Approved courses for the Social Science Distributed Major
I.
Social Science Distributed Major Core requirements
1. Methods: Stat 2070 (2010 or 2050) (meets QB, USP 2003 or M2, USP 1991)
2. Writing C (W3): approved USP Writing C course in social science discipline or
English 4010.
AAST 4100 African Am Religious Culture
AMST/ENR/GEOG/POLS 4051
Environmental Politics & Administration
ANTH 4010 History of Anthro Thought
COJO 3160 Theory of Language & Society
CRMJ/SOC 4280 Comp. Criminal Justice
CRMJ 3680 Rsch Methods in Crim. Justice
ENGL 4010 Tech Writing in Professions
GEOG 4540 Topics in Cultural Ecology:
HIST 4030 Departmental Proseminar
INST/SOC 4110 Soc of International
Development
POLS 4840 Seminar in Public Law
POLS 4850 Sem. Am. Politics & Institutions
POLS 4890 Sem. Comparative Politics
PSYC 4050 Experimental Psychology
PSYC 4740 Advanced Social Psychology
WMST 4700 Feminist Theories & Methodologies
II. Recommended: one advanced research methods course in a social science
ANTH 3310 Intro Anthro Research Methods HIST 3020 Historical Methods
ANTH 4015 Archeol Research Methods
POLS 3680 Intro Empirical Political Analysis
ANTH 4135 Quantit Rsch Mthds in Anth
PSYC 4050 Experimental Psychology
COJO 3070 Intro Communication Research SOC 2090 Intro to Sociological Research
COSC 1030 Computer Science I
SOC 4600 Global Population Issues
COSC 1100 Comp Sci Principles & Practice STAT 2110 Stat Meths Bus & Mgmt Science
CRMJ 3680 Rsch Methods in Crim.Justice
STAT 3050 Statistical Methods
ECON 3010 Intermediate Macroeconomics
STAT 4220 Basic Engineering Statistics
ECON 3020 Intermediate Microeconomics
STAT 4250 Math Theory of Probability
GEOG 4280 Quantitative Methods
III. Recommended: one advanced theory course in a social science
ANTH 3410 Patterns of Subsistence
ANTH 4010 Hist Anthropological Thought
ANTH 4015 Archeological Theory & Method
COJO 3040 Adv Communication Theory
COJO 3160 Theory of Language & Society
COJO 3520 Comm Technology & Society
ECON 4240 History Economic Thought I
ECON 4250 History Economic Thought II
GEOG 3030 Geography and Development
GEOG 4310 Planning Theory
INST 4300 The World System
INST 4330 American Foreign Relations
INST 4340 International Organizations
POLS 4330 American Foreign Relations
POLS 4340
POLS 4350
PSYC 3120
PSYC 3150
PSYC 3160
PSYC 3390
PSYC 4060
PSYC 4090
PSYC 4150
PSYC 4740
SOC 3700
SOC 3750
SOC 4300
SOC 4700
International Organizations
Sustainable Dev & Global Pol
Cognitive Psychology
Moral Development
Learning and Behavior
Theories of Personality
History and Systems of Psych
Comparative Psychology
Cognitive Development
Advanced Social Psychology
History of Social Theory
Contemp. Sociological Theory
The World System
Science and Modern Society
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IV. Courses for Areas of Emphasis and Electives
A. All courses in the social science division (and A&S interdisciplinary
programs except those with an explicit CA/C3 or CH/C1 USP designation
or as indicated in this list).
