Bush School of Government and Public Service

bush.tamu.edu

Administrative Officers

Interim Dean – Frank B. Ashley III, EdD

Executive Associate Dean – Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, PhD

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs – Steven M. Oberhelman, PhD

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education – Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, PhD

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs – Robert Shandley, PhD

Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration – Joe Dillard

Assistant Dean for Assessment – Cole Blease Graham, PhD

Assistant Dean for Diversity and Student Affairs – Matthew Upton, PhD

General Statement

The Bush School of Government and Public Service offers degree programs at all levels of study: Bachelor’s degrees in International Affairs and in Political Science, Master’s degrees in International Affairs and in Public Service and Administration, the PhD in Political Science, and diverse certificate programs. The school’s reputation for excellence in academics, research and public service is well-established and growing. Our student body is one of the most diverse of any college at Texas A&M, with each student bringing a unique perspective to classroom discussions, research efforts and community service. Throughout the school year, our students also make significant contributions to the local community, demonstrating their commitment to volunteerism and modeling public service.

Widely respected in their fields of expertise and recognized as excellent teachers, our faculty are actively engaged in research related to complex policy issues, providing knowledge and guidance to decision-makers at all levels of government and the nonprofit sector. Many have significant experience in government and/or the private sector and use that experience to help guide our students as they try to determine their own future path.

General Degree Requirements

Degree requirements for Bush School of Government and Public Service majors are organized into:

  1. General Requirements, including University Core Curriculum requirements and Bush School of Government and Public Service requirements
  2. Requirements of the Major Field of Study
  3. Requirements of the Minor Field of Study (if appropriate)
  4. Electives

A minimum of 120 acceptable hours of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree. A minimum of 36 hours of 300- or 400-level coursework must be completed at Texas A&M University.

General Requirements

The areas listed below include University Core Curriculum requirements and Bush School requirements. The completion of requisite hours in these areas will thus satisfy both University Core Curriculum and Bush School requirements.

