Admission to the Program
This interdisciplinary major is designed for students who want a breadth of
background necessary to participate effectively in decision making for public
affairs and the practical training necessary to deal with social problems as
public issues.
New freshmen and transfer students are admitted through the university's Admissions
Office. Students currently enrolled in the university who wish to transfer into
the Department of Government or develop a double major or minor should have
a grade point average of 2.50 or higher and the approval of the undergraduate
academic adviser.
University Requirements
* A total of 120 credit hours
* 6 credit hours of college writing
* 3 credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination
General Education Requirements
A total of 30 credit hours, consisting of one foundation course and one second-level
course in an approved sequence from each of the five curricular areas.
No more than 6 credit hours may be taken in the same discipline.
Major Requirements
A total of 57 credit hours with grades of C or better.
NO course being counted toward a CLEG degree may be taken Pass/Fail. All course
taken for the CLEG degree MUST be taken as a letter grade.
Course Requirements
* COMM-200 Writing for Mass Communication (3)
* COMM-310 Public Speaking (3)
* ECON-100/ECON-100G Macroeconomics 4:1 (3)
* ECON-200/ECON-200G Microeconomics 4:2 (3)
* GOVT-110/GOVT-110G Politics in the United States 4:1 (3-4)
or
GOVT-120 Introduction to American Politics (3-4)
* GOVT-391 Internship (6)
* GOVT-489 CLEG Seminar (3)
* JLS-104 Introduction to Systems of Justice (3)
One of the following:
* GOVT-105/GOVT-105G Individual Freedom vs. Authority 2:1 (3)
* GOVT 305 Modem Political Thought (3)
* GOVT-306 American Political Thought (3)
One of the following:
* GOVT-215/GOVT-215G Civil Rights and Liberties 4:2 (3)
* GOVT-352 Law and the Political System (3)
24 additional credit hours, including 12 credit hours at the 300 level or above,
selected from a list of approved courses in communication (COMM-xxx), legal
institutions (JLS-xxx), economics (ECON-xxx), and government (GOVT-xxx).
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