Political Science/Law and Society Option – AA-T in Law, Public Policy, and Society (2023-Present)

This ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

2023 Political Science, B.A./Law and Society Option

All lower division GE completed. Lower division major requirement of American Political Institutions (POLS 155) completed as part of the AA-T in Law, Public Policy, and Society.

Transfer Year 1: First Semester

Course	Units
POLS 156 or POLS 225 (if not completed prior to transfer)	3
POLS 372 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning )	3
POLS 350 or POLS 411 or POLS 412 or POLS 414	3
Domestic Politics and Policy Requirement*	3
Electives	3
Total	15

Transfer Year 1: Second Semester

Course	Units
Domestic Politics and Policy Requirement*	3
Global Politics and Policy Requirement*	3
Choose two courses from the following: POLS 450, POLS 455, POLS 457A, POLS 457B	3/3
GE Upper Division from Section C or Section F	3
Total	15

Transfer Year 2: First Semester

Course	Units
Domestic Politics and Policy Requirement*	3
Global Politics and Policy Requirement*	3
Political Science Proseminar (POLS 471A-F)**	3
Political Science Upper Division Elective (Domestic, Global, or General POLS)*	3
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F	3
Total	15

Transfer Year 2: Second Semester

Course	Units
Global Politics and Policy Requirement*	3
Political Science Proseminar (POLS 471A-F)**	3
Political Science Upper Division Elective (Domestic, Global, or General POLS)*	3
Electives	6
Total	15

Total units after transfer

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.

*Refer to catalog for course lists.

**One internship, POLS 494I/A, or POLS 494J/A or POLS 427A/L, or POLS 449 can replace 3 units of POLS 471.