PROGRAM CODE: A8 POL BA CATALOG YEAR: 19984
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
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The University of Arizona
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS REPORT
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University Graduation Requirements
All course work and requirements for this degree must be
completed prior to the date the degree is awarded.
- The University of Arizona and the Arizona Board of
Regents have sole discretion over all curricula changes.
- Courses, programs & requirements may be suspended,
deleted, restricted, or changed in any manner, at any
time.
- Students must remain currently informed about all policies
& other info that bears on completing a degree.
Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirements
- Major course work: 2.000 GPA in each discipline.
- University of Arizona course work: 2.000 GPA.
Units: See the 'Earned' total under 'Units required for this
degree' for a total minus any duplicate credit or excess
community college credit, and adjusted in accordance with
academic policies in your Catalog.
Application for Degree Candidacy
- Students must apply for degree candidacy in order to
graduate and receive a degree and diploma.
- Contact your college/major advisor to determine the
appropriate time to apply for degree candidacy.
- Detailed degree candidacy & graduation info available at
http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/graduation/udegcert.htm
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Units required for this degree
A minimum of 120 units is required for this degree.
Additional units will be required to complete this degree
if a student:
A) is admitted to the UA with deficiencies;
B) changes his/her academic program;
C) fails to meet minimum course/program requirements; or
D) ineffectively plans or fails to execute a course of
study that leads directly to degree completion.
E) is completing more than one baccalaureate degree.
--> NEEDS:120.00 UNITS
1) A maximum of 64 units of community college course work
may apply toward graduation.
2) A maximum of 60 units of correspondence credit and/or
credit by exam may apply toward graduation.
3) A maximum of 15 units completed as a non-degree seeking
student may be used for fulfilling undergraduate degree
requirements.
4) A minimum of 30 units of UA University Credit
(excluding correspondence credit and credit by exam)
is required.
NEEDS: 30.00 UNITS
5) A minimum of 18 of the final 30 units taken toward
degree requirements must be UA University Credit.
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UA Earned Hours & Cumulative GPA
A 2.000 cumulative GPA is required to graduate from the
University of Arizona (excluding correspondence and
credit by exam).
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Upper Division Units Requirement
A minimum of 42 units of upper-division credit are
required for this degree.
- 1) NEEDS: 42.00 UNITS
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University Composition Requirements
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 101 ,103H,107
- 2) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108
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OR AP Exam or Portfolio or ENGL 109H
- 1) SELECT FROM: ENGL 109H
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Mid-Career Writing Assessment
- 1) The Mid-Career Writing Assessment is satisfied by
earning a grade of B or better in second semester
English Composition (ENGL 102, 104H, 108, or 109H).
Students who do not earn a grade of B or better in ENGL
102, 104H, 108, or 109H must also satisfy a college or
department writing requirement.
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108 ,109H
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Second Language - 4th Semester Proficiency
Demonstrate fourth semester proficiency in a second
language by completing one of the following:
- 1) Pass a language proficiency examination at the fourth
semester level.
