The Humanities and Social Science emphasis is designed to provide a value-centered education, focused on understanding oneself, one’s society, one’s history, one’s culture, and the increasingly multi-cultured nature of one’s world. The student will be encouraged to find vision and purpose in life for contribution to and integration into his or her world. This program provides a broad-based liberal arts education with one or more areas of concentration for meeting the challenges of the 21st Century and for pursuing graduate studies in a variety of fields.
Degree Requirements
Area I – Foundation Skills - 2 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
FSL 101 is required for new and transferring students with less than 24 credit hours. Students must earn a "C" or higher in
FSL 101.
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities - 3 hours
Students must earn a "C" or higher in
PHIL 201.
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours
AND Choose one from the following:
| ECON 241 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| | or | |
| ECON 242 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| POLSC 223 | Introduction to American National Government & Politics | 3 |
| | or | |
| POLSC 224 | Introduction to American State and Local Government & Politics | 3 |
| PSY 201 | General Psychology | 3 |
| | or | |
| PSY 211 | Psychology of Human Growth & Development | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 223 | Social Problems | 3 |
Area II - History - 6 hours
Choose one of two sequences:
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
| | or | |
| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - Natural Sciences - 7-8 hours
Choose one from the following:
AND Choose one from the following:
Humanities and Social Science Core - 15 hours
AND choose one course at the 300 level or higher from
each area listed below:
| ANTH | ANTH Elective | 3 |
| PSY | PSY Elective | 3 |
| REL | REL Elective | 3 |
| SOC | SOC Elective | 3 |
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all Humanities and Social Science Core.
Humanities and Social Science Electives - 36 hours
Choose 36 hours from the following at the 300 level or higher. Core and general electives should be selected to complete a minor in at least one of these subject areas.
ANTH - Anthropology
CRJ - Criminal Justice
ECON - Economics
ENG - English
GEOG - Geography
HIS - History
PHIL - Philosophy
REL - Religion
PSY - Psychology
SOC - Sociology
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all Humanities and Social Science electives.
Required for Interdisciplinary Studies - 12 hours
Students are also required to choose 6 hours from the following:
Research course
Methods course
Internship
and
Students must earn a "C" or higher in Interdisciplinary Studies.
General Electives - 10-14 hours
Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.