ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE – OPTION IN ARTS & SCIENCES2012 - 2013
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Award: Associate of Arts Degree – Option in Arts & Sciences
No. of credits required: 
63-65
For more information: Contact Dr. Stephanie Hallock 443-412-2262, shallock@harford.edu; or Advising, Career, and Transfer Services, 443-412-2301.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This option is designed primarily to prepare students for transfer to baccalaureate programs with majors in Political Science.

PROGRAM GOALS
Upon completion of the AA in Political Science, students will be able to:
  1. Analyze current issues/events through historical and contextual lenses.
  2. Construct personal political opinions supported with relevant evidence, and express them in cogent and compelling written and oral formats.
  3. Evaluate the connection between themselves and the communities in which they live (local, national and global).
  4. Participate effectively in the democratic process.
  5. Perform successfully in a baccalaureate program.

TRANSFER INFORMATION
Liberal arts colleges and universities typically offer Political Science as a major. The political science courses at Harford are accepted for transfer to Maryland colleges and universities and to public and private institutions nationwide.

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
 The Political Science program prepares students for careers in government, law, urban planning, teaching, foreign service and research.


Note: The following codes identify courses which satisfy the General Education Degree Requirements:
          Behavioral/Social Science+
          English Composition
          Arts/Humanities+
          Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues
          Biological/Physical Laboratory Science
          Mathematics
          Biological/Physical Science
 + For AS, AA, and AAT degrees, Behavioral/Social Science and Arts/Humanities electives must be selected from two different disciplines.
 

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Recommended Course Sequence

First Semester Credits
ENG 101English Composition 3
PS 101American National Government 3
PSY 101General Psychology 3
Biological/Physical Science Elective 3-4
General Elective3
Physical Education/Fitness Elective1
 Semester Total16-17
   
Second Semester Credits
ENG 109English Composition: Research Writing 3
PS 102State and Local Government 3
SOC 101Introduction to Sociology 3
Mathematics Elective 3-4
General Elective3
Physical Education Elective1
 Semester Total16-17
   
Third Semester   Credits
HIST 103History of the United States I 3
PS 201Introduction to International Relations 3
Arts/Humanities Elective 3
Behavioral/Social Science or Language Elective* 3
Biological/Physical Lab Science Elective 4
 Semester Total16
   
Fourth Semester Credits
HIST 104History of the United States II 3
CMST 101Speech Fundamentals 3
Arts/Humanities Elective 3
Behavioral/Social Science or Language Elective*3
General Elective3
 Semester Total15
   

*Behavioral/Social Science Elective - Any course in anthropology, criminal justice, economics, geography, history, paralegal studies, political science, psychology, and sociology.