Department Chair: French
Professors: Behr, Bradfield, French, Lopez
Assistant Professors: Culhane, DeOca, Manzanárez, Seshan
Majors: History, Psychology, Social Science, Sociology
Minors: Geography, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology,Addiction Counseling
The primary purposes of the programs in the social sciences are to provide students with a broad and general understanding of human social life and to prepare students for varied careers in business, education, government, law, human services, and psychology.
General Education Requirements: All students are required to take two three hour courses selected from two different disciplines from the following courses: ANTH 201, ANTH 202, ECON 200, GEOG 202, POLS 201, PSY 102, SOC 101 or SOC 102.
In addition, six hours of history are also required. These are to be chosen from lower division courses in these two areas: World Civilization or American History.
GEOG 201 will fulfill four (4) hours of lab science credit for General Education.
All majors in the areas of Social Science must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the major field for graduation at the Bachelor’s levels.
Teaching Endorsement: For Major in Social Science See Education Advisor
Specific requirements for Social Science licensure:
1. American History - HIST 201, 202
2. World History - HIST 111, 112
3. Political Science - POLS 201, 405
4. Geography - GEOG 202 and 403 or 400
5. Economics - ECON 201, 425
6. Sociology - SOC 101, 313
Any social science course may complete the total number of required hours but a minimum of 10 hours in the projected teaching field must be completed in that field for the student to be endorsed by the state of New Mexico.
Core Courses
Total Credit Hours of Core Courses 41
Social Sciences Majors and Minors
Any student with a major and/or minor in the Department of Social Sciences may not count as general education hours the courses GEOG 201 and 202, if the student has a minor in Geography: the course HIST 201, and 202, if the student has a major or minor in History, the course POLS 201 if the student has a minor in Political Science, the course PSY 102 if the student has a major or minor in Psychology, and the courses SOC 101 and 102 if the student has a major or a minor in Sociology.
History Major
Prerequisites: HIST 111, 112 World Civilization I, II (will meet General Education requirements)
HIST 201, 202 American History I, II 6
HIST 407, History and Historians 3
Electives (History, 18 upper-division level) 21
Total Credit Hours 30
Four Year Degree Plan for History Major
| Fall Semester | Cr.Hrs. | Spring Semester | Cr.Hrs |
| Year 1 | Year 1 | ||
| HIST 111 World Civ. I | 3 | ENGL 102 Comp & Rhet II | 3 |
| ENGL 101 Comp & Rhet I | 3 | COMM 110 Public Speaking | 3 |
| CMPS 110 Comp Literacy | 3 | MATH course | 3 |
| MATH course | 3 | HIST 112 World Civ. II | 3 |
| Expressive Arts course | 3 | MVSC 100 Concepts of W&MS | 2 |
| 15 | MVSC course | 1 | |
| 15 |
| Year 2 | Year 2 |
| Lab Science Course 4 | Lab Science course 4 |
| HIST 201 Amer. History I 3 | HIST 202 Amer. History II 3 |
| MVSC course 1 | MVSC course 1 |
| HIST elective 3 | History course 3 |
| History course 3 | BS or BA course 3 |
| Course in Minor 3 | Course in Minor 3 |
| 17 | 17 |
| Year 3 | Year 3 |
| HIST elective 3 | HIST elective 3 |
| HIST elective 3 | HIST elective 3 |
| Social Science course 3 | Social Science course 3 |
| Literature course 3 | MVSC course 1 |
| BS or BA course 3 | Minor course 3 |
| General Elective 3 | General elective 3 |
| 18 | 16 |
| Year 4 | Year 4 |
| HIST 407 History & Historians* 3 | HIST elective 3 |
| HIST elective 3 | Expressive Arts course 3 |
| Minor course 3 | Minor course 3 |
| Minor course 3 | General elective 3 |
| Soc Sciences course 3 | General elective 3 |
| 15 | 15 |
Core courses are BOLD
General Education courses are Italic
* course offered once every 2 years and should be taken ASAP in major
Psychology Major
PSY 102 General Psychology 3
PSY 315 Physiological Psychology 3
SOC 323 Social Statistics 3
PSY 333 Experimental Psychology 3
PSY 334 Experimental Psychology Laboratory 1
PSY 406 Social Psychology 3
PSY 412 Psychopathology 3
PSY 420 Diagnostics & Evaluation 3
PSY 425 Theories of Personality 3
Electives from psychology in an approved program 6
MINIMUM Credit Hours 31
Four Year Degree Plan for Psychology Major
| Fall Semester | Cr.Hrs | Spring Semester | Cr.Hrs. |
| Year 1 | Year 1 | ||
| PSY 102 Gen. Psychology | 3 | ENGL 102 Comp & Rhet II | 3 |
| ENGL 101 Comp & Rhet I | 3 | COMM 110 Public Speaking | 3 |
