Political Science and Government, AA Pre-Major

Pre-Major: Political Science and Government
Associate in Arts Degree

This Pre-Major is designed for the student who plans to transfer
to a Florida public university as a junior to complete a four-year
bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government. Students
who plan to transfer to a limited access program are responsible for
completing the specific requirements of the institution to which they
will transfer as completion of this Pre-Major does not guarantee
admission to an upper division limited access program.
Although this Pre-Major is the best preparation for transfer in this
major, students may be able to earnValencia’s Associate in Arts
Degree: General Studies and still be prepared for transfer in this
major.

All degree-seeking students must satisfy entry testing requirements
and satisfactorily complete all Mandatory Courses in reading,
student success, mathematics, English and English for Academic
Purposes in which the student is placed. Students must complete
all prerequisites for the listed course requirements andValencia’s
foreign language proficiency requirement. Courses meeting the
preceding requirements may be in addition to the 60 credits listed.
The courses do not have to be taken in the order listed; the sequence
suggested is based upon prerequisites and level of course difficulty
for most students.

FOUNDATION COURSES
Course Title Credits Code
+* ENC 1101 Freshman Composition I (GR) 3 ENC1, COMM,
GREG
+* Mathematics (GR) 3 GRMT, GRQN
Humanities (See A.A. Gen Ed Requirement) 3 HUMN
+ POS 2041 U.S. Government 3 POS
SPC 1600 Fundamentals of Speech 3 COMM, SPC
GEA 1000 World Geography 3
1 Basic Foreign Language
or
Elective 3
Total Credits 21

INTERMEDIATE COURSES
Course Title Credits Code
+* ENC 1102 Freshman Composition II (GR) 3 ENC2, COMM,
GREG
AMH 2010 U. S. History to 1877 3
+* STA 2023 Statistical Methods (GR) 3
Science (See A.A. Gen Ed Requirement) 3 AASC
+* Humanities HUM Prefix (GR) 3 HUMH, GRHM
SYG 2000 Introductory Sociology 3
1 Elementary Foreign Language I
or
Elective 3
Total Credits 21

ADVANCED COURSES
Course Title Credits Code
ECO 2013 Principles of Economics – Macro 3
+* INR 2002 International Politics (GR) 3 GRHM
Science (See A.A. Gen Ed Requirement) 3 AASC
AMH 2020 U. S. History 1877 to Present 3
+* EUH 2001 Western Civilization 1750 to Present (GR) 3 GRHM
1 Elementary Foreign Language II
or
Elective 3
Total Credits 18
Total Degree Credits 60

NOTES:
1Valencia’s foreign language proficiency requirement must be met
and most universities require political science majors to complete a
college-level foreign language sequence through Elementary Foreign
Language II. Students who meet the foreign language proficiency
requirement in less than a nine-credit sequence may substitute
elective courses such as prerequisites necessary for the listed course
requirements, ECO 2023 Principles of Economics-Micro, PHI 2600
Ethics and Critical Thinking or other behavioral and social science
courses. The electives do not necessarily need to be taken in three credit
courses.