Social Science Major

The expected Program Learning Outcomes for this major are:

• Students will:
  • understand and produce work consistent with integrity standards.
  • locate, evaluate, incorporate, and properly cite multiple information sources.
  • connect core content knowledge with its application to informed citizenry.
  • produce and present original research in which they synthesize the findings of existing scholarship, collect and analyze evidence, and develop research conclusions.
  • develop a breadth of historical knowledge in order to explain complexity, continuity, and change.
  • demonstrate an understanding of the political, economic, geographic, and social systems operating at the local, national, and international levels.