College of the Pacific
Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences
This major appeals to students with a broad range of interests and those interested in pursuing a social sciences teaching credential. The major requires a minimum of 48 semester units, distributed as follows.
History: six courses, including one course in California history, two courses in the history of Western Civilization or World History, two courses in U.S. history and one course in the history of a non-U.S., non-European country or region.
Political Science: three courses, including one course in U.S. national government, one course in U.S. state and local government and one course dealing with either:
- comparative politics and government,
- politics and government of a foreign country, or
- international relations.
Sociology: two courses, including one course dealing with the basic concepts of Sociology and one course dealing with either:
- structural analysis,
- social psychological analysis, or
- cultural anthropology.
Economics: one introductory course.
Geography: one course in world geography: INTL 113-World Geography for Social Sciences
Quantitative Methods: one course, selected with the approval of the Social Sciences adviser.
Please see the College of the Pacific Social Sciences adviser, Caroline Cox (History Department), for a list of specific course recommendations for all courses required for the major.
