Eligibility Requirements

Students who wish to join the Political Science Honors program must satisfy the following eligibility requirements.

Criteria for entering freshmen are:

• a 3.25 high school GPA and ACT composite score of 20 (or equivalent SAT score);
• the declaration of political science as the student's major; and
• a letter of intent.

Criteria for students already enrolled at UAB or transfer students are:

• completion of nine semester hours of political science;
• a 3.0 cumulative GPA and a 3.25 GPA in political science (and maintenance of these minimum GPAs);
• the declaration of political science as the student's major; and
• a letter of intent.

OR

• junior standing;
• completion of nine semester hours of political science;
• a 3.0 cumulative GPA and a 3.25 GPA in political science courses in the last 30 percent of coursework attempted (and maintenance of these minimum GPAs);
• the declaration of political science as the student's major;
• a letter of intent; and
• faculty approval.

Eligibility requirements can also be reviewed in the UAB Course Catalog.