Behavioral and Social Science Requirement

The central concern of Behavioral and Social Science Distributed Disciplinary Foundation courses at WCU is to engage students in behavioral and social science scholarship and to develop students’ ability to employ qualitative and/or quantitative methods in examining the patterns and processes of human activities and/or their ability to understand human activity in cultural and/or social context. Behavioral and Social Science Distributed Disciplinary Foundation courses emphasize the cognitive skills of critical thought, creativity, analysis, and synthesis that are central to a foundation in general education, and have content directed largely toward human behavior, systems that humans create, and the various forces at work in modern society.

Students must earn 6 credits of Behavioral and Social Science Distributed Disciplinary Foundations coursework. Students must select courses from two different disciplines. Students must select courses outside of the student’s major.

This requirement can be fulfilled via transfer credits.