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Political Science - American Politics Concentration, BS (272C)

Appalachian State University · Boone, NC

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Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
45.1002
Total credits (published)
120
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
197869
CourseShelf checklist
CK_197869_91bc8c52
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Foundations of American Democracy Requirement

0 items

    General Education Requirements (41 Hours)

    1 item
    1. General Education Requirements (41 Hours)
      Not resolved to a course

    Major Requirements (59-60 Hours)

    0 items

      Required Political Science Core (14 Hours)

      3 items
      1. P_S 1100 - American National Government and Politics (3) [FAD] [GenEd: SS]
        Not resolved to a course
      2. P_S 3115 - Research Methods (4)
        Not resolved to a course
        or: C_J 3115 - Research Methods (4)
      3. P_S 4800 - Political Science Capstone (1) [CAP]
        Not resolved to a course

      Theory - Choose One

      6 items
      1. P_S 2310 - Political Ideologies (3)
        Not resolved to a course
      2. P_S 3110 - Political Theory Through Sixteenth Century (3)
        Not resolved to a course
      3. P_S 3210 - Political Theory From the Seventeenth Century to the Present (3)
        Not resolved to a course
      4. P_S 3410 - Marxism (3)
        Not resolved to a course
      5. P_S 3580 - Feminist Political Theory (3)
        Not resolved to a course
      6. P_S 4710 - American Political Thought (3) [WID]
        Not resolved to a course

      International & Comparative - Choose One

      2 items
      1. P_S 2120 - International Politics and Foreign Policy (3)
        Not resolved to a course
      2. P_S 2240 - Comparative Politics (3)
        Not resolved to a course

      Political Science Courses (15 Hours)

      0 items

        Required American Politics Courses (Choose 6 Hours)

        7 items
        1. P_S 2130 - State and Local Government (3) [GenEd: SS]
          Not resolved to a course
        2. P_S 3130 - American Political Parties and Interest Groups (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        3. P_S 3230 - American Legislative Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        4. P_S 3370 - Voting, Campaigns, and Elections (3) [WID]
          Not resolved to a course
        5. P_S 3550 - Judicial Decision-Making (3) [WID]
          Not resolved to a course
        6. P_S 4175 - Public Opinion (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        7. P_S 4370 - Political Psychology (3)
          Not resolved to a course

        Additional American Politics Courses (Choose 9 Hours)

        24 items
        1. P_S 2130 - State and Local Government (3) [GenEd: SS]
          Not resolved to a course
        2. P_S 2310 - Political Ideologies (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        3. P_S 3130 - American Political Parties and Interest Groups (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        4. P_S 3150 - Constitutional Law (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        5. P_S 3230 - American Legislative Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        6. P_S 3280 - Public Policy Analysis (3) [WID]
          Not resolved to a course
        7. P_S 3330 - Urban Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        8. P_S 3370 - Voting, Campaigns, and Elections (3) [WID]
          Not resolved to a course
        9. P_S 3430 - North Carolina Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        10. P_S 3431 - Civil Rights Movements and American Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        11. P_S 3435 - Southern Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        12. P_S 3550 - Judicial Decision-Making (3) [WID]
          Not resolved to a course
        13. P_S 3560 - American Politics and Gender (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        14. P_S 3630 - Appalachian Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        15. P_S 3722 - American Foreign Policy (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        16. P_S 4175 - Public Opinion (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        17. P_S 4230 - The Presidency and the Executive Branch (3) [WID]
          Not resolved to a course
        18. P_S 4320 - War and American Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        19. P_S 4370 - Political Psychology (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        20. P_S 4550 - Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        21. P_S 4635 - Politics of Sport (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        22. P_S 4670 - Environmental Politics (3)
          Not resolved to a course
        23. P_S 4675 - Climate Change Politics in Action (3) [GenEd: SS]
          Not resolved to a course
        24. P_S 4710 - American Political Thought (3) [WID]
          Not resolved to a course

        Required Political Science Electives (12 Hours)

        0 items

          Required American Politics Concentration (18-19 Hours)

          0 items

            Choose one Statistics course: (3-4 Hours)

            4 items
            1. ECO 2100
              Business and Economic Statistics I (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            2. STT 1810
              Statistical Investigative Process (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            3. STT 2810
              Introduction to Statistics (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            4. STT 2820
              Reasoning with Statistics (4)
              Not resolved to a course

            Concentration Electives

            35 items
            1. C_J 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            2. C_J 3050 - American Legal Systems (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            3. C_J 4550 - Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
              Not resolved to a course
              or: P_S 4550 - Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
            4. C_J 4680 - Organized Crime (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            5. COM 2300
              Introduction to Mass Communications (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            6. COM 3110
              Small Group Communication (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            7. COM 3155
              Persuasion (3) [WID]
              Not resolved to a course
            8. COM 3300
              Media in Society (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            9. COM 3315
              Political Communication (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            10. C_S 1410 - Introduction to Computer Applications (2)
              Not resolved to a course
            11. ECO 2030
              Principles of Microeconomics (3) [GenEd: SS]
              Not resolved to a course
            12. ECO 2040
              Principles of Macroeconomics (3) [GenEd: SS]
              Not resolved to a course
            13. ECO 3551
              American Economic History (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            14. GHY 3230
              Political Geography and Society (3) [GenEd: SS]
              Not resolved to a course
            15. HIS 2201
              Survey of American Civilization to 1876 (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            16. HIS 2204
              Survey of American Civilization since 1876 (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            17. HIS 3224
              Antebellum America (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            18. HIS 3228
              The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            19. HIS 3230
              Recent United States History (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            20. HIS 3526
              Business History (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            21. HIS 3720
              History of the Old South (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            22. HIS 3722
              Post-Civil War South (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            23. HIS 3820
              United States Foreign Policy (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            24. HIS 3824
              American Urban History (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            25. HIS 3110
              Religion in America (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            26. SOC 2020
              Social Deviance (3) [GenEd: SS]
              Not resolved to a course
            27. SOC 2040
              Popular Culture (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            28. SOC 2060
              Religion and Society (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            29. SOC 2850
              Constructions of Gender (3) [GenEd: SS]
              Not resolved to a course
            30. SOC 3320
              Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation, and Peace (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            31. SOC 3750
              Propaganda, Media and Society (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            32. SOC 4560
              Race and Ethnicity (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            33. SOC 3650
              Political Sociology (3) [FAD]
              Not resolved to a course
            34. SOC 4750
              Wealth, Power, and Privilege (3)
              Not resolved to a course
            35. S_W 2020 - The American Social Welfare System (3) [GenEd: SS]
              Not resolved to a course

            Minor (Required) (12-18 Hours)

            0 items

              Electives (1-8 Hours)

              0 items
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