Overview
Degree Requirements:
- General Education Courses
- Major Courses
- Minor Courses
- Foreign Language Requirement
- Electives
Degree available in Bismarck and DSUlive
Student Learning Outcomes
Composite social science graduates will:
- Social Science Knowledge: Students will exhibit a descriptive knowledge of key theories, institutions, and processes related to the study of the social sciences. This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I and VI.
- Critical Thinking/Analysis: Students will display knowledge of key historical, political, economic, and social issues using multiple perspectives. This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II and VII.
- Understand and employ a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for recording and explaining human experience. This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, V, and VI.
- Understand and articulate how culture, society, and diversity shape the role of the individual within society and human relations across cultures. This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes I, II, III, V, and VII.
- Assess the sociocultural contexts that influence individual and collective behavior. This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes IV, V, VI, and VII.
Career Options
Why should you pursue a Bachelor of Arts Degree - Composite Social Science?
The Bachelor of Arts degree in composite social science prepares its gradates for numerous and diverse careers in government service, counseling, and other occupations that handle servicing the needs of the public in dealing with government and social service agencies.
Possible Career Paths
- Public Administrator
- Community Service Manager
- Counselor, Police Officer
- Social Worker