Government Services (SJNY Long Island)

This career track is designed to prepare the student for federal, state and municipal examinations open to them at the B.A. level. These examinations in turn provide eligibility for a large variety of government careers.

Total Credits Required: 18

A brief description of each course noted below may be found in the appropriate Department listings.

Courses required for certification in this Career Track:

HIS 152 - Contemporary International Problems 3 credits
HIS 172 - American History II 3 credits.
POL 103 - American Government and Politics 3 credits
POL 104 - State and Local Government 3 credits

The remaining six credits may be selected from the following courses:

BUS 130 - Organizational Behavior 3 credits.
ECO 226 - Microeconomics 3 credits
HIS 266 - British History since 1688 3 credits.
HIS 312 - United States Foreign Relations Since 1914 3 credits.
PHI 123 - The Art of Thinking 3 credits.
POL 215 - International Relations, Law and Organization 3 credits
SOC 136 - Social Problems 3 credits
SOC 230 - Social Organizations (SJC Long Island Only) 3 credits
SOC 245 - Community and the Built Environment 3 credits. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or SOC 133 or SOC 136

Non-Credit Courses:

Students are urged to enrich the Government Services Curriculum by the study of the following, but credit for these courses will not be included for Career Track credit:

ECO 222 - Statistics 3 credits or
PSY 315 - Statistics for Psychological Research 3 credits. Prerequisites: PSY 310 or
SOC 350 - Applied Statistics (Long Island Only) 3 credits.
COM 140 - Computer Applications I 3 credits. or
COM 150 - Introduction to Computer Programming 3 credits

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Government Services (SJNY Long Island)

Total Credits Required: 18

Courses required for certification in this Career Track:

The remaining six credits may be selected from the following courses:

Non-Credit Courses: