ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

Twelve additional hours of History
at 300 level or higher
Electives or Minor (28 or 31 credits)
History Minor
(15 credits)
HIST 151 or HIST 152; HIST 110 or HIST 104; and nine credits
of History courses above the 299-level
Bachelor of Arts,
Political Science
(127 credits)
The following are required for graduation:
Note: Students planning to teach political science must major
in Social Studies Teaching.
Core Requirements:
1. Communication/Writing Requirements:
English Composition:
ENGL 108 Adv. Freshman Comp.
(formerly ENGL 103)
OR
ENGL 104 & 105 English Comp. I and II
Interpersonal Communication:
COM 114 Fund. Speech Com.
Foreign Language:
(French, German, Spanish, Polish, or Japanese)
101-102-201-202
Science and Mathematics
Three credits of mathematics or statistics, three credits of lab
natural science, six credits of mathematics/statistics or science
(may include F&N 303). Computer Science or logic is may be
counted as mathematics/ statistics for the last six credits.
Humanities and Social Science
One course each from:
Literature
Philosophy (not Logic)
History (100 Level)
Aesthetics (A&D 255, MUS 250, THTR 201,
ENGL 405, or PHIL 106)
Economics 210 (or ECON 375/HIST 374,
or ECON 251)
Political Science
Psychology 120
Sociology 100 or Anthropology
Computer Utilization
CIS 204 Intro. to Computer-Based Systems
OR
POL 355 Computer Applications in
Public Administration
Freshman Experience (one credit)
Political Science Requirements
(36 credits)
Prerequisites: For this major students must take one of the following
credit hour courses: POL 101, 130, or 141 (it may be included as
a choice for the General Ed core, or may be taken as an elective).
AP credit for POL 101 or 141 accepted.
The following courses in political science
(6 credit hours)
POL 200 Intro. to the Study of Political Science.
(change in course number.)
POL 300 Introduction to Political Analysis
Two courses chosen from one of the four Areas
of political science (one of these courses must
be numbered 300 or higher) (6 credit hours)
AREA: _________________ 3 _____ ___________
3 _____ ___________
Six other 3-credit courses in political science,
at least two of which shall be numbered 400 or
higher. Students must select one course from
two areas other than those in requirement
A. (18 credit hours):
3 _____ AREA:___ _____________
3 _____ AREA:___ _____________
3 _____ AREA:___ _____________
3 _____ AREA:___ _____________
3 _____ AREA:___ _____________
3 _____ AREA:___ _____________
POL 401 Practicum in Local Government,
POL 406 Internship in Public Agency, OR
Study Abroad (3 credit hours)
POL 491 Senior Seminar (3 credit hours)
The four AREAS of Political Science (For area assignment of courses
not listed below contact departmental advisor)
AREA 1: American Political Systems, Processes,
and Behavior:
POL 100 American Public Affairs
POL 101 American Government and Politics
POL 104 Political Behavior
POL 190 The Politics of Change
POL 306 The United States in the 1960's
POL 311 Congress and the President
POL 314 The President and the Policy Process
POL 315 Public Opinion and Elections
POL 330 Politics of Lake County
POL 346 Law and Society
POL 354 Civil Liberties and the Constitution
POL 360 Women and the Law
POL 364 Law, Ethics, and Public Policy
POL 370 Comparative State Government
and Politics
POL 371 Comparative Urban Politics
POL 372 Indiana Politics
POL 410 Political Parties and Politics
POL 411 Congress, Structure and Functioning
POL 460 Judicial Politics
POL 461 Constitutional Law
AREA 2: Political Theory and Methodology:
POL 202 Intro to Political Thinking
POL 312 American Political Thought
POL 333 Political Movements
Departments and Schools
Departments / Schools
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