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Social Science B.A.

Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120

Students pursuing this program must complete 31 semester hours of prescribed courses and 12 hours of electives, for a total of 43 hours. Students will also be required to complete at least one minor.

Student Learning Outcomes:

  • SLO 1: Graduates are able to conduct independent scholarly research that produces a paper and to present accurately and intelligibly that knowledge to an audience, using appropriate technologies.
  • SLO 2: Graduates will have content knowledge.
  • SLO 3: Graduates will demonstrate reading and writing skills.
  • SLO 4: Graduates will be able to critically think about relevant issues.
  • SLO 5: Graduates will complete an internship, service learning, or leadership experience.

Requirements

Social Science majors complete 36 hours of essential studies, including

COMM 110Fundamentals Of Public Speaking

3
ECON 105Elements Of Economics

3
ENGL 110College Composition I

3
ENGL 120College Composition II

3
or
ENGL 125Business and Technical Writing

3
GEOG 103Multicultural World, Global Issues

3
MATH 103College Algebra

3
and
SOC 110Introduction To Sociology

3

These courses are pre-requisite courses to this major.

Core Requirements:

HIST 101Western Civilization I

3
HIST 102Western Civilization II

3
HIST 103U.S. To 1877

3
HIST 104U.S. Since 1877

3
POLS 305/HIST 305Constitutional History

3
POLS 314/HIST 314Ideology And Government

3
ECON 201Principles Of Microeconomics

3
or
ECON 202Principles Of Macroeconomics

3
GEOG 300World Region Geog/Anthropology

3
GEOG 332/ECON 332the Global Economy and the Developing World

3
SOC 115Social Problems

3
SOSC 480SSocial Science Comprehensive

1
Total Credit Hours:31

Select one of the elective areas for your concentration

HIST Electives

12
POLS Electives

12
GEOG Electives

12