Program: Applied Social Science, B.S. (History and Politics Concentration) Sequence - University of Wisconsin Stout - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 05, 2025

2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 121-123

Note: Courses with an * are offered only in the semester indicated.

First Year (32-34 credits)

Fall Semester (16-18 credits)

ANTH-220 Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.)
APSS-100 Introduction to Applied Social Science (1 cr.) *
ECON-210 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
HIST-210 Modern World History (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Analytic Reasoning & Natural Sciences MATH or STAT (3-5 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15-17 credits)

COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)
HIST-120 Early United States History (3 cr.)
POLS-210 American Government (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Natural Science with Lab (2-5 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-113 Honors Composition 2: Honors Seminar (3 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ECON-215 Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr.)
HIST-121 Modern United States History (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Arts and Humanities (not HIST) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Social and Behavioral Sciences (not a required professional core course) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Minor Elective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ENGL-247 Critical Writing (3 cr.)
GEOG-251 Introduction to Geospatial Technologies (3 cr.) *
POLS-315 Public Policy Analysis (3 cr.) *
Course Selective-1 : Analytic Reasoning & Natural Sciences (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Social and Behavioral Sciences (not a required professional core course) (3 cr.)

Third Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

APSS-301 Qualitative Research Methods (3 cr.) *
POLS-340 International Relations (3 cr.) *
Course Selective-1 : Cross-disciplinary Issues (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : HIST/POLS Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Minor Elective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

APSS-300 Quantitative Research Methods (3 cr.) *
SOC-110 Introductory Sociology (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Arts and Humanities (not HIST) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : HIST/POLS Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Minor Elective (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

APSS-400 Applied Social Science Capstone (5 cr.) *
Course Selective-1 : HIST/POLS Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Minor Elective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Minor Elective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

Course Selective-1 : Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : GE Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : HIST/POLS Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : Minor Elective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : Minor Elective (3 cr.)