Approved Humanities and Social Science Courses
The following contains a list of approved H&SS elective grouped into topic areas. Students do not have to stay within
a topic area, but can form their own set of electives. Courses marked with (*) are humanities.
Area Studies (East Asia)
| EALC | 105 | Living Religions of the East |
| EALC | 106 | Understanding China and Japan |
| EALC | 364 | People of Japan and Korea |
| *HIST | 118 | China and Japan |
| *HIST | 586 | Modern China |
| *HIST | 589 | Modern Japan |
| *HIST | 595 | Business and Industry in Japan |
Area Studies (Latin America)
| ANTH | 382 | Peoples of South America |
| ANTH | 386 | Folk Cultures of Latin America |
| GEOG | 591 | Geography of Latin America |
| *HIST | 120 | Colonial Latin America |
| *HIST | 121 | Modern Latin America |
| *HIST | 572 | South America in the 20th Century |
| *HIST | 573 | Latin America in the 19th Century |
| *HIST | 575 | History of Mexico |
| *HIST | 576 | History of Central America |
Business and the Economy
| ECON | 520 | Microeconomics |
| ECON | 522 | Macroeconomics |
| ECON | 640 | Labor Economics |
| *PHIL | 360 | Moral Issues in Business |
| SOC | 525 | Sociology of the Economy |
| SOC | 526 | Industrial Sociology |
| *HIST | 651 | History of American Business |
Communications
| *LING | 104 | The Nature of Language |
| *LING | 312 | Introductory to Phonology |
| *LING | 320 | Language in Culture and Society |
| COMS | 238 | Cases in Persuasion |
| COMS | 330 | Effective Business Communications |
| COMS | 331 | Persuasive Speaking |
| COMS | 548 | Theories of the Interview |
| JOUR | 104 | Communications in Society |
Energy Resources and the Environment
| ECON | 510 | Energy Economics |
| ECON | 610 | Resource Economics and Environmental Policy |
| *PHIL | 152 | Introduction to the Logic of Science |
Government
| POLS | 150 | Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| POLS | 501 | Contemporary Political Thought |
| SOC | 340 | The Community |
| *HIST | 128 | History of the United States through the Civil War |
| *HIST | 129 | History of the United States since the Civil War |
The Individual
| *PHIL | 140 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| *PHIL | 160 | Introduction to Ethics |
| *PHIL | 670 | Contemporary Ethics Theory |
| PSYC | 104 | General Psychology |
| PSYC | 406 | Individual Differences |
| PSYC | 318 | Cognitive Psychology |
| PSYC | 590 | Nonverbal Communication |
| PSYC | 685 | Human Factors Psychology |
Minorities
| AFS | 104 | The Peoples of Africa |
| AFS | 106 | The Black Experience in America |
| AFS | 332 | Introduction to African Literature |
| AMS | 522 | American Racial and Ethnic Relations |
| ANTH | 378 | Contemporary North American Indians |
| *ENGL | 574 | Black American Literature |
| *HIST | 260 | Growth of African Civilization I |
| *HIST | 619 | History of the American Indian |
| SOC | 534 | Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations |
Religion
| AMS | 290 | Varieties of Religious Experience in America: Past and Present |
| *CLSX | 148 | Greek and Roman Mythology |
| *HIST | 373 | The Supreme Court and Religious Issues in the United States |
| *HIST | 522 | The Age of Religious Wars 1540 |
| *PHIL | 350 | Philosophical Issues in Religion |
| *PYYC | 104 | General Psychology |
| *REL | 171 | Religion in American Society |
| *REL | 339 | History of Religion in America |
| *REL | 485 | New Religious Movements |
Science
| *HIST | 404 | Technology: Its Past and Future |
| *HIST | 407 | History of Science in the United States |
| *HUM | 510 | Science, Technology, and Society |
| SOC | 622 | Sociology of Science |
Society
| SOC | 104 | Elements of Society |
| SOC | 130 | Comparative Societies |
| SOC | 320 | Introduction to Social Organization |
| PSYC | 360 | Social Psychology |
| PSYC | 492 | Psychology and Social Issues |
| SOC | 341 | Urban Sociology |
| PSYC | 570 | Group Dynamics |
| *HIST | 128 | History of the United States Through the Civil War |
General
| *HIST | 128 | History of the United States Through the Civil War |
| *HIST | 129 | History of the United States Since the Civil War |
| *HIST | 651 | History of American Business |
| PSYC | 104 | General Psychology |
| *PHIL | 140 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| *PHIL | 160 | Introduction to Ethics |
