Social Sciences (Master of Arts)

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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 Inequalities.
SSC 504 - World Historiography.
Concentration options (12 credits). Four courses from one of the following concentrations*, with no more than three in a single area:
1. Global Studies Concentration.
  Historical/Cultural Area
  ANT 515 / INT 515 - Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues.
  ANT 556 - World Religions.
  HIS 546 / INT 546 - Twentieth Century World History.
  HIS 574 - History of the 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 & International Capital.
  ECN 566 - The Global Economy.
  ECN 567 - World Economic History.
  POL 533 - International Law and Organizations.
  POL 541 - The Welfare State in Comparative Perspective.
  POL 544 - Latin American Politics.
  POL 545 - European Politics.
  POL 549 - Politics of the European Union.
  POL 559 / INT 559 - Comparative Revolutions.
  POL 565 - Marxist Political Thought.
2. U.S. History and Politics Concentration.
  Historical/Cultural Area
  ANT 511 - Historical Archaeology.
  HIS 510 - Era of the American Revolution.
  HIS 511 - Conflict, Reform and Expansion: America before the Civil War.
  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 Ethnicity and Race in the United States.
  POL 551 / ANT 551 - Political and Legal Anthropology.
  SOC 558 - Religion in American Society.
  SOC 571 - Social Movements in America.
  SOC 585 - Sociology of Law.
  
  Political/Economic Area
  ECN 521 - American Economic History.
  ECN 573 - Law and Economics.
  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 - U.S. Foreign Policy.
  POL 575 - Politics and American Labor.
  SOC 566 / PUB 572 - Work, Occupations and Professions.
3. Gender Studies Concentration.
  Historical/Cultural Area
  ANT 525 / SOC 525 / WGS 525 - Culture and Personality.
  ANT 578 / WGS 578 - Sex & Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
  CRJ 500 / WGS 500 - Gender, Crime and Justice.
  HIS 569 / WGS 569 - History of American Women.
  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 & International Capital.
  POL 531 / WGS 531 / SOC 563 - Women and Work.
  ECN 526 / WGS 526 - Gender, Labor and Inequality.
  WGS 585 - Women, Gender, and the Law.
  
  *Three credits of SSC 599 - Special Topics. , may be applied toward a concentration 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 with the approval of advisor.

Transfer of Credit

Up to six (6) semester credit hours of graduate credit completed at an accredited institution may be accepted to transfer. Transfers of credit are subject to the approval of the program director. Requests for transferring additional coursework may be made by submitting a petition to the program director. Petitions will be reviewed jointly by the program director and the MA in Social Sciences Admission Committee.