Core Area E: Social Sciences

Area E is satisfied by completion of 12 semester hours as follows:

The social sciences requirement (Core Area E) is satisfied by completion of the United States/Georgia history and constitution legislative requirement with 3 semester hours from HIST 2111, 2112, POL 1101, INTA 1200, PUBP 3000, and nine semester hours from the following list. Some social science courses also carry the ethics attribute. Those courses may be used to satisfy both the SOC SCI and the Ethics requirements. Credit not awarded for both POL 1101 and INTA 1200.

Effective Fall 2011, students are required to complete two new Overlay Areas, US Perspectives and Global Perspectives as part of the Core Curriculum. Some Social Sciences courses carry the both Global Perspectives and U.S. Perspectives attributes. These courses may be used to satisfy all three areas.

Any courses completed that were listed in prior catalogs as satisfying the humanities/social science requirement and were completed while that catalog was in effect may also be used to satisfy this requirement. See the Catalog for a listing of courses in this area.

Students can receive three hours credit for any one of ECON 2100, ECON 2101, ECON 2105 or ECON 2106. The only combination for which students can receive 6 hours credit is ECON 2105 together with ECON 2106.

Undergraduate Research courses numbered 2698, 2699, 4698, and 4699 cannot be used to fulfill requirements for Social Sciences.