Political Science
The Associate of Arts degree with a field of study in Political Science is designated for students planning to transfer to a baccalaureate degree program in Political Science or a related field at four-year institutions. The curriculum includes general academic courses and electives that enable students who intend to major in Political Science, Public Affairs or Public Administration to transfer to four-year institutions. A degree in Political Science prepares students for a wide array of career options. These include public administrator, diplomatic corps member, elected official, legislative aide, policy analyst, journalist, lawyer, lobbyist, public opinion surveyor and college professor.
Courses
- ECON 2301 — ♦ ECON 2301 Principles of Economics I - Macro
- ENGL 1301 — ♦ ENGL 1301 Composition I
- ENGL 1302 — ♦ ENGL 1302 Composition II - Rhetoric
- GOVT 2304 — ♦ GOVT 2304 Introduction to Political Science
- GOVT 2305 — ♦ GOVT 2305 Federal Government
- GOVT 2306 — ♦ GOVT 2306 Texas Government
- GOVT 2311 — ♦ GOVT 2311 Mexican American and Latinx Politics
- GOVT 2389 — ♦ GOVT 2389 Academic Cooperative
- HIST 1301 — ♦ HIST 1301 United States History I
- HIST 1302 — ♦ HIST 1302 United States History II
- HIST 2327 — ♦ HIST 2327 Mexican-American History I
- HIST 2328 — ♦ HIST 2328 Mexican-American History II
- HIST 2381 — ♦ HIST 2381 African American History I
- HIST 2382 — ♦ HIST 2382 African American History II
- MATH 1342 — ♦ MATH 1342 Elementary Statistical Methods
- PHIL 1301 — ♦ PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 2306 — ♦ PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics
- PHIL 2307 — ♦ PHIL 2307 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
- SPCH 2335 — ♦ SPCH 2335 Argumentation and Debate