Bachelor of Arts Requirements

Communication 1
ENGL 104Composition and Rhetoric3
Select one of the following:3
Public Speaking
Communication for Technical Professions
Argumentation and Debate
Writing about Literature
Technical and Professional Writing
Humanities Directed Elective 2
Select three of the following:9
Africana Humanities
Africana Popular Culture
Popular Musics in the African Diaspora
Women and War in the African Diaspora
Africana Women's History
Africana Feminisms
Africana Cinema
Slavery in World History
Folklore and the Supernatural
Archaeology of Ancient Greece
Archaeology of Ancient Italy
Women and Culture
Ancient Egypt
Slavery in World History
Modern Chinese Fiction
Chinese Film
History of Christianity: Origins to the Reformation
War and Violence in the Ancient World
Greek and Roman Civilization
Classical Mythology
Great Books of the Classical Tradition
Great Books of Christian Antiquity and the Latin Middle Ages
Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
Greek and Roman Drama
In Search of Homer and the Trojan War
Greek and Roman Epic
The Ancient World in Film
Intellectual History from the Ancient Near East to the Early Middle Ages
The Ancient Greeks
The Roman Republic
The Roman Empire: Principate
The Roman Empire: Transformations
Communication, Religion and the Arts
Rhetoric in Western Thought
Theories of Communication
Communication Intervention
Organizational Communication
Communication Tactics
Strategic Communication
Communication Leadership and Conflict Management
Persuasion
Intercultural Communication
Critical Race Discourse
Communication and Popular Culture
Communication in a Diverse World
Media Industries
Media, Culture and Identity
Theories of Mediated Communication
Money, Power and Communication
Cultural History of the Media
Media Audiences
Gender, Race and Media
Radio, Records, and Popular Music
New Media and Civil Society
Gender and Communication
Communication and Black Freedom Dreams
Women’s Rhetoric
Rhetoric of Social Movements
Topics in Rhetorical Theory
Rhetoric of Television and Film
Visual Communication
Propaganda
Political Communication
Communication and Conflict
Communication, Organizations and Society
Cultural Studies of Communication Technology
Communication and Video Games
Global Media
Media, Health and Medicine
Advanced Social Media
Religious Communication
World Literature
World Literature
Advanced Composition
Introduction to Film Analysis
Texas Literature
Transnational Literature and Culture
History of Literary Criticism
History of the English Language
Medieval English Literature
The English Renaissance
Seventeenth-Century Literature
Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Early British Drama
Utopian Literature in the English Tradition
Nineteenth-Century Literature (Romantic)
Nineteenth-Century Literature (Victorian)
The American Renaissance
Science Fiction and Film
African-American Literature Pre-1930
Arthurian Literature
Fantasy Literature
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Literatures
Science Fiction Present and Past
Literature of the Sea
Life and Literature of the Southwest
Life and Literature of the American South
American Ethnic Literature
African-American Literature Post-1930
Modern and Contemporary Drama
The Rhetoric of Gender and Health
Fairy Tales in the English Tradition
Twentieth-Century Literature to World War II
Advanced Film
Literature, World War II to Present.
History of Rhetoric
Modern Rhetorical Theory
The Rhetoric of Style
Literature and Film
Native American Rhetorics and Literatures
Literature for Children
Young Adult Literature
The Bible as Literature
Horror Studies
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Authorship
American Poetry
American Realism and Naturalism
Women Writers
Nineteenth-Century American Novel
The American Novel Since 1900
The British Novel to 1870.
The British Novel, 1870 to Present.
Postcolonial Literatures
Creative Nonfiction
Studies in British Literature
Folklore, Literature, and World Cultures
Studies in Africana Literature and Culture
Studies in Genre
Topics in Literature and Medicine
Studies in American Literature
Contemporary Literary Theory
Language and Gender
Studies in Shakespeare
Milton
Studies in a Major Author
Chaucer
Digital Humanities Theory and Practice
Advanced Studies in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Advanced Syntax and Rhetoric
Rhetoric in Cultural Context
Studies in Women Writers
History of Film
Documentary Cinema
Horror Studies
Studies in Film Genre
National Cinema History
European Cinema
Propaganda and Dissidence
Film Authorship
Cult Cinema
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Cinemas
Seminar in Film Studies
Studies in Gender and French Literature
French Film
German Film
German Romanticism: Literature, Theory, Philosophy
Global Germany
Representations of the Holocaust
Global Cinema
Latino/a Literature
Diversity Lessons from Medieval Spain
Holy War
History of Islam
History of Christianity, Reformation to Present
Blacks in the United States, 1607-1877
Blacks in the United States Since 1877
History and Memory
Southwest Borderlands
Chicana/o History since 1848
Latinx History
History of American Indians in the U.S. South
Latino/a Labor in the United States
Born Country - American Agricultural History
U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity
History of the Atlantic World
The Age of Revolution in the Atlantic World
History of the Iberian World
Asian American History
History of the Caribbean
Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
Medieval Mediterranean, 300-1453
Europe in the Age of Absolutism, 1660-1815
History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century
Europe, 1890-1932
Europe Since 1919
War and Society in Europe Since 1900
The Rise of the European Middle Class
Eastern Europe
Global Communism - Its Rise, Fall and Legacies
Latin America to 1810
Latin America Since 1810
Inter-American Relations
History of Africa to 1800
Modern Africa
History of South Africa
Rise of Islam, 600-1258
Modern Middle East
The Vietnam War/The American War
World War II in Asia and the Pacific
Modern East Asia
Modern South Asia
Twentieth Century Japan
Out of Africa: The Black Diaspora and the Modern World
American Environmental History
History of Energy in America
From Gutenberg to Google - International History of Technology and Innovation
History of Science
History of Science in America
From Axes to iPads - History of Innovation and Technology in America
