Major Requirements

A new general studies curriculum was approved by the Gallaudet faculty on June 25, 2007. Students entering in Fall 2007 follow the new curriculum. An introduction to the new General Studies Curriculum is online, presented in ASL and English.

Summary of Requirements

	2006-2007	2007-2008
General Studies	60	40
Additional Pre-Major Courses		6
Major and Related Courses	30	30
Free Elective Courses	34	44
TOTAL	124	120

The requirements below are for students who enter during or after Fall 2007. Students who entered in previous semesters will find their requirements in the archived catalogs.

2007-2008 Course Requirements

Required pre-major courses 6 hours

GOV 101 American Government and Contemporary Affairs I (3)
GOV 102 American Government and Contemporary Affairs II (3)

Required core courses 18 hours

GOV 301 Political Theory I (3)
GOV 328 Comparative European Governments (3)
or
GOV 329 Comparative Governments of Asia, Africa and Latin America (3)
GOV 391 International Relations (3)
GOV 395 International Law and Organization (3)
GOV 410 Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science (3)
GOV 493 Senior Seminar (3)

Elective courses 12 hours

Choose 12 credits from the courses below or from appropriate special topics courses:
GOV 330 Introduction to the European Union (3)
GOV 370 Human Rights (3)
GOV 384 American Foreign Policy (3)
GOV 387 Nationalism and Developing Nations (3)
HIS 300 Nazi Germany and World War II Through Film (3)
HIS 343 Modern Russia (3)
HIS 344 History of the Modern Middle East (3)
HIS 345 Nineteenth-Century Europe (3)
HIS 346 Twentieth-Century Europe (3)
HIS 351 History of Africa (3)
HIS 362 The Far East (3)
HIS 430 History of Latin America