Depends upon Content = * Consult with advisor
Course Numbers no longer offered = (italic in parentheses)
1. African American Studies
AAST 1030 Social Justice in 21st Century
AAST 2140 African Societies
AAST 3100 Afro-Am. Experience to 1865
AAST 3110 Afro-Am Experience frm 1865
AAST 3120 Africa Since 1800
AAST 3400 Origins of Afr-Amer, 1440-1807
AAST 3450 Emergence of Afr-Amer, 1807+
AAST 3670 African Diaspora
AAST 4400 Black Politics, 1867-present
AAST 4546 Agriculture: Rooted in Diversity
AAST 4970 Internship*
AAST 4975 Independent Research*
AAST 4990 Topics*
(AAST 4870)
2. American Indian Studies –
AIST 1030 Social Justice in the 21st Century
AIST 1350 Amer Indians in Contemp Society
AIST 2060 Topics*
AIST 2210 North American Indians
AIST 4020 Internship*
AIST/GEOG 4340 Nat.Res Mngmnt:Westn Resrvatns
AIST/SOC 4360 American Indian Women
AIST 4492 Indian Cultures of Latin America
AIST 4546 Agriculture: Rooted in Diversity
AIST 4740 Native Am. Languages & Cultures
AIST 4990 Special Topics*
3. American Studies
AMST 1000 Cultures of College: Why We Are Where We Are
AMST 1030 Social Justice in the 21st Century
AMST 2110 Cultural Diversity in America
AMST 3100 Food in American Culture
AMSTPOLS/GEOG/ENR/REWN 4051 (WC) Environmental Politics
AMST/POLS/GEOG/ENR/REWN 4052Federal Land Politics
AMST 4546 Agriculture: Rooted in Diversity
AMST 4970 Internship*
4. Anthropology –4000 Conference*, 4020 Seminar*, 4970 Internship* and all
courses except 2730 and 3015. (2015, 4200)
5. Chicano Studies
CHST 1030 Social Justice in the 21st Cent
CHST 1100 Intro. to Chicano Studies
CHST 2001 Gender & Ethnicity in Science
CHST 2060 Special Topics*
CHST 2370 Chicano Hist. Origins to 1900
CHST 2385 Chicano Hist. 1900 to Present
CHST 3200 Perspectives-Chicana Studies
CHST 3800 Chicanas/os in Contemporary
Society
CHST 4485 Latino Diaspora
CHST 4496 History of Mexico
CHST 4546 Agric: Rooted in Diversity
CHST 4975 Independent Study*
CHST 4990 Topics in Chicano Studies*
(CHST 3560)
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6. Communication & Journalism
COJO 1000 Intro to Mass Media
COJO 1030 Interpersonal Communication
COJO 1040 Intro - Human Communication
COJO 2090 Persuasion
COJO 2110 Nonverbal Communication
COJO 2120 Small Group Communication
COJO 2250 Comm. in Organizations
COJO 2480 Politics & Media
COJO 3040 Advanced Comm. Theory
COJO 3070 Intro to Comm Research
COJO 3160 Theory of Language & Society
COJO 3190 Cross-Cultural Comm.
COJO 3310 Public Relations
COJO 3480 Internship*
COJO 3520 Comm. Technology & Society
COJO 4030 Advanced Interpers’l Comm.
COJO 4050 Communication & Conflict
COJO 4140 Nonverbal Comm Studies
COJO 4210 Special Topics in Comm*
COJO 4250 Advanced Org. Comm.
COJO 4990 Independent Study*
(COJO 3510, 3910 )
7. Criminal Justice
CRMJ 2400 Criminology
CRMJ 3150 Crime Causation
CRMJ 3250 Juvenile Delinquency
CRMJ 3320 Family Violence
CRMJ 3400 Deviant Behavior
CRMJ 3680 (WC) Resch Methods Crim Justice
CRMJ 4110 Const. Rights & Liberties I: Bill of Rights
CRMJ 4120 Const. Rights & Liberties II: 13th, 14th, 15th
CRMJ 4230 Forensic Anthropology
8. Economics
ECON 1000 Global Economic Issues
ECON 1010 Principles of MacroEcon.
ECON 1020 Principles of MicroEconomics
ECON 2100 Intro to Money & Banking
9. Geography
GEOG 1000 World Regional Geography
GEOG 1020 Intro to Human Geography
GEOG 1050 Intro to Enviro. & Nat Resources.
