College of Arts and Sciences                                                                                                                    		Student’s Name________________________           
SOCIAL SCIENCES B.A. or B.S. - Distributed Major							W number ___________________________
Requirements 2003-2007				                                         					Academic Advisor________________________
														Date____________________________________
Social Science major requirements: 48 hours minimum.
Total credits for a BA or BS degree: 120 hours exclusive of physical education and lower division armed forces requirements.

1.	The 48 hours for this major (excluding those meeting the Constitutions requirement) must be earned in at least four of the following departments/programs: African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Anthropology, Chicano Studies, Communication & Journalism, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Women’s Studies. Students must have a minimum distribution of 15 credit hours in the 1st Area of Emphasis and 6 credit hours in each of three other areas. Cross-listed courses may count in only one Area of Emphasis. See the list on the reverse side for approved courses.
2.	The 48 hours in the major must include: Statistics 2070 or 2050 as the University Studies Program Quantitative B course. 
3.	At least 15 hours of upper-division (3XXX-4XXX) coursework are required in the major; at least one course (3 hours) at the 4XXX-level must be in the 1st Area of Emphasis. These hours DO count toward the 48 hours of upper-division credits required by the University. 
4.	All 48 hours in the major must be a "C" grade or better and all courses in the major must be taken for a letter grade unless offered for S/U only.
5.	The “nine hours of upper division courses outside the major department’s prefix” as required for the 2003 A&S Core must be in departments/programs other than the 1st Area of Emphasis.  These courses cannot simultaneously count in the 2003 University Studies Program Core Components: QA, QB, P, V, SB, SE, SP, S, WA, CA, CH, CS, C, or O. For students following the 1991 USP/A&S Core, the 9 hours of Upper Division Cultural Context must be from outside the first area of emphasis.
6.	Students may not minor in the department/program that is selected as the first area of emphasis.  At least 12 hours applied toward a minor must be from courses outside each of the other 3 areas.
7.	Of the total 48 upper-division hours required by the University for a Bachelor’s degree, a minimum of 30 upper division hours must be earned from UW. A maximum of 24 hours correspondence study may apply toward total hours for the degree. All other University and A&S requirements for graduation must be met; see the UW Bulletin. 

1st  Area  of emphasis	Minimum
Hours: 15
	2nd Area of Emphasis	Minimum
Hrs: 6	3rd  Area of Emphasis	Minimum
Hours: 6
	4th Area of emphasis	Minimum
Hours: 6
	Social Sciences 
Electives	Hours	Total 
Hours
(48)	
											
Hours remaining											
 Key: (  )= upper division; Total hours upper-division credit in major (15 required) with at least 3 hours in the 1st Area of Emphasis: _______