BA in Social Sciences Credit Distribution
BA in Social Sciences Credit Distribution
| Required courses | Credits |
| I. General Education Requirements | 60 |
| A. English Composition | 6 |
| B. Humanities | 12 |
| Must include at least two subject areas | |
| C. Social Sciences | 12 |
| Must include at least two subject areas | |
| D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics | 12 |
| One college-level mathematics course required | (3) |
| One computer science course recommended | (3) |
| Other natural sciences/mathematics | (6) |
| Must include at least two subject areas | |
| E. General Education Electives | 18 |
| II. Area of Study: Social Sciences | 33 |
| A. REQUIREMENTS | |
| 1. Students complete 33 credits in the social sciences concentration. | |
| 2. At least three different subjects must be included which provide for breadth of knowledge in the social sciences. Also, students must earn at least 12 credits in one subject area. A maximum of 18 credits can be earned in any one subject area in order to have a balanced interdisciplinary concentration. | |
| 3.Courses transferred to Thomas Edison State College are equated to the following levels: 100, 200, 300 or 400. A maximum of two college- level courses equating to the 100 level can be applied toward the area of concentration. A minimum of 18 credits equating to 300 or 400 Thomas Edison State College courses are required. | |
| 4. LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone strongly recommended | |
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EXAMPLE I. |
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(15) |
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(12) |
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(6) |
| 33 credits TOTAL | |
| EXAMPLE II. | |
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(18) |
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(9) |
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(6) |
| 33 credits TOTAL | |
| EXAMPLE III. | |
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(12) |
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(3) |
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(18) |
| 33 credits TOTAL | |
| III. Free Electives | 27 |
| Total | 120 |
Note 1: Any of the following areas are considered social sciences and may be used as a subject area in the concentration: anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, labor studies, political science, psychology, sociology.
Note 2: The following subject areas are interdisciplinary: African-American studies; American studies; Asian studies; environmental studies; urban studies; women's studies. Courses from any of these interdisciplinary subject areas may be applied toward an appropriate subject area in the concentration only if the content is related to social sciences.
