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2007-2009 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Social Sciences MA
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Requirements.
Completion of a minimum of 30 credit hours, distributed as follows, with an overall cumulative grade point average of 5.0 (B) or better. The program must be completed within six consecutive years.
- Graduate Core Curriculum (12 credits).
SSC 501 Social Theory
SSC 502 Political Economy
SSC 503 Gender, Race, and Inequality
SSC 504 World Historiography
- Track options (12 credits). Four courses from one of the following tracks*, with no more than three in a single area:
- Global Studies Track.
Historical/Cultural Area
ANT 515 / INT 515 Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues
ANT 556 World Religions
HIS 546 / INT 546 Twentieth Century World
HIS 574 History of British Empire Since 1790
HIS 579 Pacific World in Transition since 19th Century
HIS 587 Islam and Political Change
SOC 575 / ANT 575 / INT 575 Social and Cultural Change
Political/Economic Area
ANT 552 / INT 552 Culture and Economy in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANT 576 / INT 576 / SOC 576 / WGS 576 Sex, Work, and International Capital
ECN 566 The Global Economy
ENG 567 World Economic History
POL 533 International Law and Organization
POL 541 / PUB 541 Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
POL 544 Latin America Politics
POL 545 European Politics
POL 559 / INT 559 Comparative Revolution
- U.S. History and Politics Track.
Historical/Cultural Area
ANT 511 Historical Archaeology
HIS 510 The Birth of the American Republic
HIS 511 The Age of Jefferson and Jackson
HIS 521 History of the United States Constitution, 1789 to Present
HIS 528 Emergence of the United States as a World Power since 1914
HIS 534 / AFA 534 History of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the United States
POL 551 / ANT 551 Political and Legal Anthropology
SOC 554 / WGS 554 Sociology of the Family
SOC 571 Social Movements in America
SOC 585 Sociology of Law
Political/Economic Area
ECN 521 American Economic History
POL 523 The U.S. Congress
POL 526 The U.S. Supreme Court
POL 527 The American Presidency
POL 529 Civil Liberties and the Constitution
POL 537 Problems in American Foreign Policy
SOC 566 / PUB 572 Work, Occupations and Professions
- Gender Studies Track.
Historical/Cultural Area
ANT 525 / SOC 525 / WGS 525 Culture and Personality
ANT 578 / WGS 578 Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
HIS 569 / WGS 569 History of American Women
PHL 567 / WGS 567 Race and Gender
SOC 554 / WGS 554 Sociology of the Family
SOC 574 / WGS 574 Gender and Society
WGS 540 / EDE 533 Girls, Culture and Education
Political/Economic Area
ANT 576 / INT 576 / SOC 576 / WGS 576 Sex, Work and International Capital
POL 531 / WGS 531 / SOC 562 Women and Work
WGS 538 Critical Race Theory
POL 585 / WGS 585 Women and the Law
PHL 586 / WGS 580 Gender Theory
*Three credits of SSC 599 , Special Topics, may be applied toward a track with approval of advisor.
- SSC 591 , Capstone Seminar (3 credits).
Investigation of issues in social sciences in a particular area of student interest under the direction of a MA in Social Sciences faculty member.
- Cognate (3 credits).
Any graduate level course, including IGS study abroad courses, outside the track of concentration and approved by the advisor.
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