{"id":212,"date":"2015-03-19T16:18:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T20:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2022\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:39:49","slug":"bachelor-of-arts-in-political-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2022\/academic-programs\/history-political-science-undergraduate-programs\/bachelor-of-arts-in-political-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Arts in Political Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>General Education Curriculum<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All degree programs require completion of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2022\/daemen-overview\/general-education\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">General Education Curriculum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. A complete description of the gen ed and its requirements are available in the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2022\/daemen-overview\/general-education\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">General Education Curriculum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> section of the Daemen catalog. Courses that satisfy a portion or complete a core requirement will have such designation indicated after the course title.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>1. Major: 39 CREDITS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PSC101 Comparative Political Systems (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC113 American Politics (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC121 International Relations (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC125 Public Policymaking (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC331 Political Science Research and Methods (3)<\/li>\n<li>HP445 Senior Capstone Project (3)<\/li>\n<li>HISTORY ELECTIVE:\u00a03 credits (based upon student\u2019s interests and in consultation with one\u2019s Advisor) selected from the following\n<ul>\n<li>HST137 African American History (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST221 American History from 1877 to Present (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST223 U.S. Foreign Policy: World War II to the Present (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST230 Problems of the Third World (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST304 Modern China (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST308 Modern Latin America (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST315 History and Political Social Theory (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST317 The Middle East (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST319 20th Century Russia &amp; Eastern Europe (3)<\/li>\n<li>HST326 Culture Wares: Social and Political Conflict in Recent US History (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>CMP101 English Composition (3)<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>POLITICAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES<\/strong> 15 credits, of which: 6 credits must be at the 300 level or above, AND at least one course (3 credits) must be taken from each of 3 areas: American Government; Comparative Government\/International Relations; Public Policy\/Law. Courses will be selected from the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PSC114 State &amp; Local Government (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC115 Hollywood &amp; Politics (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC216 The Politics of (mis)representation: The Importance of Political Geography (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC217 The American Political System (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC222 Polling and Public Opinion: Following the Will of the People (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC223 Political &amp; Civil Rights in the U.S. (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC224 Influencing Politics: The American Voter in Campaigns and Elections (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC230 U.S Judicial Process (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC305 American Constitutional Law (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC311 Congress and the Chaos of Democracy (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC313 Media and Politics: Watchdogs or Lapdogs (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC321 Politics and Popular Culture in America (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC401 American Foreign Policy (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC415 Seminar on the Presidency (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>GLOBAL POLITICS &amp; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PSC210 Politics of Globalization (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC213 Sustainability &amp; Third World Development (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC221 Political Economy of East Asia (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC220 Contemporary International Issues (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC225 Politics of China (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC231 International Organizations &amp; Global Governance (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC232 International Political Economy (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC238 Dictatorship &amp; Democracy in World Politics (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC315 Politics of Western Europe (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC326 Politics of East Asia (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC327 Politics of South Asia (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>PUBLIC POLICYMAKING &amp; LAW<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>PSC117 Criminal Justice: Law &amp; Procedures (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC\/ENS211-212 Environmental Energy Policies I-II (3\/3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC215 Issues in Public Policy (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC219 Politics, Planning &amp; Land Use (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC228 Community Planning &amp; Sustainability (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC312 Judicial Politics &amp; Behaivor (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC\/WST320 Gender &amp; Policy in the U.S. (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC350 Political Argumentation &amp; Debate (3)<\/li>\n<li>PSC411 Environmental Law (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Requirements Outside of the Major: 9 CREDITS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CFE97 Career\u00a0Preparation Seminar <strong>AND<\/strong> 3 credits in Career Field Experience (one or multiple experiences totaling 3 credits are allowed)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Language Requirement<\/strong>: Students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language through the intermediate level. The requirement may be satisfied through the completion of college level coursework or the successful completion of a proficiency examination. A complete description of the requirement is available in the Foreign Language Requirement section of the Daemen catalog. (6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. General Education Curriculum : 36 CREDITS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>First Year Seminar (3)<\/li>\n<li>Learning Communities (6)<\/li>\n<li>Depth- Discovery (9)<\/li>\n<li>Breadth- Exploration:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Natural Sciences and Mathematics:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTH104 Survey of Statistics (3)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose one course from: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Math and Physics (3)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social Science:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose two courses from: Anthropology, Economics, History, Linguistics, Psychology, and Sociology (6)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Humanities:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose two courses from: Art, English, Language (French or Spanish), Music, Philosophy, Religion, and Theater. (6)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Free Electives: 36 CREDITS<\/h3>\n<p>A maximum of 6 credits may be taken in Political Science courses. A minimum of 6 credits must be Liberal Arts and Science. 3 credits must be Service Learning.<\/p>\n<h3>TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS = 120 CREDITS<\/h3>\n<p>You can find information about all of our departmental majors,\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2022\/academic-programs\/history-political-science-undergraduate-programs\/\">requirements for\u00a0Admission to Upper Division, and requirements for Graduation here <\/a>or by visiting the History &amp; Political Science Department section of the college catalog, or at the Program Plans option on the Registrar&#8217;s web page.<\/p>\n<h2>Suggested Course Sequence<\/h2>\n<p>Access the suggested course sequences for: <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.daemen.edu\/ug-2022\/academic-programs\/history-political-science-undergraduate-programs\/bachelor-of-arts-in-political-science\/suggested-course-sequence\/\">BA, Political Science,<\/a> from the History and Political Science\u00a0Department web page or the Program Plans site on the Registrar\u2019s web page.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Education Curriculum All degree programs require completion of the General Education Curriculum. 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