| Convener: Samuel Rosenberg |
About the Major
Social Science is an interdisciplinary contract major offered through the School of Social Science and Human Services. It is designed to enable students with specialized interests in the Social Sciences to develop, in collaboration with a faculty advisor, a coherent program of courses in areas of inquiry for which regular majors are not offered, allowing students to explore specialized or emerging fields. Examples of such programs include, but are not limited to:Africana Studies
Community Mental Health
Cultural Studies
Ethnic Relations
Gender Studies
Labor Studies
It is recommended that students consider combining their major concentration with an appropriate minor(e.g. Sociology, Psychology, Substance Abuse, Women’s Studies, African-American Studies, Latin American Studies, Economics).
Each of the concentrations requires 8 courses at least 4 of which must be at the upper level and a research methods course. Since the choice of concentration and design of the major are individualized, interested students are encouraged to contact the convener early in their college careers.
The major is offered by the School of Social Science and Human Services and leads to a BA degree.In addition to the major requirements, students must fulfill the following General Education and School of Social Science and Human Services requirements below
| Subject | Course # | Title |
| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | |||
| INTD | 101 | FIRST YEAR SEMINAR | |
| ENGL | 180 | COLLEGE ENGLISH | |
| AIID | 201 | READINGS IN HUMANITIES | |
| SELECT ONE | GE-SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT CATEGORY | ||
| SELECT ONE | GE-MATHEMATICS CATEGORY: | ||
| MATH 101 - 121 | |||
| SELECT ONE | GE-HISTORY: | ||
| HIST 101-110 | |||
| SELECT ONE | GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY | ||
| SELECT ONE | GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES CATEGORY | ||
| SELECT ONE | GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES CATEGORY | ||
| SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN SERVICES REQUIREMENTS |
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| SOSC | 101 | SOCIAL ISSUES | |
| SOSC | 235 | HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT | |
| SELECT | ONE | Consciousness and Society one course from the following: | |
| EDUC | 211 | STUDENT LITERACY CORPS | |
| HIST | 324 | AGE OF SEGREGATION | |
| HIST | 325 | THE BLACK POWER YEARS | |
| LITR | 301 | LITERARY: THEORY AND CRITICISM | |
| POLI | 231 | BLACK AMERICANS AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM | |
| POLI | 360 | CONFLICT RESOLUTION | |
| POLI | 327 | POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
| PSYC | 306 | ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES | |
| PSYC | 311 | PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER | |
| PSYC | 313 | VALUES IN AMERICAN CULTURE | |
| PSYC | 317 | PSYCHOLOGY OF RACISM | |
| PSYC | 349 | PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN | |
| SOCI | 205 | SOCIOLOGY OF AGING | |
| SOCI | 215 | SOCIOLOGY OF RACE RELATIONS | |
| SOCI | 240 | THE BLACK FAMILY | |
| SOCI | 303 | SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE | |
| SOCI | 331 | SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION | |
| SOSC | 209 | IDEOLOGY AND FILM | |
| SOSC | 215 | AFRICAN AMERICANS IN FILM | |
| SOSC | 223 | WOMEN WRITERS: MEDLEY OF VOICES | |
| SOSC | 280 | WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY | |
| SOSC | 308 | AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT | |
| SOSC | 352 | POLITICAL LEGACY OF MALCOLM X | |
| SWRK | 223 | SOCIAL WORK IN THE INNER CITY | |
| SWRK | 330 | AIDS: SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES | |
| SELECT ONE | History Elective (200-300 level) course from the following: | ||
| HIST 201-290 or HIST 301-396 OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING | |||
| AMER | 309 | HOLOCAUST AND MEDIA | |
| SELECT ONE | Social Science Elective (200-300 level) course-not in one's major | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY ECONOMICS LAWS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL WORK SOCIOLOGY POLITICAL SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
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| EDUC | 211 | STUDENT LITERACY CORPS | |
| EDUC | 221 | SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION | |
| SELECT ONE | Sustainability course from the following: | ||
| ENSC | 325 | BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION | |
| ENSC | 327 | ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE | |
| ENST | 207 | PUBLIC POLICY | |
| ENST | 209 | WORLD SUSTAINABILITY | |
| ENST | 215 | ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY | |
| ENST | 312 | ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | |
| ENST | 313 | APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY | |
| ENST | 335 | ECOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND THE SACRED | |
| ENST | 338 | SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | |
| ENST | 390 | TOPICS: | |
| GEOG | 303 | WATER RESOURCES | |
| GEOG | 304 | FOREST RESOURCES | |
| PSYC | 343 | ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
| SOCI | 306 | ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY | |
| SOCI | 309 | FOOD AND POPULATION | |
| NOTE: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required. | |||
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