2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog

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2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Social Sciences Concentration (SOS)

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Concentration Requirements

Thirty credit hours, with a minimum of 18 credit hours at the 300 level or above

HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)

Select Either:

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
or
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)

Select Either:

ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 150 - Introduction to Sociology (3 cr. hr.)

Subtotal: 12 credit hours

US Studies and Global Studies

Nine credit hours in U.S. studies and nine credit hours in global studies, from the lists below. At least three credit hours in global studies must be non-western.

Subtotal: 18 credit hours

Total Credit Hours: 30

Nine credit hours taken in General Education and content core

United States Studies: Nine credit hours

ANT 301 - Native American Archaeology (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 302 - Native American Ethnology (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 305 - Archaeology of Eastern United States (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with SOC 352
ECO 325 - Political Economy of Women (3 cr. hr.)
ECO prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
ECO 326 - Political Economy of Race and Class (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 335 - Resource and Environmental Economics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
ECO 340 - Government and Business: Regulation and Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
ECO prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
ECO 383 - Labor Economics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
ECO 393 - Urban Economics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
GRY 480 - United States (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 481 - Geography of New York State (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 300 - Colonial America, 1450-1750 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 302 - Revolutionary America, 1750-1789 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 303 - The American Republic, 1789-1840 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 304 - The American Republic: 1840-1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 306 - The United States: 1877-1920 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 307 - The United States 1920-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 309 - New York State (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 312 - African-American History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 313 - African-American History Since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 317 - Women in the United States (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 401 - U.S. Foreign Relations since 1914 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 421 - U.S. Labor and Working-Class History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (3 cr. hr.)
POL 302 - Law and Politics (3 cr. hr.)
POL 304 - Constitutional Law (3 cr. hr.)
POL 320 - The Legislative Process (3 cr. hr.)
POL 326 - State and Local Government (3 cr. hr.)
POL 330 - Political Parties and Social Movements (3 cr. hr.)
POL 332 - Elections In America (3 cr. hr.)
POL 338 - Media and Politics (3 cr. hr.)
POL 341 - Current Issues in Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
POL 342 - Environmental Policy and Biodiversity (3 cr. hr.)
POL 345 - Adirondack Park Policies and Issues (3 cr. hr.)
POL 347 - The Politics of Education Policy (3 cr. hr.)
POL 372 - American Political Thought (3 cr. hr.)
POL 404 - Civil Liberties (3 cr. hr.)
POL 405 - Discrimination Law (3 cr. hr.)
POL 420 - The American Presidency (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 340 - Environmental Sociology (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 350 - Civil Society (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 351 - The Community (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with ANT 352
SOC 385 - Sociology of Work (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 430 - Social Welfare Institutions (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 461 - Urban Sociology (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 465 - Political Sociology (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 470 - Sociology of the Family (3 cr. hr.)

Global Studies – Western: 0-6 credit hours

GRY 301 - Science, Human Affairs and the Environment (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 315 - Ecotourism (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 425 - Geography in the Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 470 - Resource Geography (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 484 - Geography of Europe (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 318 - The History of Women in Modern Europe (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 333 - Russia, 850-1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 334 - Russia Since 1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 342 - Ancient Greece (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 343 - Roman History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 344 - Medieval Europe: 300-1050 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 345 - Medieval Europe: 1050-1300 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 346 - Renaissance and Reformation (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 347 - Modern Europe: The French Revolution to World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 348 - Europe Since 1914 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 361 - Jews in the Ancient World (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 362 - Jews in the Middle Ages (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 363 - Jews in the Modern World, 1789-1948 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 440 - Britain to 168 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 441 - Britain Since 168 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 442 - Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1714 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 443 - Ireland since 1660 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 444 - France, 1715-1799: The Old Regime and French Revolution (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 445 - France 1800-1945 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 447 - Germany since 1815 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 448 - Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 452 - War and Diplomacy: World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 453 - War and Diplomacy: World War II (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 460 - The Holocaust (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 465 - The Soviet Union, 1917- 1953 (3 cr. hr.)
POL 365 - Irish Politics (3 cr. hr.)
POL 441 - Comparative Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
POL 450 - International Law (3 cr. hr.)
POL 461 - Europe Today: People and Politics (3 cr. hr.)
POL 465 - Contemporary British Politics and Government (3 cr. hr.)

