The social sciences focus on how individuals, groups, and institutions affect and interact with each other. Through systematic investigation, social scientists generate explanatory frameworks for understanding human behavior, action, and social practices. Studying social science prepares students to examine past and present social problems; to think critically about individual, local, regional, and global contexts; and to improve societal well-being.
Students will take 6 credits for the Social Science requirement, to be fulfilled by taking approved courses with the Social Science (S1) designation.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ALE 3080 | Agricultural Policy and Ethics | 3 |
| ANTH 1010 | Topics In: First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| ANTH 1023 | Topics In: LASP: Div & Sustain | 3 |
| ANTH 1030 | Topics in ANTH Div Human Exp | 3 |
| ANTH 1100 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 1600 | Linguistic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 1800 | Archaeological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 2181 | Aging in Cross-Cultural Persp | 3 |
| ANTH 2619 | Humor and Language Play | 3 |
| ANTH 3115 | Museum Anthropology | 3 |
| CDAE 1040 | US Food, Social Equity &Dev | 3 |
| CDAE 1610 | Principles of Comm Dev Econ | 3 |
| CDAE 2020 | Sustainable Community Dev | 3 |
| CDAE 3080 | Agricultural Policy and Ethics | 3 |
| COMU 1010 | Healthy Brains, Healthy Bodies | 3 |
| CRES 1861 | Geography/Race&Ethnicity in US | 3 |
| CRES 1867 | Linguistic Diversity in US | 3 |
| CRES 1881 | Race Relations in the US | 3 |
| CRES 2873 | Const Law: Civil Rights Amer | 3 |
| CRES 2881 | Racial Inequality in the US | 3 |
| CSD 3480 | Cognition & Language | 3 |
| ECON 1010 | Topics In: First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| ECON 1013 | FYS Latin American Development | 3 |
| ECON 1130 | Economics of Globalization | 3 |
| ECON 1280 | Economics of Climate Change | 3 |
| ECON 1400 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 1450 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 2110 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| ECON 2210 | Public Policy | 3 |
| ECON 2240 | Game Theory | 3 |
| ECON 2300 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ECON 2350 | International Econ I: Trade | 3 |
| ECON 2355 | International Econ II:Finance | 3 |
| ECON 2400 | Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| ECON 2450 | Microeconomic Theory | 3 |
| ECON 2510 | Using Data for Economic Policy | 3 |
| ECON 2600 | Labor Economics | 3 |
| ECON 2700 | Industrial Organization | 3 |
| ECON 2750 | Law and Economics | 3 |
| ECON 2755 | Institutional Economics | 3 |
| ECON 2800 | Econ of Environmental Policy | 3 |
| EDEC 1070 | Movie Night:Criticl Childhd | 3 |
| EDFS 1020 | School and Society | 0,3 |
| EDFS 3030 | Soc, Hst & Phil Found of Educ | 3 |
| ENVS 2420 | Econ of Environmental Policy | 3 |
| ENVS 2433 | Rural Geography | 3 |
| ENVS 2460 | US Environmental Politics | 3 |
| ENVS 2982 | Restoration Cultures | 4 |
| GEOG 1010 | Topics In: First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| GEOG 1020 | Topics In: LASP Writing | 3 |
| GEOG 1700 | Topics in Human Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 1760 | Global Environments & Cultures | 3 |
| GEOG 1770 | Geography/Race&Ethnicity in US | 3 |
| GEOG 1780 | Society, Place, and Power | 3 |
| GEOG 2707 | Restoration Cultures | 4 |
| GEOG 2760 | Rural Geography | 3 |
| GSWS 1010 | FYS: Intro to GSWS | 3 |
| GSWS 1500 | Intro to GSWS | 3 |
| GSWS 1785 | Sociology of Sexualities | 3 |
| HDF 1050 | Human Development | 3 |
| HDF 1600 | Family Context of Development | 3 |
| HDF 1650 | Human Relationships &Sexuality | 3 |
| HDF 2890 | Theories of Human Development | 3 |
| HSCI 1100 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HSCI 2300 | Health Promotion | 3 |
| HSOC 1600 | Health Care in America | 3 |
| LING 1010 | Topics In: First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| LING 1200 | Linguistic Diversity in US | 3 |
| LING 1300 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| LING 1500 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| NFS 1073 | Farm to Table: Food Sys | 3 |
| NR 1020 | Natural Hist & Human Ecology 2 | 0,4 |
| NR 2040 | Social Proc & the Environment | 3 |
| NR 3050 | Ecosys Mgt:Intg Sci,Soc&Pol | 3 |
| POLS 1010 | Topics In: First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| POLS 1013 | FYS US Political System | 3 |
| POLS 1015 | FYS Intro Int'l Relations | 3 |
| POLS 1017 | FYS Comparative World Politics | 3 |
| POLS 1300 | US Political System | 3 |
| POLS 1500 | Intro International Relations | 3 |
| POLS 1700 | Comparative World Politics | 3 |
| POLS 2315 | Law & Politics | 3 |
| POLS 2320 | Const Law: Government Powers | 3 |
| POLS 2370 | Const Law: Civil Rights Amer | 3 |
| POLS 2430 | Political Parties & Elections | 3 |
| POLS 2440 | Politics and Media | 3 |
| POLS 2460 | US Environmental Politics | 3 |
| POLS 2525 | Int'l Politics Middle East | 3 |
| POLS 2530 | International Pol Economy | 3 |
| POLS 2615 | Terrorism & Counterterrorism | 3 |
| POLS 2710 | Russian Politics | 3 |
| POLS 2715 | Japanese Politics | 3 |
| POLS 2720 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| POLS 3440 | Pol Effects of Entertain Media | 3 |
| POLS 3515 | Religion, War, and Peace | 3 |
| POLS 3610 | Ethnopolitical Conflict | 3 |
| POLS 3710 | The Struggle for Democracy | 3 |
| POLS 4310 | VT Legislative Research Srvc | 3 |
| PSYS 1010 | Topics In: First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| PSYS 1012 | Topics in: FYS: Div Human Exp | 3 |
| PSYS 1400 | Intro to Psychological Science | 3 |
| PSYS 2300 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYS 2400 | Developmental Psych: Childhood | 3 |
| PSYS 2500 | Psychopathology | 3 |
| SOC 1010 | Topics In: First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| SOC 1020 | Topics In: LASP Writing | 3 |
| SOC 1025 | Topics In: LASP Seminar | 3 |
| SOC 1100 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOC 1210 | Deviance & Social Control | 3 |
| SOC 1260 | Drugs & Society | 3 |
| SOC 1300 | Health Care in America | 3 |
| SOC 1330 | Sociology of Sexualities | 3 |
| SOC 1370 | Race Relations in the US | 3 |
| SOC 1500 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 2210 | Global Deviance | 3 |
| SOC 2220 | Sociology of the Holocaust | 3 |
| SOC 2370 | Racial Inequality in the US | 3 |
| SOC 2460 | Sociology of Disaster | 3 |
| SOC 2550 | Social Theory | 3 |
| SWSS 1010 | Ldrship for Racial Justice | 3 |
| SWSS 1020 | Foundations of Social Work | 3 |
| SWSS 1600 | Racism & Contemporary Issue | 3 |
| SWSS 3480 | Theories in Social Work II | 3 |