Major Requirements
First-year students are introduced to the wide range of
thought underlying the social sciences, reading such foundational
writers as Plato, Weber, Marx, Thoreau, Todorov, Foucault,
DuBois, Descartes, Beauvoir, Freud, Nietzsche, Fanon, Rousseau,
Emerson, Wollstonecraft, Skinner, and Mauss. Majors must
develop abilities in quantitative measurement and qualitative
critical thought. Senior majors are required to engage
in original research under the guidance of a social science
professor.
Each major must choose two cognate areas{link to Cognate
Areas) in which to specialize, and compose a narrative
which explains the particular relationship between those
areas. Each cognate area has its own requirements.
Required courses:
1. ISS 3010 Introduction to Social Sciences
2. STA 2122 Social Science Statistics
3. ISS 4935 Seminar In Social Sciences (seniors only)
4. One course each in:
African
American Studies
International
Studies
Women’s
Studies
Recommended courses for first-year students:
ISS 1101 Knowledge and Society
ISS 1102 Self and Society
ISS 1103 Nature and Culture |
