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Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

To increase students' knowledge of how historians and social and behavioral scientists discover, describe, and explain the behaviors and interactions among individuals, groups, institutions, events, and ideas. Such knowledge will better equip students to understand themselves and the roles they play in addressing the issues facing humanity.

ID Sort descending Course title Goals Credits
ANTH 101 Human Origins ANTH 101
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
3
ANTH 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANTH 102
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
4
ANTH 301 Approaches to Cultural Anthropology ANTH 301
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 302 Gender and Culture ANTH 302
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 302 Gender in Sociocultural Perspective ANTH 302
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 304 Anthropology of Religion ANTH 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 304 Religion, Culture, and Society ANTH 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 308 Archaeology: Explaining the Past ANTH 308
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 309 New Neighbors: The U.S. Hmong Community ANTH 309
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 310 Anthropology of Masculinity ANTH 310
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 320 Globalization and Culture ANTH 320
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 320 Globalization, Culture, and Society ANTH 320
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 328 Anthropology of Immigrants and Refugees ANTH 328
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ANTH 329 Race and Ethnicity: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives ANTH 329
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ANTH 383 Careers in Social Issues: Applied and Public Anthropology and Sociology ANTH 383
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
CJS 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice CJS 101
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
CJS 318 Women, Crime, and Justice CJS 318
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
CJS 340 Comparative Criminal Justice CJS 340
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
CJS 340A Comparative Criminal Justice CJS 340A
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
3
CJS 350 Citizenship: Community Involvement CJS 350
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
4
CJS 354 Restorative Justice CJS 354
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
CJS 360 Diversity in Criminal Justice CJS 360
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ECON 200 Introduction to Economics for Non-Business and Non-Economics Majors ECON 200
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
ECON 201 Macroeconomics ECON 201
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
ECON 202 Microeconomics ECON 202
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
ECON 311 Economics of the Environment ECON 311
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ECON 313 Labor Economics ECON 313
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ECON 314 International and Comparative Economics ECON 314
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ECON 315 Economics of Diversity ECON 315
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ECON 316 Health Economics ECON 316
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ECON 351 Intermediate Macroeconomics ECON 351
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ECON 352 Intermediate Microeconomics ECON 352
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 270 Global Blackness ETHS 270
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 303 The Politics of Racial Resistance and Protest in the United States ETHS 303
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 304 Environmental Justice and Public Policy ETHS 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 305 Major Issues in U.S. Race Relations ETHS 305
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 306 Politics of Mixed Racial Identity ETHS 306
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 309 Race and Public Policy ETHS 309
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 318 Trauma and Traumascapes: Identity, Legacy, and Memory ETHS 318
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 324 Race, Identity, and the Internet ETHS 324
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 326 Race and Work in American Life ETHS 326
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 332 Topics in Contemporary Native North America ETHS 332
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 335 American Indian Nations: Law, Power, and Persistence ETHS 335
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
ETHS 342 Contemporary Issues in Black America ETHS 342
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
4
ETHS 352 Latina/o Cultural Politics ETHS 352
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 363 Asian American Women: Myths and Realities ETHS 363
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 375 Black Life in Wealth and Poverty ETHS 375
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
ETHS 380 Special Topics in Ethnic Studies ETHS 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
1-4
GEOG 201 Introduction to Geography GEOG 201
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
3
GNDR 201 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies GNDR 201
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
4
GNDR 345 Global Perspectives on Gender GNDR 345
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
4
GNDR 367 Transgender Identities GNDR 367
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
GNDR 375 Intersectionality GNDR 375
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
GNDR 380 Fandoms, Stanning, Gender and Sexualities in Popular Culture GNDR 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
GNDR 399 Applied Concepts in Gender Studies GNDR 399
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 101 The American Past: To 1865 HIST 101
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
HIST 102 The American Past: From 1865 HIST 102
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
HIST 103 World History I: Patterns of Civilization to 1500 HIST 103
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
HIST 104 World History II: The Modern World, 1500 to the Present HIST 104
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
HIST 140 History in the News: Variable Topics HIST 140
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
2-4
HIST 200 Genealogy in Global Context HIST 200
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
2-4
HIST 301 Historical Interpretation HIST 301
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 303 U.S. Economic Life: Business HIST 303
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 304 U.S. Economic Life: Working People HIST 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 305 U.S. Economic Life: Technology HIST 305
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 309 Women and Public Activism HIST 309
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 310 American Indian History HIST 310
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HIST 311 African American History HIST 311
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 312 Beginnings of American Society: Colonial and Revolutionary History HIST 312
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 313 The American Presidents HIST 313
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 315 The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s HIST 315
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HIST 320 History of Asian Americans HIST 320
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 327 American History at the Movies HIST 327
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 328 Women in Modern U.S. History HIST 328
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 329 Legacies: History of Women and the Family HIST 329
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 331 Religion and Politics in America HIST 331
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 333 The Greening of America: Environmental History since 1900 HIST 333
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 334 The Great Depression of the 1930s HIST 334
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 335 A New Birth of Freedom: U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 335
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 336 From Roosevelt to Reagan: American History, 1932-1980 HIST 336
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 337 American Empire: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1898 HIST 337
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 339 History of Sexuality: Modern Perspectives HIST 339
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 340 Special Topics and Issues in History HIST 340
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
1-4
HIST 341 The Vietnam War HIST 341
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 342 The Sixties Experience HIST 342
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 344 From Reagan to Obama to Trump: America Since 1980 HIST 344
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 346 Minnesota History HIST 346
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 348 U.S. Legal History: A Survey HIST 348
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 350 Europe: Creation and Conflict, 1500-1789 HIST 350
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 351 Europe: The Global Power, 1789-Present HIST 351
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 353 Topics in European History HIST 353
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 353A Topics in European History HIST 353A
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 354 History of the Holocaust HIST 354
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 355 Problems of Contemporary Europe in Historical Perspective HIST 355
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 357 Gender in Early Modern Europe HIST 357
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 361 Africa: From Ancient Times to 1800 HIST 361
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 362 Africa: From Colonialism to Independence HIST 362
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 363 World Environmental History HIST 363
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4
HIST 364 Slavery and Resistance in North America and the Caribbean HIST 364
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
4
HIST 366 Palestine/Israel since 1880: Histories of a Conflict HIST 366
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
4