Plitical Science Majr and Secndary Educatin Cgnate Majr Requirements Catalg Year: 2015-16 Degree: Bachelr f Arts Credit Hurs: 99+ (Plitical Science 36; Secndary Cgnate 63) PR indicates a pre-requisite. CO indicates a c-requisite. Curses within this majr may als satisfy general educatin requirements. Please cnsult http://registrar.cfc.edu/general-edu fr mre infrmatin. Plitical Science Teacher Educatin Prgram (Grades 9-12) Students interested in teacher certificatin in scial studies must cmplete the plitical science majr, the additinal cursewrk required fr scial studies certificatin and the secndary educatin cgnate majr requirements. See the Schl f Educatin, Health and Human Perfrmance sectin f the undergraduate catalg fr a listing f the requirements fr the additinal certificatin cursewrk and the secndary educatin cgnate majr. Students shuld apply fr acceptance t this prgram n later than the secnd semester f their sphmre year. Requirements fr this include admissin t and successful cmpletin f the apprved teacher educatin prgram. Students must successfully cmplete all requirements fr certificatin in secndary educatin. When declaring teacher certificatin in scial studies thrugh the Prgram f Study Management System (POSM), students must first select Declare r Add a Majr and then Secndary Educatin Cgnate frm the majr list. Once this selectin is made, a secnd menu bx will appear with a list f the assciated majrs. Select the plitical science majr and fllw the n-screen instructins. Required Curses OR POLI 101 POLI 103 POLI 104 POLI 150 POLI 205 POLI 405 American Gvernment (3) PR: Nne Wrld Plitics (3) PR: Nne Wrld Reginal Gegraphy (3) PR: Nne Intrductin t Plitical Thught (3) PR: Nne Ding Research in Plitics (3) PR: Nne Capstne Seminar (3) PR: POLI 205; Take in the last 9 credit hurs f POLI curses. Nte: At least 15 credit hurs at the 300-level r abve is required f this majr. Select a minimum f 3 credit hurs in each f the three subfields f plitical science: American Plitics and Prcess POLI 210 POLI 211 POLI 213 POLI 214 POLI 301 POLI 304 POLI 305 POLI 306 POLI 307 Intrductin t Public Administratin (3) PR: Nne Intrductin t Public Plicy (3) PR: Nne State and Lcal Plitics (3) PR: Nne LGBT Plitics (3) PR: Nne Bureaucratic Plitics and Plicy (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin American Freign Plicy Prcess (3) PR: Nne Urbanizatin and Urban Gegraphy (3) PR: Nne Urban Plicy (3) PR: Nne Envirnmental Plicy (3) PR: Nne
POLI 308 POLI 309 POLI 310 POLI 311 POLI 319 POLI 320 POLI 321 POLI 322 POLI 323 POLI 324 POLI 325 POLI 326 POLI 327 POLI 328 POLI 329 POLI 330 POLI 331 POLI 332 POLI 333 POLI 334 POLI 335 POLI 339 Educatin Plicy (3) PR: Nne Health Plicy (3) PR: Nne Urban Applicatins f Gegraphic Infrmatin Systems (GIS) (3) PR: Nne Plicymaking in State Legislatures (3) PR: Nne Special Tpics in Public Plicy (3) PR: Nne Cnstitutinal Law (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin Civil Liberties (3) PR: Nne Urban Gvernment and Plitics (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin The Cngress (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin The Judiciary (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin The Presidency (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin American Plitics and Mass Media (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin Plitical Parties (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin Campaigns and Electins (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin Public Opinin in American Plitics (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin Suthern Plitics (3) PR: Nne Gegraphy f Native Lands/Indian Law (3) PR: Nne Wmen and Plitics (3) PR: Nne Suburbia: Peple, Places, and Plitics (3) PR: Nne Plitical Campaign Cmmunicatins (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin Religin in American Plitics (3) PR: POLI 101 r instructr permissin Special Tpics in American Plitics (3) PR: Nne Glbal Plitics and Spaces POLI 240 POLI 245 POLI 260 POLI 265 POLI 266 POLI 340 POLI 342 POLI 343 POLI 344 Intrductin t Cmparative Plitics (3) PR: Nne Cuban Revlutin (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Relatins Thery (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Plitical Ecnmy (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Diplmacy Studies (3) PR: Nne Plitics f Latin America (3) PR: Nne Plitics f Africa (3) PR: Nne Plitics f East Asia (3) PR: Nne Plitics f the Middle East (3) PR: Nne
