Program: III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences - University of Kentucky

Mar 31, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

These courses promote an understanding of the relationships between individuals and society and how scholars have come to understand these relationships using conceptual models and processes of inquiry. Through a discipline-based study of social problems or themes, students will learn to critically evaluate the variety of social situations with which they may be confronted in their everyday lives.

To fulfill the Social Sciences Requirement, complete one of the following:

* Students may not receive credit for both SOC 101 and CLD 102 .

AEC 110 - CURRENT ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
AIS 430 - ISLAM IN AMERICA Credit(s): 3
ANT 101 - WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? INTRO TO ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 102 - ARCHAEOLOGY: MYSTERIES AND CONTROVERSIES Credit(s): 3
ANT 103 - SPORTS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
ANT 335 - RELIGION IN EVERYDAY LIFE Credit(s): 3
ANT 339 - HUMAN RIGHTS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
BSC 251 - SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE: A PRIMER FOR FUTURE PRACTITIONERS Credit(s): 3
CLD 102 - THE DYNAMICS OF RURAL SOCIAL LIFE Credit(s): 3 *
COM 101 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATIONS Credit(s): 3
COM 311 - TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH: PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
COM 313 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Credit(s): 3
COM 314 - THE DARK SIDE OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS Credit(s): 3
COM 317 - COMMUNICATION IN FAMILY AND MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS Credit(s): 3
CPH 201 - AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH: THEORY AND METHODS Credit(s): 3
CPH 202 - PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH POPULAR FILM Credit(s): 3
CPH 203 - SEXUAL HEALTH Credit(s): 3
ECO 101 - CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC ISSUES Credit(s): 3
EGR 120 - TECHNOLOGY: BLESSING OR CURSE Credit(s): 3
EPE 174 - THE COLLEGE STUDENT Credit(s): 3
EPE 374 - THEORIES OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT & MENTORING Credit(s): 3
FAM 250 - DATING AND LONG-TERM ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS Credit(s): 3
FAM 251 - PERSONAL AND FAMILY FINANCE Credit(s): 3
FAM 253 - HUMAN SEXUALITY Credit(s): 3
FAM 254 - LIFE COURSE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
FFC 251 - PERSONAL AND FAMILY FINANCE Credit(s): 3
GEO 172 - HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3
GEO 210 - HOW THE INTERNET WORKS: UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL PLACES AND PEOPLE Credit(s): 3
GEO 372 - HEALTH ENVIRONMENT FUTURES Credit(s): 3
GWS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3
HON 251 - HONORS SOCIAL SCIENCES: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
HP 200 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION: HISTORY, HERITAGE, AND THE BUILT WORLD Credit(s): 3
ICT 150 - EXPERIENCE ICT Credit(s): 3
KHP 230 - HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLNESS Credit(s): 3
LIN 211 - INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE Credit(s): 3
MAS 201 - COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
MCL 135 - VAMPIRES: EVOLUTION OF A SEXY MONSTER Credit(s): 3
MCL 270 - INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
PCE 201 - INTRODUCTION TO PEACE STUDIES Credit(s): 3
PPL 201 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY Credit(s): 3
PS 230 - INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Credit(s): 3
PSY 100 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credit(s): 4
PSY 120 - THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS Credit(s): 3
PSY 160 - HUMAN SEXUALITY Credit(s): 3
RUS 370 - FOLKLORE OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE Credit(s): 3
SOC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3 *