GEOG 2150 Map Use & Analysis
GEOG 2200 Geography of Wyo & West
GEOG 2370 Chicano History to1900
GEOG 2500 Impact of Union Pacific/Wyo Hist.
GEOG 2550 Recreation & Natural Resources
GEOG 3030 Geography & Development
GEOG 3050 Economic Geography
GEOG 3205 Basic GIS
GEOG 3480 Environmental Change
GEOG 3550 Natural Hazards & Society
GEOG 4000 Terrain Analysis
GEOG 4040 Conservation-Nat. Resources
CRMJ 4250 Sociology of Law
CRMJ 4260 Gangs
CRMJ 4280 Comparative Criminal Justice (WC)
CRMJ 4370 Criminal Psychopathology
CRMJ 4540 Women, Crime and the Law
CRMJ 4600 Political Violence
CRMJ 4730 Psychology and Law
CRMJ 4760 Semnr: Resch in Child Abuse & Neglect
CRMJ 4990 Topics *
ECON 2400 Economics of Environment
ECON 2500 Impact of Union Pacific on
Wyoming History
ECON 4800 Labor Economics
GEOG 4280 Quantitative Methods
GEOG 4300 GPS for Nat. Resource Mgmt
GEOG 4310 Planning Theory
GEOG 4325 Legal Aspects of Planning
GEOG 4330 Land Use Planning
GEOG 4340 Nat. Resource Plng/Westrn Reservations
GEOG 4370 Environmental Planning
GEOG 4380 Interpreting the Environment
GEOG 4390 Rural & Small Town Planning
GEOG 4400 Natural Resource Policy
GEOG 4420 Tourism & Recreation
GEOG 4470 Fire Ecology
GEOG 4500 The American Landscape
GEOG 4520 Regional Geography
GEOG 4530 Images of Wyo & the West
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GEOG 4050 Intermediate Econ Geography
GEOG 4051 Environmental Politics
GEOG 4052 Federal Land Politics
GEOG 4080 Mgt of Major River Basins
GEOG 4150 Cartography & Digital Map Design
GEOG 4200 Intro to GIS
GEOG 4210 Advanced GIS
GEOG 4220 Spatial Modeling & Geocomputation
GEOG 4240 GIScience for Business & Industry
(Geog 3460, 4410)
GEOG 4540 Topics in Cultural Ecology
GEOG 4680 Adm. of Nat. Resource Agencies
GEOG 4750 Public Land Mgmt
GEOG 4860 Field Studies
GEOG 4865 Directed Studies/Research Problems
GEOG 4870 Practicum
GEOG 4875 Independent Studies
GEOG 4880 Current Topics
GEOG 4885 Seminar
10. History
[Excluding HIST courses which are CH(C2)]
HIST 1210 United States History I
HIST 1220 United States History II
HIST 1290 History of the U.S. West
HIST 1320 World Civilization to 1450
HIST 1330 World Civilizations from 1450
HIST 2020 American Military History
HIST 2040 Imperial China
HIST 2041 Modern China
HIST 2060 Topics in History*
HIST 2110 Hist of Western Civilization 1700+
HIST 2120 Ancient Greece & Near East
HIST 2130 Ancient Rome
HIST 2200 The English People to 1688
HIST 2210 England from 1603
HIST 2230 The History of Russia to 1855
HIST 2240 The History of Russia Since 1855
HIST 2290 History of N. American Indians
HIST 2320 History of Islam
HIST 2360 African American History
HIST/CHST/GEOG 2370 Chic Hist: Origins-1900
HIST 2380 Latin American History
HIST/CHST 2385 Chicano Hist: 1900 to Present
HIST 2460 Traditional Japan
HIST 2461 Modern Japan
HIST 2470 Civilization of India
HIST 2500 Impact of Union Pacific on Wyo Hist
HIST 3050 Athenian Democracy
HIST 3110 Modern Germany
HIST/AIST 3120 Africa Since 1800
HIST 3210 The Islamic World in Premod. Era
HIST 3220 History of the Modern Middle East
HIST 4030 (WC) Departmental Proseminar*
HIST 4170 Europe in 19th Cent. 1848-1914
HIST 4180 Europe in 20th Century
HIST 4190 Europe: 1930-Present
HIST 4195 European Economic History
HIST 4200 England in 16th Century
HIST 4210 England in 17th Century
HIST 4230 Eighteenth-Century Britain
HIST 4240 German-Spkg Europe to 1848
HIST 4250 German-Spkg Europe frm1848
HIST 4270 France: Old Regime & Revol.
