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Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Secondary Teacher Preparation Program in Social Science

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Secondary Teacher Preparation Program
University Core Requirements

Prospective students who wish to earn Bachelor of Arts degree in Poltical Science that includes preparation for secondary teaching in this subject area are advised to visit the Center for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation (CUTP) web page. For additional assistance or questions about this program, please contact Tom Gutto at admissions@lmu.edu.

College Writing (3 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students choose one of the following courses:

ENGL 1, 31

Communication or Critical Thinking (3 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students choose one of the following courses:

BUS 32
SPEECH 1, 5, 11
PHILOS 7

Critical and Creative Arts (6 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students choose one course from each category:

Critical Arts Category:
AHIS 3
DANCE 5
ET 61
FILM 1
GR DES 74
MUSIC 1, 32
TH ART 5

Creative Arts Category:
ART 52A, 52B, 52C, 60
ENGL 30A, 30B
ET 19A+19B (both courses are required)
MUSIC 60A+60B (both courses are required), 60C+60D (both courses are required), 84A+84B (both courses are required)
PHOTO 1+2 (both courses are required)
TH ART 41

History (24 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students fulfill requirements in the following three areas:

California History and American Cultures (3 semester hours)
Students fulfill this requirement at LMU.

Contemporary Societies (3 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students take one of the following courses:

HIST 6, 25 OR 39

United States History (6 semester hours):
Santa Monica College students take the following course and fulfill the remaining 3 semester hours at LMU.

HIST 12

World History (12 semester hours):
Santa Monica College students take the following course and fulfill the remaining 9 semester hours at LMU:

POL SC 2

Literature (3 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students take the following course:

ENGL 2

Mathematics, Science and Technology (6 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students choose one mathematics course and one science or technology course:

Mathematics
MATH 21

Science/Technology
ANATMY 1, 2
ANTHRO 1
ASTRON 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
BIOL 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 15, 15N, 21, 22, 23, 46D
BOTANY 1
CHEM 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22, 31
C S 3, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 42, 50, 51, 52, 54
ENGR 16
ENVRN 7
GEOG 1, 3, 5, 7, 20, 23, 24
GEOL 1, 4, 5, 31
KIN PE 3
MCROBIO 1
NUTR 1, 7
PHYS 3
PHYSCS 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24
PRO CR 11
ZOOL 5, 20

Philosophy (6 semester units)
Students are required to take PHIL 160: Philosophy of Human Nature at LMU and 3 semester hours of upper division philosophy to fulfill the core requirement.  Santa Monica College students fulfill the lower division (PHIL 160) requirement at LMU.

Principles of Democracy (3 semester hours)
Students fulfill this requirement at LMU.

Principles of Economics (3 semester hours)
Students fulfill this requirement at LMU.

Principles of Geography (3 semester hours)
Santa Monica College students take the following course:

GEOG 2

Theological Studies (6 semester hours)
Students are required to take one 100-level and one 300-level theology course.  Santa Monica College students fulfill this requirement at LMU.