Global Studies – Non-Western: 3-9 credit hours

ANT 304 - Peoples of Africa (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 306 - Folk Societies and Lifestyles (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 307 - World Prehistory (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 310 - Peoples of South and Southeast Asia (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 312 - Peoples of the Middle East (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 314 - Peoples of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 315 - Development Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 326 - Archaeology of Religion (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 330 - Religions of Asia (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with SOC 330
ANT 404 - Applied Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 406 - Contact and Culture Change (3 cr. hr.)
ANT 409 - Economic Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 304 - Comparative Economic Systems (3 cr. hr.)
ECO - prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
ECO 311 - Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 312 - Economic Development of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 313 - Economic Development of Asia (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 441 - International Trade (3 cr. hr.)
ECO - prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
ECO 443 - International Finance (3 cr. hr.)
ECO - prerequisites required in addition to ECO 105
GRY 482 - Central America and the Caribbean (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 485 - Africa, South of the Sahara (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 486 - Monsoon Asia (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 321 - Africa, Human Origins to 1800 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 322 - Modern Africa, 1800-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 325 - Colonial Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 326 - Modern Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 383 - Chinese Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 384 - Modern China (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 385 - History of Japan (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 386 - Modern Pacific Asia (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 431 - South Africa (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 435 - East Asian-American Relations (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 461 - Modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
POL 350 - American Foreign Policy (3 cr. hr.)
POL 362 - Politics of Developing Nation States (3 cr. hr.)
POL 376 - Asian Political Thought (3 cr. hr.)
POL 454 - International Politics in Asia (3 cr. hr.)
POL 455 - International Politics in Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
POL 456 - International Politics in the Middle East (3 cr. hr.)
POL 463 - Political Culture and Behavior in Latin American Societies (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 330 - Religions of Asia (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with ANT 330
SOC 366 - Sociology of International Conflict (3 cr. hr.)

Example of a four-year plan for the B.S.

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16

HIS 100 level (World, GE 5)
Foreign language 101

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Academic Writing I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)

Select Either:

ANT 102 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
(GE 3)
or
GRY 120 - Cultural Geography (3 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 125 - Human Geography and Global Development (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 18

Foreign language 102
GE 4

CPN 101 - Academic Writing II (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 101 - Concepts of Elementary School Mathematics I (3 cr. hr.)
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)
(GE 1)

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 19

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 200 - Introduction to Literature (3 cr. hr.)
or
ENG 202 - Introduction to Fiction (3 cr. hr.)
or
ENG 203 - Introduction to Poetry (3 cr. hr.)
or
ENG 204 - Introduction to Drama (3 cr. hr.)
(GE 6)
INT 270 - Exploring Education (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 102 - Concepts of Elementary School Mathematics II (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 231 - Child Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
SCI 141 - Integrated Earth Science and Biology (4 cr. hr.).
(GE 8a)

Spring Total credit hours: 18

GE 2
U.S. Studies 300/400 level
Course requirements for approved concentration in social sciences
U.S. Studies 300/400 level
Course requirements for approved concentration in social sciences

HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
SCI 142 - Integrated Physics and Chemistry (3 cr. hr.)
(GE 8b)

Select Either:

ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 150 - Introduction to Sociology (3 cr. hr.)

Third Year

Fall Total credit horus: 19

Two Global Studies, Western 300/400 level
Course requirements for approved concentration in social sciences
Global Studies, Non-western 300/400 level
Course requirements for approved concentration in social sciences
U.S. Studies 300/400 level
Course requirements for approved concentration in social sciences

ENG 306 - Advanced Writing Workshop (3 cr. hr.)
LIT 371 - Teaching Elementary School Reading and Language Arts I (3 cr. hr.)
PED 245 - Activities for Children (1 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 17

EDU 314 - Teaching With Computers in Elementary and Middle School (2 cr. hr.)
EDU 373 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics (3 cr. hr.)
EDU 374 - Teaching Elementary School Science (3 cr. hr.)
EDU 375 - Teaching Elementary School Social Studies (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 265 - Health and the Child (3 cr. hr.)
LIT 372 - Teaching Elementary School Reading and Language Arts II (3 cr. hr.)

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16

GE 7

EDU 430 - Measurement and Evaluation in Education (3 cr. hr.)
EDU 477 - Elementary School Practicum (1 cr. hr.)
EDU 478 - Classroom Discipline for Personal and Social Responsibility (3 cr. hr)
FSA 400 - Foundations of Education: The School in American Society (3 cr. hr.)
SPE 270 - Introduction to Special Education (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 13

EDU 490 - Student Teaching I (6 cr. hr.)
EDU 491 - Student Teaching II (6 cr. hr.)
EDU 492 - Seminar in Student Teaching (1 cr. hr.)

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Social Sciences Concentration (SOS)

Concentration Requirements

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Subtotal: 12 credit hours

US Studies and Global Studies

Subtotal: 18 credit hours

Total Credit Hours: 30

United States Studies: Nine credit hours

Global Studies – Western: 0-6 credit hours

Global Studies – Non-Western: 3-9 credit hours

Example of a four-year plan for the B.S.

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16

Select Either:

Spring Total credit hours: 18

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 19

Spring Total credit hours: 18

Select Either:

Third Year

Fall Total credit horus: 19

Spring Total credit hours: 17

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16

Spring Total credit hours: 13

Total Credit Hours Grraduation: 136