Advising Course Plan - Political Science Major

First Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
POLI 100*1One required 200-level POLI course (POLI 200, POLI 201S, or POLI 203)1
FSEM 1001General Education Requirement1
General Education Requirement1General Education Requirement1
General Education Requirement1Elective1
 4 4
Second Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
One required 200-level POLI course (POLI 200, POLI 201S, or POLI 203)1One required 200-level POLI course (POLI 200, POLI 201S, or POLI 203)1
One 100 or 200 level POLI elective course in American Politics, Comparative Politics, or International Relations1Any 200- or 300-level course in the fields of American or Comparative Politics1
General Education Requirement1General Education Requirement1
Elective1Elective1
 4 4
Third Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
POLI 325Q1Junior Seminar (if not taken in fall) or Elective1
Junior Seminar or any 300-level POLI course31Any 300- or 400-level POLI course31
General Education Requirement1General Education Requirement1
Elective1Elective1
 4 4
Fourth Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
POLI 4971POLI 4981
Any 300- or 400-level POLI course31Any 300- or 400-level POLI course31
Elective1Elective1
Elective1Elective1
 4 4
Total Units 32
*

Academic Advising Note:
- POLI 100 is the entry course for the major and the prerequisite for 200-level POLI courses.  Please do not place POLI Majors in POLI 101S​.  Majors will not receive credit toward the major.
- Students who will not fit into POLI 100 should be put into another 100-level POLI course (except for POLI 101S, which is designed for non-majors).

1

May take POLI 201  in spring of the first year if earned a final grade of B+ or higher in POLI 100 in the fall of the first year.

2

Or any 200+ level course in the field of American politics (or Comparative politics, if POLI 201 taken in the first year).

3

Includes POLI 397.