HIST 4350 Sem. In European History*
HIST 4400 Internship*
HIST 4405 American Encounters to 1850
HIST 4406 American Encounters from
1850
HIST 4410 New Worlds: The Age of
Discovery and Its Consequences
HIST 4440 Sectional Conflict
HIST 4450 Civil War & Reconstruction
HIST 4455 Immigration, Ethnicity, &
American Experience
HIST 4460 Post-Civil War America
HIST 4462 American Indian History to 1783
HIST 4463 American Ind. History 1783-1890
HIST 4464 American Ind. In 20th Century
HIST 4465 Topics in Am. Ind. History*
HIST 4468 Am. Indians in N. Am. West
HIST 4470 Birth of Modern Amer, 1890-1929
HIST 4475 American Environmental History
HIST 4480 Growth of Mod. Am. 1929-1960
HIST 4490 Modern America, 1960-Present
HIST 4492 Indian Cult of Latin Amer 15th Cent-Pres
HIST 4495 Colonial Mexico/Borderlands
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HIST 4060 Independent Study*
HIST 4110 Early Medieval Europe
HIST 4112 History of the Medieval City
HIST 4120 Europe During the Renaissance
HIST 4130 Europe During the Reformation
HIST 4140 Europe During Age of Baroque
HIST 4150 Europe During Enlightenment
HIST 4160 Europe in 19th Cent. 1800-1848
HIST 4280 France Since 1814
HIST 4290 History of the Soviet Union
HIST 4300 Balkans, 1815-Present
HIST 4310 World War II in Europe
HIST 4330 Euro Gender & Women's History
HIST 4335 Women & Islam
HIST 4340 Social History of Amer Women
HIST 4496 History of Mexico
HIST 4510 Mod. Far East: China, Japan, India
HIST 4515 American Legal History
HIST 4530 19th Century American West
HIST 4535 History of Oil
HIST 4540 20th Century American West
HIST 4546 Agriculture: Rooted in Diversity
HIST 4550 Amer Soc Hist through Late 19th Cent
HIST 4560 Amer Social History in 20th Century
HIST 4582 20th Cent. U.S. Foreign Relations
HIST 4585 Conference on U.S. History*
HIST 4610 Sem Topics in Hist of Wyo I*
HIST 4620 Sem Topics in Hist of Wyo II*
HIST 4690 (depends on focus) Resch topics US Hist
HIST 4990 Topics in ******
11. Philosophy - Only the following Philosophy courses are approved for the
social science major even though all of these courses were approved C1
courses in the 1991 USP Program:
PHIL 2200 Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 2345 (for ENR majors) Natural Resource Ethics
PHIL 3140 Philosophy of Science
PHIL 3150 Philosophy of Social Science
PHIL 3440 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 3500 History of Science
PHIL 4200 Topics Soc. & Pol. Philosophy*
PHIL 4510 (WC) Theory of Knowledge
12. Political Science – All courses except 1000 when used to fulfill the
Constitutions V requirement.