Religion in Early America
Religion in Modern America
American Colonies
The Birth of the Republic, 1763-1820
The United States, 1820-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction
America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1901
Reform, War and Normalcy: The United States, 1901-1929
The Great Depression and World War II
The United States After World War II
Great Scientists in History
Africana Women's History
Slavery in World History
History of Modern Germany
Post 1945 Germanies
History of the Holocaust
The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1715-1815
History of France Since 1815
Youth in Modern Asia: Rebellions and Conformities
Russian History to 1801
Imperial Russia 1801-1917
Russia's Long Twentieth Century - The Soviet Experiment and Beyond
Texas as Border Region
Intellectual History from the Ancient Near East to the Early Middle Ages
Intellectual History, 500 to 1600
European Intellectual History from the Enlightenment to 1900
European Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century
The Sacred and Profane in History
The Kingdom of Ireland, 1541-1800
The Nation of Ireland, 1800 to the Present
Digital Humanities Theory and Practice
Sixteenth-Century Britain
Seventeenth-Century Britain
Eighteenth Century Britain
Nineteenth Century Britain
Twentieth Century Britain
History of Mexico, 1821 to the Present
World War II
American Military History to 1901
American Military History Since 1901
History of Military Strategy
Law and Society in the United States through Reconstruction
American Law Since 1865
History of Brazil, 1822 to the Present
Southern Identities and Cultures through Reconstruction
Southern Identities and Cultures Since Reconstruction
The American Revolution
The American West
History of the American City
The History of Childhood and Family in America
American Society and Culture to 1877
American Society and Culture Since 1877
History of American Women
American Foreign Relations to 1913
American Foreign Relations Since 1913
International Developments Since 1918
Latinx Civil Rights Movements
History of Collective Protest and Violence
American Business History
Women's History in the Modern U.S.
Topics in Historical Ethnical Conflict
Empires in History
Sex and Sexuality in History
Women and Gender in Modern European History
Topics in Italian Women and Gender Studies
Literatures of Italy
Italian Cinema
Contemporary Italian Cultures
Seminar in Gender, Sexuality, and Performance
Philosophy of the Natural Sciences
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Environmental Ethics
Military Ethics
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Art
Philosophy of Religion
Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Law
Theory of Knowledge
Africana Philosophy
Radical Black Philosophies of Race and Racism
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Literature
Philosophy, Film and Evil
Ethical Theory
Studies in Gender and Philosophy
Classical Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
Nineteenth Century Philosophy
American Philosophy
Recent British and American Philosophy
Phenomenology
Existentialism
Current Continental Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Modern Jewish Thought and Philosophy
Ethics After the Holocaust
Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law
Medical Ethics
Ethics and Engineering
Religions of the World
Religion in America
Religions of the Ancient World
History of Christianity: Origins to the Reformation
Asian Religions
Contemplation in the Modern World
Ritual and Expression in Ancient Religions
Christianity and American Identity
Studies in Literature, Religion and Culture
Intellectual History from the Ancient Near East to the Early Middle Ages
Religion and the Environment
Ethics After the Holocaust
Hispanic Religions
The Russian Novel I - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
The Russian Novel II - The Twentieth Century
Contemporary Russian Prose
Russian Drama
Russian Artistic Culture I - Beginnings to 1900
Russian Artistic Culture II - 1890 to Present
Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
Sex, Gender and Cinema
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Authorship
Africana Women's History
Gender and Genre
Feminist Theory
Representations of Motherhood
Queer Theory
Gender in Asia
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Cinemas
Foreign Language 2,3
Option 114
Select one of the following:
Beginning Arabic I
and Beginning Arabic II
Beginning Chinese I
and Beginning Chinese II
Beginning Classical Greek I
and Beginning Classical Greek II
Beginning Latin I
and Beginning Latin II
Beginning French I
and Beginning French II
Beginning German I
and Beginning German II
Beginning Italian I
and Beginning Italian II
Beginning Japanese I
and Beginning Japanese II
Beginning Russian I
and Beginning Russian II
Beginning Spanish I
and Beginning Spanish II
Select one of the following:
Intermediate Arabic I
and Intermediate Arabic II
Intermediate Chinese I
and Intermediate Chinese II
Intermediate Greek
   or Advanced Greek: New Testament 
   or Advanced Classical Greek Poetry 
   or Advanced Classical Greek Prose 
Intermediate Latin I
and Intermediate Latin II
Intermediate French I
and Intermediate French II
   or Field Studies I and Field Studies II 
Intermediate German I
and Intermediate German II
   or Field Studies I and Field Studies II 
Intermediate Italian I
and Intermediate Italian II
Intermediate Japanese I
and Intermediate Japanese II
Intermediate Russian I
and Intermediate Russian II
   or Field Studies I and Field Studies II 
Intermediate Spanish I
and Intermediate Spanish II
   or Field Studies Abroad I and Field Studies Abroad II 
Option 2
Foreign language placement test results determine foreign language course levels required
Option 3
Advanced Placement or Reading Achievement foreign language test results determine foreign language course levels required
Mathematics 2
Mathematics (3 hours must be in MATH)6
Life and Physical Sciences 2
Life and physical sciences9
Creative Arts 2
Creative arts3
Language, Philosophy and Culture 2
Language, philosophy and culture3
Social and Behavioral Sciences 2
Social and behavioral sciences6
American History 2,4
American history6
Government/Political Science 2
Government/Political science6
International Cultures and Diversity 5
Cultural discourse3
International and cultural diversity3
Total Semester Credit Hours74
1

