May 31, 2024

LSU Shreveport 2023-24 Catalog

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LSU Shreveport 2023-24 Catalog

History (Political Science), BA

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University Requirements

^FRESHMAN SEMINAR: Required of all first-time freshmen and all transfer students with fewer than 30 total semester hours of credit.

FS 103 - LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS-LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT 3 Credit Hour(s) ^

Credit Hours: 3

General Education Requirements

English Composition

ENGL 105 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 115 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION II 3 Credit Hour(s)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

ECON 201 - PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
OR
ECON 202 - PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE 3 Credit Hour(s)

Mathematics

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

MATH 121 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s)
Mathematics 3 Credit Hour(s) *

Natural Sciences*

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Humanities

PHIL 105 - EXPLORING PHILOSOPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
OR
PHIL 250 - ETHICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
COMM 135 - PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 145 - US HISTORY TO 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)

Fine/Performing Arts*

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Credit Hours: 39

B.A. Requirements

Literature

ENGL 205 - SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE I 3 Credit Hour(s)

Fine Arts

Fine/Performing Arts elective 3 Credit Hour(s)

History

HIST 105 - HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 106 - HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1500-1815 3 Credit Hour(s)

Foreign Language

The student shall complete nine hours in one foreign language.

Credit Hours: 21

Program Requirements

HIST 107 - HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1815-PRESENT 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 146 - US HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 299 - SOURCES AND METHODS IN HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 499 - SENIOR SEMINAR 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 151 - AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 211 - THE JUDICIAL PROCESS AND THE SUPREME COURT 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 330 - RESEARCH METHODS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 411 - AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 427 - WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT 3 Credit Hour(s)
History electives - select 9 hours from European History; 9 hours from American History; and 3 hours from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A minimum of 15 hours must be 300/400-level. 21 Credit Hour(s)
Political Science elective (200+) 3 Credit Hour(s)

One of the following:

POLI 203 - EUROPEAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 204 - THIRD WORLD POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 256 - GOVERNMENT OF LOUISIANA 3 Credit Hour(s)

One of the following:

POLI 307 - URBAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 316 - LEGISLATIVE POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLI 317 - PRESIDENTAL POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)

Credit Hours: 57

Total Credit Hours: 120

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