13. Psychology
PSYC 1000 General Psychology
PSYC 1001 Issues in Psychology
PSYC 1111 Psychology & Social Justice
PSYC 2000 Research Psych. Methods*
PSYC 2000 Infant Development
PSYC 2300 Developmental Psychology
PSYC 2310 Exceptional Children
PSYC 2330 Psychology of Adjustment
PSYC 2340 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 2380 Social Psychology
PSYC 3120 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 3150 Moral Development
PSYC 3250 Health Psychology
PSYC 3390 Theories of Personality
(PSYC 3750, 3820,4100, 4160, 4250, 4340,
PSYC 4060 History & Systems of Psyc.
PSYC 4110 Sleep & Dreams
PSYC 4150 Cognitive Development
PSYC 4380 Death & Dying
PSYC 4400 Princ. of Psych. Testing
PSYC 4500 Intro to Clinical Psyc.
PSYC 4600 Psyc. Gender-Role Developmt
PSYC 4730 Psychology & Law
PSYC 4740 Advanced Social Psychology
PSYC 4760 Child Maltreatment
PSYC 4820 Psyc. of Human Sexuality
PSYC 4830 Senior Thesis*
PSYC 4850 Field Work in Psychology*
PSYC 4855 Undergrad Research in Psyc*
4360, 4380, 4755)
14. Sociology – All courses (and their cross-listed equivalents when not counted
for other areas of emphasis) except Soc/Wmst 1080.
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15. Women’s Studies
WMST 1020 Intellectual Community
WMST 1030 Social Justice in 21st Century
WMST 1090 Women in Contemp Society
WMST 1900 Women & Leadership
WMST 2001 Gender & Ethnicity in Science
WMST 2060 Topics in Women’s Studies*
WMST 2070 Gender & Religion
WMST 2135 Women & Aging
WMST 2420 Women & Politics
WMST 2700 Women & Disabilities
WMST 3200 Perspectives in Chicana Stds.
WMST 3500 Gender & Society
WMST 3800 Chicana/os in Contemp Soc.
WMST 4335 Women & Islam
WMST 4360 American Indian Women
WMST 4400 Women & Work
WMST 4500 Topics in Women’s Studies*
WMST 4540 Women, Crime, & Law
WMST 4580 Women & 3rd Wrld Develop
WMST 4590 Women of India
WMST 4700 Feminist Theory & Method.
WMST 4920 Women, War, & Health
WMST 4940 Gender, Women, & Health
WMST 4960 Women’s Bodies & Minds
WMST 4965 Senior Paper*
WMST 4970 Internship*
WMST 4330 European Gender & Women’s History WMST 4975 Independent Studies*
(WMST 4500, 4510, 4950)
B. All UW in other Colleges with a USP CS (USP C2) designation
may count toward the 48 credits required in the SOSC major, for example:
(See current University Studies list of approved courses
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/unst/USP_2003.htm )
AGEC 1010 Principles of Macroeconomics
AGEC 1020 Principles of Microeconomics
AGEC 3400 Agricultural Law
AGEC 3860 Econ of World Food & Agriculture
AGEC 4740 Agricultural Policy
AGEC 4880 Intrntl Ag Trade, Markets & Policy
CHE 4000 Environment, Technology & Society
EDFD 2450 Human Lifespan Development
ENR 4000 Approaches to Environment &
Natural Resource Problem Solving
FSCS 2121 Child Development
FSCS 2131 Family Relationships
FSCS 2135 Women and Aging
FSCS 2170 Clothing in Modern Society
FSCS 3133 Marriage & Intimate Relations
FCSC 3220 Multicultural Influences on the
Young Child
NURS 2110 Fundamentals Aging & Hum Dev
NURS 2340 Develop Influences on Health
PETE 4000 Environment, Technlogy & Society
PHCY 4380 Ethnopharmacology
SPPA 4070 Deaf Culture & Hist Deaf Amer
SOWK 3530 Human Behav & Social Enviro I
SOWK 3540 Human Behav & Social Enviro II
SOWK 4460 Soc Welfare Policies & Issues
NOTE: Upper division courses designed for teacher education, or developed as part of an
in-service training program for teachers, cannot be used to meet coursework requirements
in this program.
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