2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Science, Public Safety Administration, B.A.


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs of Study

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

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: 

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

Program Requirements: 82 Credits


Major Electives: 18 Credits


Choose six courses from ENEC 210-499 or any POLI or HIPO designation.

Social Sciences Requirements: 6 Credits


Choose four courses from the following:

Electives: 16 Credits


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.).

Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs of Study