BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: Bachelors degree in archival science or bachelors degree with a major that includes 18 semester hours in archival science, history and/or in political science or government, and 12 semester hours in one or any combination of the following: archival science, history, American civilization, economics, political science, public administration, or government. The following are illustrative of kinds of experience that may be accepted as meeting the specialized experience requirements: experience as an archivist in Federal, state, religious institution, business, or other archives, or in manuscript depositories, and experience of an archival nature that involved research in archival science, or in a directly related field such as history, government, economics, political science, international relations, or international law.