- 2) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
-> NOT FROM: ARH 406A(SP02-FA03) ENGL 448 (SP94-FA04)
FREN 325 ,393 ,399 TO 399H,414 ,448 ,453 ,
FREN 455 (FA95-S201) HIST 406A(SP02-FA03),465C,
HIST 465D ITAL 330A TO 330D,399 TO 399H,414 ,455
M AR 397W(SP01 OR AFTER) PORT 406A(SP02-FA03),
PORT 455 (FA95-S201) RELI 453 (FA90-S201)
SPAN 397W,406A,414 ,423A TO 423B,455 (FA95-S201),
SPAN 465C,465D TTE 414 UNVR 397W(SP01 OR AFTER)
SELECT FROM: ARB 402 TO 404 CHN 202 ,403 ,404 ,415
TO 418 ,422 ,423 ,450 CRL 202 ,301 ,302
FREN 202 ,212 ,213 ,305A TO 443 GER 202 ,203 ,
GER 211 ,302A,302B,307A,307B,315A,315B,455 ,475
GRK 202 ,204 ,402 ,412 ,421 TO 432 ITAL 202 TO
ITAL 202Z,305A TO 496 JPN 202 ,403 ,405 ,415 TO
JPN 417 ,421 ,422 JUS 203B,303 LAT 202 ,212 ,
LAT 400 TO 428 LING 204B NES 202 ,203B PRS 402
TO 404 PORT 206 ,305 ,325 ,425 TO 449 RSSS 201B,
RSSS 301A,301B RUSS 205 RSSS 305A RUSS 305B
RSSS 307A,307B,405A,405B,407A,407B SERP 431B
SPAN 202 ,203 ,204C,206 ,251 ,253 ,302 TO 322 ,
SPAN 323 OR SPNV 323 SPAN 324 ,325 OR
SPNV 325 SPAN 326 TO 332 ,333 OR SPNV 333
SPAN 334 TO 339 ,340 OR SPNV 340 SPAN 341 TO
SPAN 349 ,350 OR SPNV 350 SPAN 351 TO 397B,398 ,
SPAN 399 OR SPNV 399 SPAN 400 ,401 OR
SPNV 401 SPAN 402 ,403 OR SPNV 403 SPAN 404
TO 432 ,433 OR SPNV 433 SPAN 434 TO 440 ,441
OR SPNV 441 SPAN 442 TO 447 ,448 OR SPNV 448
SPAN 449 OR SPNV 449 SPAN 450 OR SPNV 450
SPAN 451 TO 472 ,473 OR SPNV 473
TURK 402 (FA05 OR AFTER),403 (FA07 OR AFTER),
TURK 404 (SP08 OR AFTER)
- 3) Or complete the following (non-NES students only):
ARB 401 plus one from ARB 439B, 427B, 424B.
SELECT FROM: ARB 401 (R),439B,427B,424B
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Foundation Mathematics - General Strand
- 1) Take one 3 unit course from the following list.
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
-> NOT FROM: MATH 111 ,116 ,116S,199 ,199H,294A,299 ,
MATH 299H,301 ,302A,302B,397A,399 ,399H
SELECT FROM: MATH 105 TO 485 PHIL 110
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University General Education - Tier One
- 1) Individuals and Societies - fulfillment of Individuals
and Societies requires completion of two distinctly
numbered courses (e.g., INDV101 & 103).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: INDV 101 ,102 ,103
- 2) Natural Sciences - For students planning to pursue a
non-science intensive major, fulfillment of Natural
Sciences requires completion of two distinctly numbered
courses (e.g., NATS 102 & 104).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: NATS 101 ,102 ,104
- 3) Traditions and Cultures - fulfillment of Traditions and
Cultures requires completion of two distinctly numbered
courses (e.g., TRAD 102 & 104).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: TRAD 101 ,102 ,103 ,104
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University General Education - Tier Two
- 1) Arts
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: ARE 130 ARH 201 ,202 ,203 ,312 ,314 ,
ARH 315 ,319 (SP08 OR AFTER),322 ART 203 ,
ART 358 (S106 OR AFTER) DNC 100 ,112A,112B,112C,
DNC 143 ,144A,144B,144C,152A,152B,152C,175 ,176A,
DNC 176B,177C(FA08 OR AFTER),177D(FA08 OR AFTER),
DNC 200 ,276A,276B ENGL 209 ,210 ,300
HNRS 295B(SP05 OR AFTER) HUMS 333 ,335 ,370
JPN 245 M AR 102 (FA99-S107),252 (S107 OR AFTER)
MUS 100 ,101A,107 ,108 ,109 ,231 ,237 ,328 ,334 ,
MUS 337 ,344 ,360 NES 344 T AR 100 ,103 ,238 ,
T AR 336
- 2) Humanities - prerequisite course work in Tier 1 (TRAD)
must be completed prior to taking. 1 course from:
SELECT FROM: AFAS 200 ,222 ,224 ,255 ,
AFAS 315 (SP06 OR AFTER),320 ,381 CLAS 220 ,221 ,
CLAS 300 ,342 ,346 ,360 ENGL 220A,220B,231 ,260 ,
ENGL 261 ,265 ,267 ,280 FREN 245 ,249 ,280 ,282 ,
FREN 283 ,284 GER 273 ,275 ,276 ,278 ,325 ,373 ,
GER 375 ,376 ,379 HNRS 200 (S108 OR AFTER)
HUMS 250A,250B,250C,250D,340 ,365 ITAL 230A,230B,
ITAL 240 ,250A,250B,250C,250D,330B JPN 220 ,311
JUS 301 (FA07 OR AFTER),372A,372B LAT 201 ,202
MSE 317 NES 277A,330 PHIL 222 (SP99 OR AFTER),
PHIL 260 ,261 ,262 RELI 210 ,250 ,300 ,304
RSSS 210 ,304 (SP07 OR AFTER),340 ,350 SPAN 210
UNVR 315 (SP06 OR AFTER) W S 200 ,
W S 317 (FA04 OR AFTER)
3) Individuals and Societies - satisfied by course work
completed for the major.
