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Nov 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Political Science, Public Safety Administration, B.A.
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Program Requirements
Core Requirements: Minimum of 38 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.
Other Major Requirements: Grade of C or higher required in all major courses.
Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester.
Online Degree Completion
This program has an online degree completion option for the final two years. See here for more information: https://www.uncfsu.edu/fsu-admissions/online
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University College Core Curriculum: 38 Credits
Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits
UNIV 101-102 required for all first-time students; UNIV 110 required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111 may be required based on academic performance.
Select one option from the following:
Transitional Studies - Life Skills: 2 Credits
Select two credits from the following:
Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits
Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
Information Literacy: 3 Credits
Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Select one from the following:
Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3 Credits
MATH 121 may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab. Select one from the following:
- MATH 123 - College Algebra
- MATH 126 - Quantitative Reasoning
- MATH 128 - Quantitative Reasoning for Business
- MATH 129 - Precalculus Mathematics I
- MATH 130 - Precalculus Mathematics II
- MATH 131 - Algebra and Trigonometry
- POLI 240 - Introduction to Political Statistics
- STAT 202 - Basic Probability and Statistics
Scientific Literacy - Natural Sciences: 7 Credits
At least one natural science class must include its associated lab. Some majors require two lab sciences, increasing requirement to 8 credits.
- ASTR 101 - Introduction to Astronomy I: The Solar System
- ASTR 101L - Introduction to Astronomy Lab I: Rocket Science
- ASTR 102 - Introduction to Astronomy II: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
- ASTR 102L - Introduction to Astronomy Lab II: Our Place in Space
- ASTR 213 - Life in the Universe
- ASTR 214 - Special Topics in Astronomy: A Cosmic Perspective on the Sustainability of Human Civilization
- BIOL 111 - General Biology I
- BIOL 111L - General Biology I Lab
- BIOL 131 - General Biology II
- BIOL 131L - General Biology II Lab
- BIOL 150 - Principles of Biology I
- BIOL 150L - Principles of Biology I Lab
- BIOL 160 - Principles of Biology II
- BIOL 160L - Principles of Biology II Lab
- CHEM 105 - Introduction to Chemical Principles Lecture
- CHEM 105L - Introduction to Chemical Principles Laboratory
- CHEM 106 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Lecture
- CHEM 106L - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 141 - General Chemistry I Lecture
- CHEM 141L - General Chemistry I Laboratory
- CHEM 161 - General Chemistry II Lecture
- CHEM 161L - General Chemistry II Laboratory
- ENEC 201 - Introduction to Ecology
- ENEC 201L - Introduction to Ecology Laboratory
- ENEC 202 - Nature and Environment
- ENEC 202L - Nature and Environment Laboratory
- GEOG 200 - Weather and Climate
- NSCI 111 - Comprehensive Physical Science Lecture
- NSCI 111L - Comprehensive Physical Science Laboratory
- NSCI 121 - Modern Biology
- NSCI 121L - Modern Biology Lab
- PHYS 115 - General Physics I
- PHYS 116 - General Physics II
- PHYS 125 - College Physics I
- PHYS 125L - College Physics I Laboratory
- PHYS 126 - College Physics II
- PHYS 126L - College Physics II Laboratory
Scientific Literacy - Social Sciences: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
Global Literacy: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 30+ transfer credits from a foreign institution. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Select one from the following:
Ethics and Civic Engagement: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Select three credits from the following:
Program Requirements: 82 Credits
Political Science Courses: 27 Credits
Choose One of the Following:
Choose Two from the Following:
Choose One of the Following:
Major Electives: 18 Credits
Choose six courses from ENEC 210-499 or any POLI or HIPO designation.
Concentration Courses: 15 Credits
Choose five courses from the following:
Emergency Preparedness Technology Courses (Major 100/200 Transferable Coursework):
- EPT 120
- EPT 124
- EPT 130
- EPT 140
- EPT 150
- EPT 150
- EPT 210
- EPT 220
- EPT 225
- EPT 230
- EPT 260
- EPT 275
- EPT 280
Social Sciences Requirements: 6 Credits
Choose four courses from the following:
Total Credit Hours: 120
* May also satisfy a University College Core requirement. If so used, must be offset by an equal number of credit hours from Political Science major elective courses (POLI, HIPO, ENEC, etc.).
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