Dec 12, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Political Science, B.A. Curriculum Guide


This curriculum guide is an unofficial tool for planning. Matriculated students and advisors should consult the Academic Requirements Report in GullNet before and after registering for classes each semester to track academic progress.

* Consult Academic Requirement Report in GullNet for approved courses.

University Undergraduate Major Policies


  • Refer to the program page for this major and the Courses  section of this catalog for approved prerequisites and General Education courses.
  • Requirements may not equal 120 credit hours. Students must register for additional electives to complete 120 credits required for graduation.
  • All graduates must have a minimum of 30 credits of 300/400-level courses with C grade or above; at least 15 of those credits must be taken at SU.
  • Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 for graduation.
  • Students must complete at least 30 credit hours by direct classroom instruction and/or laboratory experience.
  • Students must take 30 of the last 37 credit hours at SU.
  • It is the student’s responsibility to satisfy graduation requirements. Please refer to the program page of this catalog for detailed major requirements.
  • Students must apply online for graduation by November 15 for May and by May 15 for December.

Recommended Minimum Grade


A B indicates the recommended minimum grade; although a C meets the requirement, SU history shows that students who graduate with this major earned this grade or higher for this course.

First Year


Semester 1


Total Credits: 16


Semester 2


  • 4 Hour(s) Credit B
  • POSC XXX - International Politics/Foreign Policy course 4 Hour(s) Credit*
  • IVC - Gen. Ed. Math course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
  • Language - Fulton School Language requirement 4 Hour(s) Credit (if needed)

Total Credits: 15-16/31-32


Winter/Summer Term


List courses that were taken during winter/summer terms:

Second Year


Semester 1


  • POSC XXX - Comparative Politics course 4 Hour(s) Credit*
  • HIST 10X - Gen. Ed. IIA (HIST 101 HIST 102  or HIST 103 4 Hour(s) Credit
  • IIIA - Gen. Ed. Humanities course 4 Hour(s) Credit
  • IVA - Gen. Ed. Lab Science course 4 Hour(s) Credit

Total Credits: 16/47-48


Semester 2


Total Credits: 14-16/61-64


Winter/Summer Term


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Third Year


Semester 1


  • POSC XXX - American Politics Public Policy course 4 Hour(s) Credit*
  • POSC XXX - POSC Elective 4 Hour(s) Credit
  • HIST XXX - Gen. Ed. IIB History course 4 Hour(s) Credit
  • Elective - 300-400 level course 4 Hour(s) Credit

Total Credits: 16/77-80


Semester 2


Total Credits: 15/92-95


Winter/Summer Term


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Fourth Year


Semester 1


  • POSC XXX - POSC Elective 4 Hour(s) Credit
  • XXXX XXX - Elective, Minor or Double Major Course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
  • XXXX XXX - Elective, Minor or Double Major Course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
  • XXXX XXX - Elective, Minor or Double Major Course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit

Total Credits: 13-16/105-111


Semester 2


  • XXXX XXX - Elective, Minor or Double Major Course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
  • XXXX XXX - Elective, Minor or Double Major Course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
  • XXXX XXX - Elective, Minor or Double Major Course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
  • XXXX XXX - Elective, Minor or Double Major Course 3-4 Hour(s) Credit

Total Credits: 12-16/117-127