Social & Behavioral Sciences

summer 2025

If you entered college as a freshman in Fall 1994 or later, you need to complete six hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences course in order to graduate. Social and Behavioral Sciences courses are placed into two subcategories: Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences.

Effective for entering freshmen in Fall 2004, all courses on this list are approved for General Education credit on a campus wide basis. However individual Colleges or curricula may require specific courses or course categories. Students should consult their advisors about selecting the general education courses which best fit their programs of study.

Courses are added as they are approved.

  • ACP - Advanced Composition

  • HUM - Humanities and the Arts
  •     HP - Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
  •     LA - Literature and the Arts

  • SBS - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  •     BSC - Behavioral Sciences
  •     SS - Social Sciences

  • NAT - Natural Sciences and Technology
  •     LS - Life Sciences
  •     PS - Physical Sciences

  • CS - Cultural Studies
  •     NW - Non-Western Culture(s)
  •     US - US Minority Cultures
  •     WCC - Western/Comparative Culture(s)

  • QR - Quantitative Reasoning
  •     QR1 - Quantitative Reasoning I
  •     QR2 - Quantitative Reasoning II
COURSE section available TITLE ACP CS COMP1 HUM NAT QR SBS
AAS 100 Intro Asian American Studies US SS
AAS 201 section available US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AAS 246 Asian American Youth in Film US SS
AAS 258 Muslims in America US SS
AAS 287 Food and Asian Americans US SS
AAS 297 Asian Families in America US SS
ABE 232 Context in International Interventions NW SS
ACE 100 Introduction to Applied Microeconomics SS
ACE 210 Environmental Economics SS
ACE 251 The World Food Economy NW SS
ACE 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
ACE 255 Economics of Food and Environmental Justice US SS
ADV 150 Introduction to Advertising SS
ADV 305 Advertising Technology and the Digital World SS
ADV 376 Global Advertising WCC SS
ADV 378 Psychology of Advertising SS
ADV 393 Advertising and Society SS
AFRO 100 Intro to African American St US SS
AFRO 201 section available US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AFRO 250 Introduction to Health and Wellness in the Black Community US SS
AFST 233 Context in International Interventions NW SS
AFST 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
AIS 102 Contemp Issues in Ind Country US SS
AIS 214 American Indian Law & Politics US SS
ANSC 305 Human Animal Interactions SS
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 102 Human Origins and Culture SS
ANTH 103 section available Anthro in a Changing World NW SS
ANTH 104 Talking Culture SS
ANTH 110 Humanizing Science SS
ANTH 126 Humans and Animals - Food or Friend? SS
ANTH 180 section available The Archaeology of Death WCC SS
ANTH 182 Latin American Cultures NW SS
ANTH 209 section available Food, Culture, and Society WCC SS
ANTH 210 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
ANTH 221 Archaeology of South Asia NW SS
ANTH 248 Introduction to Engaged and Public Anthropology NW SS
ANTH 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
ANTH 259 Latina/o Anthropology US SS
ANTH 262 Women's Lives SS
ANTH 263 Body, Personhood, and Culture SS
ANTH 270 Language in Culture ACP SS
ANTH 279 Economy, Business & Society WCC SS
ANTH 280 Anthropology of Martial Arts NW SS
ANTH 339 Industrial Heritage and Communities SS
ARCH 237 Urban Scale Sustainability SS
BCS 115 South Slavic Cultures NW SS
CMN 230 Intro to Interpersonal Comm SS
CMN 232 Intro to Intercultural Comm NW SS
CMN 277 Introduction to Mediated Communication US SS
CMN 280 Comm Technology & Society SS
CS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
EALC 130 The Chinese Language NW SS
EALC 250 Intro to Japanese Culture NW SS
EALC 280 Anthropology of Martial Arts NW SS
EALC 365 Contemporary Korean Society NW SS BSC
ECON 102 section available Microeconomic Principles SS
ECON 103 section available Macroeconomic Principles SS
ECON 210 Environmental Economics SS
ENVS 210 Environmental Economics SS
EPSY 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
ESE 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
ESE 210 section available Social & Environmental Issues SS
ESE 254 People, Places, and Environments of the US US SS
ESE 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
FR 190 French Food for Thought WCC SS
GGIS 101 section available Global Development & Environment NW SS
GGIS 104 Social and Cultural Geography SS
GGIS 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
GGIS 204 section available Cities of the World WCC SS
GGIS 210 section available Social & Environmental Issues SS
GGIS 221 Geographies of Global Conflict SS
GGIS 224 Environmental Data Science SS
GGIS 254 People, Places, and Environments of the US US SS
GGIS 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GLBL 100 section available Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GLBL 200 section available Foundations of Research QR2 SS
GLBL 221 Geographies of Global Conflict SS
GSD 202 Let’s Play: Understanding the Role of Play in Life and Art SS
GWS 100 Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
GWS 250 Gender and Representation SS
GWS 262 Women's Lives SS
HDFS 120 Intro to Family Studies US SS
HDFS 140 Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
