Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (BAS)
This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (baS) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing a Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9-10 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
History Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3-4 |
Choose one 3-4 hour course from Math LL Course List. | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 3-4 |
Choose one 3-4-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List. | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Science POLS 2301 American National Government | 3 |
Total Core Experience | 40-43 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 9-10 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST/FA/SS Course List Choose one 3-hour course from RELI Course List. Choose one 3-4 hour course from STEM LL Course List. | |
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Major | 39 |
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics PHIL 2302 - Introduction to Logic PHIL 4303 - Ethics POLS 4305 - American Political Tradition POLS 4310 - Fundamentals of International Relations (S-L) PPE 2301 - Introduction to Politics, Philosophy, and Economics PPE 3301 - Political Philosophy PPE 3302 - Strategic Reasoning PPE 3303 - Core PPE Seminar PPE 4303 - Senior PPE Seminar PPE 4303 - Senior PPE Seminar Choose 3 hours from: ECON 4312 - History of Free Market Thought PHIL 4301 - Metaphysics PHIL 4302 - Epistemology POLS 2303 - Statistics for Social Sciences POLS 4302 - Comparative Government Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. | |
Electives | |
Upper-Level** **will require 12 hours if POLS 2303 is chosen in the major. | 3 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 25-29 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours Exception: Inverted Degree Program).
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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