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Academics

Social Sciences

Listed here are some of the departments with courses that will count toward the Distributive Elective requirement in the social sciences.

Please be aware that some departments offer more than one type of course. If there is any question, it is important to check with an advisor in the Office of Student Services to determine which category a course may be applied to.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Applied Economics and Management (only AEM 2300 [ECON 2300]—all others count only as Free Electives)
  • Communication (only COMM 1200)
  • Development Sociology
  • Education (not EDUC 1150 or EDUC 2400)
  • International Agriculture
  • Landscape Architecture - depending on course (LA 1400 and LA 1550 count)

College of Architecture, Art and Planning

  • Architectural History
  • Architecture, Culture, and Society
  • City and Regional Planning (real estate- or business-related courses count only as Free Electives)

College of Arts and Sciences

  • Africana Studies - depending on course
  • American Indian Studies - depending on course
  • American Studies - depending on course
  • Anthropology - depending on course
  • Archaeology
  • Asian Studies - depending on course
  • Economics
  • Government
  • History (HIST 2870 [BIOEE 2070] counts toward Math/Physical Science)
  • Near Eastern Studies - depending on course
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

College of Human Ecology

  • Design and Environmental Analysis (not DEA 2510, DEA 4300,
    DEA 6450)
  • Human Development
  • Policy Analysis and Management (not PAM 2200)
    Note: PAM 210 counts toward Math/Physical Science

School of Industrial and Labor Relations

  • Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, and Labor History
  • Human Resource Studies (not ILRHR 2600)
  • International and Comparative Labor
  • Labor Economics
  • Organizational Behavior (not ILROB 1700)