The Social Science B.A. is ideal for the self-motivated student
who has a variety of interests. Social Science majors select a
Primary Area (18 credits, of which 15 must be upper-division)
and a Secondary Area (9 upper-division credits) from the Social
and Behavioral Sciences taught at Mesa State (Anthropology, Economics
[only as a Secondary Area], History, Political Science, Psychology,
Sociology), but beyond the basic requirements of the program there
is a good deal of elective space that students can fill in with
courses of their own choosing. The end result is a program that
maximizes student choice while still providing rigorous and useful
course of study.
A Social Science major can be tailored to facilitate graduate
study in such fields as Law; additionally, the skills acquired
through the Primary and Secondary Areas, like the ability to conduct
face-to-face interviews, to compile and analyze qualitative and
quantitative data, to produce thorough and well-written reports,
etc., can be broken out and applied to any number of fields. Social
Science students, through pursuit of a program so largely of their
own making, prove their versatility and adaptability, two qualities
bound to serve them well on an ever-changing job market.
Social
Science Degree Requirements. (Click on the link and scroll
to the appropriate page of the Mesa State Catalog.)
Social
Science Course Offerings and Course Descriptions. (Click on
the above link and scroll to the appropriate page of the Mesa
State Catalog.)
Schedule
of Classes. Click here to find out which Social Science classes
are being offered this semester and at what times.
For further information regarding the Social Science
degree, contact Dr. Clare Boulanger, Professor of Anthropology,
boulange@mesastate.edu
Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
(970) 248-1886
Social and Behavioral Sciences
