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Goal 3: Students will understand the structures and possibilities of the human community through study of the social sciences.

Credit Hours Needed to Complete Goal: 6 (in at least two disciplines)

Course Name Credit Hrs
AIS/HIST 257 - American Indian History & Culture 3
ANTH 110/210 - Cultural Anthropology 3
ANTH 220 - Physical Anthropology 3
CJUS/POLS 201 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics 3
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3
GEOG 101 - Introduction to Geography 3
GEOG 200 - Introduction to Human Geography 3
GEOG 210 - World Geography 3
GEOG 212 - Geography of North America 3
GEOG 219 - Geography of South Dakota 3
HDFS 141 - Individual and the Family 2
HDFS 210 - Lifespan Human Development 3
HIST 151 - American History 3
HIST 152 - American History 3
HIST 153 - American History 3
HIST 255 - The American Heritage 3
HIST 256 - World History 3
POLS 100 - American Government 3
POLS 102 - American Political Issues 3
POLS 141 - Governments of the World 3
POLS 165 - Political Ideologies 3
POLS 210 - State and Local Government 3
POLS 250 - World Politics 3
POLS 253 - Current World Problems 3
PSYC 101 - General Psychology 3
PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology 4
PSYC 251 - The Psychology of Being 3
SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology 3
SOC 150 - Social Problems 3
SOC 240 - Sociology of Rural America 3
SOC 250 - Marriage and the Family 3
SOC 285 - The Information Society 3

Criteria: Courses in anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology meeting this goal will collectively require students to

  • learn and apply the basic concepts, terminology and theories of the social sciences
  • examine the origin and evolution of human institutions
  • examine human behavior in different spatial, temporal, cultural and/or institutional contexts
  • examine the allocation of human or natural resources within societies
  • apply social science concepts and theories to contemporary issues in a responsible manner.

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