ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE IN UNIVERSITY STUDIES
POLITICAL SCIENCE [Emphasis 03016]

Faculty Advisors: Rebekkah Morrow rebekkah.morrow@wosc.edu; Bruce Newman bruce.newman@wosc.edu
[Division Director Mickey Graham mickey.graham@wosc.edu]

Western Oklahoma State College offers high quality courses designed to fulfill the lower level requirements for most senior colleges. Students completing the Associates of Science Degree may transfer to any senior level state institution and expect to find their lower division, general education requirements satisfied. Because departmental requirements vary somewhat at different senior colleges, the student is strongly urged to consult the catalog of the transfer college or university and a faculty advisor.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT Credit Hours: 40
English 3 hours ENGL 1113 English Composition I
3 hours ENGL 1213 English Composition II
Speech 3 hours SPCH 1113 Public Speaking
Physical Science 4/5 hours See Advisor Any GEOL, CHEM, PHYS or PSCI course
Biological Science 4/5 hours BIOL 1134 General Zoology
BIOL 1124 General Botany
BIOL 1114 General Biology
Humanities 6 hours See advisor Any two (2) courses listed as "Humanities"
Social Science 3 hours HIST 1483/1493 American History (1492-1865)/American History (1865-Present)
3 hours POLS 1113 Federal Government
Mathematics 3 hours See Advisor Any College Level Mathematics
Behavioral Science 3 hours PSYC 1113 Introduction to Psychology or
3 hours SOCI 1113 Introduction to Sociology
Physical Education 2 hours See Advisor Any two (2) HPER activity courses
Computer Science 3 hours COSC 1153 Microcomputer Applications
AREA RECOMMENDATIONS Credit Hours: 24
A minimum of 12 credit hours selected from the following list of courses are required. An additional 12 hours may be from the following list of courses or other approved Liberal Arts and Science courses.
3 hours POLS 2203 Introduction to Law
3 hours POLS 2503 Introduction to International Relations
3 hours POLS 2703 Introduction to Political Theory
3 hours HIST 1223 Early Western Civilization
3 hours HIST 1323 Modern Western Civilization
3 hours HIST 1483 American History (1492-1865)
3 hours HIST 1493 American History (1865-Present)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 64

Some of the Political Science specialty areas available from Western are:
Pre-Law