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Guided Pathways

Political Science, AA-T (CSU) A0345

Program: A0345
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Suggested Sequence of CourseworkIndicates Courses Offered Online
Fall Semester (Year 1)
Course Prefix Title Units
ENGL 1A Freshman Composition 4.0
POLI 1 American Government & Politics 3.0
CSU ARTS CSU GE C1 Arts Crse 3.0
PSYC 10 Stats for Behavioral Sciences 3.0
MATH 110 (or) Elementary Statistics
Total:   13.0
Winter Semester (Year 1)
Course Prefix Title Units
SPCH 1A Public Speaking 3.0
SPCH 2 (or) Survey Communication Studies
SPCH 8 (or) Professional Speaking
Total:   3.0
Spring Semester (Year 1)
Course Prefix Title Units
CSU HUM CSU GE C2 Humanities Crse 3.0
CSU CRTTH CSU Area A-3 Crit Thnkg Course 3.0
CSU SCNC1 CSU GE B1 Physical Sc Crse 3.0
POLI 2 Comparative Politics 3.0
POLI 5 (or) Political Theory I
POLI 9 (or) International Relations
Total:   12.0
Foreign language recommended for CSU HUM Area PHIL 3 recommended for CSU CRTTH Area
Summer Semester (Year 1)
Course Prefix Title Units
CSU LIFE CSU GE E Lifelng Self Dev Crse 3.0
Total:   3.0
Fall Semester (Year 2)
Course Prefix Title Units
CSU SCNC2 CSU GE B2 Life Sc Crse 3.0
CSU LAB CSU GE B3 Phy/Life Sc Lab Crse 1.0
CSU ELECT CSU Trnsf Course (Elective) 3.0
ANTH 5 Cultural Anthropology 3.0
BUSC 1A (or) Princip of Econ-Macroeconomics
GEOG 2 (or) Human Geography
GEOG 5 (or) World Regional Geography
GEOG 30 (or) Geography of California
HIST 1 (or) History of the United States
HIST 4 (or) World History since 1500
HIST 7 (or) History of the US to 1877
HIST 8 (or) History of the US from 1865
POLI 7 (or) Political Theory II
POLI 10 (or) Environmental Politics
POLI 25 (or) Latino Politics in U.S.
POLI 35 (or) African American/Black Politic
PSYC 1A (or) Introduction to Psychology
SOC 1 (or) Introduction to Sociology
POLI 2 Comparative Politics 3.0
POLI 5 (or) Political Theory I
POLI 9 (or) International Relations
Total:   13.0
HIST 1 or 7 or 8 recommended from list
Winter Semester (Year 2)
Course Prefix Title Units
CSU ELECT CSU Trnsf Course (Elective) 3.0
CSU ETHS CSU GE Area F Ethnic Studies 3.0
Total:   6.0
Spring Semester (Year 2)
Course Prefix Title Units
CSU ART/H CSU GE C-1 or C-2 Art/Hum Crse 3.0
CSU ELECT CSU Trnsf Course (Elective) 3.0
CSU ELECT CSU Trnsf Course (Elective) 3.0
ANTH 5 Cultural Anthropology 3.0
BUSC 1A (or) Princip of Econ-Macroeconomics
GEOG 2 (or) Human Geography
GEOG 5 (or) World Regional Geography
GEOG 30 (or) Geography of California
HIST 1 (or) History of the United States
HIST 4 (or) World History since 1500
HIST 7 (or) History of the US to 1877
HIST 8 (or) History of the US from 1865
POLI 7 (or) Political Theory II
POLI 10 (or) Environmental Politics
POLI 25 (or) Latino Politics in U.S.
POLI 35 (or) African American/Black Politic
PSYC 1A (or) Introduction to Psychology
SOC 1 (or) Introduction to Sociology
POLI 2 (or) Comparative Politics
POLI 5 (or) Political Theory I
POLI 9 (or) International Relations
Total:   12.0
CSU/UC transfer elective to meet 60 units Submit petition: inside.mtsac.edu, Student Tab#45
Program Notes

AA-T Political Science-CSU Pomona 

Political Science is accepted

AA-T Political Science-CSUs

Use link to search for CSUs that accept AA-T Political Science

https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/transfer/Pages/associate-degree-for-transfer-major-and-campus-search.aspx

 

 

Effective Fall 2021
Ethnic Studies General Education Requirement (AREA F)

New California law, AB 1460, requires CSU students to take a class in one of four ethnic studies disciplines: Native American studies, African American studies, Asian American studies, or Latina and Latino studies.

All new Fall 2021 community college CSU-transfer bound students will be required to complete the new general education requirement Mt. SAC refers to it as the Fall 2021 CSU General Education Breadth requirements.

What are the area F-Ethnic Studies course options?

Check the Mt. SAC General Education (CSU) website site for updates

 

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