2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

Social ScienceGroup A – complete four of the following: 12–13BI 3240 Conservation (DICO) (GACO) (INCO)EPL 2100 Community PlanningEPL 3100 Environmental PlanningGE 3260 The Physical Geography of the National ParksGE 3300 Introduction to HydrologyGE 3310 Landform AnalysisNS 4200 Geographic Information Systems andRemote Sensing in the Science (INCO)Quantitative Reasoning in the Discipline Connection –complete one of the following: 3MA 2300 Statistics I (QRCO)SS 3700 Social Statistics (QRCO)WRCO Writing in the Discipline Connection 3General Education:EN 1200 Composition 3IS 1111 The First Year Seminar:critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3MA Mathematics Foundations 3CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6PPDI Past and Present Directions 6SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6–8SSDI Self and Society Directions 6DICO Diversity Connection 3INCO Integration Connection 3WECO Wellness Connection 3Electives 21–18Total 122Recommended Course SequenceCheck all course descriptions for prerequisites before planningcourse schedule. Courses required for the Option are shown inboldface. Course sequence is suggested but not required.Year OneCreditsEN 1200 Composition 3IS 1111 The First Year Seminar:critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3MA Mathematics Foundations 3GE 2001 Physical Geography 3GE 2002 Human Geography 3GE 2090 Computer Mapping (TECO) 3CS 1100 Introduction to Computers (TECO) 3CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6PPDI Past and Present Direction 330Year TwoGE 3270CreditsIntroduction to Geographic InformationSystems 3MT 2110 Introduction to Meteorology 3MT 2230 Introduction to Meteorological Analysis 1PPDI Past and Present Direction 3SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6–8SSDI Self and Society Directions 6QRCO Quantitative Reasoning in the Disciplineconnection 3electives 7–532Year ThreeCreditsGE 3350 Introduction to Airphoto Interpretationand Remote Sensing 4Field Course/Human Geography – complete two courses 6Group A – complete four courses 12–13EN 3090 Technical Communication (TECO) 3MT 2800 Climatology (GACO) 3elective 2–130Year FourCreditsRegional Geography – complete two courses 6DICO Diversity Connection 3INCO Integration Connection 3WECO Wellness Connection 3WRCO Writing in the Discipline Connection 3electives 1230Total 122History, Bachelor of Arts122 creditsPeople study history for many reasons: for the shock of findingfamiliar behavior across wide reaches of time and culture; forthe puzzle of trying to understand practices alien to their own;for the challenge of mastering information about human life inthe past and for the insight necessary to handle contemporaryconcerns. Studying history provides an imaginative, intellectual,and empathic experience similar to travel. The “destinations”may at first appear to stand still—colonial New Hampshire,colonial India, revolutionary France, Imperial China, theAmerican Civil War or the Great Depression—but the moredeeply students investigate them, the more complex andfascinating they become. The study of history can extend acrossany area or artifact of past human endeavor, from policies toparades, from ballads to battles, from the whaling industry towhalebone corsets. In doing so, history provides the foundationfor an excellent liberal arts education. This liberal arts educationis a proven “training ground” for careers in diverse fields such as(but not limited to): law, journalism, state/federal governmentemployment, business, and industry.The History major gives students the valuable skills andmethods of inquiry, analysis, and synthesis that help them202 Plymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008