HDFS 220 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
HDFS 221 Asian Families in America US SS
HDFS 225 Close Relationships SS
HK 110 Contemporary Health SS
HK 111 Introduction to Public Health SS
HK 140 Social Sci of Human Movement SS
HK 203 Introduction to Health Technology SS
HK 243 section available Sport & Modern Society SS
HK 270 Leadership in Health SS
HK 302 section available Disability in American Society SS
INFO 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
IS 101 Introduction to Information Sciences SS
IS 145 Mapping Inequalities US QR2 SS
IS 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
IS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
LAST 170 Que Pasa in Latin America? Cultures, Histories and Politics South of the Rio Grande NW SS
LAST 210 Life in the Andes NW SS
LEAD 260 section available Foundations of Leadership SS
LER 100 Introduction to Labor Studies SS
LING 100 section available Intro to Language Science SS
LING 104 Talking Culture SS
LING 250 American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US US SS
LLS 100 section available Intro Latina/Latino Studies US SS
LLS 201 section available US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
LLS 220 Latina/o Migration US SS
LLS 258 Muslims in America US SS
LLS 259 Latina/o Anthropology US SS
MACS 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
MACS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
MACS 351 Media Analysis SS
MDIA 223 Watching the Environment SS
MUSE 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
NRES 210 Environmental Economics SS
NRES 223 Watching the Environment SS
NRES 224 Social Justice and Environment US SS
NRES 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
PHIL 106 Ethics and Social Policy SS
PHIL 107 Intro to Political Philosophy SS
PORT 150 Writing Brazilians into the U.S. US SS
PS 100 section available Intro to Political Science SS
PS 101 Intro to US Gov & Pol SS
PS 152 The New Middle East NW SS
PS 201 section available US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
PS 214 American Indian Law & Politics US SS
PS 224 Politics of the National Parks SS
PS 225 Environmental Politics & Policy SS
PS 240 Intro to Comp Politics SS
PS 241 section available Comp Politics in Dev Nations NW SS
PS 273 Environment and Society WCC SS
PS 280 Intro to Intl Relations SS
PS 281 Intro to Intl Relations-ACP ACP SS
PS 282 Governing Globalization ACP SS
PSYC 239 Community Psych SS
REES 200 Intro to Russia and Eurasia SS
REES 201 Introduction to Eastern Europe SS
REES 265 Central Asian Societies NW SS
REL 258 Muslims in America US SS
RST 100 section available Recreation, Sport, and Tourism in Modern Society SS
RST 224 Politics of the National Parks SS
RST 225 Environmental Politics & Policy SS
RST 335 section available Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
SAME 152 The New Middle East NW SS
SAME 265 Central Asian Societies NW SS
SHS 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
SHS 271 Communication and Aging SS
SOC 100 section available Introduction to Sociology SS
SOC 101 section available Sociology of Gender SS
SOC 130 Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
SOC 160 Global Ineq and Social Change NW SS
SOC 161 section available Introduction to Poverty WCC SS
SOC 162 Intro to Intl Health Policy WCC SS
SOC 170 Integration, Assimilation and Multiculturalism: America's Immigrant Society US SS
SOC 179 Social Organization SS
SOC 180 Stress and Health in African American Communities US SS
SOC 221 Latina/o Migration US SS
SOC 225 section available Race and Ethnicity US SS
SOC 265 Central Asian Societies NW SS
SOC 270 Global Demography SS
SOC 350 Technology and Society SS
SOC 373 Social Inequality SS
SOCW 200 Introduction to Social Work SS
SOCW 240 Death & Dying SS
SOCW 245 Doing Good through the Nonprofit Sector SS
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
SPAN 150 Language and Identity in Latinx Communities in the US US SS
UP 136 section available Urban Sustainability SS
UP 185 Cities in a Global Perspective NW SS
UP 210 Environmental Economics SS
UP 260 Social Inequality and Planning SS
ART 205 Experience & Meaning in Design WCC BSC
CI 210 Introduction to Digital Learning Environments BSC
CMN 102 section available Introduction to Communication BSC
CMN 231 Communication and Conflict BSC
CMN 260 section available Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
EALC 365 Contemporary Korean Society NW SS BSC
EPSY 201 Educational Psychology BSC
EPSY 220 Career Theory and Practice BSC
HDFS 105 Intro to Human Development BSC
HK 250 Motor Development and Control BSC
HK 262 Motor Develop, Growth & Form BSC
HK 272 Aging and Health Policy BSC
HK 300 Health Behavior Theories and Applications ACP BSC
JOUR 101 Interactive Media & You BSC
LING 225 Language, Mind, and Brain BSC
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
PSYC 100 section available Intro Psych BSC
PSYC 103 Intro Experimental Psych BSC
PSYC 144 Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination US BSC
PSYC 201 section available Intro to Social Psych BSC
PSYC 207 Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination BSC
PSYC 225 Language, Mind, and Brain BSC
PSYC 230 section available Perception & Sensory Processes BSC
PSYC 322 Introduction to Intellectual Disability BSC
RST 120 Parks, Recreation, and Environments BSC
SHS 120 Child, Comm, & Lang Ability BSC
SPED 322 Introduction to Intellectual Disability BSC