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Academic Program Model
Academic Program Model
Political Science (AA.PS)
This program follows Math Pathway #1. Math requirements for a specific major may vary from one institution to another. Please consult with an academic counselor or academic advisor to confirm the pathway that is applicable to your major and transfer institution.
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
Hours
ENG-120
Composition I
ENG-120
Composition I
Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays.
Course Outline
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3.0
POS-160
American National Government
POS-160
American National Government
The fundamental principles of the American Government are summarized. Such topics as federalism, civil liberties, citizenship, parties and elections, the Presidency, Congress, Judiciary, and national policies and politics are discussed within the framework of the American Constitutional system.
Course Outline
3.0
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Mathematics (IAI M)
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Mathematics (IAI M)
No Description Available
*
3.0
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Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)
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Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)
No Description Available
4.0
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Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)
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Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)
No Description Available
3.0
Semester Totals
16.0
Second Semester
ENG-121
Composition II
ENG-121
Composition II
Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
Course Outline
*
3.0
POS-162
State/Local Govern
POS-162
State/Local Govern
Focuses on legal authority, structure, leadership and functions of state, county, city, township, and special district governments. The Illinois state constitution is analyzed.
Course Outline
3.0
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Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)
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Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)
No Description Available
3.0
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Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F)
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Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F)
No Description Available
3.0
PSY-271
Intr/Psychology
PSY-271
Intr/Psychology
Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing Concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology.
Course Outline
3.0
Semester Totals
15.0
SECOND YEAR
First Semester
Hours
SPE-111
Intro to Speech Communication
SPE-111
Intro to Speech Communication
Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
Course Outline
3.0
POS-264
Intro/Interntnl Rel
POS-264
Intro/Interntnl Rel
An examination of the nation-state system and the sources of conflict in the international community. Comparative political economic systems are studied, as well as the rise of multi-national corporation and international organizations.
Course Outline
3.0
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Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)
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Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)
No Description Available
3.0
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Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)
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Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)
No Description Available
3.0
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Recommended or Open Electives
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Recommended or Open Electives
No Description Available
4.0
Semester Totals
16.0
Second Semester
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Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)
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Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)
No Description Available
3.0
HIS-250
Western Civil to 1660
HIS-250
Western Civil to 1660
A survey of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Western Civilization to 1660. Topics include prehistory, ancient near east, Greco-Roman world, Germanic migrations, middle ages, Renaissance and Reformation, and the beginnings of the Modern World.
Course Outline
3.0
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Electives
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Electives
No Description Available
11.0
Semester Totals
17.0
Total Program Hours
64.0
Suggested Electives
MAT-125
Statistics
MAT-125
Statistics
Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required.
Course Outline
*
3.0
HIS-252
West Civil/1660-Present
HIS-252
West Civil/1660-Present
Survey of Western Civilization with topics including absolutism, the rise of modern science, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Age of Ideology, Imperialism, the Russian Revolutions, World War I, the Rise of Totalitarianism, World War II and the Contemporary Age.
Course Outline
3.0
HIS-153
History/Culture of Third World
HIS-153
History/Culture of Third World
The course will introduce the student to history and culture in the third world from ancient civilizations to the modern era. This course will focus upon broad themes in history and culture and will examine those themes in each major historical era.
Course Outline
3.0
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