Political Science Major with Education Licensure

Requirements for Political Science major with education licensure

In addition to the political science major, students may complete the adolescent to *young adult licensure program for integrated social studies. This program prepares the student to seek licensure for teaching all social studies in grades 7-12 in the schools of Ohio. Information regarding this licensure program may be found under the Education Department section of this bulletin.

The requirements are as follows:

(Political Science Integrated Social Studies majors are exempt from Signature Learning Global Awareness and Social Science Goals.)

Political Science Core (23 hours)
POLS 105 - American Govern and Politics
POLS 120 - Introduction to Political Theory
POLS 210 - International Relations
POLS 230 - Comparative Politics
SOSCI 210 - Social Science Statistics
SOSCI 220 - Social Science Research Methods
Foreign Language: 8 hours in a foreign language (or proficiency test). American Sign Language is not included.

Choose one:

POLS 495 - Political Science Internship
or
POLS 498 - Senior Thesis
Political Science Electives (18 hours):
American Government (choose one):
POLS 205 - Intro to Public Policy
POLS 225 - The American Presidency
POLS 370 - Parties and Elections
Global Politics (choose one):
POLS 340 - Latin American Politics and History
HIST 325 - History of Modern China
HIST 385 - Russian/Soviet History
Political Theory (choose one):
POLS 202 - Philosophy and Politics I: Ancient and Medieval
POLS 209 - Philosophy and Politics II: Modern and Contemporary
POLS 350 - Modern Political Ideologies
Nine additional hours in political science at (300 or 400) course level

Additional Requirements:

plus the requirements listed for the Adolescent to Young Adult Education and Integrated Social Studies.