LOPER 7: Social Science

BROAD KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS – Every university-educated person should be able to:

Explain and evaluate human behavior and/or social systems using the concepts and methods in a social science discipline (minimum 3 hours). Courses must meet this learning outcome: Students should be able to use reasoning from a social science discipline to explain human experience within social systems and institutions.

Assessed as:

  •     Connect discipline specific theories or concepts to real-world situations
  •     Use evidence to communicate this connection to an appropriate audience
CJUS 101Introduction to Criminal Justice3
CJUS 380Minorities and Criminal Justice3
ECON 100Contemporary Economic Issues3
ECON 270Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics3
ECON 271Principles of Economics, Microeconomics3
FAMS 151Human Sexual Behavior3
FAMS 351Marriage and Family Relationships3
GEOG 104World Regional Geography3
GEOG 106Human Geography3
GEOG 206Geography of the United States and Canada3
PSCI 110Introduction to American Politics3
PSCI 140Democracy and Global Citizenship3
PSCI 168Introduction to International Relations3
PSCI 280HSpecial Topics3
PSY 203General Psychology3
PSY 230Human Development3
SOC 100Introduction to Sociology3
SOC 124Social Problems3
SOC 250Anthropology3
SOWK 170Introduction to Social Welfare3