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Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - 4 Year Plan

Four Year Plan - 120 Units Required

Course
Units
 Course
Units
Semester 1
Semester 2

Composition or Oral Comm
GE Math or other GE Class
GE Class
GE Class
Elective Class
3
3-4
3
3
1

Oral Comm or Composition
Math or other GE Class
Critical Thinking or other GE Class
POSC 100 (GE D.1.b)
GE Class

3
3-4
3
3
3
Total Units
13-14
 Total Units
15-16
Semester 3
Semester 4

Critical Thinking or other GE Class
GE Class
GE Class
GE Class
POSC 200-level Major Course

3
3
3
3
3

GE Class
GE Class
Elective Class
Elective Class
Elective Class
3
3-4
3
3
3
Total Units
15
 Total Units
15-16
Semester 5
Semester 6

POSC 300
Major Breadth Class
Major Breadth Class
GE Capstone Class*
Elective Class
3
3
3
3
3

Major Breadth Class
Major Breadth Class
Major Concentration Class
GE Capstone Class*
Elective Class
3
3
3
3
3
Total Units
15
 Total Units
15
Semester 7
Semester 8

Major Breadth Class
Major Concentration Class
Major Concentration Class/Senior Seminar
GE Capstone Class*
Elective Class
3
3
3
3
3

Major Concentration Class
Major Concentration Class
Elective Class
Elective Class
Elective Class
3
3
3
3
3
Total Units
15
 Total Units
15

*GE Interdisciplinary Capstone classes may be able to Count in GE and the major - see advisor.

Students can satisfy both upper division GE capstone requirements and POSC breadth and/or elective requirments by taking POSC 3881, POSC 395I, POSC 461I, and/or POSC 494I.

Students who do not take 200-level major elective in the second year may take it in their third year.

Students who need to meet the GE Human Diversity requirement may use POSC 323 to satisfy that requirement while using it as a POSC major elective or to meet the POSC breadth requirement, or concentration requirement (but not the subfield capstone.)

Senior Seminor is offered only once a year. Students should take it the first semester in which it appears during their senior year.