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The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and may extend degree completion.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/School Core: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- School Core: Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness: Intro Course Outside of Major (Choose one: SOCI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY, PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY, OR LAWS 131 - LAW & SOCIETY) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed (Choose one): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; OR - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; OR - VALUES AND ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed (Choose one): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; OR - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; OR - VALUES AND ETHICS (Must be outside of SSHS) (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Major: Research Methods in Social Science (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective 300-400 Level (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Elective (300-400 Level) (WI) (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective (300-400 Level) (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Elective (WI) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Capstone (SOSC 410) (WI) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0
NOTE: There must be a total of 11 Major courses within the Social Sciences, which includes a research methods course and Capstone (SOSC 410). Students are encouraged to select a minor with this major.
WI: Three Writing Intensive courses needed prior to graduation
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