Your Curriculum
General Social Science
Catalog 2012-2013
MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Dan Overbay: 503-491-7190 - Advising and Transfer Center
doverbay@pdx.edu
General Social Science is an interdisciplinary major that allows students to take a concentration of courses in the social sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, sociology, and women’s studies). The following curriculum is intended for those students preparing to enter Portland State University’s Degree Completion Program and graduate with a B.A. or a B.S. in Social Sciences. A social science degree provides a solid foundation for students preparing for teaching, social work, counseling, graduate study, or for those seeking to remain generalists while earning their Bachelor’s degree. There are no specific courses required to enter the social science major at PSU. However, students are strongly encouraged to complete at least 20 credits of lower division social science and begin fulfilling the modern language requirement for a Bachelor of Arts or complete science/math courses for a Bachelor of Science1. Students may transfer up to 124 MHCC credits toward their Bachelor’s degree requirements for this PSU major.
| First Quarter |
Cr |
| CIS120L |
Computer Concepts Lab I |
1 |
| WR121 |
English Composition |
4 |
| |
First-year Language elective |
5 |
| |
Science/Math/Computer Science requirement1 |
3 |
| |
Social Science requirement 2 |
3-4 |
| 16-17 |
| Second Quarter |
| PSY201 |
General Psychology |
4 |
| WR122 |
English Composition: Critical Thinking |
4 |
| |
First-year Language elective
|
5 |
| |
Mathematics requirement 2 |
4-5 |
| 17-18 |
| Third Quarter |
| SOC204 |
General Sociology |
3 |
| |
First-year Language elective |
5 |
| |
Health and Physical Education requirement 2 |
3 |
| 11 |
| Fourth Quarter |
| HST201 |
U.S. History - Pre-Colonial to 1840 |
4 |
| |
Fine Arts requirement 1, 3 |
3 |
| |
Lab Science requirement 1,2 |
4-5 |
| |
Second-year Language (humanities) requirement 3
|
4 |
| 15-16 |
| Fifth Quarter |
| |
Lab Science requirement 1,2 |
4 |
| |
Oral Communications/Rhetoric requirement1
|
3 |
| |
Second-year Language (humanities) requirement 4 |
4 |
| |
Social Science requirement 2 |
6-8 |
| 17-19 |
| Sixth Quarter |
| PSY237 |
Human Development |
4 |
| |
Fine Arts requirement 1, 3 |
3 |
| |
Lab Science requirement 1, 2 |
4-5 |
| |
Second-year Language (humanities) requirement 4 |
4 |
| 15-16 |
1 Students who choose to pursue the Bachelor of Science are required to complete 12 credits of science course work, of which eight credits must be lab science, and four credits of college-level mathematics. Students who choose to pursue the Bachelor of Arts are required to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language through the end of the second year of college-level coursework and complete an additional four credits in science, and four credits in fine arts. These may be completed within this prescribed curriculum that aligns with the AAOT degree.
2 This plan aligns with the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree: refer to degree requirements, see page 10of the printed catalog.
3 Fine Arts courses may be selected from Art, Music, and Theatre Arts. MHCC students will need to complete two courses (six credits) to fulfill PSU’s requirement.
4 Suggested courses to fulfill humanities elective requirements include: ASL201-203, FR201-203, GER201-203, JPN201-203 or SPAN201-203. NOTE: Oregon transfer students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree must complete the second year of a language other than English (201-203 or equivalent) before graduation from their transfer school.
Transfer Schools’ Web Links
Portland State University - http://www.distancedegree.pdx.edu