University Catalog

Curriculum in Political Science

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(see footnotes at bottom)

 

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

††POLI 201G	American Politics	3	hours
HIST 101	Western Civilization to 1500	3	hours
ENGL 101G	Freshman Composition	3	hours
MATH 161G	College Algebra	3	hours
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††POLI 202	State and Local Politics	3	hours
HIST 102	Western Civilization since 1500	3	hours
ENGL 102G	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
MATH 162, or MATH 185, or MATH 241G	Plane Trigonometry Contemporary Mathematics                                             Elementary Statistics	3	hours
Social Science3,G		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

COMM 211G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
HIST 201	American History to 1877	3	hours
ART 105, or ART 106, or MUS 151, or THEA 131G	Survey of World Art History I Survey of World Art History II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3	hours
ENGL-230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
Foreign Language1	SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††POLI 300	Research Methods and Statistics in Political Science	3	hours
HIST 202	American History since 1877	3	hours
ART 105, or ART 106, or MUS 151, or THEA 131G	Survey of World Art History I Survey of World Art History II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3	hours
ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
Foreign Language1	SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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First Semester

††POLI 401, or POLI, 403, or POLI 407, or POLI 432, or POLI 434	Introduction to Public Law Constitutional Law Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Southern Politics The American Presidency	3	hours
††POLI 437, or POLI 438, or  POLI 440, or POLI 442, or POLI 444, or POLI 446	The Louisiana Legislature in Session Political Parties Louisiana Politics Polling and Other Public Opinion American Foreign Policy Politics and the Environment	3	hours
PHIL 301, or PHIL 302, or PHIL 313	Introduction to Philosophy The Great Philosophers Ethics	3	hours
Foreign Language1	SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201	3	hours
Natural Science2,G		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††POLI 420, or POLI 422, or POLI 424, or POLI 425, or POLI 426, or POLI 428	International Relations International Organizations International Political Economy Comparative European Politics Comparative Politics of Developing Nations Middle East Politics	3	hours
POLI 436, or POLI 460, or POLI 462	Legislative Process Public Administration Special Topics in Public Administration and Public Policy	3	hours
Social Science3		3	hours
Foreign Language1	SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202,LAT 202, or GERM 202	3	hours
Natural Science2,G		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

  

 

FOURTH YEAR

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First Semester

††POLI_450, or POLI 451, or POLI 452	Ancient and Medieval Political Theory Modern and Contemporary Political Theory                        American Political Theory	3	hours
††Political Science 400 Elective		3	hours
††Political Science 400 Elective		3	hours
Natural Science2,G		3	hours
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

Second Semester

††POLI 490	Seminar for Political Science Majors	3	hours
††Political Science 400-level Elective		3	hours
HIST 479, or HIST 480, or HIST 482	Emergence of the Modern United States 1877-1917 America, the World Wars, and the New Deal 1917-1945 America in the Cold War and Beyond, 1945-Present	3	hours
Elective		3	hours
Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

Students with an ACT Math score of 20 or lower will take Math 155 in place of Math 161.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††Major course requiring a grade of "C" or better.
¹Twelve (12) semester hours in one foreign language (taken sequentially) are required
²To include both Physical and Biological Sciences, at least six hours of which must be in a two semester sequence.
³To be chosen from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics Geography, Psychology, Sociology.