The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.

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Sample Four Year Plan: Political Science and International Relations (BS or BA)

*Fulfills the Missouri Statute Requirement and a Social Perspective Course
**Satisfies the Intercultural Requirement
***Required of B.S. students. The course may be taken as an elective by B.A. students.
A total of 120 hours are required for graduation; 40 of these must be 300 level or above courses.
A 2.0 cumulative GPA and a 2.0 major GPA are necessary to graduate with a Political Science and International Relations major.
The Dialogs Curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.

The Dialogues Curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.

Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence with any updates to the plan above. Rev. 5-1-23

This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.

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