| Total Hours |
124 Hours |
| General Education Program |
34 Hours |
| Social Sciences Core Courses |
21 Hours |
| Upper-Division Social Science Courses |
36 Hours |
| Elective Courses |
33 Hours |
General Education Program (minimum of 34 hours)
English Composition (minimum of 6 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| ENGL 1101 |
Discourse and Composition |
5 |
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OR |
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| ENGL 1102 |
Discourse and Composition |
3 |
| ENGL 1105 |
Composition and Argumentation |
3 |
Quantitative Reasoning (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| MATH 1100 |
Mathematics Core Course |
3 |
| MATH 1200 |
College Algebra |
3 |
| MATH 1300 |
Precalculus |
3 |
| MATH 1500 |
Principles of Statistics |
3 |
| MATH 1700 |
Applied Finite Mathematics |
3 |
| MATH 2110 |
Calculus 1 |
3 |
Fine and Performing Arts (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| ARTH 1101 |
Introduction to Art |
3 |
| ENGL 2275 |
American Film History |
3 |
| MUSI 1201 |
Music Appreciation |
3 |
| MUSI 2211 |
Music History 1 |
3 |
| PHIL 3300 |
Philosophy and Film |
3 |
| THAR 1000 |
Introduction to Theatre |
3 |
Social Sciences (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| SOSC 1110 |
Foundations of Social Science |
3 |
Natural Sciences (minimum of 7 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| BIOL 1120 |
Concepts in Biology |
4 |
| BIOL 1130 |
Prin. of Anatomy & Physiology 1 |
4 |
| BIOL 1131 |
Prin. of Anatomy & Physiology 2 |
4 |
| BIOL 1151 |
General Biology 1 |
4 |
| BIOL 1152 |
General Biology 2 |
4 |
| BIOL 2252 |
Dendrology |
4 |
| BIOL 2253 |
Practical Horticulture |
4 |
| BIOL 3355 |
Ornithology |
3 |
| BIOL 3560 |
Principles of Anatomy |
4 |
| BIOL 3630 |
Kinesiology |
3 |
| BIOL 3750 |
Microbiology |
4 |
| BIOL 3852 |
Marine Biology |
4 |
| CHEM 1121 |
Prin. of Chemistry (non-majors) |
4 |
| CHEM 1141 |
General Chemistry 1 (majors) |
4 |
| CHEM 1142 |
General Chemistry 2 (majors) |
4 |
| CHEM 2200 |
Introduction to Organic Chemistry |
4 |
| GEOL 1201 |
Physical Geol. & Human Environ. |
4 |
| GEOL 1202 |
Historical Geology |
4 |
| NTSC 1110 |
Scientific Reasoning & Methodology |
3 |
| NTSC 2850 |
Intro. to Environmental Science |
4 |
| NTSC 3850 |
Ohio's Natural Heritage |
4 |
| PHYS 2201 |
Physics 1 (Mechanics & Energy) |
4 |
| PHYS 2202 |
Physics 2 (Electricity & Magnetism) |
4 |
| PHYS 2210 |
Introductory Astronomy |
3 |
| PHYS 2211 |
Calculus-Based Physics 1 |
4 |
| PHYS 2212 |
Calculus-Based Physics 2 |
4 |
| PHYS 3310 |
Observational Astronomy |
3 |
| PSCI 2251 |
Physical Science by Inquiry 1 |
4 |
Western Perspectives (minimum of 3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| FREN 1111 |
Elementary French 1 |
5 |
| IDST 2225 |
Civilization and Literature 1 |
3 |
| IDST 2226 |
Civilization and Literature 2 |
3 |
| PHIL 2200 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
3 |
| RELI 2230 |
History of Christian Thought |
3 |
| HIST 3300 |
Christianity in Early America |
3 |
| HIST 3520 |
History of the Crusades |
3 |
| SPAN 1111 |
Elementary Spanish 1 |
5 |
Non-Western Perspectives (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| ANTH 2250 |
Cultural Anthropology |
3 |
| ARTH 3366 |
Non-Western Survey |
3 |
| GEOG 2201 |
Cultural Geography |
3 |
| GEOG 3351 |
Regional Geography of the Middle East |
3 |
| GOVT 3320 |
Third World Politics |
3 |
| HIST 3410 |
East Asian History |
3 |
| HIST 3430 |
Ancient Indian Culture and Society |
3 |
| HIST 3432 |
Gandhi and Modern India |
3 |
| HIST 3460 |
Islamic Religion, Culture, and Civilization |
3 |
| HIST 3500 |
History of Southern Africa |
3 |
| HIST 4420 |
Middle East in Modern Times |
3 |
| IDST 2227 |
Civilization and Literature 3 |
3 |
| PHIL 2284 |
East Asian Philosophy |
3 |
Ethics (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| PHIL 3320 |
Ethics in Public and Private Life |
3 |
| ROCI 4485 |
Reflections on Community Involvement |
3 |
Capstone (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| IDST 4490 |
Senior Seminar |
3 |
Social Sciences Major (minimum of 57 hours)
Social Sciences Core Courses (minimum of 21 hours)
Choose a total of 21 hours from the following list of courses. All three Introductory Social Sciences Courses are required. Please note that social science majors may not double-count courses that satisfy both their major and GEP requirements.
Introductory Social Sciences Courses (9 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| GOVT 2250 |
Introduction to Political Science |
3 |
| PSYC 1101 |
Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
| SOCI 1101 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
World Cultures (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| ANTH 2250 |
Principles of Cultural Anthropology |
3 |
| GEOG 1125 |
World Geography |
3 |
| GEOG 1130 |
Economic Geography |
3 |
| GEOG 2201 |
Cultural Geography |
3 |
Economics (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| ECON 1103 |
Economics for the Social Sciences |
3 |
| ECON 2201 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| ECON 2202 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
3 |
American History & Government (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| GOVT 1101 |
National Government |
3 |
| HIST 2330 |
American History I |
3 |
| HIST 2340 |
American History II |
3 |
World History (3 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Hours |
| HIST 2103 |
Revolutionary Europe, 1517 to 1921 |
3 |
| HIST 2430 |
World History I |
3 |
| HIST 2440 |
World History II |
3 |
Upper-Division Social Sciences Courses (minimum 36 hours)
Choose a total of 12 courses (36 credit hours) from any Social Sciences courses at the 3000 level or above*. Social Sciences courses are as follows: Anthropology (ANTH), Economics (ECON), Geography (GEOG), Government (GOVT), History (HIST), Psychology (PSYC), Sociology (SOCI), and Social Sciences (SOSC). You may choose any combination of disciplines that you wish. The one restriction is that you may not count more than 9 hours from any specific discipline as contributing to this requirement (courses from a single discipline beyond 9 hours are counted as electives).
*If you take ECON 2201 for your Economics core requirement, you may count ECON 2202 as an upper division ECON course. If you take ECON 2202 for your Economics core requirement, you may count ECON 2201 as an upper division ECON course.
Elective Courses (minimum of 33 hours)
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