Political Science, BA with grad track option leading to Political Science, MA

The Department of Political Science offers a grad track option in which the student can complete a bachelor’s degree in four years, and then complete a master’s degree with a fifth year of study. The program is for highly motivated political science majors who have maintained at least a 3.5 GPA. Students should apply during their junior year to this program.

Undergraduate students who have been accepted to a grad track pathway option must complete all their bachelor’s degree requirements and graduate within 12 months of the first day of the semester for which they were admitted to the accelerated program or enrollment in graduate level course work may be suspended.

Admitted students will take 12 graduate hours during their senior year, which will count first toward the bachelor’s degree and then be transferred to the master’s degrees as permitted by university rules.

Admission requirements and program policies

Admission requirements

Students are eligible for acceptance at the end of their junior year, upon completion of 75 undergraduate hours, including:

PSCI 2305 - US Political Behavior and Policy
PSCI 2306 - US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions
PSCI 3300 - Political Science Research Methods
A writing sample
Three letters of recommendation
A statement of purpose
A resume
The submission of an application to the Toulouse Graduate School

Submission of GRE scores is not required.

For students in the UNT Honors College, admission to the graduate program is guaranteed for students who satisfy these requirements.

Program policies

Undergraduate students who have been accepted to a grad track pathway option must complete all of their bachelor’s degree requirements and graduate within 12 months of the first day of the semester for which they were admitted to the accelerated program or enrollment in graduate level course work will be suspended.

Admitted students will take twelve graduate hours during their senior year, which will also count toward their BA as permitted by university rules.

Program requirements

In lieu of 4 advanced undergraduate electives in the fourth year, students will take:

PSCI 5300 - Practical Research Methods
or
PSCI 5340 - Seminar in Political Science Scope and Methods

Plus three courses from the following:

PSCI 5020 - Proseminar in American Government and Politics
PSCI 5030 - Proseminar in American Political Institutions
PSCI 5040 - Proseminar in American Political Behavior
PSCI 5310 - Proseminar in Political Theory
PSCI 5320 - Quantitative Political Research Methods
PSCI 5370 - Writing, Advocacy and Communication
PSCI 5610 - Proseminar in Comparative Government
PSCI 5900 - Special Problems

All remaining courses for BA with a major in political science must be completed.