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Appalachian State University

Jun 22, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Social Science

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Required (3 Hours)

ADM 1000 - Apparel and Consumer Behavior (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 1415 - Understanding Culture (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 1420 - Archaeology of the Anthropocene (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 1425 - Mythbusting in Archaeology (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2222 - The Living Primates (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2235 - North American Archaeology (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2300 - Meso American Cultures (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2340 - Bronze Age Civilizations (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2420 - Gender, Race and Class (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2430 - Magic, Witchcraft and Religion (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2440 - From Savages to Cyborgs (3) [GenEd: SS]
ANT 2800 - Latin America Through Ethnography (3) [GenEd: SS]
A_S 2411 - Appalachia: An Introduction (3) [GenEd: SS]
A_S 3000 - Diversity in Appalachia (3) [GenEd: SS]
CDE 2103 - Family Development: Origins and Movement (3) [GenEd: SS]
CDE 2110 - Family Stress and Resilience (3) [GenEd: SS]
CDE 2111 - Multicultural Study of Child Development (3) [GenEd: SS]
COM 2325 - Public Relations Principles (3) [GenEd: SS]
COM 2552 - Climate Responses and Response-Ability (3) [GenEd: SS]
C_J 3450 - Injustice in America (3) [GenEd: SS]
C_J 3515 - Rural Justice in America (3) [GenEd: SS]
COM 2124 - Intercultural Communication (3) [GenEd: SS]
ECO 2030 - Principles of Microeconomics (3) [GenEd: SS]
ECO 2040 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3) [GenEd: SS]
ECO 2620 - Environmental and Resource Economics (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 1010 - Global Environmental Systems (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 1020 - Exploring People and Places Globally (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 1040 - Human Geography and Social Justice (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 2035 - Global Refugees and Asylum: Forced Migration Across Borders (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 2050 - Climate Disasters and Human Health (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 2055 - Nature and Culture of Climate Change (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 2200 - National Park Approaches to Animal Preservation (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 2300 - Mountain Environments and People (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 2700 - Food Justice: Geographic Perspectives (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 3005 - Global Health and Diseases (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 3013 - North Carolina (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 3014 - Geography of Latin America (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 3016 - Place and the American South (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 3017 - Mediterranean Empires and Globalization (3) [GenEd: SS]
GHY 3230 - Political Geography and Society (3) [GenEd: SS]
GLS 2350 - Introduction to Peace Studies (3) [GenEd: SS]
GLS 3130 - Global Disparities in Human Health (3 [GenEd: SS]
GLS 3230 - Global Health and Climate Change (3) [GenEd: SS]
GLS 3580 - Animal Planet (3) [GenEd: SS]
IDS 3010 - H2O: We are Water (3) [GenEd: SS]
IDS 3025 - Contemporary Topics in Science and Technology Studies (3) [GenEd: SS]
IDS 3250 - Internet Studies (3) [GenEd: SS]
JHP 2350 - Introduction to Peace Studies (3) [GenEd: SS]
JPN 3050 - Japanese Culture and Civilization (3) [GenEd: SS]
LLC 2050 - Linguistics: Language in Mind and Society (3) [GenEd: SS]
MGT 2030 - The Business of Building a Better World (3) [GenEd: SS]
NUT 2351 - Global Nutrition: Emerging Health Challenges (3) [GenEd: SS]
PHL 1503 - Selves, Bodies, and Cultural Diversity (3) [GenEd: SS]
PLN 2410 - Town, City and Regional Planning (3) [GenEd: SS]
PLN 3730 - Land, Property, and Law (3) [GenEd: SS]
P_H 2000 - Introduction to Public Health (3) [GenEd: SS]
P_S 1100 - American National Government and Politics (3) [FAD] [GenEd: SS]
P_S 1200 - Current Political Issues (3) [GenEd: SS]
P_S 2130 - State and Local Government (3) [GenEd: SS]
P_S 4225 - International Security (3) [GenEd: SS]
P_S 4675 - Climate Change Politics in Action (3) [GenEd: SS]
PSY 1200 - Psychological Foundations (3) [GenEd: SS]
PSY 2213 - Survey of Social Psychology (3) [GenEd: SS]
REL 1100 - Religion and Contemporary Issues (3) [GenEd: SS]
REL 1110 - Religions of the World (3) [GenEd: SS]
REL 3710 - Religion, Ecology, & Biology (3) [GenEd: SS]
REL 3740 - Religion and Social Theory (3) [GenEd: SS]
REL 3750 - Minds, Brain, and Religion (3) [GenEd: SS]
R_M 2100 - Leisure in Society (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 1000 - The Sociological Perspective (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 1100 - Social Problems in American Society (3) [FAD] [GenEd: SS]
SOC 1110 - Sociology of Intimate Relationships (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 2020 - Social Deviance (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 2050 - Social Diversity and Inequalities (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 2850 - Constructions of Gender (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 3100 - Gerontology (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 3150 - Environmental Sociology (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 3710 - Sociology of Appalachian Communities (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 3800 - Sociology of War (3) [GenEd: SS]
SOC 4850 - Global Sociology (3) [GenEd: SS]
S_D 2400 - Principles of Sustainable Development (3) [GenEd: SS]
S_D 2800 - Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development (3) [GenEd: SS]
S_W 2020 - The American Social Welfare System (3) [GenEd: SS]
TEC 2029 - Society and Technology (3) [GenEd: SS]
WRC 3000 - Interrogating Popular Culture (3) [GenEd: SS]