Oklahoma State University

1309

Other Requirements • See the College of Arts and Sciences Requirements. • Upper-Division Credit: Total hours must include at least 40 hours in courses numbered 3000 or above. • Hours in One Department: Hours in one department in excess of 54 will be added to the minimum total of 120 required for graduation. College of Arts and Sciences Requirements 1. General Education Requirements No more than two courses (or eight hours) from the major department may be used to meet General Education and College and Departmental Requirements. The General Education required English Composition, required U.S. History, required American Government, one required MATH or STAT course, and required foreign language for B.A. degrees do not count against the two-course maximum. 2. A&S College/Departmental Requirements a. Arts and Humanities are defined as any course carrying an (H) designation or courses from AMST, ART, DANC, ENGL (except ENGL 3323 Technical Writing) HIST, MUSI, PHIL (except PHIL 1313 Logic and Critical Thinking (A), PHIL 3003 Symbolic Logic (A) and PHIL 4003 Mathematical Logic and Computability), REL, TH, and foreign languages. b. Natural and Mathematical Sciences are defined as any course from the following prefixes: ASTR, BIOC, BIOL, CHEM, CS (except CS 4883 Social Issues in Computing), GEOL, MATH, MICR, PBIO, PHYS, and STAT; or courses from other departments that carry an (A) or (N) general education designation. c. The required six hours of upper-division General Education may not include courses from the student’s major department. This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student’s degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives). d. Non-Western Studies Requirement for B.A. and B.F.A.; One 3-hour course in Non-Western Studies (N.W.). This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student's degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives). e. The College of Arts & Sciences requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major requirements and a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major-prefix courses. 3. Foreign Language Proficiency a. The foreign language requirement for the B.A. may be satisfied by 9 hours college credit in the same language, which must include 3 hours at the 2000-level, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; TOEFL exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement. Currently Arabic and Mvskoke are not offered at the 2000-level at OSU. b. The foreign language requirement for the B.S., B.M. and B.F.A. may be satisfied by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language

POLS 3163 POLS 3193 POLS 3223 POLS 3313 POLS 4020 POLS 4223

African Politics (I)

3 3 3 3 3 3

Latin American Politics (IS)

Asian Politics

Middle Eastern Politics

Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics

Social Movements

International Relations Code Title

Hours

POLS 3033 POLS 4010 POLS 4013 POLS 4043 POLS 4053 POLS 4113

International Law

3 3 3 3 3 3

Advanced Topics in International Relations

American Foreign Policy Global Political Economy War And World Politics (I) International Organization

Political Theory Code

Title

Hours

POLS 4553 POLS 4573 POLS 4653 POLS 4670

American Political Thought

3 3 3 3

Democratic Theory

Contemporary Political Thought Advanced Topics in Political Theory

Pre-Law/Public Law Code Title

Hours

POLS 3983 POLS 3993 POLS 4353 POLS 4363 POLS 4963

Courts and Judicial Process (S) Legal Research And Analysis

3 3 3 3 3

Administrative Law

Environmental Law And Policy

U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

POLS 4973 POLS 4980

U.S. Constitution: Civil Liberties Advanced Topics in Public Law

3 3

Public Policy/Emergency Management Code Title

Hours

Public Policy POLS 3493 POLS 4403 POLS 4413 POLS 4453 POLS 4593

Public Policy

3 3 3 3 3

Urban Politics and Management

Government Budgeting

Public Personnel Administration Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Emergency Management: Preparedness and Response Emergency Management: Recovery and Mitigation Introduction to Emergency Management

Emergency Management POLS 3733

POLS 3763

POLS 3813 POLS 3893

3 3

Terrorism & Counterterrorism

(passing grades at second-year level of study). It may also be satisfied by 6 hours college credit in the same language, which must include language courses 1713 and 1813, or