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Dec 04, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
History and Government - Government Concentration, BA/BS
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The Government Concentration is designed to enhance the student’s liberal arts education and also to nurture an understanding of the role of the government and the citizen in a polity. To this end, the program puts an emphasis on the core themes and subjects in three sub-fields. Students in the Government Concentration must successfully complete a minimum of forty-five semester hours in government courses. They will select at least two courses from each sub-field and these courses are to be taken sequentially and in accordance with the profile for the concentration. The choice of courses must be made in cooperation with a faculty advisor. Should the student wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree, rather than a Bachelor of Science degree, then, the student must satisfy a foreign language requirement, which can also be met by passing a Foreign Language Proficiency Examination. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies in government are strongly encouraged to take twelve hours of Foreign Language Electives and, thereby, to graduate with a BA.
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Bachelor Of Arts/Bachelor Of Science History and Government Major
The Department of History and Government offers the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees in History and Government and Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Students who wish to earn the BA degree are required to complete twelve semester hours of a foreign language in addition to other requirements. The BA/BS degrees in History and Government require a minimum of forty-two semester hours for majors in the history concentration and forty-five semester hours for majors in the government concentration. The BS degree in history and government requires thirty-six semester hours for majors in the history (social studies) concentration.
Students who wish to pursue a major or minor in history and government must earn a grade of “C” or higher in departmental courses.
General Education And Institutional Requirements
English Composition (6 semester hours)
Arts and Humanities (6 semester hours)
Sciences (Biology, chemistry, physics, physical science, 1 lab. course req.)
- ____ ___ Science Electives 7-8 Credits
Mathematics 116 or above (3 semester hours )
- MATH ___ Math Elective 3 Credits
Social Sciences (6 semester hours)
Technology (3 semester hours)
- COSC ___ Computer Science Elective 3 Credits
Institutional Requirements (6 semester hours)
Other General (Free) Education Electives (9 semester hours)
- ____ ___ General Education Elective 3 Credits
- ____ ___ General Education Elective 3 Credits
- ____ ___ General Education Elective 3 Credits
Note:
See the full list of University General Education and Institutional Requirements for additional options.
Students are encouraged to take SUMMER courses and attend MINI-SEMESTER in order to have a manageable semester load.
Note: The Department reserves the right to specify suitable general education courses, in keeping with COMAR, for its majors. Core Requirement for All Majors in History and Government (18 semester hours)
Government Concentration Core Requirements (12 semester hours)
Related Requirements (12 semester hours)
Sub-Fields
Students are required to take two courses from each of the following sub-fields: American Government, Comparative and International Politics, and Political Philosophy. At least one course from each sub-field has to be at or above the 300-level. American Government
American Government 2 Courses (one in 300 level) Comparative/International Politics
Comparative Politics & International Relations 2 Courses (one in 300 Level) Political Philosophy
Political Philosophy 2 Courses (one in 300 level) General Government Electives
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