Students qualify for Regular Admission to LMU if they meet the following criteria:
High school graduate with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
Minimum composite ACT score of 19 or SAT score of 1010.
Students admitted under Regular Admission are eligible to register for courses at any New Student Registration and are not subject to the restrictions applicable to other admission categories.
Regular admission students must have a minimum composite ACT score of 19 or SAT composite score of 1010, and must have a minimum of a 3.2 unweighted high school GPA (on a 4.0 scale). Regular Admission may also be offered to applicants who hold the High School Equivalency Diploma, having completed the General Education Development (GED) examination with an average score of 45 or higher and no component score below 35. All Regular Admission applicants who meet the above criteria are accepted by Undergraduate Admissions team members.
Students admitted under Regular Admission must complete any developmental coursework specified by the Undergraduate Catalog placement criteria, and the student is subject to the guidelines regarding standards of academic progress that are applicable to all LMU students. Students admitted under Regular Admission will be given instructions on how to register for specific new student registration event dates for course registration.
Students who meet the following criteria are reviewed by the Office of Enrollment Management:
GPA of 2.7-3.19, AND/OR ACT composite of 17 or above, or SAT composite of 930 or above. The Office of Enrollment Management could accept the student, request more information (retest or updated transcripts), admit the student as a Cornerstone student (see Conditional Admission), or send the student to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee pending further review.
Further, if English is not his/her native language, the international student must submit her/his official score report from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); for admission to the University, a score or 500 or higher is required on the paper-based TOEFL test; 61 or higher on the Internetbased TOEFL (IBT) test; or 173 or higher on the computerbased TOEFL (CBT) test.
A score of 5.5 or higher is required on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test.
Although admitted to the University, the international student must also enroll in ELI 101 unless the paper-based TOEFL score is 527 or higher; the TOEFL iBT score is 71 or higher; the TOEFL CBT score is 197 or higher; or the IELTS score is 6 or higher.
Political Science students take diverse, engaging and eye-opening courses that examine American political institutions, campaigns and elections, constitutional law, political philosophy, international politics and comparative governments. All students take a group of core introductory courses and upper-division electives of their choice.
All political science students take:
American National Government
Introduction to Public Administration
Introduction to Political Ideas
Introduction to International Relations
Political Science Seminar
Statistical Methods for the Social Science
Students select elective courses based on their goals and interests which can include:
Comparative Politics
Introduction to Public Policy
Law and the Judicial System
State and Local Government
Introduction to Constitutional Law
Politics and the Legislative Process
The Presidency
American Foreign and Security Policy
Liberal Democracy and its Critics
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First Year
Fall Spring
UACT 100 Strategies for College Success a
ISYS 100 Computer Literacy a
LNCN 100 Lincoln's Life and Legacy a
POLS 220 or POLS 250 b
ENGL 101 Composition I a
History Requirement a
POLS 100 American National Government b 3 Foreign Language II a
History Requirement a
Science Requirement a
Foreign Language I a
Fall Spring
ENGL 102 Composition II a
COMM 200 Fundamentals of Speech Communication a
UACT 295: Pre-Law Seminar d
PSYC 280 Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences c
ECON 211, 212, or 350 d
POLS 220 or POLS 250 b
POLS 240 Introduction to Political Ideas b 3 POLS 300/400 Level Elective b 3
Mathematics Requirement a
Science Requirement a
Fine Arts Requirement a
Fall Spring
PHIL 100 or PHIL 200 ad 3 ENGL 240, 250, or 260 a
History or Philosophy Elective d
LNCN 300 American Citizenship a
POLS 300/400 Level Elective b 3 ENGL 300/400 Level Elective d
Elective 300/400 Level 3 POLS 300/400 Level Elective b 3
Elective 3 POLS 300/400 Level Elective b 3
Elective 3
Fall Spring
POLS 300/400 Level Elective b 3 POLS 497 Political Science Seminar b
Elective 300/400 Level 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
Elective 300/400 Level 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
Elective 300/400 Level 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
Elective 3 Elective 2
Politics relates to almost every area of life. In addition to finding jobs in local, state and federal government, political science graduates find successful careers as
Attorneys
Consultants
Teachers
Journalists
Law enforcement officers
Lobbyists
Researchers
Archivists
Bankers
Business administrators
and Activists.
Political Science graduates are poised to enter the workforce in multi-national organizations and organizations that work with government relations, advocacy, contracting and conflict management as well as the growing health care sector.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of political scientists is projected to grow 5 percent from 2018 to 2028, about as fast as the average for all occupations. For more detailed information on the positive job growth expected in the field of political science please see here: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Political Science.
