Check Sheet

Political Science Major: Check Sheet

Department of Political Science

East Tennessee State University

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General Education Core

Political Science Major

B.A. and B.S. Degree Requirements

General Education Program

ETSU's general education requirements are described below. These requirements apply to all undergraduate students pursuing a baccalaureate degree. Many majors and degree programs require students to take specific courses to fulfill general education requirements. Students should consult the catalog and their advisors regarding specific general education requirements applicable to their majors and degree programs.

COMMUNICATION

9 credits, consisting of 6 credits of written composition and 3 credits of oral communication.

WRITTEN COMPOSITION. Complete both of the following:

ENGL 1010 Critical Reading and Expository Writing 3 credits
ENGL 1020 Critical Thinking and Argumentation 3 credits

Students eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010 must do so during their first term. Students required to take Developmental Studies Writing (DSPW) courses should enroll in ENGL 1010 the next term after completing DSPW 0800.

ORAL COMMUNICATION. Complete one of the following:

SPCH 1300 General Speech 3 credits
SPCH 2300 Public Speaking 3 credits
SPCH 2320 Argumentation and Debate 3 credits

When one of the oral communication courses listed above is completed to meet the general education core requirements, that course will not count toward ETSU's oral communication-intensive requirement. Any additional course from this list that is completed will count toward the oral communication-intensive requirement.

MATHEMATICS

3-4 credits, consisting of one of the following:

MATH 1530 Probability and Statistics-Non-Calculus 3 credits
MATH 1840 Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus 3 credits
MATH 1910 Calculus I 4 credits

Students eligible to enroll in one of these math courses listed must do so during their first calendar year of enrollment or prior to accumulating 33 semester credits at ETSU. Students who take Developmental Studies Math (DSPM) courses should complete the general education math requirement after completing DSPM courses and must do so in the next calendar year or prior to accumulating 33 more semester credits at ETSU.

MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES

IBMS 1100 Integrative Biology and Statistics 3 credits
IBMS 1200 Integrative Biology and Calculus 3 credits

NOTE: Completion of IBMS 1100 and 1200 satisfies both the Mathematics requirement and the Natural Sciences requirement. Students must complete the entire two-course sequence in order to fulfill the Mathematics and Natural Sciences blocks. Students who complete only one of the courses (not recommended) will be considered to have met four credit hours of the Natural Sciences requirement.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

0-2 credits - required for students who entered ETSU prior to 2004:

CSCI 1100 Using Information Technology (2 hrs) - or pass the UIT Proficiency Exam.

NATURAL SCIENCES

8 credits, consisting of two of the following (required labs are shown with lecture numbers):

Select two courses from the following (required labs are shown with the lecture numbers):

ASTR 1010 Astronomy I 4 credits
ASTR 1020 Astronomy II 4 credits
ASTR 1035 Life in the Universe 4 credits
BIOL 1110/11 Biology for Science Majors I 4 credits
BIOL 1120/21 Biology for Science Majors II 4 credits
BIOL 1130/31 Biology for Science Majors III 4 credits
CHEM 1110/11 General Chemistry I 4 credits
CHEM 1120/21 General Chemistry II 4 credits
GEOG 1110 Earth Science: Weather and Climate 4 credits
GEOG 1120 Earth Science: Landforms and Processes 4 credits
GEOL 1040 Physical Geology 4 credits
GEOL 1050 Historical Geology 4 credits
HSCI 2010/11 Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credits
HSCI 2020/21 Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credits
PHYS 2010/11 General Physics I- Non-Calculus 4 credits
PHYS 2020/21 General Physics II-Non-Calculus 4 credits
PHYS 2110 Technical Physics I - Calculus Based 5 credits
PHYS 2120 Technical Physics II - Calculus Based 5 credits

Open to non-science MAJORS only:

BIOL 1010/11 Biology for Non-majors I 4 credits
BIOL 1020/21 Biology for Non-majors II 4 credits
CHEM 1000 Chemistry and Well Being 4 credits
CHEM 1030 Introduction to Chemistry Survey 4 credits
PHYS 1030 Introduction to Physics Survey 4 credits

HISTORY

6 credits, consisting of both of the following:

HIST 2010 The United States to 1877 3 credits
HIST 2020 The United States since 1877 3 credits

HIST 2030 History of Tennessee (3 credits) may be substituted for 3 credits of United States History.

HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS

9 credits, consisting of 3 credits of literature, 3 credits of fine arts, and 3 credits of humanities electives.

Literature. Complete one of the following:

ENGL 2030 Literary Heritage 3 credits
ENGL 2110 American Literature I 3 credits
ENGL 2120 American Literature II 3 credits
ENGL 2210 British Literature I 3 credits
ENGL 2220 British Literature II 3 credits
ENGL 2330 World Literature 3 credits
ENGL 2430 European Literature 3 credits

Fine Arts. Complete one of the following:

ARTA 2010 Art History Survey 3 credits
ARTA 2020 Art History Survey 3 credits
HUMT 2310 Art and Ideas I 3 credits
HUMT 2320 Art and Ideas II 3 credits
MUSC 1030 Introduction to Music 3 credits
MUSC 1035 History of Jazz 3 credits
DANC 3500 Dance as Human Experience 3 credits
THEA 1030 Introduction to Theatre 3 credits

Humanities Electives. Complete one of the following:

ENGL 3150 Literature, Ethics, and Values 3 credits
ENGL 3280 Mythology 3 credits
ENTL 3020 Technology and Society 3 credits
HIST 1110 World History and Civilization to 1500 3 credits
HIST 1120 World History and Civilization since 1500 3 credits
PHIL 1030 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits
PHIL 2020 Introduction to Ethics 3 credits
PHIL 2040 Philosophy as Conversation 3 credits
RELI 2210 Introduction to the Study of Religion 3 credits
PHIL 2640 Science and the Modern World 3 credits

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

6 credits, consisting of two of the following:

ANTH 1240 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 credits
ECON 1050 Economics and Society or 3 credits
ECON 2210 Principles of Economics I 3 credits
GEOG 1012 Introduction to Cultural Geography 3 credits
HDAL 2310 Developmental Lifespan Psychology 3 credits
PSCI 1110 Political Life 3 credits
PSCI 1120 Introduction to American Government 3 credits
PSYC 1310 Introduction to Psychology 3 credits
SOAA 1020 Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
SOAA 2020 Social Problems 3 credits
SRVL 1020 Introduction to Service-Learning 3 credits
WMST 2010 Introduction to Women's Studies 3 credits

NOTE: Students may count either ECON 1050 or ECON 2210 toward the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement, but not both.

Courses which fulfill the Writing Intensive, Communicating Orally and Using Information Technology requirements are indicated in the Schedule of classes for each term.

WRITING INTENSIVE. Students must complete a minimum of four writing intensive courses. At least two of these courses must be within the students major or minor, and at least two of the four courses must be at the 3000-4000 level.

ORAL COMMUNICATIVE-INTENSIVE COURSES. Students must complete a minimum of two oral intensive courses. At least one of these courses must be within the students major or minor.

USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Students must complete a minimum of two courses designated "Using Information Technology Intensive" with a minimum of one course from the major field of study.

READING Students who are required to take the COMPASS test and who are assessed as being deficient in reading must complete DSPR 0800 prior to accumulating 33 semester credits at ETSU.

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Note: Transfer Students

(1) The following categories of students are only required to take TWO writing-intensive courses, ONE oral communication-intensive course, and TWO using information technology-intensive courses from the core curriculum:

transfer students with an associate degree designed for transfer;
transfer students with 60 or more transferrable semester credits upon entering ETSU; and
readmission students with 60 or more hours upon re-entering ETSU, whose last term of enrollment at ETSU was prior to 1995

(2) A student has six years to complete the requirements of the undergraduate catalogue under which he or she entered ETSU. ETSU also provides transfer students the opportunity to meet the ETSU catalogue degree requirements in effect for a period of six years from the date of first entrance into higher education.

