Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program is designed to maximize students’ capacity to analyze and interpret the significance and dynamics of political events and governmental processes be they at the global level or at the local community level. Students build an excellent foundation for numerous careers by mastering the accumulated basic general knowledge of political science and developing the related analytical skills. Political science majors most frequently pursue careers in law, business, governmental service, private political organizations, journalism, and academic political science. Many students with yet other career aspirations major in political science so they can understand not only how government affects them, but also how they can affect government.

Modul program

The modules include a core of four courses to provide grounding in the traditional subfields of the discipline: PLS 105 Introduction to American Government; PLS 205 Introduction to Comparative Politics; PLS 207 Introduction to Political Theory; PLS 208 Fundamentals of International Relations; a research methods course: PLS 209 Scope and Methods of Political Science; two upper-level (300- or 400-level) courses in each of two subfields to permit concentration and to acquire a depth of understanding. Subfield coursework is distributed as follows: American Politics: PLS 105, 202, 301, 310, 311, 360, 419, 420, 421, 422, 440, 459, 460, 494; Comparative Politics: PLS 205, 303, 304, 305, 306, 491; International Relations: PLS 208, 302, 317, 318, 319, 492; Political Theory: PLS 207, 300, 307, 308, 407, 493; a senior seminar designed to be a culminating experience: PLS 491 Seminar in Comparative Politics; PLS 492 Seminar in International Relations; PLS 493 Seminar in Political Theory; PLS 494 Seminar in American Politics. Students must successfully complete at least 6 hours of courses selected from physical and natural science, mathematics, computer science, statistics, or quantitative methods in addition to the hours used to fulfill the University general education requirements. The following courses may be used to fulfill the additional 6-hour requirement for the B.S. degree - all courses in astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, geological sciences, physics, mathematics (except MTH 100 and MTH 109), technical mathematics, and, in addition, these courses: BMA 372, ECO 319, FCS 303, PSY 415, PSY 536, QM 262, QM 263, and SCI 101.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Applicant must have completed the following minimum curriculum requirements: four units (years) of English (half or one unit of which may be speech), three units of college preparatory mathematics, two units of laboratory science and two units of social sciences and 2 units of a single foreign language. All applicants whose native language is not English have to obtain a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 paper based, 213 computer based, or 79 internet based or a minimum score of 6.5 in IELTS (International English Language Test System).

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

Bradley University

Nama jurusan

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science