Social Science Distribution
An understanding of the social sciences is one of the primary areas of a strong liberal arts education. It provides students with the ability to better understand and analyze human dynamics using evidence-based methods. This understanding is important in a free and civil society. Students are encouraged and expected to use the skills learned in their social science distribution course when identifying and solving problems that they encounter in their courses, personal lives, and after graduation.
Social Science Distribution Course Description
Social or behavioral sciences use empirical data and theory to understand the human world. All students will be required to take a course in a social or behavioral science discipline that reinforces evidence-based approaches to understanding the social world of humans. Courses included in the social or behavioral science distribution requirement provide students with a more detailed exploration of how a specific social or behavioral science discipline approaches questions and the tools they employ to attempt to answer those questions. (4 credits)
Approved Social Science Distribution Courses
COM 224 Media and Society
CRM 101 Introduction to Criminology
CRM 102 Introduction to Criminal Justice
ECO 204 Principles of Microeconomics
GEO 102 World Regional Geography
GEO 240 Cultural Geography
HIS 102 World History to 1500
HIS 103 World History 1500 to Present
HIS 122 United States History to 1877
HIS 123 The United States Since 1877
HIS 128 History of the Islamic World
HIS 204 Twentieth Century Europe
HIS 205 Native American Histories: Colonialism and Resistance
HIS 206 Slavery and Racism in the Early Americas: A Comparative Perspective
HIS 212 Witchcraft and Magic in the Early Modern Atlantic World
HIS 217 China's Centuries of War and Revolution: Since 1800
HIS 220 Introduction to African History
HIS 221 Japan’s Modern Centuries
HIS 225 The Age of the Civil War
HIS 227 China and the World to 1800
HIS 228 Traditional Japan
HIS 229 History of Sexuality
HIS 236 Latin America
HIS 256 The Era of World War I
HIS 257 The Era of World War II
HIS 275 The Civil Rights Movement
PSC 100 Introduction to Government and World Affairs
PSC 101 Introduction to American Government
PSC 102 Introduction to International Relations
PSY 101 General Psychology
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 102 Contemporary Issues and Social Solutions
SOC 202 Marriages and Families
SOC 205 Medical Sociology
SOC 215 Sociology of Sexualities
SOC 240 Sociology of Childhood