BS in General Social Science

The general social science major at the UO offers students the practical focus of professional training with the classical skills of a liberal arts education. The GSS curriculum allows students to build a major that includes courses from across several social science fields as well as courses outside the College of Arts and Sciences. Students majoring in GSS will specify their interests by choosing from among four tracks: The Crime, Law and Society track; The Applied Economics, Business, and Society track;The Geo-politics, Environment, and Policy track; The Social Studies Teaching track; Pursuing this interdisciplinary major will expose you to a variety of teaching methods and research themes. Each concentration within the GSS major has its own set of core classes that can be complemented by a number of classes from many different academic programs. Students will benefit by drawing from many departmental resources across campus, including programs in political science, anthropology, economics, business, journalism, international relations, and many more.