Updated 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Studies, B.A. major
Geography Emphasis

Note: A minimum of 22 semester credits used to meet course requirements in I and II must be completed at Bemidji State University. No course grade below a C may be used to meet these requirements and a minimum GPA of 2.50 in this major is required for graduation. Students who desire a second field of emphasis are to consider completion a minor or a second major in that field. Such action may complement and increase the marketability of this major.

Required Credits: 48
Required GPA: 2.50

I REQUIRED CORE CURRICULUM

CAPSTONE COURSE
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• POL 4500 Thesis and Career Preparation (3 credits)

ECONOMICS COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)

GEOGRAPHY COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 2200 Introduction to Human Geography (3 credits)

GEOGRAPHY COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOG 3410 Geography of North America (3 credits)
• GEOG 3800 Regional Geography (1-3 credits)
• GEOG 3810 Geography of Europe (3 credits)
• GEOG 3820 Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• GEOG 3840 Geography of Africa (3 credits)

WORLD HISTORY
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• HST 2218 Medieval Europe (3 credits)
• HST 2219 Medieval European Culture (3 credits)
• HST 2228 Renaissance and Reformation Europe (3 credits)
• HST 2580 Russia (3 credits)
• HST 2600 Topics in History (3 credits)
• HST 2660 Women and History (3 credits)
• HST 2700 The History of World Religions (3 credits)
• HST 2800 Reacting to the Past (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (3 credits)
• HST 3208 Greece And Rome, 1500 BCE-500 CE (3 credits)
• HST 3258 The Roman Civil Law Tradition (3 credits)
• HST 3268 The Roman Revolution, 200 BCE-CE 14 (3 credits)
• HST 3277 Readings and Research in European History (3 credits)
• HST 3409 Colonialism and Modernization in the Non-Western World (3 credits)
• HST 3419 East Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3429 South and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3449 Middle East (3 credits)
• HST 3459 Latin America (3 credits)

U.S. HISTORY
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• HST 2600 Topics in History (3 credits)
• HST 2610 Minnesota History (3 credits)
• HST 2640 United States Diplomatic History (3 credits)
• HST 2667 Men and Women: Gender in America (3 credits)
• HST 2800 Reacting to the Past (3 credits)
• HST 3117 American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800 (3 credits)
• HST 3128 Testing Democracy: Reform in Nineteenth-Century America (3 credits)
• HST 3137 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1844-1877 (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (3 credits)
• HST 3187 American West (3 credits)

POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• POL 1200 Introduction to American Politics (3 credits)
• POL 1300 Introduction to International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 1400 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 credits)

POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES

• POL 3100 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
• POL 3130 Asian Political Development (3 credits)
• POL 3150 Topics in Political Science (1-3 credits)
• POL 3160 Comparative European Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3170 International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3180 International Law and Organization (3 credits)
• POL 3190 International Political Economy (3 credits)
• POL 3200 Minnesota Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3210 Public Administration (3 credits)
• POL 3230 Environmental Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3410 Legislative and Executive Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3420 Campaigns and Elections (3 credits)
• POL 4200 Constitutional Law (3 credits)

SOCIOLOGY COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• SOC 2200 Social Movements and Change (3 credits)
• SOC 3010 Social Explorations: Classic and Contemporary Sociological Theory (3 credits)

II REQUIRED FIELD OF EMPHASIS

SELECT 18 SEMESTER CREDITS OF ELECTIVES FROM GEOGRAPHY

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES MAJOR, B.A.

The following is suggested for logical and effective scheduling but can be interpreted as flexible for meeting requirements and a student's particular needs. Students should meet with the Social Studies coordinator and advisor as early as possible in their planning.

Freshman - Sophomore

• Geography and History constitute the "matrix" of Social Studies and students should complete required core courses in these subjects first.
• Complete Liberal Education requirements

Junior-Senior

• Complete remaining core course requirements and courses for area of emphasis.
• Complete Professional Education courses
• Students pursuing the B.S. Teacher Licensure in Social Studies should complete GEOG 3460 no sooner than their junior year, preferably just prior to their student teaching.