Social Sciences or Humanities Major - Plan B Option

A. Chow, Coordinator

Humanities: A combination of humanities courses totaling at least 39 credits involving three academic areas with a minimum of 9 credits in each of the three areas. At least 21 of the 39 credits must be at the 300-400-level and the GPA for the 39 credits must be a 2.0 minimum. Students are admitted to the General Humanities major (Gen H) upon making their intentions known to the School of Languages, Cultures, and Race, and receive a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities.

Social Sciences: A combination of social sciences courses totaling at least 39 credits involving three academic areas with a minimum of 9 credits in each of the three areas. At least 21 of the 39 credits must be at the 300-400-level and the GPA for the 39 credits must be a 2.0 minimum. Students are admitted to the General Social Sciences major (Gen S) upon making their intentions known to the School of Languages, Cultures, and Race, and receive a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences.

Per Academic Regulation 54, students may not be admitted in or awarded an additional major or minor if it carries the same name as one of the areas of study or options, concentrations or sub-plans within a major. In addition, students pursuing a Business major or minor may not also be admitted in an option, concentration or subplan of Administrative Studies.

For a list of approved Plan B areas, please contact the Liberal Arts General Studies office.

First Year
First Term	Credits
Arts [ARTS]	3
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab1	4
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]	3
Humanities [HUM]	3
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]	3
Second Term	Credits
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]	3
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]	3
Equity and Justice [EQJS]	3
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab1	4
Social Sciences [SSCI]	3
Second Year
First Term	Credits
Area 1	3
Area 2	3
Foreign Language, if necessary, or Electives	7
Second Term	Credits
Area 1	3
Area 3	3
Diversity [DIVR]	3
Foreign Language, if necessary, or Electives	6
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Year
First Term	Credits
300-400-level Area 12	3
Area 2	3
Area 3	3
Electives	6
Second Term	Credits
300-400-level Area 22	3
300-400-level Area 32	3
Integrative Capstone [CAPS]	3
Electives	6
Fourth Year
First Term	Credits
300-400 Any Area2	9
Electives2	6
Second Term	Credits
300-400 Any Area2	3
Electives2	12

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Footnotes

1

To meet College of Arts and Sciences requirements, students must complete 1 additional lab credit of [BSCI] or [PSCI] for a total of 8 credits (2 labs).

2

Students must take a total of 40 credits of upper-division (300-400 level). 21 upper-division credits must be taken within the designated concentration areas. The UCORE requirements include 3 upper-division credits. The remaining 16 credits may be taken in the electives, the UCOREs, or by electing to take more than the minimum required in the areas. Among the 300-400 level course work in the areas, two courses, each at 3 credits, must have a [M] designation. Only 6 credits of internship or P, F credits are allowed to count towards major requirements.