Political Science Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college-level foreign language is required for this degree.
| INTRODUCTION TO US POLITICS | 5 |
| INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY | 5 |
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 5 |
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | 5 |
| U.S. JUDICIAL PROCESS | 5 |
| or | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
| ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT | 5 |
| or | MODERN WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT |
| INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS | 5 |
| or | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS |
| or | INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY |
| or | U.S. FOREIGN POLICY |
| THE U.S. PRESIDENCY | 5 |
| U.S. CONGRESS | 5 |
| or | U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS |
| SENIOR CAPSTONE | 5 |
| PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT | 1-2 |
| U.S. JUDICIAL PROCESS | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | |
| U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES | |
| JURISPRUDENCE | |
| BASIC CONCEPTS OF CRIMINAL LAW | |
| U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM | |
| AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT | |
| FEDERALISM, STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS | |
| THE U.S. PRESIDENCY | |
| PUBLIC MANAGEMENT | |
| U.S. CONGRESS | |
| U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS | |
| STATE LEGISLATIVE POLITICS EXPERIENCE | |
| MOCK TRIAL I | |
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS | |
| MOCK TRIAL II | |
| INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS | |
| INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | |
| INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | |
| U.S. FOREIGN POLICY | |
| COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL WATER POLICY | |
| EUROPEAN POLITICS | |
| POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY | |
| POLITICS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA | |
| POLITICS OF SOUTH ASIA | |
| TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS | |
| JURISPRUDENCE | |
| ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT | |
| MODERN WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT | |
| AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT | |
| MARX AND MARXISM | |
| NATIONS, NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM | |
| TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY | |
| Total Credits | 72 |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BA in Political Science from EWU should be able to:
- analyze the values that underlie different forms of governments;
- appraise political issues;
- communicate about politics clearly and professionally;
- critique foundational issues embedded in political questions;
- explain how socioeconomic diversity plays a role in political affairs.