Humanities and Social Sciences Degree
This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.
The GEC includes courses in:
Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)
Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours
Degree Requirements
Area I – Foundation Skills - 2 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
* FSL 101 is required for first-year students. Transfer students who have earned 24 credit hours or more prior to enrolling at Cumberland are not required to take the course.
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities - 3 hours
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours
* ANTH 210/SOC 210 is required for students majoring in Humanities & Social Sciences.
Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
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| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Biology - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Physical Sciences - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
Humanities and Social Science Core - 21 hours
| ANTH 475 | Senior Seminar in Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 |
| GEOG 301 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
Choose one course at the 300 level or higher from each area listed below:
| ANTH | ANTH Elective | 3 |
| PHIL | PHIL Elective | 3 |
| PSY | PSY Elective | 3 |
| REL | REL Elective | 3 |
| SOC | SOC Elective | 3 |
Humanities and Social Science Electives - 36 hours
* Choose 36 hours from ANTH, COM, CRJ, ECON, ENG, GEOG, HIS, PHIL, REL, PSY and/or SOC at the 300 level or higher. Core and general electives should be selected to complete a minor in at least one of these subject areas.
General Electives - 16 to 19 hours
* Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.
Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)
Total Humanities & Social Science Core (21 hours)
Total Humanities & Social Science Electives (36 hours)
Total General Electives (16-19 hours)
* FSL 101, ENG 101, ENG 102, PHIL 201, ANTH 210, all upper level Humanities and Social Science Core courses, and all upper level Humanities and Social Science Electives require a “C” or higher.
120 minimum hours required for graduation.