POLI 345 POLI 346 POLI 347 POLI 348 POLI 350 POLI 351 POLI 352 POLI 353 POLI 359 POLI 360 POLI 361 POLI 363 POLI 364 POLI 365 POLI 367 POLI 368 POLI 369 POLI 379 Plitics f China (3) PR: Nne Plitics f Sutheast Asia (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Develpment: Theries and Practices (3) PR: Nne Plitics f Prtest and Revlutin (3) PR: Nne Cmparative Gender Plitics (3) PR: Nne Plitics f Cntemprary Brazil (3) PR: Nne Gegraphies and Plitics f the Eurpean Unin (3) PR: Nne Gegraphies and Plitics f Fd (3) PR: Nne Special Tpics in Cmparative Plitics (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Human Rights Law (3) PR: Nne Tpics in Freign Plicy (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Law and Organizatin (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Envirnmental Plitics (3) PR: Nne Internatinal Relatins f the Middle East (3) PR: Nne Gegraphy f Internatinal Cnflict (3) PR: Nne Plitical Gegraphy (3) PR: Nne Plitics f Glbalizatin (3) PR: Nne Special Tpics in Internatinal Relatins (3) PR: Nne Plitics f Ideas POLI 292 POLI 293 POLI 294 POLI 295 POLI 380 POLI 387 POLI 390 POLI 391 POLI 395 POLI 397 POLI 399 Tpics in Gender, Thery and Law (3) PR: Nne Ethics and Plitics (3) PR: Nne Sustainability (3) PR: Nne Law and Sciety (3) PR: Nne Jurisprudence (3) PR: Nne American Plitical Thught (3) PR: Nne Cntemprary Liberalism (3) PR: Nne Utpia/ Dystpia (3) PR: Nne Glbal Plitical Thery (3) PR: Nne Envirnmental Gegraphy (3) PR: Nne Special Tpics in Plitics f Ideas (3) PR: Nne Select 12 additinal credit hurs t cmplete the majr. Chse frm any f the abve subfield curses r the fllwing:
POLI 102 POLI 119 POLI 203 POLI 400 POLI 401 POLI 402 POLI 499 Cntemprary Plitical Issues (3) PR: Nne Special Tpics in Plitics (3) PR: Nne Criminal Justice (3) PR: Nne Tutrial (3) PR: Junir standing; tutr and department chair permissin Reading and Independent Study in Plitical Science (3) PR: Instructr permissin Field Internship (3) PR: POLI 205; junir r senir standing; department permissin, cmpletin f 18 credit hurs in POLI; Nrmally, a minimum cumulative GPA f 2.50 and a POLI majr GPA f 2.80. Bachelr s Essay (3) PR: A prject prpsal must be submitted in writing and apprved by the department prir t registratin fr the curse. Secndary Cgnate Majr Requirements PR indicates a pre-requisite. CO indicates a c-requisite. Curses within this majr may als satisfy general educatin requirements. Please cnsult http://registrar.cfc.edu/general-edu fr mre infrmatin. Students interested in teacher certificatin in secndary educatin must cmplete a cntent majr, additinal cursewrk required fr certificatin (if applicable), and the secndary educatin cgnate majr requirements. Cntent majrs are available in bilgy (Bachelr f Science Teaching Optin), chemistry (Bachelr f Arts), English (Bachelr f Arts), histry (Bachelr f Arts, fr certificatin in scial studies), mathematics (Bachelr f Science teacher educatin track), and physics (Bachelr f Arts). Students must successfully cmplete all requirements fr certificatin in secndary educatin. Required Curses COMM 104 Public Speaking (3) PR: Nne Select tw MATH curses ttaling at least 6 credit hurs frm the fllwing: MATH 103 MATH 104 MATH 105 Cntemprary Math with Applicatins (3) PR: MATH 101 r placement Elementary Statistics (3) PR: MATH 101 r placement Calculus fr Business and the Scial Sciences (3) PR: MATH 101 r placement MATH 111 Pre-Calculus Mathematics (4) PR: Placement r C- r better in MATH 101 MATH 120 Intrductry Calculus (4) PR: Placement r C- r better in MATH 111 MATH 207 Discrete Structures I (3) PR: MATH 105, 111 r 120 MATH 220 Calculus II (4) PR: MATH 120 r HONS 115 MATH 229 Vectr Calculus with Chemical Applicatins (5) PR: Placement r C- r better MATH 120 r HONS 115 MATH 250 Statistical Methds I (3) PR: MATH 105 with a C- grade r better r MATH 111 r MATH 120 r permissin f instructr EDFS 201* Fundatins f Educatin (3) PR: Sphmre standing. Nte: *EDFS 201 is prerequisite t all ther educatin curses with a grade f C r better.
