Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook

Political Science Emphasis: University Parallel, A.S. (TTP)


This program is provided for students who plan to earn an Associate of Science degree and transfer to a senior institution to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of Political Science.  Interested students should contact their advisor.

Summary of Required Hours

Fall Credit Hours
   3
GEN 1010 - First Year Seminar   3
  or higher level General Education Math  course  3
   3
1History Sequence   3
   
Spring  
   3
   3
1History Sequence   3
2Humanities/Fine Arts   3
3Social/Behavioral Science     3
   
Fall  
General Elective 3
Humanities/Fine Arts (Literature)   3
Natural Sciences   3
4Political Science Elective 3
Social/Behavioral Science    4
   
Spring  
General Electives 7
Humanities/Fine Arts   3
Natural Sciences   4
Total 60

1Students should confer with their advisor or a representative of the university to which they intend to transfer to determine the recommended history courses.  Students who intend to transfer to UTK should take 6 credit hours of a non-U.S. History sequence to fulfill the History requirements.  UTC requires that one of the History courses be U.S. History.

2Students who plan to transfer to the University of Memphis must complete at least one fine arts under the Humanities and Fine Arts General Education requirement.

3Students transferring to TTU should take POLS 1010 - Introduction to Political Science  and SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology .

4Consult catalog or advisor at transferring institution to determine if this Political Science elective course may count towards the major or as a general elective.