Political Science Department
Political Science Major
Curriculum Year: 2016-2017
Your department has developed this road plan, taking into account prerequisites and schedule restrictions.
You should pay attention to these concerns when deviating from this plan.
Fall
Units
PLS201
GEAreaD1b
4
ENG110or108or100
(seeEnglishstretch)
GEAreaA2
HST202
GEAreaD1b
4
GEAreaB4
(STA120recommended)
4
Econ201or202
4
SupportCore/GED2
PHL202/ENG105
TotalUnits
4
4
Anyapprovedcourseinarea
B1-2,C1-3,D3,orE
4
Anyapprovedcourseinarea
B1-2,C1-3,D3,orE
4
TotalUnits
TotalUnitsforYear
16
46
GE
16
Comment
StudentsmustcompleteGEAreaB4intheir
firstyear.Statistics120isrecommended.
IfEC 201or202istakentofulfillGEAreaD2, it
willmeetthe4unitsupportcourse
requirement.
Selectonecourse
GEAreaA3
GE
14
Units
MajorCore
4
TotalUnits
Spring
PLS205/205A
Selectonecourse
GEAreaA1
4
Units
4
COM100/COM204
2
MajorCore
Winter
MajorCore
PLS101
Year1
PLS202
OnecoursemustbecompletedineachoftheGE
areasB2,B3,C1,C2,C3,D2,D3,andE.
AtleastonelabcoursemustbetakenfromB2
orB3.
IfPLS201istakentofulfillGEAreaD1,itwill
meetthe4unitsupportcourserequirement.
PLS204
Fall
PLS206
4
MajorCore
GE
Year2
Winter
PLS203
MajorCore
PLS207
MajorCore
GE
4
MajorCore
Anyapprovedcourseinarea
B1-2and1unitB1-2lab
4/5
Anyapprovedcourseinarea
B1-2,C1-3,D3,orE
4
GE
Units
TotalUnits
16/7
Spring
PLSAmerican
InstitutionsElective
PLSPublicLawand
PoliticalTheoryElective
GE
4
4
Anyapprovedcourseinarea
B1-3,C1-3,D2-3,orE
4
Anyapprovedcourseinarea
B1-3,C1-3,D3,orE
4
GE
Units
TotalUnits
16
Units
4
4
Anyapprovedcourseinarea
B1-3,C1-3,D3,orE
4
UnrestrictedElective
4
TotalUnits
TotalUnitsforYear
Comment
PLSElectiveCoreCourses(upperdivision)must
beselected fromthedepartmentapprovedlist.
Twocourses arerequiredfromeachPolitical
Science subfieldgrouping(seeboxesonbackof
curriculumsheet)and12additionalsemester
unitsof u p p e r d i v i s i o n PoliticalScience
coursesfromanysubfield.
16
48/9
AllmajorsshouldcompletePLS101/101A,201,
202,203, 204,205/205A,206,and207bythe
endoftheir sophomoreyearorbytheendof
theirfirstyear ofresidencywhichevercomes
later.
Year3
Fall
Units
PLSElectiveIR/Comp.
3
PLSElectivePublicLaw/Theory
3
PLSElective(anyupperdivisionPLS
3
course)
GEC4
3
UnrestrictedElective
3
**TaketheGraduationWritingTest**
TotalUnits
Spring
PLSElectiveAm/Pub.Adm.
PLSElectiveIR/Comp.
PLSElective(recommendedPLS3711
Fieldwork/Internship)
GEB5
UnrestrictedElective
Units
Comment
PLSElectivesareupperdivisioncourses
3
inPoliticalScience.SeeCurriculumSheet
3
TotalUnits
15
forrequirements.
AllGEAreaAcourseslowerdivisionGE
coursesinaGEareamustbecompleted
beforetakingtheGESynthesiscoursein
thatarea.
TheGraduationWritingTestmustbe
takenbetweenthecompletionof90-120
units.
Total Units for Year
30
15
3
3
3
Year4
Fall
Units
PLS4610SeniorThesisor
3
4650SeniorInternship
PLSElective(anyupperdivision
3
PLScourse)
GED4
3
UnrestrictedElective
3
UnrestrictedElective
3
**Fileanapplicationtograduate**
Spring
PLS4620orPLS4660(continueFall
sequence
PLSElective(anyupperdivisionPLS
course)
UnrestrictedElective
UnrestrictedElective
UnrestrictedElective
Units
3
3
3
3
3
Comment
TheSeniorThesis4610-4620andthe
SeniorInternship4650-4660aretwocoursesequences.Studentstakeonly
onesequenceanditmustbetakenin
thestudent'sfinalyear.
Thismeansthatgraduatingseniors
shouldbeenrolledineitherPLS4610or
PLS4650inthefallsemesteroftheir
senioryear.
TotalUnits
15
TotalUnits
Total Units for Year
15
27
Total Units on Plan
Major& Option Core Units
GeneralEducationUnits
UnrestrictedElectiveUnits
154* *Thesetotalscombinequarterand
68* semesterunits.
57*
15-24