Social Studies Major

Students electing a major in Social Studies apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (GPA). Students must maintain the content GPA of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain Social Studies certification:

Requirements

Core Courses

Anthropology

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.

ANTH 461	Latinos in the United States	4	As needed.
	-Or-
SOC 208	The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Economics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-And-
ECON 215	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Geography

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GEOG 101	Introduction to Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.

Political Science

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 202	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 332	Civil Liberties in the United States	4	Fall, Spring.

History Component

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 200	The Nature of Historical Inquiry	4	Fall, Spring.
HIST 201	U.S. History to 1877	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 202	U.S. History from 1877 to the Present	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: HIST 200: (or an approved social science methods course) with a grade of C or higher

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 308	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850	4	As needed.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	4	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	4	As needed.
HIST 311	The Origins of Russia to 1700	4	Alternate years.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	4	Alternate years.
HIST 314	Women in European History	4	As needed.

ONE COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	4	Alternate years.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	4	Alternate years.
HIST 342	Islam and Politics in Modern History	4	Alternate years.
HIST 344	History of East Asia to 1600	4	As needed.
HIST 345	History of China in Modern Times	4	As needed.
HIST 346	History of Japan in Modern Times	4	As needed.
HIST 347	Foreign Relations of East Asia in Modern Times	4	As needed.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	4	Annually.
HIST 349	History of Contemporary Africa	4	Annually.

Note: To enroll in SED 411 and SED 412, students must have completed at least 24 credit hours of the History Component courses and Core courses listed above, including ECON 200 or ECON 214, GEOG 200, HIST 201, HIST 202, and POL 202.

Concentrations

Choose a concentration below in anthropology, geography, political science, sociology, or an interdisciplinary social sciences/global focus:

A. Anthropology

(If ANTH 461 was taken as part of the Core Courses listed above)

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 103	Introduction to Biological Anthropology	4	Spring.
ANTH 104	Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics	4	Fall.

B. Geography

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GEOG 100	Introduction to Environmental Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

GEOG 337	Urban Political Geography	3	As needed.
	-Or-
GEOG 338	People, Houses, Neighborhoods, and Cities	3	As needed.
	-Or-
GEOG 339	Metropolitan Providence: Past, Present, and Future	3	As needed.

C. Global Studies

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GLOB 356	The Atlantic World	4	As needed.
POL 203	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.

D. Political Science

POL 204 and one of the following

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 316	Modern Western Political Thought	4	Fall.
POL 317	Politics and Society	4	Spring.
POL 353	Parties and Elections	4	Fall, of election years.
POL 357	The American Presidency	4	As needed.
POL 358	The American Congress	4	Every third semester.

Either POL 203 and one of the following

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 303	International Law and Organization	4	Spring.
POL 342	The Politics of Global Economic Change	4	Every third semester.
POL 343	The Politics of Western Democracies	4	As needed.
POL 345	International Nongovernmental Organizations	4	Fall.
POL 353	Parties and Elections	4	Fall, of election years.
POL 357	The American Presidency	4	As needed.
POL 358	The American Congress	4	Every third semester.

E. Sociology

(If SOC 208 was taken as part of the Core Courses listed above)

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SOC 300	Classical Sociological Theories	4	Fall, Spring.

and one additional 300-level course chosen with consent of advisor

Total Credit Hours: 55-58