Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (BAS)
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (BAS)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
COURSES |
CREDIT HOURS (BAS) |
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Professional Studies |
3 |
English |
9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II |
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ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II |
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Fine Arts |
3 |
History |
6 |
Choose two: HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 HIST 2301 - World Civilization I HIST 2302 - World Civilization II |
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Kinesiology |
2 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived. |
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Mathematics |
3 |
Choose one: MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1304 - Trigonometry MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis MATH 1308 - Calculus for Business Analysis MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I |
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Natural Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only) |
4 |
Religion |
12 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey |
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plus 6 additional RELI hours
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Social Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only) |
6 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government |
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TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS |
48 |
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Major |
30 |
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics ECON 4312 - History of Free Market Thought PHIL 2301 - Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 4303 - Ethics POLS 3313 - Internship in Political Science (S-L) POLS 4302 - Comparative Government POLS 4310 - Fundamentals of International Relations (S-L) Choose two of the following: LED 3307 - A Christian Worldview of Business, Politics, and the Law LED 4301 - Introduction to Leadership LED 4308 - Great Leaders in History PHIL 3303 - Philosophy of Religion POLS 2303 - Statistics for the Social Sciences POLS 4305 - American Political Tradition POLS 4306 - Religion and Politics in the United States Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. |
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Electives* |
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Upper-Level** **will require 21 hours if POLS 2303 is chosen in the major. |
18 |
Lower or Upper-Level |
24 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED |
120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. For Inverted Degree students, all elective hours can be either lower- or upper-level, and the minimum University requirement of 42 hours of upper-level credit can be waived. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours Exception: Inverted Degree Program).
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
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