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Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Studies (BAIS)
Social Sciences Concentration

Prospective Students

Below you'll find the current Program Requirements and the Suggested Course Sequence for the BAIS degree with a Social Sciences Concentration.

Currently Enrolled Students

Links in the charts below may be useful to you in determining course availability. However, for your specific program requirements, please see the appropriate GBC Catalog, which may differ from the following. If in doubt, confer with your adviser.

Program Requirements

General Education & Core Requirements
Lower Division
Specific concentrations have different program requirements, as shown in parentheses.
3 Fundamentals of Speech COM 113 or
Oral Interpretation THTR 221
3 ENG 102
3 Fine Arts
6 Science Requirement
15 Social Science
3 Introduction to Statistics: STAT 152
3 Technology
An Associate of Arts, Associate of Science or equivalent degree is required.
39-45 Total for this section
Lower-Division Social Sciences
12 credits

Select at least one course in each of the following focus areas (see adviser for courses not listed).
History: ANTH 202, HIST 101, HIST 102,
HIST 105, HIST 106, HIST 217, HIST 247
Culture and Society: ANTH 101, ANTH 201,
GEOG 106, HUM 101, SOC 101, SOC 205,
ANTH 205, WMST 101
Individuals and Institutions:CRJ 270, ECON 102, ECON 103, HDFS 201, PSC 103, PSC 231,
PSY 101, SW 220,
General Education & Core Requirements
Upper Division
3 Advanced Literary Study: ENG 325 or
Composition III: ENG 327 or
Language Study: ENG 329
3 Professional Ethics: ECON 311 or
Professional Ethics: PHIL 311
3 Integrative Research Methodology: INT 301
3 Internship in Integrative Studies: INT 400
3 Capstone in Integrative Studies: INT 496
3 Integrative Humanities Seminar: INT 339 or
Integrative Mathematics Seminar: INT 359
3 Integrative Social Science Seminar: INT 349
3 Integrative Science Seminar: INT 369

 

Upper-Division Social Sciences
24 credits
Select at least 18 credits from the following:
Anthropology (select 1 to 2 courses)
  ANTH 329: Language Study
  ANTH 350: Archaeology of Nevada
  ANTH 380: Archaeology of Ancient Civilization
  ANTH 400A: Indians of North America
  ANTH 400B: Indians of the Great Basin
  ANTH 400G: Contemporary Native Americans
  ANTH 439: Selected Topics in Cultural Anthropology
  ANTH 440A: Archaeology of North America
  ANTH 455: Archaeology Theory
  ANTH 459: Selected Topics in Archaeology
History (select 1 to 2 courses)
  HIST 401: American Constitutional and Legal History
  HIST 412: U.S. Revolution & the New Republic
  HIST 413: U.S. Jacksonian Era and Civil War
  HIST 415C: History of the U.S., 1877-1929
  HIST 416A: Era of Franklin Roosevelt, 1920-1945
  HIST 416B: Contemporary America, since 1945
  HIST 417A: Nevada and the West
  HIST 417C: The West as National Experience
  HIST 441: American Environmental History
  HIST 498: Advanced Historical Studies
Political Science (select 1 to 2 courses)
  PSC 304: The Legislative Process
  PSC 305: The American Presidency
  PSC 312: Political Parties and Interest Groups
  PSC 401F: Public Opinion and Political Behavior
  PSC 401Z: Special Topics in American Government
  PSC 403C: Environmental Policy
  PSC 403K: Problems in American Public Policy
Psychology (select 1 to 2 courses)
  EPY 330: Principles of Educational Psychology
  PSY 441: Abnormal Psychology
  PSY 460: Social Psychology
  PSY 499: Advanced Special Topics
 
Choose 6 additional credits from the above focus areas OR from the list below:
  ANTH 400 : Field Study in Archaeology
  ANTH 449C: Laboratory Methods in Archaeology
  ANTH 446: Archaeological Field Methods
  ECON 317: Economics of Taxation
  ECON 431: Economics of Decision Models
  SOC 342: Social Stratification
 

SOC 416: Sociology of Work and Occupations

  SW 310: Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
  SW 311: Human Behavior and the Social Environment II

Suggested Course Sequence

Year 1
Fall Semester
INT 100 0.5
ENG 100 or ENG 101 3
HIST 101 3
PSC 103 or ECON 103 3
Fine Arts General Education 3
Social Science (select with adviser) 3
Math (if needed, check with adviser)  
Total Year 1 Fall Credits 15.5
Spring Semester
ENG 102 3
HIST 102 3
PSY 101 3
ANTH 101 or SOC 101 or GEOG 106 3
Science General Education 3-4
Math (if needed, check with adviser)  
Total Year 1 Spring Credits 15-16
Year 2
Fall Semester
MATH 120 or MATH 126 3
Science General Education 3-4
Humanities General Education (select with adviser) 3
Electives (select with adviser) 6
Total Year 2 Fall Credits 15-16
Spring Semester
COM 113 or THTR 221 3
STAT 152 3
GIS 103 3
Electives (select with adviser) 6
Total Year 2 Spring Credits 15
Year 3
Fall Semester
INT 301 3
ECON 311 or PHIL 311 3
INT 349 3
Upper-Division Political Science/ Psychology 3
Electives (select with adviser) 3
Total Year 3 Fall Credits 15
Spring Semester
ENG 325 or ENG 327 or ENG 329 3
INT 369 3
Upper-Division Anthropology/History/ Psychology 3
Upper-Division Anthropology/History 3
Electives (select with adviser) 3
Total Year 3 Spring Credits 15
Year 4
Fall Semester
INT 339 or INT 359 3
Upper-Division Anthropology/History/ Psychology 3
Upper-Division Anthropology/History 3
Upper-Division Social Science (select with adviser) 6
Total Year 4 Fall Credits 15
Spring Semester
INT 496 3
Upper-Division Political Science/ Psychology 3
Upper-Division Social Science (select with adviser) 6
Upper-Division Elective (select with adviser) 3
Total Year 4 Spring Credits 15

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