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Home » Catalog » Social Science Electives (SS)

Social Science Electives (SS)

Each degree student will be exposed to an understanding of human behavior, personality, politics, and economics as well as the social context of human interaction. Courses at the lower (1XXX-2XXX) level will be offered in survey-type and special topics courses designed to enhance reading, writing, and communication skills within the context of the social sciences. Courses at the upper (3XXX-4XXX) level will be more in-depth and will require a higher level of student learning and understanding.

The SS electives will include survey-type courses from the following areas: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, sociology, and social science including (but not limited to) the following:


ANT 1010 - Cultural Anthropology3GEO 1030 - Introduction to Planning & Zoning3
BUS 2440 - Introduction to Business Law
3
GEO 1040 - Maps & Map Reading
3
BUS 2450 - Business Law
3
GEO 1050 - Geography & Economic Development
3
CRJ 1010 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
3
GEO 1060 - Geography Modern Overview
3
ECO 1010 - Economics and Society
3
GEO 2010 - Connecticut River Valley
3
ECO 2020 - Macroeconomics
3
GEO 2030 - Rural Land Planning
3
ECO 2030 - Microeconomics
3
GEO 2060 - Environmental Problems in Geography
3
ENV 1110 - Intro to Environmental Problems
3
GEO 2070 - North America
3
ENV 2070 - Environmental Law
3
GEO 2090 - Africa
3
ENV 3050 - Issues in Environmental Studies
3
GEO 2150 - Cultural Geography
3
GEO 1010 - World Geography
3
GEO 2160 - Travel & Tourism
3
GEO 1020 - Physical Geography
3
GEO 2910 - Independent Study
1
HIS 1011 - Western Civilization I
3
HIS 2720 - Special Topics in Vermont History
3
HIS 1012 - Western Civilization II
3
HIS 2730 - ST Political Correct/Truth/20th Century
3
HIS 1020 - Comparative Civilizations
3
HIS 3165 - Vermont History & Government
3
HIS 1211 - American History I
3
POS 1010 - Introduction to Political Science
3
HIS 1212 - American History II
3
POS 1020 - Intro to American Politics & Government
3
HIS 1220 - Native American Histories & Cultures
3
POS 1030 - Comparative Government
3
HIS 1230 - History of America to 1763
3
POS 1040 - African American History & Politics
3
HIS 1240 - Colonial America & the Revolution
3
POS 1050 - The Constitution
3
HIS 1260 - Info Tech: Past, Present, & Future
3
POS 1060 - Law & the Individual
3
HIS 2070 - Vermont History
3
POS 2010 - Observing the Legal Process
3
HIS 2110 - US History: 1945 to the Present
3
POS 2020 - Family Law
3
HIS 2120 -Social Reform in America
3
POS 2030 - UN & World Politics
3
HIS 2130 - African American History
3
POS 2040 - International Relations
3
HIS 2140 - The Civil War
3
POS 2050 - International Economics & Politics
3
HIS 2150 - History of the US in the Sixties
3
POS 2110 - State & Local Government
3
HIS 2210 - Women in US History
3
POS 2120 - Consumer Law
3
HIS 2220 - The Wild, Wild West
3
POS 2701 - Environmental Politics
3
HIS 2230 - Modern Russian History
3
POS 2310 - Environmental Politics
3
HIS 2240 - Survey of Eurasia
3
PSY 1010 - Introduction to Psychology
3
HIS 2250 - Modern Middle Eastern History
3
PSY 1020 - Child Abuse & Neglect
3
HIS 2330 - Traditional Asia
3
PSY 1030 - Psychology of Consciousness
3
HIS 2340 - Modern Chinese History
3
PSY 1040 - Human Interaction
3
HIS 2350 - Modern Pacific Asian History
3
PSY 1050 - Human Growth & Development
3
HIS 2410 - Latin American History & Culture
3
PSY 1110 - Observe, Record, Report
3
HIS 2420 - Modern Latin American History
3
PSY 1121 - Introduction to Behavioral Analysis
3
HIS 2430 - Survey of Africa
3
PSY 2310 - Adolescent Development
3
HIS 2440 - African Civilization
3
SSC 2020 - Experience Russia
3
HIS 2450 - Modern African History
3
SSC 2040 - Experience Brazil
3
HIS 2510 - Historian at Work
3
SSC 2050 - Experience China
3
HIS 2520 - Introduction to Genealogy
3
SSC 2010 - Science, Technology, & Society
3
HIS 2530 - Women in History
3
SSC 2030 - Energy & Society
3
HIS 2660 - European Classroom
3
SSC 3010 - Revolution: Call to Serve
3
HIS 2710 - Special Topics in History
3
SSC 3045 - News & Newspapers
3

Students taking courses in English, humanities, and social sciences:
  • Gain experience with the unique content and methods of inquiry in social sciences and in arts/humanities
  • Demonstrate competence with written communication by achieving the required standard on the written communication assessment
  • Focus written work around an explicit or implicit central thesis
  • Develop the central thesis as appropriate to the audience, using specific details and supporting evidence
  • Organize written work clearly and logically
  • Use correct grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling
  • Follow standard practices in quotation, summary, paraphrase, and citation of textual material


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