EDFS 303 Human Grwth and Develpment and the Educatinal Prcess (3) PR: Nne EDFS 326* Integrating Technlgy Int Teaching (3) EDFS 330* Classrm and Behavir Management (3) PR: junir r abve EDFS 345 Intrductin t the Educatin f Exceptinal Children and Yuth (3) PR: EDFS 303. EDFS 455 Literacy and Assessment in the Cntent Areas (3) EDFS 456 Teaching Strategies in the Cntent Areas (English, Math, Science, Scial Studies) (3) Nte: *Students must enrll in the Secndary sectins fr each f the curses marked with an asterisk. (See assciate department chair t register fr curses.) Each curse requires a schl-based field experience. Students will need a 3-hur blck f time per week between the hurs f 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mnday thrugh Friday, t cmplete each schl-based experience. Clinical Practice Internship Requirement EDFS 460* Clinical Practice in the Cntent Area (12) PR: Admissin t a teacher educatin prgram and cmpletin f all educatin requirements. This curse is graded pass-fail. A grade f P carries nly earned hurs. It des nt carry quality hurs r quality pints. Nte: *Students seeking recmmendatin fr Suth Carlina certificatin in Secndary Educatin must cmplete the prgram f study abve and meet the admissin, retentin, and exit requirements f the prgram and the Schl f Educatin, Health, and Human Perfrmance. Recmmendatin t the Suth Carlina Department f Educatin fr certificatin in Suth Carlina is cntingent upn successful cmpletin f Clinical Practice, and achievement f passing scres n the necessary Praxis II test(s) fr recmmendatin. Students wh d nt take Clinical Practice may nt earn a degree in Secndary Educatin and will nt be recmmended fr certificatin. See yur faculty advisr fr additinal infrmatin. Additinal Cursewrk required beynd Cntent majr (HIST, POLI, SOCY) fr Scial Studies Certificatin: OR HIST 103 HIST 104 HIST 201 HIST 202 ANTH 101 ECON 200 POLI 101 POLI 104 SOCY 101 Wrld Histry befre 1500 (3) PR: Nne Wrld Histry since 1500 (3) PR: Nne United States t 1865 (3) PR: One curse in pre-mdern histry and ne curse in mdern histry frm the list f apprved curses satisfying the general educatin histry requirement (see http://registrar.cfc.edu/general-edu). United States Since 1865 (3) PR: One curse in pre-mdern histry and ne curse in mdern histry frm the list f apprved curses satisfying the general educatin histry requirement (see http://registrar.cfc.edu/general-edu). Intrductin t Anthrplgy (3) PR: Nne Principles f Micrecnmics (3) PR: Nne American Gvernment (3) PR: Nne Wrld Reginal Gegraphy (3) PR: Nne Intrductin t Scilgy (3) PR: Nne Ntes: Yu shuld apply fr admissin (this is NOT declaring yur majr) t the Teacher Educatin Prgram the semester yu are enrlled in EDFS 201 Fundatins f Educatin. Requirements fr admissin: Minimum verall GPA f 2.75 and 60 earned credit hurs.
Passing scre n the 3 cmpnents f the PRAXIS 1: Pre-Prfessinal Skills Test (Reading, Writing, and Mathematics) as designated by the Suth Carlina Department f Educatin OR qualifying SAT r ACT scres. Dispsitin frms frm (a) a general educatin faculty member, (b) yur EDFS 201 prfessr, and (c) smene wh has bserved yu wrking with children. If a student has transfer credit fr a curse that is equivalent t EDFS 201, they must meet with the Teacher Educatin department chair and cmplete 1 hur f wrk. A grade f C r better in EDFS 201 Fundatins f Educatin. Yur admissin prcess must be cmpleted befre beginning the prfessinal prgram. Yu must cmplete a majr in the cntent area and the cgnate majr t be frwarded t the State Department f Educatin fr certificatin.