Political Science

Planning your classes

To be able to plan your courses, you need to know the curriculum. This page helps you understand the political science curriculum, in addition to providing you with an exhaustive list of resources: curriculum sheets, checklists, roadmaps, and campus resources. To understand your curriculum, you need to look up the curriculum for the year that you began taking classes at Cal Poly Pomona.

Curriculum Sheets, Checklists, and Road Maps

Political Science 24-25 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)

Entering Freshmen (2024-2025)

This is an example of a suggested four-year plan (PDF)
Use this worksheet to plan your own four-year plan (Fillable PDF)
Use this worksheet to cross off your coursework on a one page sheet (Fillable PDF)

Entering Transfer Students (2024-2025)

This is an example of a suggested two-year plan (PDF)
Use this worksheet to plan your own two-year plan (Fillable PDF)
Use this worksheet to cross off your coursework on a one page sheet (Fillable PDF)

2024-2025 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2024-2025: (HTML)

Political Science 23-24 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)
Political Science 23-24 Road Map for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 23-24 Blank Worksheet for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 23-24 Road Map for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 23-24 Blank Worksheet for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 23-24 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 23-24 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
2023-2024 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2023-2024: (HTML)

Political Science 22-23 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)
Political Science 22-23 Road Map for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 22-23 Blank Worksheet for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 22-23 Road Map for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 22-23 Blank Worksheet for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 22-23 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 22-23 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
2022-2023 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2022-2023: (HTML)

Political Science 21-22 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)
Political Science 21-22 Road Map for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 21-22 Blank Worksheet for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 21-22 Road Map for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 21-22 Blank Worksheet for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 21-22 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 21-22 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
2021-2022 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2021-2022: (HTML)

Political Science 20-21 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)
Political Science 20-21 Road Map for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 20-21 Blank Worksheet for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 20-21 Road Map for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 20-21 Blank Worksheet for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 20-21 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 20-21 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
2020-2021 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2020-2021: (HTML)

Political Science 19-20 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)
Political Science 19-20 Road Map for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 19-20 Blank Worksheet for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 19-20 Road Map for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 19-20 Blank Worksheet for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
Political Science 19-20 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
Political Science 19-20 Degree Progress Checklist for Entering Transfers: (PDF)
2019-2020 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2019-2020: (HTML)

Political Science 18-19 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)
2018-2019 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2018-2019: (HTML)

Political Science 17-18 Curriculum Sheet: (PDF)
Political Science 17-18 Road Map for Entering Freshmen: (PDF)
2017-2018 University Catalog: (HTML)
Full List of General Education Courses for all students entering in 2017-2018: (HTML)

The university is required to keep the university catalog on record for each academic year. The university catalog contains a complete set information of the requirements to complete the degree in political science: 

University Resources & Guides