Political Science (AA.PS)
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First Year
First Semester
COREPOS-160
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
COREHIS-155
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENENG-119
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Credit Hours: 3.00
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Credit Hours: 3.00
GENPSY-271
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENHIS-153
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
First Year
Second Semester
COREPOS-162
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENENG-121
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENSOC-280
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENMAT-124
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Credit Hours: 3.00
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Credit Hours: 3.00
ELE--- ---
Credit Hours: 5.00
Credit Hours: 5.00
Second Year
First Semester
GENCOM-111
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENESC-102
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Credit Hours: 4.00
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Credit Hours: 4.00
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Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENSOC-286
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENHIS-252
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
Second Year
Second Semester
COREPOS-264
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENHIS-156
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
GENSOC-282
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Credit Hours: 3.00
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Credit Hours: 3.00
GENBIO-130
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Credit Hours: 4.00
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Credit Hours: 4.00
ELEINS-299
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Credit Hours: 3.00
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Credit Hours: 3.00
| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| GEN | ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion.
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| GEN | ENG-120 | Composition I ENG-120Students 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.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271Focuses 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.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | HIS-153 | History/Culture of Third World HIS-153The 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.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | POS-160 | American National Government POS-160The 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.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | HIS-155 | History of the U.S. I HIS-155A survey of early American history viewed with an emphasis on the political, social, economic, and ideological foundations of the Republic. Major topics include colonialism, revolution, federalism, nationalism, sectionalism, expansion, slavery, religion, Civil War.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| GEN | ENG-121 | Composition II ENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | SOC-280 | Introduction to Sociology SOC-280Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | MAT-124 | Statistics Pathway ORMAT-124Application 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. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-125 Statistics. Includes supplemental instruction lab.
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| GEN | MAT-125 | Statistics MAT-125Application 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.
| 3.0 |
| CORE | POS-162 | State/Local Govern POS-162Focuses on legal authority, structure, leadership and functions of state, county, city, township, and special district governments. The Illinois state constitution is analyzed.
| 3.0 |
| ELE | --- --- | Transfer Elective --- ---
| 5.0 |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| GEN | COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | ESC-102 | Weather and Climate ORESC-102This course emphasizes the dynamics of the atmosphere with focuses on atmospheric evolution, seasonal controls of climate, human impacts, atmospheric humidity, air pressure, severe weather, and climate classification. Extensive use of Internet resources and software will be required.
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| GEN | --- --- | IAI Physical Science --- ---
| 4.0 |
| GEN | --- --- | IAI Fine Arts --- ---
| 3.0 |
| GEN | SOC-286 | Racial and Ethnic Groups SOC-286An examination of American racial and ethnic diversity with an attempt to understand racial and ethnic relations. The examination is made emphasizing the sociological perspective while including material from the other social sciences.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | HIS-252 | West Civil/1660-Present HIS-252Survey 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.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals | 16.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| GEN | HIS-156 | History of the U.S. II HIS-156Views U.S. History since the end of Reconstruction with emphasis on how the domestic and international conflicts helped shape our modern society.
| 3.0 |
| GEN | SOC-282 | Social Problems ORSOC-282An issue oriented course. Among the issues covered are how sociologists view social problems, the changing family, poverty, race and ethnic relations, aging, crime and criminal justice, human sexual behavior, problems of physical and mental illness, urban problems, and other areas based upon student interests.
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| GEN | --- --- | IAI Social Science --- ---
| 3.0 |
| GEN | BIO-130 | Environmental Science ORBIO-130This course examines the principles that govern natural environments and human interconnections to them. Some topics include resource use, pollution, sustainability, energy, water, food, ecology, evolution, climate change, and population. Laboratory exercises include outdoor field studies and indoor hands-on exercises.
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| GEN | --- --- | IAI Life Science --- ---
| 4.0 |
| CORE | POS-264 | Intro/Interntnl Rel POS-264An 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.
| 3.0 |
| ELE | INS-299 | Independent Study ORINS-299
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| ELE | --- --- | Transfer Elective --- ---
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 64.0 |
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Faculty Contact: Shane Rogers
Faculty Email: srogers@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Phone: 217-234-5236
Email: counsel@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Contact: Shane Rogers
Faculty Email: srogers@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Phone: 217-234-5236
* There are prerequisites, course requisites, or minimum placement test scores for this course.
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester