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    Dec 03, 2024  
Missouri Baptist University 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Missouri Baptist University 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Sciences, BS


CIP Code: 45.0101

Students seeking certification to teach high school history should major in Social Sciences in order to satisfy the state certification requirements for social studies 9-12.

Students majoring in Social Sciences are not permitted to major or minor in History.

General Education Requirements   

Bachelor of Science    

Social Sciences Major Requirements


A student majoring in Social Sciences is not permitted to major or minor in History.

REQUIRED HISTORY (HIST) COURSES


Total: 24 Hours


Note(s)


*Including 6 hours American and 3 hours European, Latin American, Asian, African, or other world (non-U.S.) history

REQUIRED INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (IDST) COURSE


Total: 3 Hours


REQUIRED ECONOMICS (ECON) COURSE


Total: 3 Hours


REQUIRED GEOGRAPHY (EDGE) COURSE


Total: 3 Hours


REQUIRED POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLS) COURSES


Total: 6 Hours


REQUIRED PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC) COURSE


Total: 3 Hours


SOCIOLOGY (SOCO OR SOHI) COURSE


One from the following:

Total: 3 Hours


Total: 45 Hours


Total: 45 Hours


Note(s)


  • At least six hours of major and three hours of minor must be earned at Missouri Baptist University
  • A grade of D is not acceptable in courses taken to fulfill the requirements for a major or minor 
  • If a substitution has been made, attach a copy of the signed approval and indicate the course number and title following the catalog requirement. Please include the date of the substitution. 
     

Requirements for degree conferral:

  • At least 24 of the last 32 hours taken at Missouri Baptist University

  • Cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 on a 4.00 scale (those seeking certification must achieve a GPA of 2.75)

  • At least 42 hours of Upper Division (54 for a dual degree)

  • At least 120 total credit hours (144 for a dual degree)