Apr 09, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Political Science, BS

Program Coordinator: Jody Baumgartner (A-114 Brewster Building; 252-328-2843; baumgartnerjo@ecu.edu)

The degree requires a minimum of 120 s.h. as follows:

1. General education requirements - 40 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry general education credit view the General Education Program section.)

2. Core - 21 s.h.

POLS 1010 - National Government
POLS 2010 - Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
POLS 2020 - Introduction to International Relations
POLS 2090 - Writing for Political Science (required for majors who choose the restricted electives option)
or
POLS 2091 - Legal Writing (pre-law concentration students may take POLS 2090 or POLS 2091)
POLS 3031 - Research Design for Political Science
POLS 3032 - Statistical Methods for Political Science

Choose 3 s.h. from:

3. Restricted electives or pre-law concentration

(Choose either restricted electives or the pre-law concentration.)

a. Restricted electives - 33 s.h.

American politics, campaigns and elections (6 s.h.)

Choose 2 courses from the following:

Comparative government and international relations (6 s.h.)

Choose 2 courses from the following:

Public Administration and Policy (6 s.h.)

Choose 2 courses from the following:

POLS electives (15 s.h.)

Choose 5 POLS courses above 2999.

b. Pre-law concentration - 33 s.h.

(A minimum 2.5 GPA is required to be accepted into this concentration. Pre-law students are required to complete program core courses.)

Required concentration courses (12 s.h.)

Restricted electives (12 s.h.)

Choose 4 courses from the following (at least 2 courses must be above 2999):

POLS electives (9 s.h.)

Choose 3 POLS courses above 2999.

4. Minor (or second major) and electives to complete requirements for graduation.

(No course counted for the POLS major may count for the POLS minor.)