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Social Science courses are offered in a variety of disciplines. You must complete 6 hours in Social Sciences to fulfill your General Education requirement.
Course descriptions are found in the Undergraduate Catalog.


Anthropology
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 201 Comparative Social Organization
ANTH 202 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 203 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 205 Language and Culture
ANTH 210 History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 300 Archaeological Lab Methods
ANTH 302 Archaeology of North America
ANTH 303 Paleolithic Archaeology
ANTH 304 Rise of Complex Civilization
ANTH 305 Prehistoric Ritual and Art
ANTH 314 Anthropological Perspective on Time
ANTH 316 Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 318 Theories for the Origin of Agriculture
ANTH 319 Special Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 320 Peoples and Cultures of North America
ANTH 322 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
ANTH 323 African American Society and Culture
ANTH 325 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 326 Peoples and Cultures of Europe
ANTH 327 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANTH 328 Aztecs, Maya, and Their Ancestors
ANTH 329 Special Topics: Geographic Areas
ANTH 333 Human Evolution
ANTH 334 Human Variation and Adaption
ANTH 335 Primate Behavior and Evolution
ANTH 340 Medical Anthropology
ANTH 341 Culture and the Individual
ANTH 342 Human Behavior and Evolution
ANTH 345 Applied Anthropology
ANTH 346 Anthropology of Gender
ANTH 351 Urban Anthropology
ANTH 352 Folklore of Ireland and the British Isles
ANTH 356 Anthropological Perspectives of Religion
ANTH 357 Political Anthropology
ANTH 362 Social and Cultural Change
ANTH 381 Internship
ANTH 399 Tutorial
ANTH 490 Independent Study
ANTH 491 Research Methods
ANTH 492 Seminar in Anthropology
ANTH 493 Field School in Archaeology
ANTH 499 Bachelor's Essay

Communication
COMM 389 Public Opinion in American Politics
COMM 394 Political Campaign Communication
COMM 395 American Politics in Mass Media

Economics
ECON 101 Introduction to Economics
ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 260 Special Topics in Economics
ECON 303 Economics of Transportation and Geography
ECON 304 Labor Economics
ECON 305 Money and Financial Institutions
ECON 306 Monetary Policy and Theory
ECON 307 Urban Economics
ECON 308 Evolution of Economic Doctrines
ECON 310 International Economics
ECON 311 Environmental Economics
ECON 316 Evolution of the United States Economy
ECON 317 Microeconomic Analysis
ECON 318 Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON 320 Managerial Economics
ECON 325 Economics for Development
ECON 330 Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 350 Financial Markets in the U.S. Economy
ECON 360 Special Topics in Economics
ECON 399 Tutorial
ECON 400 Senior Seminar in Economics
ECON 419 Introduction to Econometrics and Forecasting  
ECON 420 Independent Study
ECON 460 Special Topics in Economics
ECON 499 Bachelor's Essay  

Geography
GEOG 101 World Regional Geography
GEOG 219 Reading the Lowcountry Landscape
GEOG 301 Special Topics in Geography
GEOG 401 Reading & independent Study in Geography

Honors
HONS 392 Special Topics in Social Sciences

Latin American and Carribean Studies
Note: The LACS courses may be taken to fulfill either the Humanities requirement or the Social Sciences requirement;
they do not count for both.
LACS 101 Latin American/Caribbean Studies
LACS 103 Introduction to Contemporary Cuba
LACS 104 Introduction to Contemporary Chile
LACS 105 Introduction to Contemporary Brazil
LACS 106 Introduction to Contemporary Argentina

Linguisitics
LING 125 Introduction to Language and Linguistics

 Management and Entrepreneurship
MGMT 377 Psychology of Entrepreneurship

Physical Education and Health
355 Sport Psychology

Political Science
POLS 101 American Government
POLS 102 Contemporary Political Issues
POLS 103 World Politics
POLS 104 World Regional Geography
POLS 200 Intro to Public Administration
POLS 201 Intro to Public Policy
POLS 210 Intro to Comparative Political Analysis
POLS 220 Criminal Justice
POLS 221 Law and Society
POLS 250 Politics and Political Inquiry I
POLS 251 Politics and Political Inquiry I
POLS 301 Bureaucratic Politics and Policy
POLS 300 Budgetary Process
POLS 302 Policy Evaluation
POLS 303 Advanced Policy Studies
POLS 304 American Foreign Policy Process
POLS 305 Urbanization and Urban Geography
POLS 306 Urban Policy
POLS 307 Environmental Policy
POLS 308 Education Policy
POLS 309 Health Policy
POLS 310 Political Ecology
POLS 311 Environmental Change & Management in the American West
POLS 319 Special Topics: Public Administration and Public Policy
POLS 320 Politics of Western Europe
POLS 321 Politics of Latin America
POLS 322 Politics of Africa
POLS 323 Politics of East Asia
POLS 324 Politics of the Middle East
POLS 325 Politics of Central/Eastern Europe
POLS 326 Soviet and Russian Politics
POLS 328 Modernization, Dependency, and
Political Development
POLS 330 Comparative Gender Politics
POLS 331 The Politics of Film and Reality in South Africa
POLS 332 The Politics of Film and Reality in Latin America
POLS 333 The Politics of Contemporary Brazil
POLS 334 Geographies and Politics of
the European Union
POLS 335 Cuban Revolution
POLS 336 Geographies and Politics of Food
POLS 337 Geography and Politcis of the US & Canada
POLS 339 Special Topics: Comparative Politics
POLS 340 Democratic and Anti-Democratic Thought
POLS 341 Constitutional Law
POLS 342 Civil Liberties
POLS 344 Jurisprudence
POLS 345 Ethics and Politics
POLS 346 Modern Ideologies
POLS 347 American Political Thought
POLS 348 Methods in Political Science
POLS 349 Contemporary Constitutional Issues
POLS 350 Contemporary Liberalism
POLS 351 Utopia/ Dystopia
POLS 352 Gender, Theory, and Law: Sexual Harassment
POLS 353 Beginning Mock Trial
POLS 354 Advanced Mock Trial
POLS 359 Special Topics in Political Thought and Public Law
POLS 360 International Relations Theory
POLS 361 The United States in World Affairs
POLS 362 Case Studies in Foreign Policy
POLS 363 International Law and Organization
POLS 364 International Environmental Politics
POLS 365 International Political Economy
POLS 366 International Diplomacy Studies
POLS 367 The Geography of International Conflict
POLS 368 Political Geography
POLS 369 Politics of Globalization
POLS 379 Special Topics in International Relations
POLS 380 State Politics
POLS 381 Urban Government and Politics
POLS 382 The Congress
POLS 383 The Judiciary
POLS 384 The Presidency
POLs 385 The American Bureacracy
POLS 386 American Politics and the Mass Media
POLS 387 Political Parties and Interest Groups
POLS 388 Elections, Participation, and Voting Behavior
POLS 389 Public Opinion in American Politics
POLS 390 Southern Politics
POLS 391 Extremist Politics
POLS 392 Women and Politics
POLS 393 Religion and Politics
POLS 394 Political Campaign Communication
POLS 395 American Federalism
POLS 396 Race, Ethinicity, and the City
POLS 399 Special Topics in American Politics
POLS 400 Tutorial
POLS 401 Reading and Independent Study
POLS 402 Field Internship
POLS 403 Seminar in Public Policy
POLS 404 Seminar in Political Science
POLS 405 Capstone Seminar
POLS 499 Bachelor's Essay
 

Psychology
103 Introduction to Psychology
211 Psychological Statistics
213 Conditioning and Learning
214 Physiological Psychology
215 Cognitive Psychology
220 Research Methods
250 Psychological Statistics and Research Methods
307 Abnormal Psychology
308 Psychology of Personality
310 Social Psychology
311 Developmental Psychology
313 Sensation and Perception
317 Motivation
318 Comparative Psychology
321 Industrial Psychology
329 Environmental Psychology
333 Health Psychology
334 Psychology of Stress
336 States of Consciousness
340 Nonverbal Communication
342 Approaches to Human Communication
349 Psychology of Entrepreneurship
350 Psychology of Gender
355 Sport Psychology
360 Laboratory in Conditioning and Learning
362 Laboratory in Social Psychology
364 Laboratory in Physiological Psychology
366 Laboratory in Sensation and Perception
368 Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
370 Tests and Measurements
372 Applied Behavior Analysis
376 Mass Media and Human Development
378 Psychology of Language
382 Visual Perception
384 The Psychology of Eating and Drinking
386 Psychopharmacology
387 Clinical Neuropsychology
388 Psychology of Substance Abuse
390 Research Design and Interpretation
392 Scientific Foundations of Clinical Psychology
394 History and Systems of Psychology
396 Advanced General Psychology
397 Internship Experience
399 Tutorial
400-403 Independent Study
410 Special Topics in Psychology
499 Bachelor's Essay

Sociology 
SOCY 101 Intro to Sociology
SOCY 102 Contemporary Social Issues
SOCY 103 Sociology of the Family
SOCY 202 Introduction to Social Institutions
SOCY 260 Development of Social Thought
SOCY 271 Introduction to Social Research
SOCY 331 Society and the Individual
SOCY 332 Collective Behavior
SOCY 336 Death and Dying
SOCY 337 Prejudice
SOCY 339 Special Topics in Social Psychology
SOCY 340 Medical sociology
SOCY 341 Criminology
SOCY 342 Juvenile Delinquincy
SOCY 343 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOCY 344 Social Gerontology
SOCY 345 Social Policy
SOCY 345 Environmental Sociology
SOCY 347 Child Welfare
SOCY 348 Sociology of Alchohol and Drugs
SOCY 349 Special Topics in Social Problems
SOCY 350 Sociology of Music
SOCY 351 Urban Sociology
SOCY 352 Population and Society
SOCY 354 Gender and Society
SOCY 355 Science and Technology
SOCY 356 Sociological Perspectives on Religion
SOCY 357 Political Sociology
SOCY 358 Sociology of Organizaton
SOCY 359 Special Topics in Social Organization
SOCY 360 Power and Privilege
SOCY 362 Social and Cultural Change
SOCY 363 African American Society and Culture
SOCY 369 Special Topics in Social Theory
SOCY 371 Social Research Practicum
SOCY 381 Internship
SOCY 399 Tutorial
SOCY 490 Independent Study
SOCY 491 Sociology Capstone
SOCY 499 Bachelor's Essay

Urban Studies
URST 201Introduction to Urban Studies
URST 310 Urban Planning
URST 399 Special Topics in Social Sciences

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