Political Science Major, American Politics Concentration: Bachelor of Science

Core Curriculum Requirements

60 Hours

All baccalaureate programs at North Georgia have as a requirement the satisfactory completion of at least 60 semester credit hours comprising the six areas of the core curriculum. A complete description of Areas A-E of the core curriculum can be found in Core Curriculum. Individual degree programs may specify exceptions and/or particular courses which must be taken within each Area A-E of the core curriculum. Those exceptions and/or course requirements and Area F of the core curriculum are shown below.


Area A	no exceptions
Area B	no exceptions
Area C	no exceptions
Area D	no exceptions
Area E	Political Science majors with an AP concentration should not take POLS 1101 or ECON 2105 in Area E. These courses must be taken in Area F.
Area F: Courses Related to the Area of Study		18 hours
POLS 1101		3 hours
POLS 2101		3 hours
ECON 2105		3 hours
ECON 2106		3 hours
Choose one of the following:
PHIL 2200, FLAN 2001, ENGL 3160, ENGL 2230 or JOUN 1010		3 hours
Choose one of the following:
CSCI 1250 or PHIL 2500		3 hours

Major Area

1. Required courses	18 hours
POLS 3601	3 hours
POLS 3602	3 hours
POLS 4470	3 hours
POLS 3200 or 4200 series (International Relations)	3 hours
POLS 3300 or 4300 series (Political Theory)	3 hours
POLS 3100 or 4100 series (*American Politics not listed below)	3 hours

2. Concentration Courses (21 hours)

POLS 3122 or 3123 or 3124	3 hours
POLS 4110	3 hours
POLS 4111	3 hours
POLS 3/4000	3 hours

9 hours from the following:

MGMT 3661	3 hours
MGMT/PSYC 4669	3 hours
SOCI 3/4xxx	3 hours
HIST (Amer) 3/4xxx	3 hours

3. Internship (12 hours total credit required)

POLS 4485

12 hours

Students must perform two 6 hour credit internships in any of the following five areas: Interest groups, political campaigns, administrative offices and legislative/executive offices.

Electives to bring the total to 120 hours.

Military Science requirement (for military students)

U.S. & Georgia Constitution and History requirements

Regents' Skills Test or exemption (must be taken during the first semester)

Up one level:

Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice