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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Education Social Sciences (GE:SO) Course List

The courses listed below have been approved to carry the general education social sciences (GE:SO) designation. Full course descriptions may be viewed by clicking on the course or by using the course  filter found on this page.

Additional courses may be approved through the campus approval process during fall semester and may be offered during spring semester of this academic year. To view these courses go to the What’s New This Year?  section of this catalog.

COURSE (PREFIX, NUMBER, TITLE) CREDITS DESIGNATION
ANTH 1000 - Introduction to Anthropology   3 GE:SO
ANTH 1001 - Aliens, Atlantis and Archaeology: Pseudoscience and Interpretations of the Past   3
GE:SO
ANTH 1050 - Global Understanding   3
GE:SO
ANTH 1200 - Current Topics in Anthropology   3 GE:SO
ANTH 2000 - Archaeology Around the World   3 GE:SO
ANTH 2005 - Environmental Anthropology   3 GE:SO
ANTH 2010 - Societies Around the World   3 GE:SO
ANTH 2025 - Sexual Behavior from an Anthropological Perspective   3 GE:SO
ANTH 2200 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3002 - Cultures of East Asia   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3003 - Cultures of Africa   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3004 - Cultures of the South Pacific   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3005 - North American Indians   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3009 - Motherhood of God in Asian Traditions   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3016 - Cultures of the Caribbean   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3017 - Cultures of Mexico and Guatemala   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3018 - Cultures of South and Central America   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3111 - North American Archaeology   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3200 - Women’s Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3252 - Medical Anthropology   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3300 - Language and Culture   3 GE:SO
ANTH 3720 - Writing Systems of the World   3 GE:SO
COMM 1001 - Introduction to Communication   3 GE:SO
COMM 2050 - English for Global Communication   3 GE:SO
COMM 3152 - Interpersonal Communication Theory   3 GE:SO
COMM 3172 - Media Effects   3 GE:SO
COMM 3390 - International News   3 GE:SO
ECON 2113 - Principles of Microeconomics   3 GE:SO
ECON 2133 - Principles of Macroeconomics   3 GE:SO
ETHN 2002 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Social Science   3 GE:SO
ETHN 3502 - Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: Social Science   3 GE:SO
GENS 2400 - Introduction to Gender Studies   3 GE:SO
GEOG 1000 - People, Places, and Environments   3 GE:SO
GEOG 1250 - The Water Planet   3 GE:SO
GEOG 2003 - Geography of the Global Economy   3 GE:SO
GEOG 2019 - Geography of Recreation   3 GE:SO
GEOG 2100 - World Geography: Developed Regions   3 GE:SO
GEOG 2110 - World Geography: Less Developed Regions   3 GE:SO
GEOG 2300 - Geography of Environmental Resources   3 GE:SO
GEOG 2350 - Climate Change: Science and Society   3 GE:SO
GEOG 3003 - Political Geography   3 GE:SO
GEOG 3046 - United States and Canada   3 GE:SO
GEOG 3047 - Western Europe   3 GE:SO
GEOG 3049 - Latin America   3 GE:SO
GEOG 3050 - Africa   3 GE:SO
GEOG 3051 - Asia   3
GE:SO
GEOG 3055 - North Carolina   3
GE:SO
GEOG 4315 - Geographic Images   3 GE:SO
GERO 2400 - Introduction to Gerontology   3 GE:SO
HDFS 2400 - Introduction to Gerontology   3 GE:SO
HIST 1550 - Honors, American History to 1877   3 GE:SO
HIST 1551 - Honors, American History Since 1877   3 GE:SO
HIST 1552 - Honors, World History to 1500   3 GE:SO
HIST 2012 - American Business History   3 GE:SO
HIST 2150 - Shop Til You Drop: Consumerism   3 GE:SO
HIST 2222 - Western Europe Since 1500   3 GE:SO
HIST 2444 - The History of Sports in Western Society   3 GE:SO
HIST 3010 - Constitutional History of the United States to 1888   3 GE:SO
HIST 3011 - Constitutional History of the United States Since 1888   3 GE:SO
HIST 3031 - Economic History of the United States Since 1865   3 GE:SO
HIST 3100 - North Carolina History   3
GE:SO
HIST 3110 - History of African-Americans   3 GE:SO
HIST 3121 - American Military History to 1900   3 GE:SO
HIST 3122 - American Military History Since 1900   3 GE:SO
HIST 3140 - Women in American History   3 GE:SO
HIST 3170 - History of Native Americans   3 GE:SO
HIST 3200 - Diplomatic History of the United States   3 GE:SO
HIST 3205 - History of American Urban Life   3 GE:SO
HIST 3210 - Colonial America to 1763   3 GE:SO
HIST 3215 - American Revolution and the Federal Era, 1763-1800   3 GE:SO
HIST 3225 - The Era of Sectionalism and Civil War, 1848-1877   3 GE:SO
HIST 3230 - The Birth of Modern America, 1865-1892   3 GE:SO
HIST 3240 - The Age of Franklin Roosevelt, 1919-1945   3 GE:SO
HIST 3245 - The United States Since 1945   3 GE:SO
HIST 3260 - The United States and the Middle East, 1783 to the Present   3 GE:SO
HIST 3350 - War and Society   3 GE:SO
HIST 3405 - History of Ancient Greece to 146 BC   3 GE:SO
HIST 3410 - History of Ancient Rome   3 GE:SO
HIST 3412 - A History of Christianity to 1300   3 GE:SO
HIST 3413 - A History of Christianity 1300-present   3 GE:SO
HIST 3415 - The Middle Ages   3 GE:SO
HIST 3420 - Early Modern Europe to 1648   3 GE:SO
HIST 3430 - History of Europe, 1815-1914   3 GE:SO
HIST 3435 - History of Europe Since 1914   3 GE:SO
HIST 3444 - Old Regime and Revolutionary France   3
GE:SO
HIST 3445 - Modern France, 1815-present   3 GE:SO
HIST 3460 - Germany, 1790-1914   3 GE:SO
HIST 3461 - Germany Since 1914   3 GE:SO
HIST 3480 - Britain to 1688   3 GE:SO
HIST 3482 - Britain, 1688-1832   3 GE:SO
HIST 3484 - Britain from 1832   3 GE:SO
HIST 3610 - History of East Asia to 1600   3 GE:SO
HIST 3611 - History of East Asia Since 1600   3 GE:SO
HIST 3615 - History of Traditional Japan   3 GE:SO
HIST 3620 - History of Modern Japan   3 GE:SO
HIST 3625 - Field Study in Japanese Historical Culture   3 GE:SO
HIST 3626 - Field Study in Japanese Historical Texts   3 GE:SO
HIST 3627 - History of Japanese Buddhism   3 GE:SO
HIST 3629 - History of Traditional China   3 GE:SO
HIST 3630 - History of Modern China   3
GE:SO
HIST 3669 - History of the Middle East, 600-1500   3 GE:SO
HIST 3670 - History of the Middle East Since 1500   3 GE:SO
HIST 3680 - Women and Gender in the Middle East   3 GE:SO
HIST 3710 - Introduction to Latin-American History: Colonial Period   3 GE:SO
HIST 3711 - Introduction to Latin-American History: Since 1808   3 GE:SO
HIST 3780 - Mexico and Central America   3 GE:SO
HIST 3810 - History of Africa   3 GE:SO
HIST 3820 - History of South Africa   3 GE:SO
HIST 3830 - Africa and Islam   3 GE:SO
HIST 3920 - Social History of American Medicine   3 GE:SO
HIST 4531 - Directed Readings in History   1 GE:SO
HIST 4532 - Directed Readings in History   2 GE:SO
HIST 4533 - Directed Readings in History   3 GE:SO
HIST 4610 - History of Southeast Asia   3 GE:SO
HNRS 2013 - Honors Seminar in the Social Sciences   3 GE:SO
HNRS 3013 - Honors Seminar in the Social Sciences   3 GE:SO
INTL 1000 - Introduction to International Studies   3 GE:SO
INTL 2400 - Arts and Sciences Abroad: Social Sciences   3 GE:SO
INTL 2401 - Arts and Sciences Abroad: Social Sciences   6 GE:SO
LING 2050 - English for Global Communication   3 GE:SO
LING 2710 - English Grammar   3
GE:SO
LING 3700 - History of the English Language   3 GE:SO
LING 3720 - Writing Systems of the World   3 GE:SO
LING 3730 - The Structure of English: Phonology and Morphology   3 GE:SO
LING 3740 - The Structure of English: Syntax and Semantics   3 GE:SO
NEUR 3310 - Introduction to Neuroscience   3 GE:SO
PLAN 1900 - Sustainable Cities   3 GE:SO
PLAN 2030 - Global Cities   3 GE:SO
POLS 1010 - National Government   3 GE:SO
POLS 1050 - Politics and Global Understanding   3 GE:SO
POLS 2010 - Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics   3 GE:SO
POLS 2020 - Introduction to International Relations   3 GE:SO
POLS 2070 - Introduction to Political Theory   3 GE:SO
POLS 3012 - Politics Through Film   3 GE:SO
POLS 3039 - Black Politics in America   3 GE:SO
POLS 3041 - Women and Public Policy   3 GE:SO
POLS 3050 - Theory and Politics of Social and Protest Movements in the United States   3
GE:SO
POLS 3202 - The American Legislature   3 GE:SO
POLS 3203 - The American Executive   3 GE:SO
POLS 3234 - West European Political Systems   3 GE:SO
POLS 3235 - East European Political Systems   3 GE:SO
POLS 3236 - Russian Politics   3 GE:SO
POLS 3240 - State and Local Government   3 GE:SO
POLS 3244 - North Carolina Politics   3 GE:SO
POLS 3252 - Public Administration   3 GE:SO
POLS 3260 - Middle Eastern Political Systems   3 GE:SO
POLS 3265 - African Political Systems   3 GE:SO
POLS 3282 - East Asian Political Systems   3 GE:SO
PSYC 1000 - Introductory Psychology   3 GE:SO
PSYC 1060 - Honors Introduction to Psychology   3 GE:SO
PSYC 2101 - Psychological Statistics   4
GE:SO
PSYC 2201 - Psychology of Childhood   3
GE:SO
PSYC 2210 - Research Methods in Psychology   4 GE:SO
PSYC 2275 - Psychology of Adjustment   3 GE:SO
PSYC 2777 - Ethnocultural Psychology   3 GE:SO
PSYC 3206 - Developmental Psychology   3 GE:SO
PSYC 3221 - Social Psychology   3 GE:SO
PSYC 3241 - Personnel and Industrial Psychology   3 GE:SO
PSYC 3300 - Psychology of Personality   3 GE:SO
PSYC 3310 - Introduction to Neuroscience   3 GE:SO
RCLS 2601 - Leisure in Society   3 GE:SO
RELI 3000 - Motherhood of God in Asian Traditions   3 GE:SO
RUSI 2002 - Introduction to Russian Studies: Social Science   3 GE:SO
SECS 1000 - Introduction to Security Studies   3 GE:SO
SOCI 1010 - Race, Gender, Class   3 GE:SO
SOCI 1025 - Courtship and Marriage   3 GE:SO
SOCI 1050 - Global Understanding: Sociological Perspectives   3 GE:SO
SOCI 2110 - Introduction to Sociology   3 GE:SO
SOCI 2111 - Modern Social Problems   3 GE:SO
SOCI 4500 - Work and Organizations   3 GE:SO
SOCW 2400 - Introduction to Gerontology   3
GE:SO