Public Policy and Service, BS

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Public Policy and Service Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course	*Fall Cr.*	*Spr. Cr.*
First Year
MAJOR	PS 120 - (S) U.S. Politics: Principles & Citizenship — PS 121 - (S) U.S. Politics: Institutions & Policy	3	3
GE ELECT	GE ELECT — Free Electives		6
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE EP	PS 110 - (FYOC,FYDT) Scranton and the World ¹	3
GE WRTG	WRTG 107 - (FYW) Composition	3
GE T/RS - PHIL	T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible — PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy	3	3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminar^*
		15	15
Second Year
MAJOR	PS 232 - Public Administration — PS 234 - Policy Analysis	3	3
MAJOR	PS 210 - (Q,EPW) Political Science Research	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE PHIL - T/RS	PHIL 210 - Ethics — T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
MAJOR	PPS ELECT - PPS Elective in Political Science²		3
		15	15
Third Year
MAJOR	PS 336 - Organizational Theory and Behavior	3
MAJOR	PPS ELECT - PPS Electives in Political Science²	3	3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - National Science Electives	3	3
GE T/RS	T/RS 213 - (P) American Catholic Thought or T/RS 231 - (P) God and the Good Society or T/RS 232 - (P) Catholic Social Thought or T/RS 234 - (P,D) Peacemakers T/RS 236 - (P) God and Money or T/RS 244 - (P,D) The Catholic Church and American Culture	3
COGNATE	PPS ELECT - PPS Electives in Non-Political Science Major	3	6
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives		3
		15	15
Fourth Year
MAJOR	PPS ELECT - PPS Elective in Political Science²	3
MAJOR	PS 480 - Political Science Internship I /PS 481 - Political Science Internship II or Independent Study	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	9	15
		15	15
	Total: 120 Credits

¹The Department recommends that students enroll in PS 110 in order to satisfy First Year Oral Communication and First Year Digital Technology requirements.

²Select PPS electives from the following: PS 110 , PS 135 , PS 216 , PS 231 , PS 241 , PS 318 , PS 319 , PS 325 , and PS 339 .

*The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements both for the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with an advisor in the Advising Center if you have any questions.

Public Policy and Service, BS

Public Policy and Service Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 120 Credits