Program Requirements
Required General Education
This course surveys human biological and cultural diversity through time and space. You will learn about questions like: how did humans evolve? and how do anthropologists collect and interpret information about human beings and their ancestors?
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-08
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
An introduction to Geography and its themes of study. The course will familiarize students with where places are located in the world together with their cultural and physical features. Students will be tasked to think critically and diversely about various cultures and features of the modern world.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-08, GE-10
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Become informed enough to play your part in governing the United States. Start by learning about the Constitution, our rights and freedoms, how the national government works and the opportunities and challenges of citizen influence. Political Science methods, and the challenges of citizenship are emphasized.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-09
This course is designed to provide a thorough introduction to the broad spectrum of theories and applications that make up the field of psychology
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
US History to 1877 - Choose 3 - 4 Credit(s). 3 credits available for transfer students.
This course is designed to provide an overview of America's political, social, economic, and cultural development from earliest colonization to 1877.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course is designed to provide an overview of America's political, social, economic, and cultural development from earliest colonization to 1877. Same content as HIST 190. Students may not take both HIST 190 and HIST 190W for credit.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
US History Since 1877 - Choose 3 - 4 Credit(s). 3 credits available for transfer students.
A survey of American History from the end of Reconstruction to the present with a special emphasis on political and social developments.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course is designed to provide an overview of America's political, social, economic, and cultural development from 1877 to the present. This course has the same content as HIST 191. Students may not take both HIST 191 and HIST 191W for credit.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-7A
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Major Common Core
Emphasis on forces influencing employment and inflation. Current problems of the economy are stressed along with tools government has to cope with them.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
Examines decision making by the individual firm, the determination of prices and wages, and current problems facing business firms.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
Students will develop a knowledge of the similarities and contrasts in regional landscapes and cultures of the United States.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Review of World History as a field of study.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Students learn about active citizenship from readings and discussions on the theory and practice of democracy. Students should become more motivated to participate, feel a greater sense of empowerment, improve political skills, and to better understand and appreciate democracy.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Overview of the structure and processes of social life; impact of social forces on individuals and groups; interdependence of society and the individual; social significance of social class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality; emphasis on critical analysis of social inequalities and injustice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-08
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Acquaints students majoring in social studies (teaching) with the social studies major and fundamental ideas that will help students integrate what they are learning in social sciences and history within the context of secondary social studies classroom.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Organization and presentation of social studies in secondary schools. Preparation of units for teaching purposes, examination of materials useful to the social studies teacher. Application of national and state standards to teaching social studies. Prereq: Concurrently with KSP 420
- Prerequisites:
- Concurrently with KSP 440
Major Restricted Electives
Diversity Elective - Choose 3 - 4 Credit(s).
Students will examine the forces which create and maintain prejudice, discrimination and racism within global perspectives. Special attention will be given to the work of Paulo Freire.
- Prerequisites:
- ETHN 100 or ATHN 400
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course will examine women's lives and activism, past and present, throughout the world. We will explore and evaluate individual and collective efforts to achieve social justice in the context of interlocking systems of oppression. Fall, Spring, Summer
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-08, GE-09
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
This course will examine women's lives and activism, past and present, throughout the world. We will explore and evaluate individual and collective efforts to achieve social justice in the context of interlocking systems of oppression. Fall, Spring, Summer
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-08, GE-09
- Diverse Cultures:
- Purple
Emphasis Restricted Electives
Economics Emphasis - Choose 12 Credit(s).
Elementary economic background and analysis of housing, medical care, inflation, unemployment dilemma, pollution, poverty and affluence, balance between public and private sectors, transportation, urban problems, and other issues will be covered in this course.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Employment, wages, and economic security. The structure and impact of labor organizations and labor legislation.
- Prerequisites:
- ECON 201 and ECON 202
This course introduces economic concepts and techniques in the study of environmental management and natural resource use. Topics covered include nonmarket valuation of the environment, benefit-cost analysis, public goods and externalities, the extraction of exhaustible and renewable resources, and the economics of pollution control.
- Prerequisites:
- ECON 202
This course examines the economics of professional and collegiate sports and sports institutions. Students examine the market for sports competitions, the labor market for player talent, and the role government plays in the business of sports.
- Prerequisites:
- ECON 202
The economic rationale for interregional trade: emphasis on current problems.
- Prerequisites:
- ECON 201 and ECON 202
Other Graduation Requirements
See the Secondary 5-12 & K-12 Professional Education section of the bulletin for admission requirements for professional education and for a list of required professional education courses. Students will take two credits of general electives to meet the 120-credit degree requirement.
4-Year Plan
The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your degree in a timely manner. Your individual 4-Year plan may change based on a number of variables including transfer courses and the semester/year you start your major. Carefully work with your academic advisors to devise your own unique plan.
* Please meet with your advisor on appropriate course selection to meet your educational and degree goals.
First Year
Fall - 16 Credits
Become informed enough to play your part in governing the United States. Start by learning about the Constitution, our rights and freedoms, how the national government works and the opportunities and challenges of citizen influence. Political Science methods, and the challenges of citizenship are emphasized.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05, GE-09
Emphasis on forces influencing employment and inflation. Current problems of the economy are stressed along with tools government has to cope with them.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
Spring - 15 Credits
Discussion of theories of value and obligation.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-06, GE-09
Examines decision making by the individual firm, the determination of prices and wages, and current problems facing business firms.
- Prerequisites:
- none
- Goal Areas:
- GE-05
Second Year
Fall - 15 Credits
Basic statistical methods including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, probability distributions, sampling, problems of estimation and hypothesis testing in the case of one and two sample meaans and proportions. Chi-Square, one-way analysis of variance, simple regression and correlation analysis, and brief introduction to multiple regression analysis. Use of computer statistical packages required.
- Prerequisites:
- MATH 112 or equivalent
- Goal Areas:
- GE-02, GE-04
Spring - 15 Credits
A survey of imperfect competition, multiple-product firms, multiple-plant firms, and interest theory, designed to develop a system of economic thought.
- Prerequisites:
- ECON 201, ECON 202 and ECON 301
Third Year
Fall - 15 Credits
Spring - 15 Credits
Fourth Year
Fall - 15 Credits
.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Spring - 15 Credits
Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Credits
74
Total Credits
120
Locations
Mankato
Career Cluster
Education and Training
This program satisfies licensure-to-practice standards for Minnesota and may satisfy standards for other states or US territories.