Dec 05, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Applied Social Science, B.S. (History and Politics Concentration) Sequence

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Suggested Four-Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

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

First Year (31-33 credits)

Fall Semester (16-17 credits)

APSS-100 Introduction to Applied Social Science (1 cr.) *
Stout Core - Analytical Reasoning & Natural Sciences (3-4 cr) - MATH or STAT
SOC-110 Introductory Sociology (3 cr.)
HIST-210 Modern World History (3 cr.)
ANTH-220 Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15-16 credits)

ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
POLS-210 American Government (3 cr.)
HIST-120 Early United States History (3 cr.)
Natural Science (w/lab) (3-4 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Stout Core - Arts & Humanities (3 cr.) (not HIST 210)
HIST-121 Modern United States History (3 cr.)
Minor Course (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.) (not a professional core course)
ECON-210 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

GEOG-251 Introduction to Geospatial Technologies (3 cr.) *
POLS-315 Public Policy Analysis (3 cr.) *
ENGL-247 Critical Writing (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.) (not a professional core course)
ECON-215 Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr.)

Third Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

APSS-301 Qualitative Research Methods (3 cr.) *
POLS-340 International Relations (3 cr.) *
HIST/POLS Selective (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)
Minor Course (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

APSS-300 Quantitative Research Methods (3 cr.) *
HIST/POLS Selective (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Arts & Humanities (3 cr.) (not HIST 210)
Stout Core - Analytical Reasoning & Natural Sciences (3 cr.) (to meet 10 credit requirement)
Minor Course (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (27-29 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

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

Spring Semester (13-15 credits)

Course Selective-1 : Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)
HIST/POLS Selective (3 cr.)
Minor Course (3 cr.)
Minor Course or Elective (1-3 cr.)
Stout Core - Social Responsibility & Ethical Reasoning (3 cr.)