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University of Colorado Denver

Denver , Colorado ,United States

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

Undergraduate students must declare their intention to major in political science by the time they have completed 60 semester hours, and must complete a minimum of 39 semester hours in political science, of which at least 21 must be upper division courses.

15 of the 39 hours must be taken from CU Denver faculty. To count for the major, all coursework must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Students who choose an individual internship (PSCI 3939) to fulfill their experiential learning requirement should go to the Career Center before the start of the semester in which they plan their internship.

Intakes

  • Jan
  • June
  • Aug

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Finding a Job
The first and best place to look for student employment opportunities will be on Handshake, CU Denver's online job board. Not sure how to navigate the site? Stop in for our drop in hours during QuickTips and we can sit down together to work on a search strategy.

Types of Employment
Work-Study
Work-Study is a financial aid award that allows undergraduate and graduate students to work part-time to earn money to pay for educational expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to the recipient's course of study. Students earning work-study funds are paid bi-weekly. If awarded work-study, students may search open positions on the Handshake job board.

Students can be awarded Federal or Colorado Work Study. Not sure if you have Work-Study? It will be a specific line item in your financial aid award package located in your student portal.

Student Hourly
Student Hourly positions are on-campus positions funded by a university department’s budget. Work-study and/or financial aid is not required for this type of employment. All hourly students must be enrolled in some credit-earning capacity during the semester in which you are employed. Students may search open positions on the Handshake job board.

Regular Hourly
Regular Hourly positions are offered by businesses in the surrounding Denver community, and are not affiliated with the university. All students, regardless of enrollment or financial need, may apply for these positions through the Handshake job board.

PSW Opportunity

3 years PSW

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Our students are among the best and brightest - motivated individuals who are driven to pursue their passion. The middle 50% of our admitted freshmen had between a 3.23 and 3.93 GPA and scored between a 1070 and 1260 on the SAT, 21-27 on the ACT.
 
English Language Proficiency Tests
CU Denver accepts the following tests as proof of English language proficiency.
 
MINIMUM SCORE REQUIREMENTS
Proof of English Language Proficiency
Test TOEFL iBT IELTS Academic PTE Academic Duolingo English Test
Overall Score 79 6.5 58 105
Subscores
- Reading 18 5.5 42 Literacy: 85
- Listening 17 5.5 42 Conversation: 85
- Speaking 20 5.5 42 Comprehension: 85
- Writing 17 5.5 42 Production: 85