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Program checklist · Minor

Politics

Farmingdale State College · Farmingdale, NY

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Program
Award
Minor
Total credits (published)
18
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
in- theory and in-practice 12 credits must be selected from Horticulture courses at the 200-level or • Students will evaluate how power influences institutions, political higher processes, and policy outcomes • Students will identify and explain the role of key political actors, Notes: The selection of electives should be done in consultation with a full- institutions, and processes at local, state, national, and global level time member of the Department. Students must maintain a cumulative GPA • Students will analyze the history of normative political thought and of 2.0 in their horticulture courses. define contested concepts such as justice and liberty • Students will evaluate issues underlying contemporary political debates Physics Minor • Students will be able to contrast major political and socioeconomic systems, institutions, and policies around the world The physics minor is designed for students who want to add a • Students will apply critical thinking skills and methods of political concentration in physics to their studies. The critical thinking, data science to understand how governments and institutions interact with management, and analytical problem solving skills taught in physics courses one another are important to a wide variety of career paths, making physics minors • Students will conduct research and synthesize primary and secondary more attractive to potential employers. Students who are interested in sources to better understand past and present political dynamics pursuing graduate education in biology, chemistry, engineering, finance, • Students will communicate succinctly and effectively how political mathematics, or medicine will be particularly well served by this minor, as concepts and theories explain ongoing political developments in the will be students who intend to transfer to pursue a physics major elsewhere United States and around the world in SUNY. The physics department at Farmingdale places a substantial value on performing practical physics research, and students may count academic credits from physics research towards a minor. Required Courses (18 credits)
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196042
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196042_c2e78bef
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements

3 items
  1. 3
  2. As published: “American Politics OR”
    3
  3. As published: “State and Local”
    3

Government

4 items
  1. As published: “Global Politics OR”
    3
  2. As published: “Comparative Politics OR”
    3
  3. 3
  4. Any other POL course at the 200-
    Not resolved to a course
    9
Source. Farmingdale State College, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.farmingdale.edu/2026-2027/catalog.pdf. Captured page NY/196042-farmingdale.edu/pdf/196042-2026-2027-farmingdale.edu.pdf#page=156. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.