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Dec 04, 2024
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2010-2011 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Political Science (B.A.)
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The major in Political Science comprises:
Core Introductory Requirements (19 hours)
All Political Science majors will complete the following hours: Field Requirements (21 hours):
Political Science majors will take at least one course from each of the three areas listed below. In addition, students will complete 12 additional hours from these courses. Comparative Politics & International Relations
American Politics, Public Policy & Public Administration
Public Law & Political Theory
Applied Political Science Experience (3 hours):
Political Science majors will complete at least three hours in one or more of the following experiences: Political Science Capstone Course (3 hours):
All Political Science majors will complete a capstone course (PLS 4600), taken after students have completed at least 75 hours, including all Core Introductory Political Science requirements, and at least nine hours of Field Requirements. Footnotes:
* Three credit hours will count for this requirement. Additional credit hours may be substituted for Field Requirements, with departmental approval.
** Three credit hours will count for this requirement. Additional credit hours cannot be substituted for Field Requirements, but will count towards degree completion.
*** Three credit hours will count for this requirement. Additional credit hours cannot be substituted for Field Requirements, but will be included in computing the major g.p.a.
# The Honors Independent Research will count for this requirement. The Political Science graduate seminar will count for a Field Requirement. The Honors Independent Study and Thesis cannot be substituted for Field Requirements, but will be included in computing the major g.p.a. Public Administration Concentration for Political Science Majors
In addition to meeting all requirements for the Political Science Major, students will take a total of 12 hours from two groups of courses. All courses with a PLS prefix taken to meet Public Administration concentration requirements must be in addition to requirements for the major.
Total Semester Hours: 12 Group One (9 Hours)
Students will take three courses from Group One, excluding the course taken to meet the public administration requirement for the major. Group Two (3 Hours)
Students will take one of the following courses: Footnotes:
(Major GPA based on all political science courses taken at EIU.)
*Students wishing a more specialized background to prepare for graduate studies in public administration or a public administration career should give special consideration to either of the following: (1) the Economics sequence of ECN 2801G, 2802G and 3851 or (2) GEG 3800 along with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) coursework offered by the Geology-Geography Department. |
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