Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences
This major appeals to students with a broad range of interests and those interested in pursuing a social science teaching credential. The major requires a minimum of 45 semester units, distributed as follows:
- History: eight courses that include one introductory course, one course in California history, two courses in world history, two courses in U.S. history, one course in the history of a non-U.S. country or region, and one course with a geography component.
- Political Science: two courses that include one course in U.S. national government and one course that deals with either
- a) comparative politics and government
- b) politics and government of a foreign country
- c) international relations
- Sociology: two courses which include one course that deals with the basic concepts of Sociology and one course that deals with either
- a) structural analysis
- b) social psychological analysis or
- c) cultural anthropology
- Economics: one introductory course
- Quantitative methods: one course, selected with the approval of the social science adviser.
Please see the College of the Pacific social sciences adviser for a list of specific course recommendations for all courses required for the major.
Students must complete a minimum of 120 units with a Pacific cumulative and major/program grade point average of 2.0 in order to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in social sciences.
Major Requirements
- ECON 051 Economic Principles and Problems or ECON 053 & 055
- HIST 001 Chair’s Seminar
- HIST 020 United States History I
- HIST 021 United States History II
- HIST 050 World History I
- HIST 051 World History II
- HIST 130 History of California
- POLS 041 U.S. Government and Politics
Select one of the following non-U.S., upper-level history courses:
- HIST 063 History of Science and Technology
- HIST 100 Renaissance and Reformation
- HIST 113 Europe Since 1945
- HIST 142 Modern Chinese History
- HIST 151 People’s History of Mexico
Select one of the following basic sociology courses:
- SOCI 021 Culture and Society
- SOCI 031 Deviant Behavior
- SOCI 051 Introduction to Sociology
Select one of the following analysis courses:
- ANTH 053 Cultural Anthropology
- SOCI 079 Self and Society
- SOCI 108 Food, Culture and Society
- SOCI 111 Environment and Society
- SOCI 123 Sex and Gender
- SOCI 125 Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOCI 141 Prejudice and Racism
Select one of the following:
- POLS 051 Introduction to International Relations
- POLS 160 Theories of International Politics
- POLS 162 International Organization
- POLS 164 International Political Economy
- POLS 166 International Conflict and Conflict Management
- POLS 168 Comparative Foreign Policy
- POLS 170 U.S. Foreign Policy
- POLS 172 Inter-American Relations
Recommended for CSET (Optional)
- EDUC 140 Transformational Teaching and Learning
- EDUC 141 Transformational Teaching and Learning Practicum