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Distribution Requirements in the Area of Social Science and Social Analysis
Required: 6 credit hours in Social Science / Social Analysis, distributed as follows. (ISO 2, 3 [social science])
- If students fulfill their Civic Awareness requirement through a History course, they must then take 6 credit hours of Social Science.
- If students fulfill their Civic Awareness requirement through a Political Science course, they may take 6 credit hours of Social Science or they may take 3 credit hours of Social Science and 3 credit hours of Social Analysis.
Criteria for courses in this area:
- Social Science: Course content will focus on the study of individuals and institutions within topical social contexts. The methodological emphasis is on identifying and applying theories and models to understand and predict contemporary human behaviors.
- Social Analysis: Course content will focus on the study of individuals and institutions within historical social contexts. The methodological emphasis is on interpreting various categories of texts from perspectives of chronology in order to understand the genesis and development of human interactions.
Courses that fulfill the Social Science requirement:
| BSA 3013 | Legal Environment of Business I |
| BSA 3223 | Legal Environment of Business II |
| BSA 4003 | Business Finance |
| BSE 3203 | Economics for Elementary Teachers |
| COM 1013 | Interpersonal Communication |
| COM 2083 | Small Group Discussion |
| COM 3183 | Research Methods and Writing |
| COM 4313 | Public Relations Principles |
| ECN 2003 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ECN 2013 | Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECN 3003 | International Political Economy |
| ECN 3103 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory |
| ECN 3203 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 3303 | Money and Banking |
| ECN 3313 | Current Economic Issues |
| ECN 3323 | Managerial Economics |
| ECN 3333 | Labor Economics |
| ECN 4003 | International Law and Organization |
| ECN 4013 | International Trade Law and Policy |
| ECN 4213 | Comparative Economic Systems |
| EDU 1003 | Theories of Human Learning |
| ENS 1013 | Introduction to Environmental Studies |
| ENS 3033 | Environment, Natural Resources, and Community |
| GEO 2023 | Regional Geography |
| GEO 2033 | Human/Cultural Geography |
| GEO 2043 | Physical Geography |
| HIS 4333 | Comparative Topics in History |
| MGT 2003 | Survey of Management |
| MGT 3103 | Human Resource Management |
| MGT 3123 | Supervisory Management |
| MGT 3203 | Organizational Behavior |
| MGT 4003 | Management Seminar |
| MGT 4013 | Business Strategy |
| MGT 4023 | International Management |
| MGT 4223 | Organizational Theory |
| MKT 1003 | Marketing Concepts |
| MKT 3103 | Consumer Behavior |
| MKT 3133 | Hospitality Marketing |
| MKT 3203 | Product Strategies |
| MKT 4113 | Promotion Strategies |
| MKT 4213 | International Marketing |
| MKT 4313 | Public Relations |
| MKT 4323 | Persuasion Theory |
| PLS 1003 | Introduction to Political Science |
| PLS 2013 | American National Government (if a History course was taken to fulfill Civic Awareness requirement) |
| PLS 2023 | State and Local Politics |
| PLS 2033 | International Relations |
| PLS 3003 | International Political Economy |
| PLS 3013 | Comparative Political Regimes and Ideologies |
| PLS 3043 | Public Policy |
| PLS 3053 | American Constitutional Law and Thought I |
| PLS 4003 | International Law and Organization |
| PLS 4013 | International Trade Law and Policy |
| PLS 4023 | Public Administration |
| PLS 4033 | Contemporary Political and Legal Philosophy |
| PLS 4053 | American Constitutional Law and Thought II |
| PSY | All of the catalog courses |
| PSY 2783/4783 | SS: Cross-Cultural Psychology |
| PSY 2783/4783 | SS: The Psychology of Criminal Behavior |
| RTV 1023 | Introduction to Mass Communication |
| SCM 1003 | Introduction to Rhetoric and Social Influence |
| SCM 3033 | Persuasion Theory |
| SCM 4013 | Political Communication |
| SCM 4313 | Public Relations Principles |
| SOC 1013 | Introduction to Sociology |
| SOC 2013 | Social Problems |
| SOC 2023 | Social Research Methods |
| SOC 3033 | Environment, Natural Resources, and Community |
| SOC 3073 | Race, Class, and Gender |
| SOC 3083 | Sociology of Deviant Behavior |
Previously offered courses that fulfill this requirement:
| BSA 3053 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship |
| BSA 4303 | Business Ethics |
| COM 1023 | Introduction to Mass Communication |
| COM 3033 | Persuasion Theory |
| COM 4013 | Political Communication |
| GEO 2013 | Cultural Geography |
| MGT 4213 | Managerial Communication |
Courses that fulfill the Social Analysis requirement:
| EDU 3133 | Education and the Growth of the American Republic |
| EDU 3143 | Philosophy of Education |
| HIS 1783 | SS: China and the Modern World |
| HIS 2113 | American History I |
| HIS 2123 | American History II |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: Latin American Civilization |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: Medieval History on Film |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: The City in History |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: World War II on Film |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: The United States in Vietnam and Iraq |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: 20th Century British History on Film |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: History of the American West |
| HIS 2783/4783 | SS: The American Revolution |
| HIS 3003 | Arkansas History |
| HIS 3113 | Colonial America |
| HIS 3123 | Civil War & Reconstruction |
| HIS 3213 | British History I |
| HIS 3223 | British History II |
| HIS 3313 | History of India |
| HIS 3983 | The French Revolution |
| HIS 3983 | The Fall of Rome and the Rise of Europe |
| HIS 3983 | The Great War |
| HIS 4133 | American Frontier |
| HIS 4143 | Twentieth Century America |
| HIS 4203 | Antiquity and Middle Ages |
| HIS 4213 | Early Modern Europe |
| HIS 4223 | Revolutionary Europe |
| HIS 4233 | Twentieth Century Europe |
| HIS 4313 | Survey of Russian History and Culture |
| HIS 4783 | SS: Sports in Modern American History |
| PHL 3073 | History of Political Thought I |
| PHL 3083 | History of Political Thought II |
| PLS 3073 | History of Political Thought I |
| PLS 3083 | History of Political Thought II |
| REL 4003 | Religion in Late Antiquity |
| SOC 4023 | Social Theory |
| SPN 3123 | Latin American Civilization |
