet the General Education Interdisciplinary Course requirement and apply toward the major requirements