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Social Science (Contract Major)
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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
OR
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/School Core: SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- School Core: Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness: Intro Course Outside of Major (Choose one: SOCI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY, PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY, OR LAWS 131 - LAW & SOCIETY) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: 200-level course from one of the disciplines listed below
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Major: 200-level course from one of the disciplines listed below
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Major: Research Methods in Social Science: SOSC 307 - SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS (HRS 4)
- Major: 200-400 level course from one of the disciplines listed below (HRS 4)
- Major: 200-400 level course from one of the disciplines listed below (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: 300-400 level course from one of the disciplines listed below (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Major: 200-400 level course from one of the disciplines listed below (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: 200-400 level course from one of the disciplines listed below (HRS 4)
- Major: 300-400 level course from one of the disciplines listed below (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Capstone (SOSC 410) (WI) (HRS 4)
- Major: 300-400 level course from one of the disciplines listed below (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Social Science Inquiry
Scientific Reasoning
Historical Perspectives (+W)
Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)
Global Awareness (+W)
Distribution Category (Outside of SSHS)
Distribution Category
(+W): Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
NOTE: There must be a total of 11 Major courses within the Social Sciences, which includes a research methods course (SOSC 307) and Capstone (SOSC 410). Students are encouraged to select a minor with this major.
Courses for the major can come from any of the following disciplines: Africana Studies (AFST), Anthropology (ANTH), Education (EDUC), Environmental Studies (ENST), Geography (GEOG), Law & Society (LAWS), Political Science (POLI), Psychology (PSYC), Social Science (SOSC), Sociology (SOCI), Social Work (SWRK), Sustainability (SUST)
WI: Three Writing Intensive courses needed prior to graduation
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