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Political Science - Politics of the Global South (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      
POLSC 115   - U.S. Politics   3      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Natural & Physical Sciences Requirement 4-5 KSC 040  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
Math & Statistics Requirement 3 KSC 030  
POLSC 135   - Introduction to Comparative Politics   - Global Perspectives Overlay 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      
ENGL 210   - Honors English   3      
POLSC 400   - Political Inquiry and Analysis   3      
First Foreign Language - Level 1 3    
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
POLSC 343   - American Foreign Policy   3      
First Foreign Language - Level II  4    
Free Elective 3    
Fine Arts Restrictive Elective 3    
POLSC 360   - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics   - US Multicultural Overlay 3      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
POLSC 545   - The Politics of Developing Nations   - Global Perspectives Overlay 3      
Outside Concentration 3    
Free Elective 2    
First Foreign Language - Level III or Second Foreign Language - Level 1  3-4    
Natural/Quantitative Restrictive Elective 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
Global South Required Elective 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
First Foreign lanuage - Level IV or Second Foreign Language - level II 4    
Natural/Quantitative/Quantitative Social Sciences 3    
Global South Elective Course 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
POLSC 500+ - subject area 2 3    
POLSC Elective 3    
Humanities Restrictive Elective 3    
Non-Quantitative Social Science Restrictive Elective 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
POLSC Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 2    
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Total Program Hours: 120