The texts studied provide standards and ideas against which we measure ourselves, our culture and the historical situation. As far back as records show, people have made an effort to understand, influence and control the world in which they live. These efforts have given rise to the natural sciences. The technologies which so strongly influence our lives are applications of the knowledge gained through these sciences. Two courses selected from different departments in communications, economics, education, management, political science, psychology, and sociology.
People live in a social context.
The various social sciences have developed perspectives for the understanding of the world as we experience it. In studying the social sciences, students acquire information and analytical skills for understanding and influencing what is going on around them. Some courses, as determined by individual departments, do not satisfy the distribution requirements. Major Area of Study Students may choose a departmental major, or propose an individualized major involving more than one department. For the departmental major the student must have a faculty advisor in the department.