The Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Capital and Society provides a general social science understanding of the complex nature of people and work. The program focuses on workforce education, training and development; laws governing employment and workplace rights; human decision-making and behavior in the labor market and workplace; and organizational strategies, policies and practices governing and influencing employee outcomes and performance.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Capital and Society

1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Capital and Society.
   
   The completion of Statistics and Probability 200 or 201 referenced in item 3. below may also satisfy the University mathematics requirement or the SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) REQUIREMENT in the College, but not both.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Human Capital and Society major is met by completing Human Resources and Labor Relations 465. That course is referenced in item 3. below.
2. The requirements of the College of Social Science for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
3. The following courses for the major (42 or 43 credits):

   a.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	GEO	363	Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Geographers						3
   	PSY	295	Data Analysis in Psychological Research						3
   	STT	200	Statistical Methods						3
   	STT	201	Statistical Methods						4
   	STT	315	Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Business						3
   	STT	421	Statistics I						3
   b.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   	EC	201	Introduction to Microeconomics						3
   	EC	202	Introduction to Macroeconomics						3
   c.	All of the following courses (18 credits):
   	HRLR	201	Human Capital and Society						3
   	HRLR	313	Employment Relations						3
   	HRLR	314	Legal Environment of Work						3
   	HRLR	315	Research Methods and Analysis						3
   	HRLR	410	Voice and Democracy at Work						3
   	HRLR	465	Capstone in Human Capital and Society						3
   d.	Complete a minimum of 12 credits with at least 3 credits from each of the three areas below (General, Human Capital Systems, and International):
   	General
   	CEP	460	Communication Skill Training for the Helping Professional						3
   	HRLR	211	Introduction to Organizational Leadership						3
   	HRLR	212	Career Management						3
   	HRLR	311	Applied Organizational Leadership						3
   	HRLR	493	Internship in Human Capital and Society						3 to 12
   	HRLR	494	Undergraduate Research in Human Capital and Society						3 to 6
   	SSC	490	Special Topics in Social Science						3
   	SSC	493	Social Science Internship						3
   	SSC	493A	Social Science International Internship						3
   	SSC	494	Undergraduate Research in Social Science						3
   	SSC	496	Field Study Abroad						3
   	Human Capital Systems
   	CEP	470	Disability in a Diverse Society						3
   	HRLR	316	Economics of Human Capital						3
   	HRLR	401	Income Inequality						3
   	MGT	411	Organizational Staffing						3
   	International
   	HRLR	414	Legal Standards in a Global Workplace						3
   	HRLR	420	Comparative Human Capital Systems						3
   e.	Complete at least 2 courses (6 credits) from the following courses:
   	Anthropology								3
   	ANP	201	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology						3
   	ANP	220	Gender Relations in Comparative Perspective						3
   	ANP	330	Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Anthropological Approaches to Collective Identity						3
   	Economics
   	EC	301	Intermediate Microeconomics						3
   	EC	310	Economics of Developing Countries						3
   	EC	340	Survey of International Economics						3
   	EC	380	Labor Relations and Labor Market Policy						3
   	EC	480	Analysis of Labor Markets (W)						3
   	Geography
   	GEO	113	Introduction to Economic Geography						3
   	GEO	151	Introduction to Human Geography						3
   	GEO	204	World Regional Geography						3
   	History
   	HST	213	U.S. Business and Economic History						3
   	HST	225	Law, History and Society in the United States						3
   	HST	305	The Making of the Modern United States						3
   	HST	306	Modern United States						3
   	HST	313	Women in the United States to 1869						3
   	HST	314	Women in the United States since 1869						3
   	Human Development and Family Studies
   	HDFS	442	Ethnic Families in America						3
   	Psychology
   	PSY	235	Social Psychology						3
   	PSY	236	Personality						3
   	PSY	255	Industrial and Organizational Psychology						3
   	Sociology
   	SOC	161	International Development and Change						3
   	SOC	214	Social Inequality						3
   	SOC	215	Race and Ethnicity						3
   	SOC	216	Sex, Gender, and Sexuality						3
   	SOC	241	Social Psychology						3
   	SOC	424	Organizations and Society						3
   	SOC	481	Social Movements and Collective Identities						3