GEP Social Sciences
Requirement聽(6 credit hours)
- A total of six credit hours from the university approved GEP Social Sciences course list.
- The selected courses must be from聽two different disciplines.
- Special Note:聽 If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements.聽 Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.
Double-counting
- A course taken to satisfy a Major requirement may also satisfy this requirement if the course is on the approved GEP Social Sciences course list.
- A course that satisfies the Social Sciences requirement may also satisfy the Global Knowledge or U.S. Diversity co-requisite if the course also exists on either university approved GEP co-requisite course list.
- Note: Double-counting with U.S. Diversity applies to students matriculated prior to Fall 2023. Students matriculated after Fall 2023 may only double-count Global Knowledge.
Rationale
The study of social sciences enables students to understand individual and collective human behavior by exploring meaning within a variety of social, cultural, political, and economic contexts, analyzing the structures within which human goals are established and human choices are made, and applying theoretical and empirical models to specific cases.
Category Objectives
Each course in the Social Sciences category will provide instruction and guidance that help students to:
- Examine at least one of the following:聽 human behavior, culture, mental processes, organizational processes, or institutional processes; and
- Demonstrate how social scientific methods may be applied to the study of human behavior, culture, mental processes, organizational processes, or institutional processes; and
- Use theories or concepts of the social sciences to analyze and explain theoretical and/or real-world problems, including the underlying origins of such problems.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础贰贰听323 | Leadership Development in Agriculture and Life Sciences | 3 | |
| 础贰贰听350 | Personal Leadership Development in Agriculture and Life Sciences | 3 | |
| 础贵厂听305 | Racial and Ethnic Relations | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 础狈罢听251 | Physical Anthropology | 3 | |
| 础狈罢听252 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听253 | Unearthing the Past: Introduction to World Archaeology | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听254 | Language and Culture | 3 | USD, I, SS, USD |
| 础狈罢听261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3 | GK, IP |
| 础狈罢听310 | Native Peoples and Cultures of North America | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 础狈罢听315 | The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听325 | Andean South America | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听330 | People and Cultures of Africa | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听345 | Anthropology of the Middle East | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听370 | Introduction to Forensic Anthropology | 3 | |
| 础狈罢听461 | Wealth, Poverty and International Aid | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听471 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, IP |
| 础狈罢听481 | Zooarchaeology | 3 | |
| 础狈罢听561 | Wealth, Poverty and International Aid | 3 | GK |
| 础狈罢听571 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, IP |
| 础狈罢听581 | Zooarchaeology | 3 | |
| 础搁贰听201 | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 | |
| 础搁贰听201A | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 | |
| 础搁贰听309 | Environmental Law & Economic Policy | 3 | |
| 础搁贰听311 | Agricultural Markets | 3 | |
| 础搁贰听433 | U.S. Agricultural Policy | 3 | |
| 颁翱惭听112 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 | |
| 颁翱惭听289 | Science Communication and Public Engagement | 3 | HUM, IP |
| 颁翱惭听292 | Language, Communication, and Culture | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 颁翱惭听392 | International and Crosscultural Communication | 3 | GK, USD |
| 贰颁听201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| 贰颁听202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| 贰颁听205 | Fundamentals of Economics | 3 | |
| 贰顿笔听304 | Educational Psychology | 3 | |
| 贰顿笔听370 | Applied Child Development | 3 | |
| 贰狈骋听210 | Introduction to Language and Linguistics | 3 | |
| 骋贰翱听200 | Principles of Geography | 3 | |
| 骋贰翱听220 | Cultural Geography | 3 | GK |
| 贬翱狈听295 | Honors Special Topics-Social Science | 3 | |
| 贬翱狈听352 | Self, Schooling, and the Social Order: A Critical Examination | 3 | USD |
| 贬翱狈听353 | Code Breakers: Unlocking the Mysteries of One Human Language | 3 | GK |
| 贬翱狈听354 | The Winners and Losers of U.S. Agricultural Policy | 3 | |
| 贬厂厂听392 | International and Crosscultural Communication | 3 | GK, USD |
| 滨厂听471 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, IP |
