Updated 2012-2013 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Social Studies, B.A. major
Sociology-Anthropology Emphasis

Required Credits: 48
Required GPA: 2.50

I REQUIRED CORE CURRICULUM

CAPSTONE COURSE
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• POL 4500 Thesis And Career Preparation (3 credits)

ECONOMICS COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Macroeconomics And The Business Cycle (3 credits)

GEOGRAPHY COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• GEOG 2100 Introduction To Physical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 2200 Introduction To Human Geography (3 credits)

GEOGRAPHY COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOG 3410 Geography of North America (3 credits)
• GEOG 3800 Regional Geography
• GEOG 3810 Geography Of Europe (3 credits)
• GEOG 3820 Geography Of Asia (3 credits)
• GEOG 3840 Geography of Africa (3 credits)

UPPER DIVISION WORLD HISTORY
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• HST 2208 Greece And Rome, 1500 BCE-500 CE (3 credits)
• HST 2218 Medieval Europe (3 credits)
• HST 2228 Renaissance and Reformation Europe (3 credits)
• HST 2580 Russia (3 credits)
• HST 2600 Topics In History (3 credits)
• HST 2660 Women And History (3 credits)
• HST 2700 World Religions (3 credits)
• HST 2800 Reacting to the Past (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (3 credits)
• HST 3169 History of the Vietnam War (3 credits)
• HST 3258 Foundations of the Western Legal Traditions (3 credits)
• HST 3268 The Roman Revolution, 200 BCE-CE 14 (3 credits)
• HST 3277 Readings and Research in European History (3 credits)
• HST 3409 Colonialism And Modernization In The Non-Western World (3 credits)
• HST 3419 East Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3429 South And Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3449 Middle East (3 credits)
• HST 3459 Latin America (3 credits)

UPPER DIVISION U.S. HISTORY
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• HST 2600 Topics In History (3 credits)
• HST 2610 Minnesota History (3 credits)
• HST 2617 Film and American History (3 credits)
• HST 2640 United States Diplomatic History (3 credits)
• HST 2650 Witchcraft and Magic in Early America (3 credits)
• HST 2667 Men and Women: Gender in America (3 credits)
• HST 2800 Reacting to the Past (3 credits)
• HST 3117 American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800 (3 credits)
• HST 3128 Testing Democracy: Reform in Nineteenth-Century America (3 credits)
• HST 3137 Civil War And Reconstruction, 1844-1877 (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (3 credits)
• HST 3169 History of the Vietnam War (3 credits)
• HST 3178 American Intellectual History since 1877 (3 credits)
• HST 3187 American West (3 credits)

POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• POL 1200 Introduction To American Politics (3 credits)
• POL 1300 Introduction To International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 1400 Introduction To Comparative Politics (3 credits)

POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• POL 3100 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
• POL 3130 Asian Political Development (3 credits)
• POL 3150 Topics In Political Science
• POL 3160 Comparative European Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3170 International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3180 International Law And Organization (3 credits)
• POL 3190 International Political Economy (3 credits)
• POL 3200 Minnesota Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3210 Public Administration (3 credits)
• POL 3230 Environmental Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3410 Legislative And Executive Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3420 Campaigns And Elections (3 credits)
• POL 4200 Constitutional Law (3 credits)

SOCIOLOGY COURSES
SELECT 2 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• SOC 2200 Social Movements and Change (3 credits)
  or SOC 2210 American Culture: A Sociological Interpretation (3 credits)
• SOC 3010 Contemporary Sociological Theory (3 credits)

II REQUIRED FIELD OF EMPHASIS

SELECT 18 SEMESTER CREDITS OF ELECTIVES FROM SOCIOLOGY
AND ANTHROPOLOGY

• ANTH****
• SOC ****

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES MAJOR, B.A.

The following is suggested for logical and effective scheduling but can be interpreted as flexible for meeting requirements and a student's particular needs. Students should meet with the Social Studies coordinator and advisor as early as possible in their planning.

Freshman - Sophomore

• Geography and History constitute the "matrix" of Social Studies and students should complete required core courses in these subjects first.
• Complete Liberal Education requirements

Junior-Senior

• Complete remaining core course requirements and courses for area of emphasis.
• Complete Professional Education courses
• Students pursuing the B.S. Teacher Licensure in Social Studies should complete GEOG 3460 no sooner than their junior year, preferably just prior to their student teaching.