BA IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

The interdisciplinary major in Social Science was designed for students who wish to study broadly in the social sciences rather than concentrate on a particular discipline. It often is combined with one of the College’s interdisciplinary certificate programs. The knowledge and intellectual training provided is excellent preparation for careers in government, public service, or law. The student who wishes to pursue this major should contact the Office of Student Academic Services of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters for advising as well as seeking advice from faculty in the social sciences. On the Boca Raton campus, academic advisor Jacqui May specialized in advising for the student with an interdisciplinary major (jmay@fau.edu; 561-297-3439); on other campuses, consult any of the advising staff.

Degree requirements

In addition to the University and College requirements for admission and graduation, the requirements for the major in Interdisciplinary Studies: Social Science are as follows:

1. A total of 39 credits are required, exclusive of general education courses; 30 of these credits must be upper division; 6 of these credits must be in research methods.

2. No more than 15 credits may be taken in any one discipline.

3. At least three different disciplines must be represented.

4. At least 12 credits of upper-division courses must be in a single discipline.

Any courses may be chosen from the disciplines of Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology. With permission of an advisor, selected courses may be chosen from the School of Communication and Multmedia Studies, the Program in Jewish Studies, the Department of Philosophy, and the Program in Women’s Studies. Also with permission of an advisor, some courses in the departments of Economics, Geosciences and Psychology may be included in the degree, but no more than nine credits normally may be taken in these disciplines. Courses from other departments at the University may be allowed with special permission if they have significant social science content.

All courses for the major must be passed with a grade of “C” or higher and no course taken on a pass/fail basis may be counted for the major.

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