Political Science Emphasis (Tennessee Transfer Pathway), A.A.

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The Political Science emphasis provides students various foundational courses in the field of political science. The student completes the first two years of requirements leading toward a baccalaureate degree.

To facilitate success in this program, all students should enroll in ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed during their first semester at DSCC.

Major/Concentration Codes: UTPA-UPS

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General Education Requirements

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Electives Credits: 9 ^{(1) (8.) (10)}
Social Sciences Elective Credits: 6 ^{(2) (8.)}
History Electives Credits: 6 ^{(3) (8.)}
Natural Science Electives Credits: 8 ^{(4) (8.)}
Mathematics Elective Credits: 3 ^{(7) (8.)}

Area of Emphasis Requirements

POLS 1030 - American Government Credits: 3
Political Science Elective Credits: 3 ⁽⁵⁾
Foreign Language Sequence I & II Credits: 6 ⁽¹¹⁾
ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed Credits: 3
General Electives Credits: 4 ^(9.)

Total: 60 Semester Hours

Footnotes:

⁽¹⁾ Students who plan to transfer to the UoM must complete at least one fine arts under the Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.

⁽²⁾Students transferring to TTU should take POLS 1010: Introduction to Political Science and SOCI 1010: Introduction to Sociology. Students transferring to MTSU and majoring in International Relations should complete Introduction to Global Politics if possible.

⁽³⁾ Students should confer with their advisor or a representative of the university to which they intend to transfer to determine the recommended history courses. Students who intend to transfer to UTK should take 6 credit hours of a non-U.S. History sequence to fulfill the History requirements. UTC requires that one of the History courses be U.S. History.

⁽⁴⁾ Students planning to transfer to UTK should complete an 8-hour natural science lab sequence.

⁽⁵⁾ Consult catalog or advisor at transferring institution to determine if this Political Science elective course may count towards the major or as a general elective.

⁽⁶⁾ For students planning on transferring to UTK you will need 1-year intermediate level sequence in a single foreign language. A total of 7 credit hours are unspecified, transferable electives are needed to complete the degree requirements.

⁽⁷⁾ Mathematics elective must be general education Mathematics course MATH 1530 or higher.

^(8.) For lists of eligible electives, see the appropriate section of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements .

^(9.)General electives must be selected from courses which are part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway. Consult the Course Descriptions section in this catalog. Courses which are designated as **Not Part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway** should not be taken as general electives.

⁽¹⁰⁾One course must be in literature.

(11) One year sequence in a single foreign language.