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Specific Guidelines and Criteria for Courses Submitted in

ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, and HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Specific guidelines and criteria in the social sciences require that Courses should be broad in scope and content, include global or international perspectives, and must emphasize the methods of inquiry in the social sciences. General studies courses in Anthropology, Sociology, and Human Geography must:

  1. Discuss the unique quality of the discipline with respect to others in the social sciences;
  2. Present a holistic perspective about key issues of social structure/stratification and individual/society relationships;
  3. Illustrate application of knowledge in the discipline to human concerns, drawing examples from geographically diverse settings;
  4. Illustrate the application of scientific, comparative, and interpretive methods;
  5. Employ critical evaluation of descriptive accounts of social phenomena in their physical settings.

The following course titles suggest content appropriate for general studies:

Introduction to Sociology World Regional Geography
Introduction to Anthropology Principles of Human Geography
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

The following course titles suggest content NOT appropriate for general studies:

Southeastern Indians Gerontology