Social Science Degree

BA/BS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

For more information, please contact  Dr. John Rector, 838-8294, MA 216, rectorj@wou.edu.

Social Science Major (72 credits)

Courses should be chosen from at least two of the following areas: anthropology, corrections, geography, history, law enforcement, political science, psychology and sociology. At least 36 hours must be upper division.

Note: For the B.S. degree in Social Science, students may take any combination of Math/Computer Science/Statistics courses as long as it includes at least one Math course beyond  MTH 105 and one Computer Science course beyond CS 101.

SOCIAL SCIENCE MINOR

For more information, please contact  Dr. John Rector, 838-8294, MA 216, rectorj@wou.edu.

Social Science Minor (27 credits)

A minor in Social Science may be designed with the help of a division advisor. At least 15 hours must be upper division.

SOCIAL SCIENCE SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJOR

For more information, please contact  Dr. John Rector, 838-8294, MA 216, rectorj@wou.edu.

Social Science Secondary Education Major (63 credits)

United States History (8)
Any Non-Anglo America regional geography course (4)
GEOG 313 The Pacific Northwest (4)
Choose one (4)

• GEOG 380 Environmental Conservation
• GEOG 410 Global Issues
• GEOG 411 Cultural Geography
• GEOG 413 Urban Geography
• GEOG 415 Geography of Religion
• GEOG 433 Political Geography

Any two Economics courses (6)
PS 201 American National Government (3)
Choose one (3)

• PS 202 State and Local Government
• PS 203 International Relations

6 hours each in two of the following areas (12)

• Anthropology (6)
• Criminal Justice (6)
• Psychology (6)
• Sociology (6)

Area of Concentration (20-21)
The student may choose to concentrate in any one of the following disciplines: History, Geography, Economics, Political Science, or in one of the two disciplines used to satisfy the immediately preceding requirements.

Note: Education majors must complete the following as part of their  LACC requirements: PSY 218 or PSY 201 and 202(PSY 225 if already taken), and only 2 courses in one of the following sequences: HST 101, 102, and 103 or HST 104, 105, 106 or GEOG 105,106,107. A GPA of 2.75 is required in the above course work in order to be recommended for student teaching. Students must complete a minimum of 12 to 15 hours on the Western Campus.

M.S. Education - Social Science

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