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Transfer Student Information UCSB POLITICAL SCIENCE department

Welcome to Political Science!

Who We are… 21 Political Scientists 50 Ph.D students 900 Majors and pre-majors 6 Full time staff

What we do… Political scientists: Teach Work: study: In government For non-profits For private companies study: governments Politics People

Subfields of political science Political Theory (PT): Big questions about…democracy, representation, etc. American politics (AP): The relationship between American government(s) and politics.

Subfields of political science International relations (IR): How countries relate to other countries. Comparative politics (CP): Studying how different countries handle government and politics.

Subfields of political science Research methodology: How we actually do all of this studying.

What is a “Pre-Major”? Transfers students (and newly admitted freshman) can ‘declare’ a political science major. Means you’re part of our ‘team’! Gets you priority registration during PASS 1 Doesn’t guarantee full major status for graduation

How do you become a “full” Major? Take all five lower division prep courses: PS 1 – Intro to Political Philosophy Ps 6 - Intro to Comparative Politics PS 7 - Intro to International Relations PS 12 - Intro to American Politics PS 15 - Intro to Research in Political Science Complete the ECON 1 & 2 requirement Earn a 2.6 GPA in the POLS prep you take here at UCSB!

A Transfer Student’s Path to degree 180 Units total needed to finish your degree. Transfer students can come in with a max of 105 units. 180 – 105 = 75 Units left – assuming transferred POLS units.

And the Path continues… Political science requires completion of the following: Lower Division Units: POLS 1, 6, 7, 12 & 15 = 21 units (Many transfer students come in with at least 4 to 8 transferred POLS units.) 40 Upper Division POLS units (CANNOT come from a community college) total POLS Units required for a degree = 61

What the college requires… College of Letters & Sciences requires 20 Upper Division NON-MAJOR elective units. [Meaning from other departments, like History or Global Studies] Assuming a transfer student had zero POLS transfer work, but has completed the IGETC – that means they need to complete 61 POLS units + 20 non-major upper division units = 81 units.

Units required to graduate

What does the next two years look like?  First year: 12+16+16 = 44 units Second year: 16+16+16 = 48 units Total? 92!!!!! Meaning that it is very doable, since at the most you need only 81 units if you came in with a completed IGETC. Most students need less than that total, depending on how many POLS prerequisites they transferred to UCSB.

Advancing to the full POLS major Satisfying the lower division POLS courses + gpa (2.6 Or higher) 5 Core courses in a sub field 1 Course – each – in two other sub fields 3 Courses in any of the four sub fields Could include: 4 Units of internship (P/NP) 4 Units of a senior seminar (POLS 196) Or Just three UD POLS courses in any sub field

How best to accomplish that goal? Make sure you have your transcripts sent to the Registrar. Get good grades! Go to class. Do the assigned reading before each class. Remember that for every hour in class, you should plan to study for 2 hours.

Other suggestions… Use the department’s website as a tool. Read all emails sent by the university, your department, your professors and teaching assistants. Check in with our Facebook page. Visit our peer advisors once every quarter. Become aware of, and use, campus resources.

As Part of the POLS team: You will have opportunities for: Internships (with credit) Study abroad program U.C. Center in Washington, DC Sacramento program Research with professors Honors program

Informational resources: Department’s website: http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/ Department’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PolSci.UCSB College of Letters & Sciences advising: http://duels.ucsb.edu/advising Department advising: http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/undergrad/advising Transfer Orientation on-line module: http://www.onlineorientation.net/ucsb