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.
Social Science majors must complete 36 hours of essential studies. The following Essential Studies courses are required: COMM 110, ENGL 110, ENGL 120 or ENGL 125, GEOG 103, MATH 103, PSYC 111, and SOC 110. These courses are pre-requisite courses for this major.
Student Learning Outcomes:
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SLO 1: Students will explain and demonstrate content knowledge in various formats
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SLO 2: Students will use and apply content knowledge in new contexts that illustrate transfer of learning
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SLO 3: Students will utilize concepts from content knowledge to synthesize and create new ideas and work.
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SLO 4: Students will compare, critique, and evaluate ideas, theories, and/or outcomes in content knowledge.
Requirements:
Core Courses
Choose a minimum of two of the following concentrations::
Geography Concentration: 12 SH
| GEOG 274 | Introduction to Geospatial Techniques | 3 |
| GEOG | Elective | 3 |
| GEOG | Elective | 3 |
| GEOG | Elective | 3 |
Economics Concentration: 12 SH
| ECON 332/GEOG 332 | The Global Economy and the Developing World | 3 |
| ECON | Elective | 3 |
| ECON | Elective | 3 |
| ECON | Elective | 3 |
History Concentration: 12 SH
| HIST 400 | Historiography | 3 |
| HIST | Elective | 3 |
| HIST | Elective | 3 |
| HIST | Elective | 3 |
Psychology Concentration: 12 SH
| PSYC | Elective | 3 |
| PSYC | Elective | 3 |
| PSYC | Elective | 3 |
| PSYC | Elective | 3 |
Sociology Concentration: 12 SH
| SOC | Elective | 3 |
| SOC | Elective | 3 |
| SOC | Elective | 3 |
| SOC | Elective | 3 |