Social Sciences (BS)

Students majoring in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary B.S. program are provided with interdisciplinary breadth and depth in the Social Sciences as they fulfill the requirements of three separate social science minors of their choice, a statistics course, and a methodology course. The Social Science minors are housed in Anthropology, Communication, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies. This major supports UCF's goal of offering the best undergraduate education available in Florida with flexibility that is absent in most discipline-specific programs.

Social Sciences (B.S.) may be completed fully online, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees.

Degree Requirements

• Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
• Students must meet the residency requirements specified in each minor.
• Special topics courses may be used if they are acceptable within the specific minor.
• Grades below "C" (2.0) in lower level courses and core courses are not accepted.
• Students must achieve a minimum cumulative UCF GPA of 2.0 in all courses satisfying major requirements.
• Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in each Social Science discipline.
• Internship credit must be approved by Coordinator of Social Sciences.
• Independent Studies and Directed Independent Research (course numbers 3905, 4906, 5907, 4912, 5917, 3940, 4941) must be approved by the Coordinator of Social Sciences prior to enrollment.
• All prerequisites of courses taught within the College of Sciences will be enforced.
• Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) and 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours.

Online Social Sciences, BS

Degree Requirements

Core Requirements: Basic Level

• Complete all of the following
  • In addition to completing STA2014 or STA2023 (GEP) and the social science CPP course requirement,
  • Complete three (3) of the following courses dependent on the minors (areas of concentration) that are selected as a part of this degree: ANT2000 - General Anthropology POS2041 - American National Government PSY2012 - General Psychology SPC1608 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication SYG2000 - Introduction to Sociology WST3603 - Introduction to Gender Studies
  • Note: One or more of the above courses may have been completed in the GEP or CPP requirement.

Core Requirements: Advanced Level

• Complete at least 1 of the following:
  • ANT4852 - GIS Methods in Anthropology (3)
  • COM3311 - Communication Research Methods (3)
  • POS3703 - Scope and Methods of Political Science (3)
  • PSY3213C - Research Methods in Psychology (4)
  • SYA3352 - Spatial Sociology I: Intro to GIS (3)
  • SYA4300C - Research Methods (4)

Required Minors

• Complete all of the following
  • Earn at least 54 credits from the following types of courses: Complete the requirements for three (3) Social Science minors from the following list; however, only one minor may be taken within a single department or school:
  • - Anthropology Minor (18 hours) - American Indian Studies Minor (18 hours) - Anthropological Archaeology Minor (18 hours) - Biological Anthropology Minor (18 hours) - Crime, Law, and Deviance Minor (18 hours) - Cultural Anthropology Minor (18 hours) - Diplomacy Minor (18 hours - at least 6 hrs of Restricted Electives must be taken from courses with INR or POT prefixes) - Diversity and Social Inequality Minor (18 hours) - Global Peace and Security Studies Minor (18 hours - at least 9 hrs of Restricted Electives must be CPO, INR, or POT prefixes) - Global Sociology Minor (16 hours) - Human Communication Minor (21 hours) - International and Global Studies Minor (21 hours - 3 hrs of Restricted Electives from "Group C'. Other must be COP or SYP prefixes) - Journalism Studies Minor (18 hours) - Magazine Journalism Minor (18 hours) - Mass Media Minor (18 hours) - Mass Culture and Collective Behavior Minor (18 hours) - Medical Anthropology Minor (18 hours) - Medical Sociology Minor (18 hours) - Political Science Minor (18 hours) - Political Science, Prelaw Minor (18 hours) - Psychology Minor (25 hours) - Sociology Minor (18 hours) - Terrorism Studies Minor (18 hours - at least 9 hrs of Restricted Electives, including Restricted Upper Division Electives, must be COM, CPO, INR, or other prefixes approved by Coordinator of Social Sciences) - Women's and Gender Studies Minor (18 hours - at least 6 hrs of Restricted Electives must be taken from courses with ANT, CLP, COM, CPO, INR, SOP, SYD, SYO, or WST)

Capstone

• Students will be required to take an exit exam in their graduating semester.

Grand Total Credits: 57 - 58

Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120

Electives

• To fulfill the 120 hours required in this, please ensure you meet with a departmental advisor.
• After meeting with an advisor, select electives primarily from upper level courses to satisfy the 48 hour rule. Courses may be from outside the concentration areas.

Foreign Language Requirements

Graduation

• Some minors may also require a foreign language. Check with department of minor.

Required Minors

• Three minors are required to be completed as a part of this degree.
• See the degree requirements for the list of approved minors and any additional restrictions.
• Only one minor may be taken within a single department or school.

Departmental Exit Requirements

• Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in each Social Science discipline.
• A minimum grade of "C" (2.0) in all core courses is required.
• Students will be required to take an exit exam in their graduating semester.

University Minimum Exit Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 48 semester hours of upper-division credit completed
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.

Honors in the Major

• Application and admission through The Burnett Honors College and department. More information about Honors in the Major can be found at honors.ucf.edu/research.

Advising Notes

• Students should seek advising with the Social Sciences Coordinator for major. For advising regarding selected minors, see the Departmental Advisor.
• Contact your college advisor in the College of Sciences Advising Services (COSAS) office (CSB 250) for more information about overall progress toward your degree, GEP and other university requirements, academic probation, special problems as well as general academic advising.

Transfer Notes

• Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.
• Transfer courses must be evaluated for equivalency credit and/or for use in the degree program. The student must provide all supporting information.
• Submit your requests for course evaluations at https://sciences.ucf.edu/cosas/ and click on "COS Course Evaluation".
• Any two introductory Social Sciences courses could meet CPP requirements. However, core requirements may be dependent on specific prerequisite courses completed as a part of either the GEP or CPP requirements.

Program Academic Learning Compacts

• Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm