Government Services (SJC Long Island)

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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 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 3 credits.
COM 140 - Computer Applications I 3 credits. or
COM 150 - Introduction to Computer Programming 3 credits

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Government Services (SJC 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: