Sample Schedule: Political Science, BA (124 Semester Hours) - Hofstra University

Apr 30, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

FIRST-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
WSC 001 - Composition	3	WSC 002 - Composition	3
PSC 001 - (BH) American Politics	3	PSC 002 - (BH) Comparative Politics	3
Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course	3	Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) Distribution Course	3
Math (MA) Distribution Course	3	Natural Science (NS) Distribution Course	3
Foreign Language or Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Foreign Language or Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15

SECOND-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
PSC 142 - Western Political Theory: Plato to Hobbes or PSC 135 - International Politics	3	PSC 143 - Ideas in Conflict: Modern Democratic and Totalitarian Political Thought or PSC 135 - International Politics	3
ECO 001 - Principles of Economics or ECO 007 - (BH) Explorations of Current Economic Issues	3	Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Distribution Course	3
PSC Elective Course	3	Cross-Cultural (CC) Distribution Course	3
Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Course	3	Literature (LT) Distribution Course	3
Foreign Language or Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	PSC Elective Course	3
Elective Course	1
Total Semester Hours	16	Total Semester Hours	15

THIRD-YEAR

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Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
PSC Elective Course	3	PSC Elective Course	3
PSC Elective Course	3	PSC Elective Course	3
History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course	3	Writing Intensive (WI) Course Requirement	3
Social Science Elective Course	3	Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Course Requirement	3
Social Science Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Elective Course	1	Elective Course	1
Total Semester Hours	16	Total Semester Hours	16

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
Social Science Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Writing Intensive (WI) Course Requirement	3	Elective Course	3
Social Science Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
PSC Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
PSC Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Elective Course	1
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15
Program Total		124

^{Updated March 2023}

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