2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog | 20263

Social Studies, B.A. major
Economics Emphasis

A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the Social Studies, Economic emphasis B.S. degree and include the following:

• 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
• 48 required major core credits 
• Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees
• Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements

Required Credits: 48
Required GPA: 2.50

Note: A minimum of 22 semester credits used to meet course requirements in I and II must be completed at Bemidji State University. No course grade below a C may be used to meet these requirements and a minimum GPA of 2.50 in this major is required for graduation. Students who desire a second field of emphasis are to consider a completion of a minor or a second major in that field. Such action may complement and increase the marketability of this major.

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 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Principles of Macroeconomics (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 (1-3 credits)
• GEOG 3810 Geography of Europe (3 credits)
• GEOG 3820 Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• GEOG 3840 Geography of Africa (3 credits)

WORLD HISTORY
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• HST 2219 Medieval European Culture (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 The History of World Religions (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (3 credits)
• HST 3208 Greece and Rome, 1500 BCE-500 CE (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 3459 Latin America (3 credits)

U.S. HISTORY
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• HST 2600 Topics in History (3 credits)
• HST 2610 Minnesota History (3 credits)
• HST 2667 Men and Women: Gender in America (3 credits)
• HST 3117 American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800 (3 credits)
• HST 3128 Testing Democracy: Reform in Antebellum America, 1787-1865 (3 credits)
• HST 3137 The American Civil War (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (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 (1-3 credits)
• 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
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• SOC 3010 Sociological Theory (3 credits)
• SOC 3210 Social Movements - How to Change the World (3 credits)

II REQUIRED FIELD OF EMPHASIS

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES
Note: Select the course not taken in the core.

• ECON 2000 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)

SELECT 15 SEMESTER CREDITS OF ELECTIVES FROM ECONOMICS