Ohio University students can choose from a variety of online courses this summer that meet the Tier II – Social Sciences general education requirement.
- See the Tier II – Social Sciences Athens campus online courses.
- Summer courses are offered online.
- 30 percent off undergraduate courses with Athens Summer Scholarship.
The following are Arts & Sciences courses that meet Tier II requirements.
Tier II – Social Sciences
ECON 1000 Survey of Economics
- Full Summer Session, starts May 11
- William Shambora
- Description: This survey of economics class covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics. It is intended for students who seek to fulfill the Tier II Social Science requirement and do not intend to take any other economics course. Students study an overview of important economic topics, from microeconomics and macroeconomics, using online course materials and assignments.
ECON 1030 Principles of Microeconomics
- Full Summer Session, starts May 11
- Cortney Rodet
- Description: This course covers basic theory and economic analysis of prices, markets, production, wages, interest, rent, and profits. Analysis of how the capitalistic system determines what, how, and for whom to produce.
ECON 1040 Principles of Macroeconomics
- Summer Session I, starts May 11
- Khosrow Doroodian
- Description: This basic theory of national income analysis covers causes of unemployment and inflation. Monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government.
POLS 1010 Politics in the United States
- Summer Session I, starts May 11
- Vincent Jungkunz
- Description: This course examines the role of citizenship, participation, and government in the context of American domestic politics.
POLS 1500 Themes in Global Politics
- Summer Session I, starts May 11
- Brandon Kendhammer
- Description: Each class has an anchoring theme or set of themes related to global politics, such as, but not limited to, norms, justice, power, conflict and cooperation, globalization and development.
POLS 2000 American Politics, Policy, and Administration
- Summer Session II, Starts June 29
- Jay Ryu
- Description: This course introduces American politics, policy, and administration and investigates how public policies are formulated and implemented. During recent decades, governmental bureaucracies have been more heavily involved in policy formulation as well as policy implementation. This course surveys the historical development from a perspective of democracy and bureaucracy.
POLS 2500 International Relations
- Summer Session I, starts May 11
- Maria Fanis
- Description: This course introduces key themes and approaches in the study of international relations and assesses the major forces and constraints affecting state and non-state actors in the international system.
PSY 1010 General Psychology
- Summer Session I, starts May 11, & Summer Session II, Starts June 29
- Keith Markman
- Description: This introduction to psychology surveys topics in experimental and clinical psychology including physiological bases of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, human development, social processes, personality, and abnormal behavior.
SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology
- Summer Session I, starts May 11, & Summer Session II, Starts June 29
- Rebecca Collins/Amanda Cox
- Description: This course covers the nature of human society and factors affecting its development, including fundamental concepts of sociology: culture, personality, socialization, social organization, groups, institutions.
SOC 2000 Contemporary Social Problems
- Summer Session II, Starts June 29
- Holly Ningard
- Description: This course examines the claims-making process through which journalists, specialists, politicians, and agents of other media forms identify and reify social problems in everyday life. Special attention is paid to the ways in which claims-makers and social movement architects socially construct arguments by drawing on data sources and using strategic rhetorical styles to influence audiences. The causes and consequences of these definitional processes are examined using multiple social problems.
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