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GRAND TOTAL Meredith General Education Requirement Credits Political Science with a Concentration in Pre-Law 36 hours MEREDITH SIGNATURE Core (21) 1 U.S. Perspectives 1-3 Additional required courses for concentration: Courses designated "US". [on WebAdvisor and the Gen Ed website] POL 301 Civil Liberties or POL 302 Civil Rights Law (3) 2 Global Perspectives 1-3 POL 401 Moot Court (3) Courses designated "GP". [on WebAdvisor and the Gen Ed website] Electives (9) 3 Ethical Perspectives 1-3 Political Science (Core) 21 hours Courses designated "EP". [on WebAdvisor and the Gen Ed website] Students must take the core curriculum plus additional requirements for one of LANGUAGE SKILLS three concentrations. 4 ENG 111 Principles of Writing 3 POL 100 American Political Systems (3) 5 ENG 200 Critical Reading and Writing 3 POL 200 Law and Society (3) 6 Foreign Language Requirement 0-9 POL 203 American Public Policy (3) Complete through the 1st intermediate level (205) in one language. POL 204 Comparative Politics or POL 210 International Politics (3) MEREDITH DISTRIBUTION POL 334 Research Design and Methods (3) Arts & Aesthetics POL 380 Internship (3) 7 A total of 3 credits in specfied Art, Dance, or Theatre courses, or Music, Applied 3 POL 498/9 or 480 Honors Thesis/Senior Research or Enhanced Ensembles, and other courses listed on the Gen Ed website. Fieldwork (3) Humanities and Social Sciences 8 Religious and Ethical Studies, any 100-level course 3 Electives (must take courses from at least two disciplines) 9 HIS 101, 102, or 103 3 ACC 220 Financial Accounting (not open to freshman) (3) 10 Literature 3 BUS 340 Busincess Law and Ethics (not open to freshman) (3) Includes courses from Communication, English, Foreign Languages, Religious BUS 458 Employee Relations Management (3) and Ethical Studies, and other as approved - all listed on Gen Ed website COM 225 Public Speaking (3) 11 Cultural Elective 3 COM 320 Media Law (3) One course chosen from History, Philosophy, or Religion above the 100 level, COM 385 Persuasion (3) and a wide variety of other courses listed on the Gen Ed website ENG 247 Publishing and Editing (3) 12 Social and Behavioral Sciences 6 ENG 280 Special Topics in Professional Writing (3) Any 6 credits in ECO (except ECO 274), POL, PSY, SOC, COM 260, and GEO 205 ENG 358 Professional Writing (3) 13 Mathematics (MAT 175, MAT 181, or MAT 191) 3-4 LEG 400 Legal Survey (3) 14 Laboratory Science (BIO 105/145, BIO 110/151, BIO 322/342, BIO 338/348, 4 LEG 401 Legal Research (requires LEG 400) (3) CHE 111/141, GEO 200/240, or PHY 211/241) MAT 175 Statistics I (3) 15 Natural Science, Mathematics, or Computer Science elective 3 POL 205 Political Ideas Seminar (3) Any 3 credits chosen from BIO, CHE, CS, GEO (except 205), MAT (except MAT POL 301 Civil Liberties (3) 160 and 260), PHS, or PHY. POL 302 Civil Rights Law (3) 16 PED-DAN activity, or three activity plus option in HED or FN 227 4-6 POL 340 State and Local Politics (3) 17 Across the curriculum threads 1 WI course, 1 OC course, and 1 IL course POL 367 Lobbying and Advocacy (3) 18 Experiential Learning: 1 approved occurance RES 104 Religious Ethics and Social Issues (3) 19 Attendance at 8 academic/cultural events RES 220 Ethics of Love and Justice (3) RES 344 Biomedical Ethics (3) RES 345 Environmental Ethics (3) SOC 231 Social Problems (3) SOC 236 Criminology (3) SOC 242 (3) SOC 335 Race and Ethnic Relations (requires 3 hours in SOC) (3) SOC 342 Juvenile Deliquency (requires 3 hours in SOC) (3) Students must take the core curriculum plus additional requirements for one of SOC 437 Corrections (requires 3 hours in SOC) (3) SWK 200 Human Diversity and Social Justice (3) SWK 330 Social Welfare Policy (3)
Any student pursing an additional Political Science concentration must take an additional 9 hours of coursework that has not already been applied toward the intial concentration.