Political Science, Pre-Law, B.A. (CIP 45.1001/22.0001)

Law schools want students who think rationally and logically, express themselves clearly and coherently in both oral and written form, possess a broad education in the liberal arts, and have specialized in an appropriate academic major. Campbell University’s Department of History, Criminal Justice and Political Science has a curriculum to aid students wishing to demonstrate such qualifications. The program meets all college requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree and gives the students a major in political science.

Degree Requirements

In addition to the requirements of the academic major, students must comply with the General Academic Regulations for Graduation and Undergraduate Academic Policies . As part of these policies, students must complete the General College Curriculum , which is based on the degree.

Major Requirements

The program, which is broad enough to provide students the specific courses needed to prepare them for the study of law, includes:

Political Science
POLS 229 - The National Government (3)
POLS 230 - State and Local Government (3)
POLS 260 - Scope and Methods of Political Science (3)
POLS 300 - Introduction to Law (3)
This course includes presentations by faculty of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law.
POLS 449 - The Development of the American Constitution (3)
POLS 450 - The Development of the American Constitution (3)
Take one course from POLS level 300, 400, or 500

Take one of the following:
POLS 334 - Public Budgeting (3)
POLS 337 - Municipal Government (3)
POLS 338 - Introduction to Public Administration (3)
POLS 340 - Introduction to Public Policy (3)
POLS 442 - Organization Theory and Behavior (3)
Take one of the following:
POLS 343 - Introduction to Comparative Foreign Government (3)
POLS 345 - International Relations (3)
POLS 403 - History and Politics of International Economic Relations (3)
HIST 448 - American Foreign Relations since 1898 (3)
Take one of the following:
POLS 443 - Medieval Political Thought (3)
POLS 445 - Modern European Political Thought (3)
POLS 446 - American Political Thought (3)
POLS 447 - Ancient Political Thought (3)
Take one of the following:
POLS 323 - The Presidency (3)
POLS 324 - Congress (3)
POLS 336 - American Political Parties (3)
Take one of the following:
POLS 451 - Seminar on Constitutional Law (4)
POLS 481 - Seminar in Research and Writing (4)
Business

Take one of the following:
BADM 221 - Business Transactions, Financial Literacy, and the Law (3)
or
ACCT 215 - Financial Accounting (3)
Public Speaking
THEA 115 - Public Speaking (3)
Economics
ECON 201 - Microeconomics (3)
ECON 202 - Macroeconomics (3)
English

Take one of the following:
ENGL 302 - Advanced Writing (3)
ENGL 424 - Argument and Persuasion (3)
History
HIST 111 - Western Civilization I (3)
HIST 112 - Western Civilization II (3)
HIST 221 - United States History I (3)
HIST 222 - United States History II (3)
HIST 345 - History of England, 1000-1700 (3)
Mathematics
MATH 212 - Logic (3)
MATH 160 - Elementary Statistics (3)
Psychology
PSYC 222 - General Psychology (3)