Students must demonstrate the ability to express themselves in acceptable written English. The school requirement is satisfied if a student earns a grade of C or better in ENGL 104.  Students who do not meet this standard must repeat the course prior to completing 60 hours and earn a grade of C or better.

2

No course used to fulfill this requirement may fulfill any other school or University requirement except in the minor field of study.

3

Students must take a foreign language placement test if they:

  • intend to enroll for the first time in a college Spanish, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Classical Greek, Italian, or Latin course and
  • have knowledge of the language acquired in any way

The placement test serves as a basis for credit by examination. Placement tests are offered throughout the calendar year by the Department of Global Languages and Cultures.

Students who have taken the Advanced Placement (AP) test or the Reading Achievement test in their foreign language of choice may substitute the test results for the placement exam.

4

Courses in military, air or naval science may not be substituted for required courses.

5

The list of approved courses is available in the degree audit for each major.

Bachelor of Science Requirements

Communication 1
ENGL 104Composition and Rhetoric3
Select one of the following:3
Public Speaking
Communication for Technical Professions
Argumentation and Debate
Writing about Literature
Technical and Professional Writing
Humanities Directed Elective 2
Select three of the following:9
Africana Humanities
Africana Popular Culture
Popular Musics in the African Diaspora
Women and War in the African Diaspora
Africana Women's History
Africana Feminisms
Africana Cinema
Slavery in World History
Folklore and the Supernatural
Archaeology of Ancient Greece
Archaeology of Ancient Italy
Women and Culture
Ancient Egypt
Slavery in World History
Modern Chinese Fiction
Chinese Film
History of Christianity: Origins to the Reformation
War and Violence in the Ancient World
Greek and Roman Civilization
Classical Mythology
Great Books of the Classical Tradition
Great Books of Christian Antiquity and the Latin Middle Ages
Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
Greek and Roman Drama
In Search of Homer and the Trojan War
Greek and Roman Epic
The Ancient World in Film
Intellectual History from the Ancient Near East to the Early Middle Ages
The Ancient Greeks
The Roman Republic
The Roman Empire: Principate
The Roman Empire: Transformations
Communication, Religion and the Arts
Rhetoric in Western Thought
Theories of Communication
Communication Intervention
Organizational Communication
Communication Tactics
Strategic Communication
Communication Leadership and Conflict Management
Persuasion
Intercultural Communication
Critical Race Discourse
Communication and Popular Culture
Communication in a Diverse World
Media Industries
Media, Culture and Identity
Theories of Mediated Communication
Money, Power and Communication
Cultural History of the Media
Media Audiences
Gender, Race and Media
Radio, Records, and Popular Music
New Media and Civil Society
Gender and Communication
Communication and Black Freedom Dreams
Women’s Rhetoric
Rhetoric of Social Movements
Topics in Rhetorical Theory
Rhetoric of Television and Film
Visual Communication
Propaganda
Political Communication
Communication and Conflict
Communication, Organizations and Society
Cultural Studies of Communication Technology
Communication and Video Games
Global Media
Media, Health and Medicine
Advanced Social Media
Religious Communication
World Literature
World Literature
Advanced Composition
Introduction to Film Analysis
Texas Literature
Transnational Literature and Culture
History of Literary Criticism
History of the English Language
Medieval English Literature
The English Renaissance
Seventeenth-Century Literature
Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Early British Drama
Utopian Literature in the English Tradition
Nineteenth-Century Literature (Romantic)
Nineteenth-Century Literature (Victorian)
The American Renaissance
Science Fiction and Film
African-American Literature Pre-1930
Arthurian Literature
Fantasy Literature
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Literatures
Science Fiction Present and Past
Literature of the Sea
Life and Literature of the Southwest
Life and Literature of the American South
American Ethnic Literature
African-American Literature Post-1930
Modern and Contemporary Drama
The Rhetoric of Gender and Health
Fairy Tales in the English Tradition
Twentieth-Century Literature to World War II
Advanced Film
Literature, World War II to Present.
History of Rhetoric
Modern Rhetorical Theory
The Rhetoric of Style
Literature and Film
