Recommended Academic Plan
Freshman Year
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS) Rhetoric and Composition or Honors Freshman Composition | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS) | 3 |
| PL SC 001 Introduction to American National Government | 3 |
| Foreign Language ( level 001) | 4 |
| Quantification Course (GQ) | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 16 |
|
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| PL SC 014 International Relations | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS) | 3 |
| Humanities (GH) | 3 |
| Foreign Language (level 002) | 4 |
| Quantification Course (GQ) | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 16 |
|
Sophomore Year
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech | 3 |
| PL SC 003/020 Introduction to Comparative Politics/ Comparative Politics | 3 |
| Humanities (GH) | 3 |
| Foreign Language ( level 003) | 4 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 16 |
|
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| **PL SC 400 course of choice | 3 |
| *Related courses in major | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| Arts (GA) | 3 |
| BA Requirement: Arts, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Quantification or Foreign Language | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 15 |
|
Junior Year
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| **PL SC 400 course of choice | 3 |
| *Related courses in major | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| BA Requirement: Arts, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Quantification or Foreign Language | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 15 |
|
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| PL SC 007/017W Contemporary Political Ideologies/ Introduction to Political Theory | 3 |
| **PL SC 400 course of choice | 3 |
| ENGL 202 (GWS) Effective Writing | 3 |
| Arts (GA) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 15 |
|
Senior Year
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| **PL SC 400 course of choice | 3 |
| *Related courses in major | 3 |
| Other Cultures Course/Elective | 3 |
| BA Requirement: Arts, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Quantification or Foreign Language | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 15 |
|
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| **PL SC 400 course of choice | 3 |
| Health and Physical Activity (GHA) course | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Health and Physical Activity (GHA) course | 1.5 |
| Total Credits: | 15 |
|
General education courses are interchangeable; students may choose the general education course(s) they wish to take in any given semester based on preference, availability, and academic goals.
Scheduling patterns vary for courses according to the semester they are taught.
Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better.
- GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, and GS are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
- US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements which over lap with General Education requirements.
- W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy University Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.
*List of approved course for the 9 credits in Political Science in related disciplines:
- African and African American Studies all courses at the 400-level and above
- Anthropology all courses at the 300-level and above
- Communication 403, 405, 410
- Crime, Law, & Justice 422, 433, 451, 453, 467
- Economics all courses at the 300-level and above
- Geography all courses at the 300-level and above
- History all courses at the 400-level and above
- Philosophy all courses at the 200-level and above
- Political Science all courses at the 300-level and above
- Psychology all courses at the 400-level and above
- Science, Technology, and Society all courses at the 400-level and above
- Sociology all courses at the 400-level and above
- Womens Studies all courses at the 400-level and above
**PL SC 400 course of choice: Use link to see course descriptions http://polisci.la.psu.edu/undergraduate/course_descriptions.html
Contact:
Dr. Daniel DiLeo
Associate Professor of Political Science
Office: 129B Smith Building
Phone: 814-949-5284
E-mail:
WWW:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/dxd22
