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Frequently Asked Questions

Social Sciences and Humanities Electives

Q1. How many social science and humanities classes do I need?

This breakdown is as follows:
Humanities (12 hours) Social Science (12 hours)
ENGL 1101 (3 hrs) Economics (3 hrs)
ECON 2100, ECON 2105
or ECON 2106
ENGL 1102 (3 hrs) History / Government (3 hrs)
HIST 2111, HIST 2112,
POL 1101, INTA 1200 or PUBP 3000
* Humanities Elective
(3 hrs)
* Social Science Elective
(3 hrs)
Humanities Elective
(3 hrs)
Social Science Elective
(3 hrs)

* One humanity or social science elective MUST BE ethics.
    LCC 3318: Biomedicine and Culture (Humanities)
    PST 3105: Ethical Theories (Humanities)
    PST 3109: Ethics and Technical Professions (Humanities)
    PST 3127: Science, Technology and Human Values (Humanities)
    PST 4176: Environmental Ethics (Humanities)
    INTA 2030: Ethics in International Affairs (Social Science)
    HTS 2084: Technology and Society (Social Science)
Note #1: Effective Fall term of 2004, students can only get credit for either INTA 1200 or POL 1101.

Note #2: Students can receive credit for either ECON 2100 or ECON 2101,or for ECON 2105/2106. Students can not receive credit for ECON 2100 and ECON 2101 or for ECON 2100 and ECON 2105/2106 or for ECON 2101 and ECON 2105/2106.

Note #3: Humanities credit will only be awarded for Modern Languages 1001 classes upon successful completion of the corresponding 1002 classes. Example: Humanities credit is awarded for SPAN 1101 only upon the successful completion of SPAN 1102.

Note #4: Undergraduate Research courses numbered 2698, 2699, 4698, and 4699 cannot be used to fulfill requirements for Humanities or Social Science.

Q2. Which classes count as social science electives?

Click here for a list of social science electives.

Q3. Which classes count as humanities electives?

Click here for a list of humanities electives.




 

 

 

 
     
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