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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Political Science (B.A.)
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Eric Leonard, Professor of Political Science
Davis Hall, Room 208, (540) 545-7326, eleonard@su.edu
The study of Political Science aims to understand the rationale and mechanisms in which policy is formulated and executed for a society. This understanding includes an assessment of the moral and legal authority by which policy is or ought to be set. The center of interest for this program is the study of power, government institutions, bureaucracy and the state of human relations within the political context, both domestically and internationally. Emphasis is placed on enhancing the student’s overall comprehension and critical analysis of politics and the mechanisms of government so that he/she can become an effective citizen of the community, country and world.
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Course Requirements
(Requirement for all majors): Total Core Hours Required: 21 credits
Elective Courses
Choose at least seven from list below. Five of the seven elective courses required for the major must be at the 300 or 400 level and six of the seven must have a PSCI prefix. The student’s choice of elective courses should be made in consultation with their advisor in order to provide an educational track that will accord with their post-graduation plans.
Total elective hours required: 21 credits
Total hours required for the major: 42 credits
2nd Year – Spring
- Foreign Language Credit(s): 3 (Arts & Sciences requirement)
- PSCI Elective Credit(s): 3
- PSCI Elective Credit(s): 3
- Gen Ed Elective Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
3rd Year – Spring
- PSCI Elective Credit(s): 3
- PSCI Elective Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
4th Year – Fall
- PSCI 405 Senior Capstone Credit(s): 3
- PSCI Elective Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
4th Year – Spring
- PSCI Elective Credit(s): 3
- PSCI Elective Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
- Elective for minor Credit(s): 3
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