| 尝笔厂听315 | Public Leadership | 3 | |
| 惭厂听302 | Applied Leadership in Small Unit Operations | 3 | |
| 狈搁听219 | Natural Resource Markets | 3 | |
| 狈搁听460 | Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy | 3 | |
| 狈搁听560 | Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy | 3 | |
| 狈厂听210 | Leadership and Management | 3 | |
| 笔础听203 | Introduction to Nonprofits | 3 | |
| 笔础听312 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 | |
| 笔搁罢听152 | Introduction to Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Event Management | 3 | |
| 笔搁罢听200 | Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness | 3 | |
| 笔厂听201 | American Politics and Government | 3 | |
| 笔厂听202 | State and Local Government | 3 | |
| 笔厂听203 | Introduction to Nonprofits | 3 | |
| 笔厂听231 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听236 | Issues in Global Politics | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听241 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听301 | The Presidency and Congress | 3 | |
| 笔厂听302 | Campaigns and Elections in the US Political System | 3 | |
| 笔厂听303 | Race in U.S. Politics | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 笔厂听305 | The Justice System in the American Political Process | 3 | |
| 笔厂听306 | Gender and Politics in the United States | 3 | USD, I, SS, USD |
| 笔厂听309 | Equality and Justice in United States Law | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 笔厂听310 | Public Policy | 3 | |
| 笔厂听312 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 | |
| 笔厂听314 | Science, Technology and Public Policy | 3 | |
| 笔厂听320 | U.S. Environmental Law and Politics | 3 | |
| 笔厂听331 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 | |
| 笔厂听332 | Causes of War and Peace | 3 | |
| 笔厂听335 | International Law | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听336 | Global Environmental Politics | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听341 | European Politics | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听342 | Politics of China and Japan | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听345 | Governments and Politics in the Middle East | 3 | GK |
| 笔厂听353 | Issues in Latin American and Caribbean Politics | 3 | |
| 笔厂驰听200 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
| 笔厂驰听208 | Psychobiology of Success | 3 | IP |
| 笔厂驰听311 | Social Psychology | 3 | |
| 笔厂驰听376 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | |
| 笔厂驰听406 | Psychology of Gender | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 笔厂驰听432 | Human Sexuality and Intimate Relationships | 3 | IP |
| 笔厂驰听477 | Psychology of Aging | 3 | USD, , I |
| 搁贰尝听309 | Religion and Society | 3 | HUM |
| 厂翱颁听202 | Principles of Sociology | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 厂翱颁听203 | Current Social Problems | 3 | USD, I, SS, USD |
| 厂翱颁听203A | Current Social Problems | 3 | USD, I, SS, USD |
| 厂翱颁听204 | Sociology of Family | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 厂翱颁听205 | Jobs and Work | 3 | USD, , I |
| 厂翱颁听206 | Social Deviance | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听207 | Language and Society | 3 | IP, USD, , I, USD |
| 厂翱颁听211 | Community and Health | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 厂翱颁听212 | Race in America | 3 | USD, , I |
| 厂翱颁听220 | Cultural Geography | 3 | GK |
| 厂翱颁听241 | Sociology of Agriculture and Rural Society | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听241A | Sociology of Agriculture and Rural Society | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3 | GK, IP |
| 厂翱颁听300 | Social Research Methods | 4 | |
| 厂翱颁听301 | Human Behavior | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听304 | Gender and Society | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 厂翱颁听305 | Racial and Ethnic Relations | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 厂翱颁听306 | Criminology | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听307 | Sociology of Immigration | 3 | USD |
| 厂翱颁听309 | Religion and Society | 3 | HUM |
| 厂翱颁听311 | Community Relationships | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听320 | Survey Design | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听342 | International Development | 3 | GK |
| 厂翱颁听350 | Food and Society | 3 | |
| 厂翱颁听351 | Population and Planning | 3 | GK |
| 厂奥听300 | Research Methods in Social Work | 3 | |
| 厂奥听307 | Social Welfare Policy: Analysis and Advocacy | 3 | USD |
| 厂奥听310 | Human Behavior Theory for Social Work Practice | 3 | USD |
| 奥骋厂听204 | Sociology of Family | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 奥骋厂听304 | Gender and Society | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| 奥骋厂听306 | Gender and Politics in the United States | 3 | USD, I, SS, USD |
| 奥骋厂听406 | Psychology of Gender | 3 | USD, , I, USD |