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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 EIU Undergraduate Catalog
Political Science (B.A.)
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Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours
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The major in Political Science comprises:
Semester Hours required for the Political Science Major: 40
Core Requirements (16 hours)
Field Requirements (18 hours):
18 hours of 3000-4000 level courses, including at least one from each of the three fields (18 hours total)
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 the capstone course after completing at least 75 hours, PLS 1500, PLS 2033 and at least 6 hours in PLS coursework at the 3000-4000 level. PLS 4600 also satisfies the senior seminar requirement in the General Education program.
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.
# Students enrolled in Honors Independent Study, Research or Thesis must be enrolled in Political Science Departmental Honors.
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