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Course | Description | Credit Hours |
††POLI 200 | Introduction to Political Science | 3 |
HIST 101 or HIST 101H or HIST 107 |
Western Civilization to 1500 Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students World Civilization to 1500 |
3 |
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG |
Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors |
3 |
MATH 105 or MATH 161G |
Finite Mathematics College Algebra |
3 |
LS 102 | Introduction to Information Research | 1 |
*SE 101 | Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern | 2 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
Course | Description | Credit Hours |
††POLI 201 | American Politics | 3 |
HIST 102 or HIST 102H HIST 108 |
Western Civilization since 1500 Western Civilization since 1500 for Honors Students World Civilization since 1500 |
3 |
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG |
Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing |
3 |
Mathematics or PHIL 201G |
Introduction to Logical Reasoning | 3 |
Social Science3,G | 3 | |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
Course | Description | Credit Hours |
COMM 211G | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |
HIST 201 | American History to 1877 | 3 |
ART 105 or MUS 151 or THEA 131G |
Survey of World Art History I Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre |
3 |
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G |
World Literature English Literature American Literature |
3 |
Foreign Language2 |
CHIN 101, SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101 | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
Course | Description | Credit Hours |
Natural Science3,G |
3 | |
HIST 202 or HIST 202H |
American History since 1877 American History since 1877 for Honors Students |
3 |
ART 106 or MUS 151 or THEA 131G |
Survey of World Art History II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre |
3 |
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232 |
World Literature English Literature American Literature |
3 |
Foreign Language2 |
CHIN 102, SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102 | 3 |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
Course | Description | Credit Hours |
††POLI 401 or POLI, 403 or POLI 407 or POLI 432 |
Introduction to Public Law Constitutional Law Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Southern Politics |
3 |
††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 |
††POLI 300 | Research Methods and Statistics in Political Science | 3 |
Foreign Language2 |
CHIN 201, SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201 | 3 |
Natural Science3,G |
3 | |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
Course | Description | Credit Hours |
††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 |
††POLI 450 or POLI 451 or POLI 452 |
Ancient and Medieval Political Theory Modern and Contemporary Political Theory American Political Theory |
3 |
PHIL 400 level |
3 | |
Foreign Language2 |
CHIN 202, SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202,LAT 202, or GERM 202 | 3 |
Natural Science3,G |
3 | |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
Course | Description | Credit Hours |
††POLI4 | 3 | |
††POLI 434 or
POLI 436 or
POLI 460 or
POLI 462
|
3 | |
††Political Science 400 Elective |
3 | |
Social Science1,G |
3 | |
Elective5 | 3 | |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
Course | Description | Credit Hours |
††POLI 490 | Seminar for Political Science Majors | 3 |
††Political Science 400-level Elective |
3 | |
HIST 321 or HIST 479 or HIST 480 or HIST 482 or HIST 489 or HIST 493 |
History of Louisiana 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 African-American History History of the New South |
3 |
Elective5 | 3 | |
Elective5 | 3 | |
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15 |
*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.
4Majors will acquire an Experiential Learning experience by participating in an internship,
a political poll, or Study Abroad, or by writing and presenting an Honors Senior thesis
or independent research project.
5Majors planning to attend graduate or law school are encouraged to consider a Minor
in Communication, Criminal Justice, English, Foreign Language, History, Geography,
Philosophy, Psychology, or Sociology.
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