Apr 23, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Political Science - Global Politics and Security (BA) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Natural and Physical Sciences Requirement 4-5 KSC 040  
POLSC 115   - U.S. Politics   (Social/Behavioral Restrictive Elective) 3      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
Mathematics and Statistics Requirement 3 KSC 030  
POLSC 145   - World Politics   3      
POLSC 155   - Introduction to Political Thought   (Ethical Reasoning Overlay) 3      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   OR 3   KSC 010  
ENGL 210   - Honors English   3   KSC 010  
POLSC 400   - Political Inquiry and Analysis   3      
First Foreign Language - Level I 4    
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement (Second Subject Era) 3 KSC 050  
Free Elective 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
POLSC 343   - American Foreign Policy   3      
First Foreign Language - Level II 4    
Fine Arts Restrictive Elective  3    
Free Elective 3 KSC 070  
POLSC 360   - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics   (US Multicultural Overlay) 3      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
Outside concentration 3    
POLSC 545   - The Politics of Developing Nations   (Global Perspectives Overlay) 3      
Free Elective 3 KSC 070  
First Foreign Language -Level III or Second Foreign Language - Level I 3-4    
Natural/Quantitative Restrictive Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
POLSC Elective 3    
Outside concentration 3    
First Foreign Language - Level IV or Second Foreign Language - Level II 3-4    
Natural/Quantitative/Quantitative Social Sciences Restrictive Elective 3    
POLSC 500+ - subject area 2 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
POLSC 500+ - subject area 2 3    
POLSC Elective 3    
Humanities Restrictive Elective 3    
Non-Quantitative Social Sciences Restrictive Elective 3    
Outside concentration 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
POLSC Elective 3    
Free Elective 3 KSC 070  
Free Elective 3 KSC 070  
Outside concentration 3    
Arts/Humanities Restrictive Elective 2    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Total Program Hours: 120