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May 21, 2024
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NSU Catalog 2023-2024
Government (BA)
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As of January 1, 2024 this program will be inactive.
No grade below a “C” will be accepted in a course taken to fulfill the Government requirements.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students demonstrate the ability to comprehend basic concepts, make connections, and showing original thinking. (Cross-curricular Skill: Inquiry and Analysis)
- Students combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and experience of thinking, reacting, and working in an imaginative way characterized by a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking. They effectively communicate disciplinary principles orally and in writing. (Cross-curricular Skill: Critical and Creative Thinking)
- Students show knowledge of the institutions and practices of American Government and can apply them to current affairs. (Cross-curricular Skill: Civic Knowledge and Engagement)
- Students should show historical and moral imagination and communicate such reasoning in an effective manner. (Cross-curricular Skill: Ethical Reasoning)
- Students will demonstrate the ability to develop a thesis statement and addressing that thesis in an articulate manner. (Cross-curricular Skill: Problem Solving)
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Political Philosophy (3 credits)
Advanced American Government (3 credits)
Security Studies (3 credits)
- POLS 207 - Introduction to Homeland Security 3 credits
- POLS 403 - Counterterrorism and Cyber Security 3 credits
- POLS 454 - International Law and Organization 3 credits
- POLS 455 - International Human Rights 3 credits
International Relations/Comparative Politics (3 credits)
Political Science Electives (9 credits)
Degree Requirements (BA) - 9 credits
Arts and Humanities (6 credits)
Two additional courses from those listed in General Education Requirements Goal #4. The courses must be from different disciplines than those selected to satisfy General Education Requirements Goal #4.
A total of four courses are required for the BA degree:
- One year sequence of a foreign language.
- Two courses from different disciplines than foreign language.
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 120 CREDITS
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