Native American Rhetorics and Literatures
Literature for Children
Young Adult Literature
The Bible as Literature
Horror Studies
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Authorship
American Poetry
American Realism and Naturalism
Women Writers
Nineteenth-Century American Novel
The American Novel Since 1900
The British Novel to 1870.
The British Novel, 1870 to Present.
Postcolonial Literatures
Studies in British Literature
Folklore, Literature, and World Cultures
Studies in Africana Literature and Culture
Studies in Genre
Topics in Literature and Medicine
Studies in American Literature
Contemporary Literary Theory
Language and Gender
Studies in Shakespeare
Milton
Studies in a Major Author
Chaucer
Digital Humanities Theory and Practice
Advanced Studies in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Advanced Syntax and Rhetoric
Rhetoric in Cultural Context
Studies in Women Writers
History of Film
Documentary Cinema
Horror Studies
Studies in Film Genre
National Cinema History
European Cinema
Propaganda and Dissidence
Film Authorship
Cult Cinema
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Cinemas
Seminar in Film Studies
Studies in Gender and French Literature
French Film
German Film
German Romanticism: Literature, Theory, Philosophy
Global Germany
Representations of the Holocaust
Global Cinema
Latino/a Literature
Diversity Lessons from Medieval Spain
Holy War
History of Islam
History of Christianity, Reformation to Present
Blacks in the United States, 1607-1877
Blacks in the United States Since 1877
History and Memory
Southwest Borderlands
Chicana/o History since 1848
Latinx History
History of American Indians in the U.S. South
Latino/a Labor in the United States
Born Country - American Agricultural History
U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity
History of the Atlantic World
The Age of Revolution in the Atlantic World
History of the Iberian World
Asian American History
History of the Caribbean
Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
Medieval Mediterranean, 300-1453
Europe in the Age of Absolutism, 1660-1815
History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century
Europe, 1890-1932
Europe Since 1919
War and Society in Europe Since 1900
The Rise of the European Middle Class
Eastern Europe
Global Communism - Its Rise, Fall and Legacies
Latin America to 1810
Latin America Since 1810
Inter-American Relations
History of Africa to 1800
Modern Africa
History of South Africa
Rise of Islam, 600-1258
Modern Middle East
The Vietnam War/The American War
World War II in Asia and the Pacific
Modern East Asia
Modern South Asia
Twentieth Century Japan
Out of Africa: The Black Diaspora and the Modern World
American Environmental History
History of Energy in America
From Gutenberg to Google - International History of Technology and Innovation
History of Science
History of Science in America
From Axes to iPads - History of Innovation and Technology in America
Religion in Early America
Religion in Modern America
American Colonies
The Birth of the Republic, 1763-1820
The United States, 1820-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction
America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1901
Reform, War and Normalcy: The United States, 1901-1929
The Great Depression and World War II
The United States After World War II
Great Scientists in History
Africana Women's History
Slavery in World History
History of Modern Germany
Post 1945 Germanies
History of the Holocaust
The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1715-1815
History of France Since 1815
Youth in Modern Asia: Rebellions and Conformities
Russian History to 1801
Imperial Russia 1801-1917
Russia's Long Twentieth Century - The Soviet Experiment and Beyond
Texas as Border Region
Intellectual History from the Ancient Near East to the Early Middle Ages
Intellectual History, 500 to 1600
European Intellectual History from the Enlightenment to 1900
European Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century
The Sacred and Profane in History
The Kingdom of Ireland, 1541-1800
The Nation of Ireland, 1800 to the Present
Digital Humanities Theory and Practice
Sixteenth-Century Britain
Seventeenth-Century Britain
Eighteenth Century Britain
Nineteenth Century Britain
Twentieth Century Britain
History of Mexico, 1821 to the Present
World War II
American Military History to 1901
American Military History Since 1901
History of Military Strategy
Law and Society in the United States through Reconstruction
American Law Since 1865
History of Brazil, 1822 to the Present
Southern Identities and Cultures through Reconstruction
Southern Identities and Cultures Since Reconstruction
The American Revolution
The American West
History of the American City
The History of Childhood and Family in America
American Society and Culture to 1877
American Society and Culture Since 1877
History of American Women
American Foreign Relations to 1913
American Foreign Relations Since 1913
International Developments Since 1918
Latinx Civil Rights Movements
History of Collective Protest and Violence
American Business History
Women's History in the Modern U.S.
Topics in Historical Ethnical Conflict
Empires in History
Sex and Sexuality in History
Women and Gender in Modern European History
Topics in Italian Women and Gender Studies
Literatures of Italy
Italian Cinema
Contemporary Italian Cultures
Seminar in Gender, Sexuality, and Performance
Philosophy of the Natural Sciences
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Environmental Ethics
Military Ethics
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Art
Philosophy of Religion
Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Law
Theory of Knowledge
Africana Philosophy
Radical Black Philosophies of Race and Racism
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Literature
Philosophy, Film and Evil
Ethical Theory
Studies in Gender and Philosophy
Classical Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
Nineteenth Century Philosophy
American Philosophy
Recent British and American Philosophy
Phenomenology
Existentialism
Current Continental Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Modern Jewish Thought and Philosophy
Ethics After the Holocaust
Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law
Medical Ethics
Ethics and Engineering
Religions of the World
Religion in America
Religions of the Ancient World
History of Christianity: Origins to the Reformation
Asian Religions
Contemplation in the Modern World
Ritual and Expression in Ancient Religions
Christianity and American Identity
Studies in Literature, Religion and Culture
Intellectual History from the Ancient Near East to the Early Middle Ages
Religion and the Environment
Ethics After the Holocaust
Hispanic Religions
The Russian Novel I - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
The Russian Novel II - The Twentieth Century
Contemporary Russian Prose
Russian Drama
Russian Artistic Culture I - Beginnings to 1900
Russian Artistic Culture II - 1890 to Present
Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
Sex, Gender and Cinema
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Authorship
Africana Women's History
Gender and Genre
Feminist Theory
Representations of Motherhood
Queer Theory
Gender in Asia
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Cinemas
Foreign Language 2,3
Option 18
Select one of the following:
Beginning Arabic I
and Beginning Arabic II
Beginning Chinese I
and Beginning Chinese II
Beginning Classical Greek I
and Beginning Classical Greek II
Beginning Latin I
and Beginning Latin II
Beginning French I
and Beginning French II
Beginning German I
and Beginning German II
Beginning Italian I
and Beginning Italian II
Beginning Japanese I
and Beginning Japanese II
Beginning Russian I
and Beginning Russian II
Beginning Spanish I
and Beginning Spanish II
Select one of the following:
Intermediate Arabic I
and Intermediate Arabic II
Intermediate Chinese I
and Intermediate Chinese II
Intermediate Greek
   or Advanced Greek: New Testament 
   or Advanced Classical Greek Poetry 
   or Advanced Classical Greek Prose 
Intermediate Latin I
and Intermediate Latin II
Intermediate French I
and Intermediate French II
   or Field Studies I and Field Studies II 
Intermediate German I
and Intermediate German II
   or Field Studies I and Field Studies II 
Intermediate Italian I
and Intermediate Italian II
Intermediate Japanese I
and Intermediate Japanese II
Intermediate Russian I
and Intermediate Russian II
   or Field Studies I and Field Studies II 
Intermediate Spanish I
and Intermediate Spanish II
   or Field Studies Abroad I and Field Studies Abroad II 
Option 2
Foreign language placement test results determine foreign language course levels required
Option 3
Advanced Placement or Reading Achievement foreign language test results determine foreign language course levels required
Mathematics 2
Mathematics (3 hours must be in MATH)6
Life and Physical Sciences 2
Life and physical sciences9
Creative Arts 2
Creative arts3
Language, Philosophy and Culture 2
Language, philosophy and culture3
Social and Behavioral Sciences 2
Social and behavioral sciences6
American History 2,4
American history6
Government/Political Science 2
Government/Political science6
Computing Science, Mathematics, Science, Statistics 2
Prescribed courses by major department6
International Cultures and Diversity 5
Cultural discourse3
International and cultural diversity3
Total Semester Credit Hours74
1

