GEP Social Sciences
Requirement (6 credit hours)
- A total of six credit hours from the university approved GEP Social Sciences course list.
- The selected courses must be from two different disciplines.
- Special Note: 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. 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEE 323 | Leadership Development in Agriculture and Life Sciences | 3 | |
| AEE 350 | Personal Leadership Development in Agriculture and Life Sciences | 3 | |
| AFS 305 | Racial and Ethnic Relations | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ANT 251 | Physical Anthropology | 3 | |
| ANT 252 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 | GK |
| ANT 253 | Unearthing the Past: Introduction to World Archaeology | 3 | GK |
| ANT 254 | Language and Culture | 3 | USD, I, SS, USD |
| ANT 261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3 | GK, IP |
| ANT 310 | Native Peoples and Cultures of North America | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ANT 315 | The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica | 3 | GK |
| ANT 325 | Andean South America | 3 | GK |
| ANT 330 | People and Cultures of Africa | 3 | GK |
| ANT 345 | Anthropology of the Middle East | 3 | GK |
| ANT 370 | Introduction to Forensic Anthropology | 3 | |
| ANT 461 | Wealth, Poverty and International Aid | 3 | GK |
| ANT 471 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, IP |
| ANT 481 | Zooarchaeology | 3 | |
| ANT 561 | Wealth, Poverty and International Aid | 3 | GK |
| ANT 571 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, IP |
| ANT 581 | Zooarchaeology | 3 | |
| ARE 201 | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 | |
| ARE 201A | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 | |
| ARE 309 | Environmental Law & Economic Policy | 3 | |
| ARE 311 | Agricultural Markets | 3 | |
| ARE 433 | U.S. Agricultural Policy | 3 | |
| COM 112 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 | |
| COM 289 | Science Communication and Public Engagement | 3 | HUM, IP |
| COM 292 | Language, Communication, and Culture | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| COM 392 | International and Crosscultural Communication | 3 | GK, USD |
| EC 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| EC 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| EC 205 | Fundamentals of Economics | 3 | |
| EDP 304 | Educational Psychology | 3 | |
| EDP 370 | Applied Child Development | 3 | |
| ENG 210 | Introduction to Language and Linguistics | 3 | |
| GEO 200 | Principles of Geography | 3 | |
| GEO 220 | Cultural Geography | 3 | GK |
| HON 295 | Honors Special Topics-Social Science | 3 | |
| HON 352 | Self, Schooling, and the Social Order: A Critical Examination | 3 | USD |
| HON 353 | Code Breakers: Unlocking the Mysteries of One Human Language | 3 | GK |
| HON 354 | The Winners and Losers of U.S. Agricultural Policy | 3 | |
| HSS 392 | International and Crosscultural Communication | 3 | GK, USD |
| IS 471 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, IP |
| IS 571 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, IP |
| LPS 315 | Public Leadership | 3 | |
| MIE 209 | Survey of Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
| MS 302 | Applied Leadership in Small Unit Operations | 3 | |
| NR 219 | Natural Resource Markets | 3 | |
| NR 460 | Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy | 3 | |
| NR 560 | Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy | 3 | |
| NS 210 | Leadership and Management | 3 | |
| PA 203 | Introduction to Nonprofits | 3 | |
| PA 312 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 | |
| PRT 152 | Introduction to Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Event Management | 3 | |
| PRT 200 | Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness | 3 | |
| PS 201 | American Politics and Government | 3 | |
| PS 202 | State and Local Government | 3 | |
| PS 203 | Introduction to Nonprofits | 3 | |
| PS 231 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 | GK |
| PS 236 | Issues in Global Politics | 3 | GK |
| PS 241 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 | GK |
| PS 301 | The Presidency and Congress | 3 | |
| PS 302 | Campaigns and Elections in the US Political System | 3 | |
| PS 303 | Race in U.S. Politics | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| PS 305 | The Justice System in the American Political Process | 3 | |
| PS 306 | Gender and Politics in the United States | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| PS 309 | Equality and Justice in United States Law | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| PS 310 | Public Policy | 3 | |
| PS 312 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 | |
| PS 314 | Science, Technology and Public Policy | 3 | |
| PS 320 | U.S. Environmental Law and Politics | 3 | |
| PS 325 | Introduction to Political Psychology | 3 | |
| PS 331 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 | |
| PS 332 | Causes of War and Peace | 3 | |
| PS 335 | International Law | 3 | GK |
| PS 336 | Global Environmental Politics | 3 | GK |
| PS 341 | European Politics | 3 | GK |
| PS 342 | Politics of China and Japan | 3 | GK |
| PS 345 | Governments and Politics in the Middle East | 3 | GK |
| PS 353 | Issues in Latin American and Caribbean Politics | 3 | |
| PSY 200 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
| PSY 208 | Psychobiology of Success | 3 | IP |
| PSY 311 | Social Psychology | 3 | |
| PSY 325 | Introduction to Political Psychology | 3 | |
| PSY 376 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | |
| PSY 406 | Psychology of Gender | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| PSY 412 | Social Relationships | 3 | USD, , I |
| PSY 432 | Human Sexuality and Intimate Relationships | 3 | IP |
| PSY 441 | Environmental Psychology | 3 | IP |
| PSY 471 | Psychology and Media | 3 | |
| PSY 477 | Psychology of Aging | 3 | USD, , I |
| REL 309 | Religion and Society | 3 | HUM |
| SOC 202 | Principles of Sociology | 3 | USD, USD, I, SS |
| SOC 203 | Current Social Problems | 3 | USD, USD, I, SS |
| SOC 203A | Current Social Problems | 3 | USD, USD, I, SS |
| SOC 204 | Sociology of Family | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| SOC 205 | Jobs and Work | 3 | USD, , I |
| SOC 206 | Social Deviance | 3 | |
| SOC 207 | Language and Society | 3 | IP, USD, , I, USD |
| SOC 211 | Community and Health | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| SOC 212 | Race in America | 3 | USD, , I |
| SOC 220 | Cultural Geography | 3 | GK |
| SOC 241 | Sociology of Agriculture and Rural Society | 3 | |
| SOC 241A | Sociology of Agriculture and Rural Society | 3 | |
| SOC 261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3 | GK, IP |
| SOC 300 | Social Research Methods | 4 | |
| SOC 301 | Human Behavior | 3 | |
| SOC 304 | Gender and Society | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| SOC 305 | Racial and Ethnic Relations | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| SOC 306 | Criminology | 3 | |
| SOC 307 | Sociology of Immigration | 3 | USD |
| SOC 309 | Religion and Society | 3 | HUM |
| SOC 311 | Community Relationships | 3 | |
| SOC 320 | Survey Design | 3 | |
| SOC 342 | International Development | 3 | GK |
| SOC 350 | Food and Society | 3 | |
| SOC 351 | Population and Planning | 3 | GK |
| SW 300 | Research Methods in Social Work | 3 | |
| SW 307 | Social Welfare Policy: Analysis and Advocacy | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| SW 310 | Human Behavior Theory for Social Work Practice | 3 | USD |
| WGS 204 | Sociology of Family | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 304 | Gender and Society | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 306 | Gender and Politics in the United States | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 406 | Psychology of Gender | 3 | USD, USD, , I |