Transfer Guide - Political Science
Colorado State University

Transfer Guides for Students in Colorado Community Colleges
60-60 Guides

The transfer guides listed below show courses that can be taken at Colorado Community Colleges in preparation for completing the degrees in the liberal arts and sciences at Colorado State University identified in each guide. Students who take the courses shown in these guides and complete the AA/AS degree will be able to complete the listed majors and receive the appropriate baccalaureate degree after taking an additional 60 credits at Colorado State University. Students should be aware that it may take more than 4 semesters to complete the specific 60 credits required by their major, if scheduling issues (prerequisites, semester offerings, time conflicts, etc.) prevent them from taking the 15 required credits each semester.

The transfer guides contained here are a state-wide agreement. Please visit the Colorado Commission on Higher Education at http://www.state.co.us/cche/academic/transfer/guides.html. These 60-60 transfer guides are a subset of the Colorado Guaranteed Transfer Program, gtPathways. Information about the gt Pathways (gtPathways or GT-Pathways) program is available from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education at http://www.state.co.us/cche/gened/gtpathways/index.pdf

For a student to be accepted into a capped major, minimum requirements for entrance into the major must be met. Certain majors have a limited number of spaces available on a competitive basis, and not all students who apply will be accepted into that major.

Degree/Program Requirements

  1. Institutional graduation requirements for this degree program.

    The graduation requirements for a transfer student pursuing this major will be no different than the graduation requirements for a native student, including the minimum number of semester hours required for graduation. Specifically, the student must meet the following requirements:
    • Successfully complete at least 42 upper division credit hours, 30 of which must be CSU credits;
    • Meet any minimum grade requirements reported on department website.
  2. Required courses in Major, including prerequisites and required Support courses in the appropriate chart from the "Programs" section of this site.

Community College Courses

In some instances, students working with their advisers will be able to identify a community college course that is equivalent to a CSU course listed on these guides under "Degree Completion Requirements (CSU)." If that is the case, students may certainly choose to take the equivalent course at the two-year college campus. This would then allow a bit more flexibility in scheduling once students arrive at Colorado State University. Specific information about transfer course equivalencies may be found at this web site: http://transfer.org. Courses are to be taken as part of completed A.A. degree to guarantee the completion of a baccalaureate degree in 60 additional credits after transfer.

Catalog

Transfer Guide - Political Science
Colorado State University

Community College Courses
Community College Colorado State University Equivalent
ECO101
or
ECO 202 and ECO201		 ECCC101 Economics of Social Issues
or
ECCC202 Principles of Microeconomics and ECCC204 Principles of Macroeconomics
POS 111 POCC101 American Govt. and Politics
** POS105 Introduction to Political Science is NOT required in the major and cannot be used to fulfill the 60 credit requirement.
Degree Completion Requirements (CSU)
Community College Equivalent Course Number at CSU Course Name Credit Hours
Required Major Courses (CSU)
POS 125 POCC103 State and Local Government and Politics 3
POS 205 POCC232 International Relations 3
  POCC241 Comparative Government and Politics 3
    300-400 level American Government 3
    300-400 level Political Theory 3
    300-400 level International Relations 3
    300-400 level Comparative Government 3
    300-400 level Public Administration or Public Policy 3
  PO 492 Capstone Seminar 3
Elective Major Courses (credit hours)
    300-400 level Electives in Political Science (no more than 3 credits in an internship may be counted toward this requirement) 6
    300-400 level Electives 6
Required Minor Courses
    Approved Minor or Interdisciplinary Studies Program (includes at least 12 300-400 level Credits) 21
Other graduation requirements
Graduation Requirements beyond A.A. degree 60
Associate of Arts/Science Degree 60
TOTAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 120

Transfer Of Credit

If you need more information about transfer course equivalency, please access http://transfer.org.

  1. Grade Eligibility.
    Only academic courses with a letter grade of "C-" or better are transferable. The four-year institution will accept and count toward meeting graduation requirements all state guaranteed general education courses that have a grade of C- or better.
  2. Credits received for a particular advanced placement test will vary by academic area. See http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Registrar/transfer.htm#advplace for more information. Further, CSU accepts scores of 4 and above on international baccalaureate tests.
  3. The four-year college or university will accept all approved credits earned within ten years of transfer. Courses earned more than ten years earlier may be evaluated on an individual basis.
  4. The institution may apply a state guaranteed general education course toward the major or other graduation requirements if that facilitates the student’s graduation more effectively.

Appeals Process

  1. Institutional Appeal Process

    Students who follow this agreement shall have the right to appeal a transfer decision that appears to be inconsistent with the terms and courses listed in this agreement. Appeals pertaining to this transfer guide should be filed with the institution. A student may file an appeal that pertains to state guaranteed general education courses directly to CCHE.
  2. State Appeal

    For information on the student appeal process, refer to Student Appeal Policy at http://www.state.co.us/cche/policy/#aappeals or http://www.state.co.us/cche/policy/I-partt.pdf.