Siena Heights University
Law and Politics
Bachelor of Arts Degree
I.
Course Requirements for Major
A.
Program Requirements
1.
PSC 101
2.
#PSC 130
3.
PSC 260
4.
PSC 265
or
PSC 270
5.
PSC 380
6.
PSC 431
or
PSC 430
or
PSC 440
or
CRJ 440
Foundations of Political Thought
American Democracy
Comparative Politics
U.S. Foreign Policy
3
Constitutional Law I: Civil Rights & Civil Lib
3
Constitutional Law II: Government Powers
Criminal Law
Option for Honors
PSC 495
C. Cognate Requirements
1.
#MAT 143
Statistics and Society
or
#MAT 174
Data Analysis and Statistics
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3
International Relations
Public Policy
Law and Society
B.
2.
18 credit hours
3
3
3
Senior Seminar/Thesis
3 credit hours
3
6 credit hours
3
Approved elective from 300/400 level
Anthropology, Criminal Justice, English, Environmental Studies,
Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology,
Religious Studies, Sociology.
3
Choose One (1) of the Following Options:
D.
Emphasis on Politics Track
12 credit hours
Approved courses (taken in any number of disciplines) that focus on two of the following
areas:
American Politics
National Comparisons
International Relations
Policy and Policy Processes
E.
Emphasis on Law Track
1.
PSY 270
Research Methods
or
SOC 341
Research in Social Sciences
2.
PHI 110
Logic
or
PHI 210
Symbolic Logic
3.
PHI ___
One additional philosophy course (any level)
4.
12 credit hours
Choose two (2) additional law courses:
BAM 340
Business Law
CRJ 440
Criminal Law
PSC 430
Constitutional Law I: Civil Rights and Civil Lib
PSC 431
Law and Society
Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2016-2018
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