Advising Course Plan - Political Science Major
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| POLI 100* | Introduction to Political Science | 1 |
| FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| undefined | ||
| One required 200-level POLI course (POLI 200, POLI 201S, or POLI 203) | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| One 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 Relations | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| One required 200-level POLI course (POLI 200, POLI 201S, or POLI 203) | 1 | |
| Any 200- or 300-level course in the fields of American or Comparative Politics | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| POLI 325 | Political Analysis | 1 |
| Junior Seminar or any 300-level POLI course3 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| Junior Seminar (if not taken in fall) or Elective | 1 | |
| Any 300- or 400-level POLI course3 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| POLI 4994 | Senior Project | 1 |
| Any 300- or 400-level POLI course3 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| POLI 4994 | Senior Project (if not taken in Fall) | 1 |
| Any 300- or 400-level POLI course3 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 32 | ||
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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.
- 4
Two-thirds of Political Science majors should take POLI 499 in fall of the fourth year.