2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Science, BA


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The Political Science Program seeks to educate students by applying experiential and creative pedagogy to develop and amplify students’ ability to become actively involved in their communities’ governance structures, their potential as political leaders and scholars, and as civically responsible members of the larger community. 

Our emphasis on experiential learning gives students internships in the community, service-learning partnerships with non-profits, and project-based learning to provide skills that can be applied later in professional settings. These are all proven high impact practices that, consistent with the OLLU Mission, provide a “quality, innovative” education that  “foster[s] growth [that leads to] purposeful lives and service to humanity.”

 

This major does not require a minor.  

Total number of hours required for this degree:

120 semester hours  

Total number of hours in major:

39 semester hours  

Total number of advanced hours required in major:

27 semester hours

Required General Education Courses


Suggested Sequence of Courses:


Required for Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

Fall - Year One


MATHEMATICS 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 15 hrs


ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 15 hrs


Fall - Year Two


NATURAL SCIENCE 4 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 16-17 hrs


Spring - Year Two


PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

LITERATURE 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 15-16 hrs


Fall - Year Three


  • 2 advanced POLS courses (6 hours)
  • 1 additional POLS course (3 hours)
  • Additional 6 credit hours*

Total: 15 hrs


Spring - Year Three


  • 2 advanced POLS courses (6 hours)
  • 1 additional POLS course (3 hours)
  • Additional 6 credit hours*

Total: 15 hrs


Fall - Year Four


Total: 15 hrs


Spring - Year Four


Total: 14-16 hrs


Note(s):


* Students are strongly encouraged to create their own plan of study, but focus on a specific area of their choice. This is often done in combination with another major, a minor, and/or in consultation with their advisor.

The following components are required in all degrees:

General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

  • overall semester hours - 120
  • institutional semester hours - 45
  • overall advanced hours - 36
  • institutional advanced hours - 24  

Required General Education:

POLS 1301

SPAN 1411  SPAN 1412, CSCD 2341 CSCD 2342  or any two semesters of the same foreign language


Acceptable minor fields:

Any approved minor

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