Political Science Major (Bachelor of Science)

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-126

Freshman - Credits: 33-34

• Foreign Language  (Cr: 6)
• Political Science Electives   (Cr: 6)
• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3-4)

• EC 101 - Endicott Transitions (Cr: 1)
• ENG 101 - College Writing Seminar (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
• LST 100 - Seminar in Academic Inquiry (Cr: 3)
• POL 100 - Introduction to Politics (Cr: 3)
• POL 110 - World Politics (Cr: 3)

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Global Issues General Education Requirement  (Cr. 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Political Science Elective  (Cr: 3)

• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
• POL 213 - American Government and Politics (Cr: 3)
• POL 240 - American Foreign Policy (Cr: 3)
• POL 250 - Political Theory (Cr: 3)
• PSY 240 - Research Methods (Cr: 3)
• PSY 241 - Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences (Cr: 3)

Junior - Credits: 30

• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives   (Cr: 6)
• Political Science Elective  (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)

• POL 315 - American Political Thought (Cr: 3)
• POL 320 - Comparative Political Models (Cr: 3)
• POL 343 - Constitutional Law (Cr: 3)
• PSY 241 - Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences (Cr: 3)
• PSY 240 - Research Methods (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

Senior - Credits: 30

• Elective  (Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives  (Cr: 6)
  (must be above the 100 level)
• Political Science Elective  (Cr: 3)

• POL 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
• POL 489 - Senior Thesis I (Cr: 3)
• POL 490 - Senior Thesis II (Cr: 3)

Political Science Electives

Students choose three courses from the following list; at least one of the three must have a POL designation:

• CJ 205 - The American Court System (Cr: 3)
• CJ 355 - Race and Justice (Cr: 3)
• CJ 410 - Law and Society (Cr: 3)
• ECN 201 - Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)
• ECN 202 - Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
• HMS 305 - Social Policy (Cr: 3)
• HST 301 - Communism, Fascism and Democracy (Cr: 3)
• HST 310 - Economies and Peoples (Cr: 3)
• HST 317 - Civil Rights Movement (Cr: 3)
• IST 215 - The New Europe (Cr: 3)
• IST 216 - International Conflicts (Cr: 3)
• IST 315 - Intercultural Communication (Cr: 3)
• POL 260 - Identity Politics (Cr: 3)
• POL 300 - Contemporary Issues in Politics (Cr: 3)
• POL 325 - Music and the State (Cr: 3)
• POL 380 - Environmental Politics (Cr: 3)
• POL 384 - Environmental Law (Cr: 3)
• POL 430 - Human Rights (Cr: 3)