| CMPS 110 Comp Literacy | 3 | Math course | 3 |
| MATH course | 3 | Expressive Arts course | 3 |
| Expressive Arts course | 3 | MVSC 100 Concepts of W & MS | 2 |
| 15 | Other elective | 3 | |
| 17 |
| Year 2 | Year 2 |
| Lab Science course 4 | Lab Science course 4 |
| PSY 315 Physiological Psy 3 | PSY elective 3 |
| MVSC course 1 | MVSC course 1 |
| PSY elective 3 | History course 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| 17 | 17 |
| Year 3 | Year 3 |
| PSY 420 Diagnostics & Eval. 3 | PSY 333 Experimental Psy. 3 |
| SOC 323 Social Statistics 3 | PSY 334 Exp Psy Lab 1 |
| History course 3 | PSY 412 Psychopathology 3 |
| Literature course 3 | MVSC course 1 |
| BA or BS course 3 | BA or BS course 3 |
| 15 | Other elective 3 |
| Other elective 3 | |
| 17 |
| Year 4 | Year 4 |
| PSY elective or internship 3 | PSY 406 Social Psy 3 |
| PSY 425 Theories of Person. 3 | Soc Sciences course 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| Soc Sciences course 3 | PSY elective or internship 3 |
| 15 | 15 |
Core courses are BOLD
General Education courses are Italic
*course offered once every 2 years
Social Science Major
ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
GEOG 202 Human Geography 3
HIST 111 or 112 World Civilization I or II 3
HIST 201 or 202 American History I or II 3
POLS 201 American National Government 3
SOC 101 General Sociology 3
Electives (must include a minimum of 10 credit hours in any three fields
from History, Sociology, Political Science, Psychology,
Economics and Geography). 30MINIMUM Credit Hours (21 must be upper-division level) 48
Four Year Degree Plan for Social Sciences Major
| Fall Semester | Cr.Hrs. | Spring Semester | Cr.Hrs. |
| Year 1 | Year 1 | ||
| SOC 101 General Sociology | 3 | ENGL 102 Comp & Rhet II | 3 |
| ENGL 101 Comp & Rhet I | 3 | COMM 110 Public Speaking | 3 |
| CMPS 110 Comp Literacy | 3 | Math course | 3 |
| MATH course | 3 | SOC 102 Social Problems | 3 |
| HIST 111 World Civ. I | 3 | MVSC 100 Concepts of W & MS | 2 |
| 15 | Course in minor | 3 | |
| 17 |
| Year 2 | Year 2 |
| Lab Science course 4 | Lab Science course 4 |
| HIST 201 Amer. History I 3 | POLS 201 Amer Natl Gov 3 |
| MVSC course 1 | MVSC course 1 |
| ECON 2-1 Prin. of Macro 3 | History course 3 |
| Course in minor 3 | Course in minor 3 |
| Course in minor 3 | Course in minor 3 |
| 17 | 17 |
| Year 3 | Year 3 |
| GEOG 202 Human Geography 3 | Core elective 3 |
| History course 3 | BA or BS course 3 |
| Literature course 3 | MVSC course 1 |
| BA or BS course 3 | Core elective 3 |
| Core elective 3 | Core elective 3 |
| Course in minor 3 | Course in minor 3 |
| 18 | 16 |
| Year 4 | Year 4 |
| Core elective 3 | Core elective 3 |
| Core elective 3 | Core elective 3 |
| Core elective 3 | Expressive Arts course 3 |
| Expressive Arts course 3 | Core elective 3 |
| Soc Sciences course 3 | Soc Sciences course 3 |
| 15 | 15 |
Core courses are BOLD
General Education courses are Italic
Sociology Major
SOC 101 General Sociology 3
SOC 102 Social Problems 3
SOC 323 Social Statistics or MATH 321 Statistics 3
SOC 402 Research Methods 3
SOC 491 Sociological Theory 3
Sociology electives 15
MINIMUM Credit Hours (15 must be upper division level) 30
Four Year Degree Plan for Sociology Major
| Fall Semester | Cr.Hrs. | Spring Semester | Cr. Hrs. |
| Year 1 | Year 1 | ||
| SOC 101 General Sociology | 3 | ENGL 102 Comp & Rhet II | 3 |
| ENGL 101 Comp & Rhet I | 3 | COMM 110 Public Speaking | 3 |
| CMPS 110 Comp Literacy | 3 | MATH course | 3 |
| MATH course | 3 | SOC 102 Social Problems | 3 |
| Expressive Arts course | 3 | MVSC 100 Concepts of W & MS | 2 |
| 15 | Other elective | 3 | |
| 17 |
| Year 2 | Year 2 |
| Lab Science course 4 | Lab Science course 4 |
| SOC elective 3 | SOC elective 3 |
| MVSC course 1 | MVSC course 1 |
| SOC elective 3 | History course 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| 17 | 17 |
| Year 3 | Year 3 |
| SOC 323 Social Statistics or 3 | SOC elective 3 |
| MATH 321 Statistics | BA or BS course 3 |
| Literature course 3 | History course 3 |
| MVSC course 1 | Other elective 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| Other elective 3 | 15 |
| Other elective 3 | |
| 16 |
| Year 4 | Year 4 |
| SOC elective 3 | SOC 402 Research Methods 3 |
| SOC elective 3 | Expressive Arts Course 3 |
| Soc Sciences course 3 | Soc Sciences course 3 |
| BA or BS course 3 | SOC 491 Social Theory 3 |
| Other elective 3 | Other elective 3 |
| Other elective 3 | 15 |
| 18 |
Core courses are BOLD
General Education courses are Italic
NOTE: For New Mexico teacher licensure, all the minors listed below must include
24 credit hours.