- 4) Natural Sciences - prerequisite course work in Tier 1
(NATS) must be completed prior to taking. 1 course from
SELECT FROM: AIEX 382 (FA98-FA05) ANTH 261 ,364 OR
ANTV 364 ASTR 201 ,202 ,203 ,204 ATMO 325 ,336
BIOC 223 ECOL 206 ,208 (SP08 OR AFTER),210 ,
ECOL 220 (FA08 OR AFTER),223 ,280 (FA08 OR AFTER)
ENTO 205 GEOG 220 ,230 ,240 GEOS 210 ,212 ,
GEOS 214 (FA07 OR AFTER),216 (SP06 OR AFTER),218 ,
GEOS 220 HWR 201 ,202 ,203
MIC 204 (FA08 OR AFTER) MSE 208 ,
MSE 257A(FA07 OR AFTER),257B,258 NRSC 282
N SC 310 PHIL 305 PHYS 201 ,202 (SP09 OR AFTER)
PE 201 PL S 329 PSIO 220 (THROUGH FA05)
PTYS 206 ,209 ,212 (SP08 OR AFTER),212H RA M 222
SP H 261 ,262 SWES 210 (FA07 OR AFTER) WFSC 225
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Diversity Emphasis Courses: Gender, Race, Class,
Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation or Non-Western Area Studies
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: A ED 408 (FA06 OR AFTER) AFAS 222 ,255 ,
AFAS 302 ,304A,306 ,315 (SP06 OR AFTER),340 ,342 ,
AFAS 381 ANTH 202 ,203 ,205 ,206 ,307 OR
ANTV 307 ANTH 316 ,320 ARH 203 CHN 251 ,275 ,
CHN 276 ,331 ,340 ,341 ,419 ,420 ,429 ,430 ,431 ,
CHN 443 ,468 ,475A,475B,475D,475E,482 ,483 ,495A
CLAS 362 DNC 177C(FA08 OR AFTER),
DNC 177D(FA08 OR AFTER) EAS 130 ,333 ,345 ,350 ,
EAS 445 ,452 ,487A,487B,496C FREN 245 ,249
GEOG 210 ,251 ,369 ,413 GER 274 ,278 ,373 ,376
HIST 253 ,254 ,489 HUMS 260 ,333 ,365 ,370 ,420
ITAL 330B,330D JPN 220 ,245 ,272 ,304 ,310 ,311 ,
JPN 396H,402 ,411 ,412 ,446A,446B,447A,447B,485 ,
JPN 486 ,489 ,495B,496A,496C
JUS 370A(SP05 OR AFTER),370B(SP05 OR AFTER),372A,
JUS 372B LING 210 MAS 265 ,365 ,375 MUS 109 ,
MUS 334 ,337 ,344 NES 277A,330 ,334 POL 330 ,
POL 332 ,334 ,335 ,441 ,464 ,468 ,476 OR
POLV 476 POL 478 ,487A RELI 210 RSSS 315 ,328 ,
RSSS 350 SOC 222 ,260 ,280 ,324 ,427 ,450 ,459 ,
SOC 467 SPAN 210 TRAD 101
UNVR 310 (FA06 OR AFTER) W S 200 ,210 ,240
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Political Science Major
The Political Science Major requires a minimum of 30
units.
