Political and Global Affairs, B.A.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

• 6 credit hours from GEOG 2000 , PS 1005 , or PS 1010  (HSSR)
• 3 credit hours from world language 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)

Major Requirements (42 hours)

World Language Requirement (12 hours)

Students meet this requirement by successfully completing the 2020-level or a higher course in a single world language. Students may take 1010, 1020, 2010, and 2020 in sequence, or they may use the MTSU Language Placement Test to start at the appropriate level. See Bachelor of Arts Degree  for additional details.

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (7-19 hours)

Freshman

• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• World language 6 credit hours
• PS 1005 - Introduction to American Politics 3 credit hours (HSSR)
• PS 1010 - Introduction to Global Politics 3 credit hours (HSSR)
• PGA 2000 - Professional Development in Political and Global Affairs 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (HSSR)
• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication/General elective 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
• World language 6 credit hours

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• PS 3210 - International Relations 3 credit hours OR
• PS 3220 - Comparative Politics 3 credit hours

Junior

• Minor courses 9 credit hours
• Political and Global Affairs Electives (GEOG, GS, PLEG, PGA, or PS prefix) 9 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships/General electives 6 credit hours

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• PGA 2100 - Understanding Data and Research in Political and Global Affairs 3 credit hours OR
• PS 3001 - Research Methods in Political Science 3 credit hours OR
• PS 3360 - Law and Policy 3 credit hours

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• PS 4230 - Classical Political Theory 3 credit hours OR
• PS 4700 - American Political Thought 3 credit hours OR
• PS 4920 - Modern Political Theory 3 credit hours OR
• PS 4930 - Introduction to Contemporary Political Philosophy 3 credit hours

Senior

• PGA 4800 - Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
• Political and Global Affairs elective (GEOG, GS, PLEG, PGA, or PS prefix) 3 credit hours
• Political and Global Affairs upper-division elective (GEOG, GS prefix; 3000-4000 level) 3 credit hours
• Experiential Component course 3 credit hours
• Minor courses 6 credit hours
• Minor course/General elective 3 credit hours
• General electives 7 credit hours