Political Science, AA-T (CSU) 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
62
Total number of Units
Total Number of Units: 62
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
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
