Degree Requirements
Students must meet all university requirements for a bachelor's degree
I. General Education Requirement (37-41 Hours)
See front of catalog for general education requirements.
II. Required Courses (39 Hours)
Courses with an “*” may be substituted with a lower-division course.
A. American Studies Core (12 Hours)
- HIST 3100 U.S. Economic History (3)
- HIST 4160 Issues in Modern U.S. History (3)
- POLS 2100 Foundations of U.S. Democracy (3)
- SOC 3100 Studies in American Society (3)
B. Global Studies Core (18 Hours)
- ANTH 3100 Trends in Cross-Cultural Analysis (3)
- GEOG 4470 Human Geography (3)
- HIST 4675 World History: Concepts and Interpretations (3)
- POLS 3110 Transformation of the Global System (3)
- SOSC 3250 International Political Economy (3)
C. Foundations and Research Core (9 Hours)
- SOSC 4110 Foundations in Social Sciences (3)
- SOSC 4200 Methods and Skills in Cross-Cultural Understanding (3)
- SOSC 4500 Research Methods in the Social Sciences (3)
D. Capstone Core (3 Hours)
- SOSC 4900 Senior Seminar: Values, Technology, and Social Change (3)
Note: Several courses in the program have been developed for delivery on the Internet.
III. Career Selectives (24 Hours)
Students, with the assistance of their advisor, will select an additional 24 hours of courses in the social sciences, policy studies, language, or a relevant field, with the degree of generalization and specialization that best suits their personal and professional goals.
The following courses are suggestive of what may be used:
ANTH 3501 Beliefs and Believers (3)
ANTH 4100 Urban Anthropology (3)
ANTH 4600 Anthropology in Film (3)
HIST 4100 Beyond the Dream: Current Black Social Issues (3)
HIST 4115 Modern African History (3)
HIST 4200 American Urban History (3)
HIST 4300 Modern Middle Eastern History (3)
HIST 4340 Modern Chinese History (3)
HIST 4400 Black Experience in the U.S. (3)
HIST 4420 Caribbean History (3)
HIST 4440 History of Civil Rights (3)
HIST 4470 Latin American History (3)
HIST 4500 Women in American History (3)
HIST 4670 Russia in the Twentieth Century (3)
ICS 3400 Chinese Language and Culture I (3)
ICS 4610 Introduction to Gender Studies (3)
ICS 4620 African Politics (3)
ICS 4630 Hispanic Experience in the U.S. (3)
ICS 4650 Latin America: Culture and Society (3)
INST 3600 Examining the Barriers: Studies in Race, Class, and Gender (3)
JAPN 3350 Japanese Language and Culture I (3)
POLS 3600 International Organization (3)
POLS 4400 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties (3)
POLS 4401 Political Economy of Urban Development (3)
POLS 4480 Politics of Latin America (3)
SOC 4250 Community Organization (3)
SOC 4500 Sociology of Health (3)
SOSC 2100 Survey of Social Science (3)
SOSC 4101 Cultures of Labor in the Modern World (3)
SOSC 4305 Urban Studies: Introduction to the City (3)
SOSC 4410 Ethnicity, Culture, and Politics (3)
SOSC 4575 Women and Social Action (3)
SOSC 4600 Social Movements (3)
SPAN 3250 Spanish Language and Culture I (3)
IV. Electives (20 Hours)
V. Total - 120 Hours
