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Courses
Politics and History Curriculum
Leading to the Bachelor of Science Degree   Units
Major (M) 45
General education (GE) 45
Unrestricted electives (UE)   30
Minimum semester hours required 120
 
SUGGESTED SEQUENCE OF REQUIRED COURSES
FIRST YEAR
Fall Semester
HI 202 Early U.S. History 3 M
HI 207 World Civilization I 3 GE
AW 111 Academic Writing I 3 GE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
Spring Semester
HI 203 Modern U.S. History 3 M
HI 208 World Civilization II 3 GE
CO 120 Public Speaking 3 GE
AW 112 Academic Writing II 3 GE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
SECOND YEAR
Fall Semester
PO 202 American Political Systems 3 GE
SC - Biological Science GE lower division* 3 GE
- 2xx Humanities course 3 GE
- - History of the arts course 3 GE
- - General education elective 3 GE
Spring Semester
MA 221 Statistics 3 GE
PO 250 Contemporary World Affairs 3 M
SC - Physical science GE lower division* 3 GE
- - Arts or humanities course 3 GE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
THIRD YEAR
Fall Semester
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 1 3 M
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 2 3 M
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 3 3 M
- - General education elective 3 GE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
Spring Semester
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 4 3 M
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 5 3 M
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 6 3 M
- - General education elective 3 GE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
FOURTH YEAR
Fall Semester
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 7 3 M
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 8 3 M
HI/PO 490 Internship 3 M
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
Spring Semester
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 9 3 M
HI/PO 3xx Major elective 10 3 M
HI/PO 401 Seminar in Politics & History 3 M
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE
- - Unrestricted elective 3 UE

* One of the science courses must have a lab component.

POLITICS & HISTORY ELECTIVES
Students must complete ten courses from the following:
HI 300 History of Science
HI 301.1 Modern North Africa and the Middle East
HI 301.2 Modern Sub-Saharan Africa
HI 302.1 Modern Japan
HI 302.2 Modern China
HI 303.1 Nineteenth Century Europe
HI 303.2 Twentieth Century Europe
HI 304.1 Modern Latin America: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
HI 304.2 Modern Latin America: South America
HI 305.1 The United States: End of the Reconstruction to World War I
HI 305.2 The United States: The Twentieth Century
HI 306 Modern European Women’s History
HI 307 Modern United States Women’s History
HI 370 Topics in History
IS 300 AIDS and Epidemics
IS 301 Nazi Germany
IS 310 Postmodernism
IS 329 Harlem Renaissance
PO 301 Political Theory
PO 302 Comparative Politics
PO 303 International Relations
PO 304 Ancient Political Philosophy
PO 305 Early Modern Political Philosophy
PO 306 Modern Political Philosophy
PO 307 United States Constitutional Law
PO 308 Racial Identities and the Law
PO 309 Gender Roles and the Law
PO 310 Socioeconomic Class and the Law
PO 311 The Legislative Process
PO 315 Social & Political Environment of Business
PO 370 Topics in Political Science