Bachelor of Science - Social Science Major

EACH STUDENT MUST ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR KNOWING THE ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE THAT IS BEING PURSUED.

Program components for the Bachelor of Science with a major in Social Science:

Applicable General University Requirements

Applicable General University Requirements

Students earning the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree with a major in Social Science must satisfy all general University requirements and meet all financial obligations before a degree is awarded.

General Education Requirements

Area I - Written Composition

	English Composition I and English Composition II	6
Total Credit Hours:		6

Area II - Humanities/Fine Arts

	Fine Arts Course or Equivalent	3
	At Least One Literature Course	3
	Fundamentals of Oral Communication (SPH 106)	3
	Or
	Fundamentals of Public Speaking (SPH 107)	3
	Other Course in Humanities or Fine Arts	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Area III - Mathematics and Natural Sciences

	Finite Math or Higher Mathematics Course	3
	Natural Sciences	8
Total Credit Hours:		11

Natural sciences: Lab-based.

Area IV - History/Behavioral and Social Sciences

	United States History I	3
	United States History II	3
	General psychology course	3
	Introduction to Sociology	3
	Or
	An approved Social and Behavioral Science Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Total Credit Hours: 41

Area V - Pre-Professionals

Required

	Microcomputer Applications (CIS 146)	3
	Or
ITE 301	Problem Solving with Computers	3
	Western Civilization I	3
	And
	Western Civilization II	3
	Or
	World History I	3
	And
	World History II	3
	Alabama History (HIS 260)	3
	Or
HY 302	Alabama History	3
	American National Government (POL 211)	3
	Macroeconomics	3
	Microeconomics	3
	World Regional Geography (GEO 100)	3
	Or
GO 300	World Regional Geography	3
Total Credit Hours:		24

Total Credit Hours: 24

Total General Education and Major Prerequisite Requirement Hours: 65

Major Course Requirements

Required

UNV 300	Pathways to Success	3
EC 310	Modern Economics	3
	Or
EC 320	International Economics and Trade	3
HY 307	American Constitutional Law	3
HY 451	Senior History Seminar	3
	300/400 level American History courses	6
	300/400 level Non-American History courses	6
PO 303	Comparative State and Local Government	3
	Or
	State and Local Government (POL 220)	3
SO 351	American Public Policy/Political Sociology	3
SS 453	International Relations: America and the World	3
HY 430	Globalization: Concepts and History	3
	Or
HY 431	Human Expansion	3
UNV 400	Career Seminar	1

Total Credit Hours: 37

A minor is not required.

General Electives

Elective hours as needed to meet minimum 124 hour requirement and all other general University requirements

Total Credit Hours: 22

Total Credit Hours: 124