Social Science Requirement(s)

3 credit(s)

General Studies, Liberal Arts, Liberal Arts-Fine Arts Major, Liberal Arts-Visual Communication Design Major, and Science: One of the two required Social Sciences courses cannot be a HIS course.

Students planning to transfer should consult the four-year transfer institution to determine course recommendations prior to registering for classes at NRCC. General transfer information is available on the New River Community College website.

For programs that require one or more Social Science requirements, students must choose from these courses:

ECONOMICS

ECO 150 Economic Essentials: Theory and Application 3 credit(s)   

ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credit(s)  

ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics 3 credit(s)  

GEOGRAPHY

GEO 220 World Regional Geography 3 credit(s)   

HISTORY

HIS 101 Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE 3 credit(s)  

HIS 102 Western Civilizations Post-1600 CE 3 credit(s)  

HIS 121 United States History to 1877 3 credit(s)  

HIS 122 United States History Since 1865 3 credit(s)  

HIS 266 Military History of the Civil War 3 credit(s)  

HIS 267 The Second World War 3 credit(s)  

HIS 277 The American Experience in Vietnam 3 credit(s)  

HIS 279 Age of the American Revolution 3 credit(s)  

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PLS 135 U.S. Government and Politics 3 credit(s)  

PLS 136 State and Local Government and Politics 3 credit(s)  

PSYCHOLOGY

PSY 200 Principles of Psychology 3 credit(s)  

PSY 215 Psychopathology 3 credit(s)  

PSY 216 Social Psychology 3 credit(s)  

PSY 230 Developmental Psychology 3 credit(s)  

SOCIOLOGY 

SOC 200 Introduction to Sociology 3 credit(s)  

SOC 211 Cultural Anthropology 3 credit(s)   

SOC 266 Race and Ethnicity 3 credit(s)  

SOC 268 Social Problems 3 credit(s)