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>grad school application requires 12 credits of social science courses
What the fuck are social science courses? What does that even mean?

>> No.11027262

>>11027252
It means it would be wise to learn how not to be an autistic sperg in public.

>> No.11027268

>>11027262
i'd say studying society as a science would cause autism

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>>11027268
lol ain't college graet

>> No.11027272

>>11027268
This. Society is a fucking mess. Studying it wouldn't help

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>>11027272
BUT FIST FUCKING IT INTO OBLIVION MIGHT OLO

>> No.11027324

>>11027252
can't you just admit you're gay and get 9 credits automatically deposited
12 if you went through with the surgery

>> No.11027331

>>11027252
If you live in a sensible place: shit like technical writing, project management, etc.
If you're in a leftist hive: gender studies and other marxist drivel

>> No.11027332

>>11027324
I did some research and social science courses are literally gender studies kinda stuff. Fucking hell

>> No.11027402

in my country social studies are at least a little more interesting, do you people not study sociology or anthropology besides genders?

>> No.11027404

Try epistemology, history of science and philosophy of science

>> No.11027407

>>11027252
>grad school application requires 12 credits of social science courses
I don’t believe you

>> No.11027410

>>11027402
Depends on the school. Most general education requirements only require one or two classes that the student picks. If you're a woman you're probably gonna take Feminism 1000 or Intro to Gender Theory
Guys will probably take history classes or political science

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>>11027407
The school is USC and it's one of the best in the country for that program. So it's not some random shit state school

>> No.11027414

>>11027252
business psych was pretty dope. take a language class or three, that should count. study japanese shit like all the other weebs here.

>> No.11027425

>>11027411
I wouldn't be as mad if social sciences majors actually thought proper math and science. Even economists are an embarrassment.

>> No.11027430

>>11027252
It's the academic equivalent of your parents telling you to go outside and stop playing RuneScape you narrowly obsessed autistic fuckin spaz

>> No.11027434

>>11027425
>tfw English major
Some people just don't want to study science and math and don't need it for what they want to do.

>> No.11027437

>>11027430
Here in civilized countries this is called high school. University is for specialization.

>> No.11027440

Gen ed courses were a fucking mistake

>> No.11027621

>>11027437
Same here but they make freshmen take general education classes on specific subjects but they get to choose what class to take from that subject

>> No.11027663

You have to suck Stacy and Chad's dick to graduate.

>> No.11027736

>>11027411
>social science masters requires social science
Breaking news at ten

>> No.11027788

It's to force you to learn some culture instead of just knowledge, you filthy lab monkey.

>> No.11027791

>>11027736
Kek

>> No.11028716

>>11027788
Based

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>>11027252
Imagine what it feels like going into debt only to learn the gender alphabet and then end up working in starbucks.

>> No.11028804

sociology
psychology
religion

I took a religion and science course that was interesting. There are usually some pretty easy/interesting courses on sports or music.

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>>11027252
>going to a tuition farm
>2019
Yes, I'd like fries with that.

>> No.11028832

>>11028790
Good thing the only people that actually do that wouldn't have amounted to anything anyway. Good riddance

>> No.11028835

>>11028826
What the fuck are you talking about? I said the school is USC and the program is extremely highly ranked and regarded

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>>11028835
>USC
>not a tuition farm
kek

>> No.11028934

>>11028885
All undergrad programs are tuition farms. There is absolutely no reason to go out of state or to a private school for undergrad.
Graduate programs are different and often worth the price

>> No.11028942

>>11028835
It is also an explicit social science program (“public administration” is a social science).

>> No.11029095

Is it even possible to get a humanities BA in the US without 12 credits of social sciences?

>> No.11029109

>>11027252
for STEM? what kind of communist shithole do you live in?

>> No.11029136

>>11029109
The US, of course. May not entirely be a communist shithole but our colleges sure are

>> No.11029169

>>11027252
It means that you have to pay some more premium $ for low-cost (supply side) low-effort education product to make you "well-rounded".

>> No.11029176

It means game theory.

>> No.11029340

>>11029095
If you major in the humanities you automatically get that many just by doing required courses

>> No.11029513

>>11027252
Attempt to filter out people who can actually do science, IMO.

>> No.11030032

Econ

>> No.11030064

>>11027434
And some people don't need social sciences.