Addictions Counseling Minor
Required Core: (18 credit hours)
PSY 403 Introduction to Addiction Counseling
PSY 407 Internship in Psychology (3 credit hour; up to 6 maximum)
PSY 408 Annual Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Institute
PSY 412 Psychopathology
PSY 420 Diagnostics and Evaluation
Electives: (6 credit hours)
SWK 380 Drug and Alcohol Workshop
SOC 436 Working with Drug Abusers
SOC/PSY 406 Social Psychology
WELL 464 Substance Use/Abuse
PSY 425 Theories of Personality
Geography Minor
GEOG 201 Physical Geography & Lab 4
GEOG 202 Human Geography 3
Geography electives 12
MINIMUM Credit Hours (9 must be upper-division level) 19
History Minor
Prerequisites: HIST 111, 112 (will meet general education requirements)
HIST 201, 202 American History I, II 6
Electives (History) 12
MINIMUM Credit Hours (9 upper-division level) 18
Latin American Studies Minor
The Latin American Studies Minor is designed to allow students to focus their studies toward the Latin American arena and prepare for a career in this sphere. The minor is comprised of 18 hours from the below listed courses. These courses deal exclusively with Latin American/Hispanic issues or have a sufficiently large module of study devoted to this region. At least one upper division course is required to Political Science or History and one in Spanish.
ANTH 201 Cultural Anthropology
ART 389 Mexican Art
BLED 452 Indo-Hispanic Culture
BSAD 486 International Business
COMM 400 Cross-cultural communication
ECON 420 International Economics
ECON 425 Money and Banking
ENGL 205 Hispanic American Literature (Also HUM 205)
GEOG 340 Geography of Latin American
HIST 310 History and Politics of Colonial Mexico (Also POLS 310)
HIST 311 History and Politics of Modern Mexico (Also POLS 311)
HIST 347 Latin American History and Politics: Colonial
HIST 348 Latin American History and Politics: Modern
HUM 205 Hispanic American Literature (Also ENGL 205)
POLS 310 History and Politics of Colonial Mexico (Also HIST 310)
POLS 311 History and Politics of Modern Mexico (Also HIST 311)
PSY/SOC 401 Comparative Multicultural Social Studies
SPAN 240 Hispanic Culture
One of the 300 or 400 level Spanish courses indicated below
SPAN 380 Hispanic Civilization (Offered in Mexico)
SPAN 410 Survey of Spanish American Literature I
SPAN 411 Survey of Spanish American Literature II
SPAN 450 Chicano Literature
Political Science Minor
POLS 201 American National Government 3
POLS 202 American State Government 3
Political Science electives 12
MINIMUM Credit Hours (9 must be upper-division level) 18
Psychology Minor
PSY 102 General Psychology 3
PSY 301 Developmental Psychology 3
PSY 420 Diagnostics and Evaluation 3
Electives from psychology in an approved program 9
MINIMUM Credit Hours 18
*Psychology Endorsement for Education majors (Elem./Sec.)
PSY 102 General Psychology 3
PSY 301 Developmental Psychology 3
PSY 302 Educational Psychology 3
PSY 315 Physiological Psychology 3
PSY 333 Experimental Psychology 3
PSY 334 Lab-Experimental Psychology 1
PSY 405 Psychology of Learning 3
PSY 412 Psychopathology 3
PSY 420 Diagnostics & Evaluation 3
MINIMUM Credit Hours 25
Sociology Minor
SOC 101 General Sociology 3
SOC 102 Social Problems 3
Sociology electives 12
MINIMUM Credit Hours (9 must be at upper-division level) 18
*Social Studies Endorsement for Education majors
ECON 200 Basic Economics: Private Enterprise 3
ECON 425 Money and Banking 3
GEOG 202 Human Geography 3
GEOG 403 Economic Geography or 3
GEOG 400 Population Analysis
HIST 111 World Civilization I 3
HIST 112 World Civilization II 3
HIST 201 American History 1 3
HIST 202 American History II 3
POLS 201 American National Government 3
POLS 353 International Law & Organization 3
POLS 405 American Constitutional Development 3
SOC 101 General Sociology 3
SOC 313 Social Stratification 3
MINIMUM Credit Hours 36