Requirements for a Political Science Major

PSCI 1110 Political Life	3 hours
PSCI 1120 Introduction to American Government	3 hours
PSCI 2210 Introduction to Comparative Politics	3 hours
or
PSCI 2220 Introduction to World Politics	3 hours

*SOAA 3350 Social Statistics	3 hours
or	.
SOAA 3444 Microcomputers as a Research Tool	3 hours

*Prerequisites: Math 1530

ONE course at or above the 3000 level in each of the five sub-fields. All are 3 hour courses.

American Politics (AP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR)
Political Theory (PT)
Public Law (PL)

THREE courses to be selected freely from the Department's offerings. 9 hours.

Total Hours for the Major: 36

Academic Proficiency:

Writing Intensive: (4 courses) Two from core and two from the major at the 3-4000 level

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Oral Intensive: (2 courses) One course must be from the major.

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Information Technology: (2 courses) One course must be from the major.

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Physical Education: (2 hours)

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College of Arts and Sciences B.A. and B.S. Degree Requirements

Students majoring in the College of Arts and Sciences must meet the following requirements for the B.A., B.S., or the B.S. with a social or behavioral sciences concentration. Some of these requirements are in addition to the General Education Core, whereas others specify which courses within the General Education Core must be taken.

	Bachelor of Arts	Bachelor of Science	Bachelor of Science Concentration for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Foreign Languages	Proficiency in a single language equivalent to two years at the college-level	none	none
Non-U.S. History	3 hours	none	none
Mathematics	Specified General Education Core: MATH 1530, MATH 1840, or MATH 1910	Specified General Education Core as minimum 4 hours experience in Differential and Integral calculus; Prerequisites are required for the following courses; MATH 1910 or MATH 1850 Prerequisites: MATH 1850: MATH 1840 MATH 1910: Two years of high school algebra, one year of plane geometry and trigonometry, or MATH 1720	Specified General Education Core: MATH 1530
Natural Sciences	General Education Core	In addition to General Education Core: (8) Eight hours of SINGLE laboratory science from the following list: (1) ASTR 1010 and 1020 (2) BIOL 1010/11 and 1020/21 (3) BIOL 1110/11 and 1120/21; (4) CHEM 1110/11 and 1120/21 or BIOL 1130/31 (5) GEOL 1040 and 1050 (labs included) (6) GEOG 1110 and 1120 (labs included) (7) PHYS 2010/11 and 2020/21; or PHYS 2110 AND 2120 (labs included) Higher level laboratory courses in these departments also meet this requirement.	Specific General Education Core: (8) Eight hours in a SINGLE laboratory science from the following list: (1) ASTR 1010 and 1020 (2) BIOL 1010/11 and 1020/21 (3) BIOL 1110/11 (4) CHEM 1110/11 and 1120/21 (5) GEOL 1040 and 1050 (labs included) (6) GEOG 1010 and 1120(labs included) (7) PHYS 2010/11 and 2020/21; or PHYS 2110 and 2120 (labs included) Higher level laboratory courses in these departments also meet this requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences	General Education Core departmental requirements	General Education Core departmental requirements	In addition to General Education (4) Four courses; one from each of the following areas: (1) Social Statistics PSYC 3100 CJCR 3000 SOAA 3350 (2) Reasoning PHIL 2030 or SPCH 2320 (3) Research Design PSYC 2311 and 2312 or PSYC 3030 and 3031 or CJCR 2000 SOAA 3210 or 4627 GEOG 2310 or 4807 SPCH 3330 (4) Computing Skills SOAA 3350 SOAA 3444

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