Integrated Social Studies - B.S.E. Program Requirements

• Economics Concentration
• Geography Concentration
• History Concentration
• Political Science Concentration
  
• Sociology Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (39 credits)  Courses count in major GPA*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD DG	ANTH	18210	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
KSS	ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
KSS		22061	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
KSS	GEOG	10160	Introduction to Geography	3
KHU DG	HIST	11050	History of Civilization I	3
KHU DG		11051	History of Civilization II	3
KAD DD		12070	History of the United States: The Formative Period	3
KHU DD		12071	History of the United States: The Modern Period	3
KSS DD	POL	10100	American Politics	3
KSS DD	PSYC	11762	General Psychology	3
KSS DD	SOC	12050	Introduction to Sociology	3
DD	WMST	30000	Colloquium in Women’s Studies	3
	Choose one from the following: Psychology			3
	PSYC	21211	Psychology of Adjustment (3)
		30651	Adolescent Psychology (3)
		30821	Psychology of Motivation (3)
		41282	Personality (3)
		41532	Social Psychology (3)
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (51 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
WIC	ADED	32142	Principles of Teaching Adolescents**	3
		32275	Social Studies Education and the Social Sciences***	3
		42275	Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools***	3
		42292	Field Work Practicum***	3
		42357	Secondary Student Teaching***	9
		49525	Inquiry into Professional Practice***	3
	CI	47330	Reading and Writing in Adolescence/Adulthood***	3
	CULT	29535	Education in a Democratic Society***	3
	EPSY	29525	Educational Psychology***	3
	ITEC	19525	Educational Technology***	3
	SPED	23000	Introduction to Exceptionalities***	3
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Fine Arts			3
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS * (33 credits)
	Economics (33)
	Geography (33)
	History (33)
	Political Science (33)
	Sociology (33)
MINIMUM TOTAL				124

*All courses within the Major Program Requirements and Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

**A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned with to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

***A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned.

 

Economics Concentration

For semester by semester course sequencing for this program view 2010-2011 Roadmap

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credits)Courses count in major GPA*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Choose from the following			12
	ECON	32025	Money, Credit and Banking (3)
		32040	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Applications (3)
		32041	Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Applications (3)
		32070	Labor Problems (3)
		32083	Economics of Poverty (3)
		32084	Economics of the Environment (3)
		32086	Economics of Education (3)
		42072	Economics of Labor Markets (3)
		42075	International Economic Relations (3)
		42078	Economic History of Technological and Industrial Development (3)
		42080	Regional Economics (3)
		42081	Urban Economics (3)
		42083	History of Economic Thought (3)
		42085	Public Finance (3)
		42086	Economics of Health Care (3)
		42087	Law and Economics (3)
	Choose one from the following: Geography			3
	GEOG	32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
DG		37040	Geography of Africa (3)
DG		37050	Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)
DG		37066	Geography of Europe (3)
DG		37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3
DG		37079	Geography of South Asia (3)
DG		37084	Geography of South America (3)
		37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
		42064	Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)
	Choose one from the following: History			3
	HIST	31061	History of Ohio (3)
		41087	Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)
		41088	New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)
		41089	Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)
		3/4xxxx	History non-western, upper-division elective (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
KSS DG	POL	10004	Comparative Politics (3)
KSS DG		10005	World Politics (3)
		30002	Political Thought (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
	POL	30100	American Political Theory (3)
		30820	International Organization and Law (3)
		40183	Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
	Choose one from the following: Sociology			3
	SOC	22100	Sociological Analysis (3)
DG		22778	Social Problems (3)
		32400	Individual and Society (3)
DD		32570	Inequality in Societies (3)
II.	ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION  REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Type	Course			Credits
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
MINIMUM TOTAL				33

*All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

 

Geography Concentration

For semester by semester course sequencing for this program view 2010-2011 Roadmap

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credits) Courses count in major GPA*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
DG DD	GEOG	17063 17064	World Geography (3) or Geography of the United States and Canada (3)	3
KBS		21062	Physical Geography	3
		29160	Mapping Our World	3
	Choose one from the following:			3
DG	GEOG	32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
DG		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
	Choose one from the following:			3
	GEOG	37040	Geography of Africa (3)
		37050	Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)
		37066	Geography of Europe (3)
		37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3)
		37079	Geography of South Asia (3)
		37084	Geography of South America (3)
		37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
	Choose one from the following: History			3
	HIST	31061	History of Ohio (3)
		41087	Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)
		41088	New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)
		41089	Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)
		3/4xxxx	History non-western, upper-division elective (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
KSS DG	POL	10004	Comparative Politics (3)
KSS DG		10005	World Politics (3)
		30002	Political Thought (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
	POL	30100	American Political Theory (3)
		30820	International Organization and Law (3)
		40183	Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
	Choose one from the following: Sociology			3
	SOC	22100	Sociological Analysis (3)
DG		22778	Social Problems (3)
		32400	Individual and Society (3)
DD		32570	Inequality in Societies (3)
II.	ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION  REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Type	Course			Credits
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			3-4
	General Elective			3
MINIMUM TOTAL				33

*All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

 

 

