General Studies Information
GENERAL STUDIES COURSES
VI. SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(9 hours from three separate perspectives required; up to 15 hours count as General
Studies credit.)
In addition to those objectives required of all General Studies courses, students will:
- demonstrate an understanding of human experiences and be able to relate them to the
present,
- demonstrate the ability to understand the application of the empirical research methods
used in the social sciences to understand individual behavior as well as the
interrelationships among people,
- demonstrate the ability to comprehend how social scientific concepts originate, are
validated and refined within a variety of social science disciplines,
- demonstrate the ability to evaluate the strengths and limitations of the social sciences
and the explanations they offer for contemporary life.
Within the Social and Behavioral sciences, courses should be distributed among the
following perspectives:
- Economic Perspectives
- (3 hours required; up to 6 hours count as General Studies credit.)
- ECON 100GS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3
hours
ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics,
Macroeconomics - 3 hours
ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
Social Perspectives- (0 hours required; up to 6 hours count as General Studies credit.)
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
SOC 124GS, Social Problems - 3 hours
SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
ITEC 210GS, Society and Technology - 3 hours
Political Perspectives- (0 hours required; up to 6 hours count as General Studies credit.)
-
PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
PSCI 140GS, Introduction to Comparative Politics - 3 hours
PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International Relations - 3 hours
PSCI 170GS, Introduction to Political Thought - 3 hours
Geographical Perspectives- (0 hours required; up to 6 hours count as General Studies credit.)
- GEOG 104GS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
GEOG 106GS, Human Geography - 3 hours
GEOG 206GS, Geography of the United States and
Canada - 3 hours
GEOG 305GS, Environmental Conservation - 3 hours
Behavioral Perspectives- (0 hours required; up to 6 hours count as General Studies credit.)
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
PSY 210HGS, Issues in Psychology - 3 hours
FSID 351GS, Marriage/Family Relationships - 3 hours