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Core Courses
- 1) (also satisfies National Constitution requirement)
SELECT FROM: POL 201
- 2) Select 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: POL 100 ,202 ,203 ,204
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Political Science Major
Complete 5 of the 6 subfields from the following:
- 1) Subfield 1 -- American Political Institutions
Select 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: PA 406 POL 205 ,210 ,214 ,230 ,231 ,
POL 309 OR POLV 309 POL 407 OR POLV 407
POL 412 OR POLV 412 POL 475
- 2) Subfield 2 -- Political Behavior
Select 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: POL 315 ,330 ,332 ,334 ,335 ,431 ,432 ,
POL 434 ,435 ,436
- 3) Subfield 3 -- Law and Public Policy
Select 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: POL 206 ,350 ,388 OR POLV 388 POL 470
OR POLV 470 POL 471 OR POLV 471 POL 473 ,474 ,
POL 476 OR POLV 476 POL 478 ,480 ,481 ,483 ,485
OR POLV 485 POL 487A,487B
- 4) Subfield 4 -- Political Theory
Select 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: POL 290 ,321 ,322 ,323 OR POLV 323
POL 326 OR POLV 326 POL 425 OR POLV 425
POL 427 OR POLV 427 POL 428 OR POLV 428
POL 433 ,438A,438B
- 5) Subfield 5 -- Comparative Politics
Select 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: POL 240 ,242 ,244 ,247 ,270 ,340 ,341 ,
POL 373 ,377 ,429 OR POLV 429 POL 437 OR
POLV 437 POL 440 ,441 ,442 ,443 ,444 ,445 OR
POLV 445 POL 447 ,448 OR POLV 448 POL 449 ,
POL 450 OR POLV 450 POL 468
- 6) Subfield 6 -- International Relations
Select 1 course from the following:
SELECT FROM: POL 250 ,360 ,361 OR POLV 361 POL 365
OR POLV 365 POL 451 ,454 ,455 OR POLV 455
POL 456 OR POLV 456 POL 457 ,458 ,460 ,461 ,464
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OK Political Science Major - Additional Units
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Upper Division Units
The political science major requires a minimum of
18 upper division units.
--> NEEDS: 18.00 UNITS
- 1) 18 hours required.
NEEDS: 18.00 UNITS
-> NOT FROM: POL 393A TO 393F POLV 393A TO 393F
POL 493 ,493L
SELECT FROM: POL 300 TO 308 ,309 OR POLV 309
POL 310 TO 322 ,323 OR POLV 323 POL 324 ,325 ,
POL 326 OR POLV 326 POL 327 TO 360 ,361 OR
POLV 361 POL 362 TO 364 ,365 OR POLV 365
POL 366 TO 398 ,399 OR POLV 399 POL 399H OR
POLV 399H POL 400 TO 406 ,407 OR POLV 407
POL 408 TO 411 ,412 OR POLV 412 POL 413 TO
POL 424 ,425 OR POLV 425 POL 426 ,427 OR
POLV 427 POL 428 OR POLV 428 POL 429 OR
POLV 429 POL 430 TO 444 ,445 OR POLV 445
POL 446 ,447 ,448 OR POLV 448 POL 449 ,45O OR
POLV 450 POL 451 TO 454 ,455 OR POLV 455
POL 456 OR POLV 456 POL 457 TO 461 ,462 OR
POLV 462 POL 463 TO 469 ,470 OR POLV 470
POL 471 OR POLV 471 POL 472 TO 475 ,476 OR
POLV 476 POL 477 TO 484 ,485 OR POLV 485
POL 486 TO 490 ,491 OR POLV 491 POL 492 TO
POL 498 ,498H OR POLV 498H POL 499
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Second Major
A second major is optional.
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Minor
Select a minor in consultation with your advisor.
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Additional Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include general
elective credits, UA courses and transferable courses
from other institutions. Consult with your advisor to
determine if courses listed in this section may be used
to fulfill a requirement or sub-requirement in your
degree program.
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Excluded Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include
non-transferable units, remedial units, courses in
progress('K' grades), Academic Renewal (ACR) courses,
withdrawals, non-qualifying exams (AP, CLEP, IB), and
audited courses. Only courses with a grade of "C" or
better are transferable to UA.
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