Bachelor of Science - Social Science Major

Social Science students will learn the skills and competencies to pursue graduate studies, gain employment in a variety of career fields in government and the private sector, or teach social sciences at the secondary school level.

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

	MA 200 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 (ECO 231)	3
	Microeconomics (ECO 232)	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