Academics

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Social sciences courses must afford students an understanding of the basic social and behavioral science concepts and principles used in the analysis of behavior and past and present social, political and economic issues.


State Core (Total: 6 Courses)


  1. AMH2010 History of the US to 1877
  2. AMH2020 History of the US Since 1877
  3. ANT2000 Introduction to Anthropology
  4. ECO2013 Principles of Economics (Macro)
  5. POS2041 American Federal Government
  6. PSY2012 Introduction to Psychology

Institutional Course Options (Total: 15 Courses)

Institutional course options include MDC core and general education elective.


  1. AMH2035 Recent American History - Since 1945
  2. CLP2000 Dynamics of Behavior
  3. DEP2000 Human Growth & Development
  4. DEP2100 Child Growth and Development
  5. ECO2023 Principles of Economics Micro
  6. ECO2301 Hist of Eco Ideas & Their Consequences
  7. EDF1005 Introduction to the Teaching Profession
  8. EUH2032 The History of the Holocaust
  9. INR2002 International Relations
  10. LAH2021 Colonial Latin America
  11. POS2112 State and Local Government in America
  12. SOP2002 Social Psychology
  13. SYG2000 Introduction to Sociology
  14. WOH2012 History of World Civilization to 1789
  15. WOH2022 History of World Civilization from 1789