History Concentration

For semester by semester course sequencing for this program view 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credits)Courses count in major GPA*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	PAS	35100 35200	African American Social, Political and Economic Systems (3) or African Social, Political and Economic Systems (3)	3
	History 30000-40000-level non-Western elective			3
	Choose one from the following: U.S. History			3
	HIST	31061	History of Ohio (3)
		40197	American Cultural  Heritage: the Arts and Society (3)
		41056	History of Colonial America : 1492-1714 (3)
		41057	Eighteenth-Century America: 1714-1789 (3)
		41058	Jefferson-Jackson Era, 1789-1848 (3)
		41062	The United States: The Westward Movement (3)
		41065	Sectional Conflict and Civil War (3)
		41066	Reconstruction and the Later South (3)
		41070	American Social and Intellectual History 1790-1876 (3)
		41071	American Social and Intellectual History, 1876-Present (3)
		41074	American Economic History (3)
		41079	History of the Immigrant in America (3)
		41082	Constitutional History of the United States (3)
		41083	U.S. Foreign Relations Through World War I (3)
		41084	U.S. Foreign Relations from 1920 (3)
	Choose one from the following: U.S. History			3
	HIST	41087	Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)
		41088	New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)
		41089	Recent America: The United States, 1945-Present (3)
	Choose one from the following: Europe since 1500			3
	HIST	41014	Europe in the Renaissance (3)
		41016	The Protestant and the Catholic Reformations (3)
		41017	17th-Century Europe (3)
		41018	18th-Century Europe: Age of Revolution (3)
		41020	19th-Century Europe (3)
		41024	Modern European History, 1914-1945 (3)
		41025	Modern European History, 1945-Present (3)
		47697	Colloquium: Post-1945 Europe (3)
	Choose one from the following: Geography			3
	GEOG	32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
DG		37040	Geography of Africa (3)
DG		37050	Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)
DG		37066	Geography of Europe (3)
DG		37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3
DG		37079	Geography of South Asia (3)
DG		37084	Geography of South America (3)
		37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
		42064	Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
KSS DG	POL	10004	Comparative Politics (3)
KSS DG		10500	World Politics (3)
		30002	Political Thought (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
	POL	30100	American Political Theory (3)
		30820	International Organization and Law (3)
		40183	Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
	Choose one from the following: Sociology			3
	SOC	22100	Sociological Analysis (3)
DG		22778	Social Problems (3)
		32400	Individual and Society (3)
DD		32570	Inequality in Societies (3)
II.	ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION  REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Type	Course			Credits
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
MINIMUM TOTAL				33

*All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

 

Political Science Concentration

For semester by semester course sequencing for this program view 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credits)Courses count in major GPA*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	POL	10500	World Politics	3
		30002	Political Thought	3
		30430 30450	State Government (3) or Metropolitan Governance (3)	3
	Choose one from the following: Political Theory			3
	POL	30100	American Political Theory (3)
		30300	Public Policy Theory (3)
		30500	International Relations Theory (3)
		30501	Comparative Theory and Concepts (3)
	Choose one from the following: American Government			3
	POL	30110	The Congress (3)
		30120	The Presidency and Executive Bureaucracy (3)
		30450	Metropolitan Governance (3)
		40116	Public Opinion and Political Behavior (3)
		40118	Political Parties and Interest Groups (3)
		40183	Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
	Choose one from the following: International Relation/Compartive Politics			3
	POL	30820	International Organization and Law (3)
		30530	Asian Politics (3)
		30540	African Politics (3)
		40540	Politics of Development (3)
		40560	Human Rights and Social Justice (3)
		40830	United States Foreign Policy (3)
		40840	Comparative Foreign Policy (3)
	Choose one from the following: Geography			3
	GEOG	32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
DG		37040	Geography of Africa (3)
DG		37050	Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)
DG		37066	Geography of Europe (3)
DG		37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3
DG		37079	Geography of South Asia (3)
DG		37084	Geography of South America (3)
		37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
		42064	Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)
	Choose one from the following: History			3
	HIST	31061	History of Ohio (3)
		41087	Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)
		41088	New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)
		41089	Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)
		3/4xxxx	History non-western, upper-division elective (3)
	Choose one from the following: Sociology			3
		22100	Sociological Analysis (3)
DG		22778	Social Problems (3)
		32400	Individual and Society (3)
DD		32570	Inequality in Societies (3)
II.	ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION  REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Type	Course			Credits
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
MINIMUM TOTAL				33

*All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

 

Sociology Concentration

For semester by semester course sequencing for this program view 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credits)Courses count in major GPA*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	SOC	22100	Sociological Analysis	3
	Choose one from the following:			3
DG	SOC	22778	Social Problems (3)
		32400	Individual and Society (3)
DG		32570	Inequality in Societies (3)
	Choose from the following:			9
		32210	Researching Society (3)
		32560	Sociology of Families (3)
		32569	Minorities in America (3)
		32762	Deviant Behavior (3)
		42315	Sociology of Changing Gender Roles (3)
		42487	Adolescent in Society (3)
		42577	Sociology of Family Violence (3)
	Choose one from the following: Geography			3
	GEOG	32080	Politics and Place (3)
		34070	Economic Geography (3)
		36065	Cities and Urbanization (3)
DG		37040	Geography of Africa (3)
DG		37050	Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)
DG		37066	Geography of Europe (3)
DG		37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3
DG		37079	Geography of South Asia (3)
DG		37084	Geography of South America (3)
		37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
		42064	Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)
	Choose one from the following: History			3
	HIST	31061	History of Ohio (3)
		41087	Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)
		41088	New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)
		41089	Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)
		3/4xxxx	History non-western, upper-division elective (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
KSS DG	POL	10004	Comparative Politics (3)
KSS DG		10005	World Politics (3)
		30002	Political Thought (3)
	Choose one from the following: Political Science			3
	POL	30100	American Political Theory (3)
		30820	International Organization and Law (3)
		40183	Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)
II.	ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION  REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Type	Course			Credits
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			6-7
MINIMUM TOTAL				33

*All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.