Social Studies Minor

24 credit hours

Requirements

A minor in social studies requires 24 credit hours of coursework.

Seven required courses:

ANT 11200	Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON 23010	Survey of Economics	3
GEO 10100	World Regional Geography	3
	or
GEO 10200	Concepts of Geography	3
HIST 15500	US Government: Politics and History	3
	or
PS 15500	American Government: The Nation	3
PS 15600	American Government: The States	3
PSY 10000	Principles of Psychology	3
SOC 10200	Basic Concepts of Sociology	3

One course chosen from the following options:

ANT 21000	Native North American Indians	3
ANT 31700	Social and Cultural Change	3
ANT 32400	The Anthropology of Religion	3
ANT 32700	Environmental Anthropology	3
ECON 23020	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 23030	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON 33035	Current Economic and Social Issues	3
ECON 33060	History of Economic Thought	3
GEO 10300	Human Geography	3
GEO 20000	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
IR 35000	International Relations Theory	3
PS 31000	Congress, the Presidency, and the Party System	3
PS 31500	Capstone I - Political Science and Public Policy Research Methods	3
SOC 30400	The Sociology of Gender Roles	3
SOC 31800/ANT 31800	Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective	3
SOC 42000/ANT 42000	Sociocultural Theory	3

This minor is recommended for students majoring in history who are seeking certification to teach social studies at the secondary level. See a history advisor about this minor.