Students must demonstrate the ability to express themselves in acceptable written English. The school requirement is satisfied if a student earns a grade of C or better in ENGL 104.  Students who do not meet this standard must repeat the course prior to completing 60 hours and earn a grade of C or better.

2

No course used to fulfill this requirement may fulfill any other college or University requirement except in the minor field of study.

3

Students must take a foreign language placement test if they:

  • intend to enroll for the first time in a college Spanish, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Classical Greek, Italian, or Latin course and
  • have knowledge of the language acquired in any way

The placement test serves as a basis for credit by examination. Placement tests are offered throughout the calendar year by the Department of Global Languages and Cultures.

Students who have taken the Advanced Placement (AP) test or the Reading Achievement test in their foreign language of choice may substitute the test results for the placement exam.

4

Courses in military, air or naval science may not be substituted for required courses.

5

The list of approved courses is available in the degree audit for each major.

Major Field of Study

Each department sets its own requirements for the major, including no fewer than 27 hours of coursework and no more than 33 hours. At least 12 semester hours in the major must be completed in advanced courses (300- and 400-level), and at least 12 semester hours in the major field must be completed in residence at Texas A&M. A grade of C or higher is required in a course to be counted toward the major.

Minor Field of Study

Completion of a minor is not a requirement of the school; however, individual departments may require their majors to have a minor. Students should consult with an advisor in their major department to determine if a minor is required. The minor program comprises 15–18 hours with a minimum of 6 hours in residence at the 300- to 400-level. Minor programs are recognized on the official transcript after graduation, but not on the diploma.  Each student who is required to complete a minor, or who chooses to do so, should contact the department that offers the minor to determine which specific courses are mandated. No student may have more than two minors. The student's home department is responsible for advising after the student receives signed approval from the department, program, or college granting the minor program.

Electives

Elective courses may be chosen from any field within the University. (See section on “Requirements for a Baccalaureate Degree” in this catalog.) All other elective hours must be selected with the approval of the student’s advisor and dean.