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Political Science - Politics of the Global South (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semeser 1      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3      
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      
Math & Stats Requirement 3 KSC 030  
POLSC 135   - Introduction to Comparative Politics   3      
Global Perspectives Overlay      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
POLSC 155   - Introduction to Political Thought   3      
Ethical Reasoning Overlay      
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      
Natural/Quantitative Restrictive Elective 3-4    
Social & Behavioral Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Free elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
POLSC 343   - American Foreign Policy   3      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free elective 3    
Natural Science, or Quantitative, or Social Science 3-5    
POLSC 360   - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics   3      
US Multicultural Overlay      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
Global South Elective 3    
Global Perspectives Overlay      
Outside Concentration 3    
POLSC Elective 3    
Natural Science, or Quantitative, or Social Science 3    
Free Elective      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      

Global South Required Elective

3    
POLSC Elective 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Natural Science, or Quantitative, or Social Science w/MATH or STAT prereq 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
POLSC 500 level or higher 3    
Free Elective 3    
Arts & Humanities Restrictive Elective 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Non-Quantitative Social Science Restrictive Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
POLSC Elective 3    
Free elective 3    
Free elective 3    
Free elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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