Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences

Courses

• ANTH 102 - Introduction to the Anthropology of Language Units: 3
• ANTH 104 - Cultural Anthropology Units: 3
• ANTH 105 - Archaeology and World Prehistory Units: 3
• BA 106 - Advocating for Sustainability Units: 3
• COMM 105 - Introduction to Human Communication Units: 3
• CRGS 108 - Power/Privilege: Gender and Race, Sex, Class Units: 3
• ECON 104 - Contemporary Topics in Economics Units: 3
• ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation Units: 3
• ES 105 - Introduction to U.S. Ethnic Studies Units: 3
• GEOG 105 - Human Geography Units: 3
• GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 3
• HIST 104 - Western Civilization to 1650 Units: 3
• HIST 105 - Western Civilization, 1650 to Present Units: 3
• HIST 106B - Islamic Societies: The Making of the Muslim Middle East Units: 3
• HIST 107 - East Asian History to 1644 Units: 3
• HIST 108 - East Asian Civilization Since 1644 Units: 3
• HIST 109 - Colonial Latin American History Units: 3
• HIST 109B - Modern Latin America Units: 3
• HIST 200 - World Cultures and History: Prehistory to 1500 CE Units: 3
• HIST 201 - World Cultures and History: 1500 CE to the Present Units: 3
• NAS 104 - Introduction to Native American Studies Units: 3
• PSCI 104 - People and Politics Units: 3
• PSYC 104 - Introduction to Psychology Units: 3
• SW 101 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Work Institutions Units: 3
• SOC 104 - Introduction to Sociology Units: 3
• WS 106 - Introduction to Women’s Studies Units: 3

GE Notes:

GE requirements cannot be waived and other Cal Poly Humboldt courses cannot be substituted for approved GE courses. To fulfill a particular requirement, a course must be completed during the academic year in which the GE status is designated in the catalog. Courses that meet outcomes of more than one GE area A-F, may only be used to satisfy one of those areas.

Program Modifications: Lower Division GE Area D

See the Environmental Resources Engineering, B.S. for information regarding lower division GE Area D requirements.

Goals

Area D Social Science courses have students consider that human social, political, and economic institutions and behaviors are inextricably interwoven. Students work to

• apply the discipline-specific vocabulary, principles, methodologies, value systems and ethics employed in social science inquiry, to a specific instance;
• explain and critically analyze human social, economic, and political issues from the respective disciplinary perspectives by examining them in contemporary as well as historical settings and in a variety of cultural contexts; and
• illustrate how human social, political, and economic institutions and behavior are inextricably interwoven.

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