Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Bachelors)

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Prepolitical Science Major

All students intending to major in Political Science must enroll as Prepolitical Science majors. After completion of preparation for the major courses, they need to petition to enter the major in the Undergraduate Office, 4269 Bunche Hall.

 

Preparation for the Major

Required: Any four lower division courses from Political Science 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60. These lower division courses are requisites to some upper lower-division division courses. Students must also take one statistics course from Political Science 6, 6R, Statistics 10 or Statistics 12. PS 6 or 6R may be taken for credit and is not considered a repeat of content if another of the listed statistics courses has already been taken.
Students must complete all pre-major courses with a 2.0 grade-point average by the time they attain 135 units. Admission to the major is granted only after successful completion of all lower division requirements.

 

Transfer Students

To be admitted as Political Science majors, transfer students with 90 or more units must complete the following introductory courses before admission to UCLA: one statistics course and four courses from political theory, world politics, political economy, American politics, or comparative politics.