Online Social Science Degree Completion Programs

UMGC’s Social Science BS combines a shared research foundation with upper-level choices in several fields. You can examine earlier anthropology, psychology, sociology, or related coursework against the major, then identify the methods, statistics, and capstone work still ahead. The curriculum’s treatment of diversity and social issues gives those choices a context. This is a useful option if you want breadth while retaining a recognizable social-science research sequence.

Before you apply: Have the evaluation separate upper-level major credit from general electives. A transferred introductory class does a different job from an advanced course or the final integrating capstone.

Penn State World Campus offers an Integrated Social Sciences BS built around an advisor-reviewed combination of coursework. Statistics, research methods, ethics, and quantification support the social-science fields you select. A capstone portfolio makes the final degree more than a collection of unrelated classes. Bring a transcript organized by discipline when you speak with an advisor, then ask which earlier courses satisfy the research foundation and which contribute to the supporting areas.

Before you apply: The academic department gives final approval for transfer credit toward this degree. Confirm your course choices before enrolling, especially where earlier statistics or methods classes need equivalency review.

Franklin gives the final stage of the Social Sciences BS a useful choice. You can develop a research project through the capstone or apply your learning through a community practicum. The degree draws on coursework from several social-science disciplines, making it worth examining if you changed majors within that family. Compare those earlier courses with the methods sequence and the final experience you would prefer to complete.

Before you apply: A practicum needs an approved setting and time outside ordinary coursework. If you choose the research route, plan the project prerequisites with your advisor before estimating the final term.

UCF’s Social Sciences BS is built around three minors, which makes the transcript conversation unusually concrete. You can ask how much of each chosen minor you have already completed, then add the statistics and methods requirements. The structure suits a reader who wants sustained study in several social-science disciplines. Each minor also keeps its own requirements, so the plan needs to show more than the university’s overall total.

Before you apply: Confirm that every chosen minor and prerequisite can be completed online. Review minor residency rules and the graduating-semester exit exam before setting a completion date.

Troy’s Social Science BS connects research methods and statistics with choices in general social science, geography, or leadership. Geographic information and analysis adds a practical way to examine relationships between people and places. This gives a returning student several coherent directions to compare with prior courses. Read the chosen concentration alongside the professional seminar and methods work so you can see how the degree develops beyond introductory surveys.

Before you apply: Specify the online Social Science BS and your intended concentration. Troy also describes a separate social-science education major for teacher certification, which follows its own requirements.

Wilmington's Behavioral Science BS combines psychology, sociology, anthropology and philosophy with an applied concentration. Students returning with courses in several of those fields can evaluate a connected degree rather than starting a new single-discipline major. Concentration choices give the remaining coursework a practical direction in areas such as case management or social justice advocacy.

Before you apply: Choose the concentration before asking which earlier social science courses satisfy the remaining requirements.

North Dakota's Social Science BA allows students to build an interdisciplinary major with an adviser. Its distribution rules help turn earlier courses in several social sciences into a defined plan. Returning students should compare their credits by subject and course level, then identify the additional depth required across the selected fields.

Before you apply: Check whether your chosen courses follow semesters or the separate Enroll Anytime schedule.

Kansas State's online Social Science BS organizes study around two disciplinary concentrations. That makes it a useful comparison for students who have already taken substantial coursework in two social sciences. Evaluate the concentration requirements and the BS's supporting coursework together before treating your accepted credits as progress toward the major.

Before you apply: The selected concentrations remain parts of a Social Science degree, rather than separate majors.

Northwestern State's General Studies bachelor offers a Social Science concentration with a separate minor. Its published degree map makes the advanced-credit and concentration requirements visible. Students with coursework spread across history, psychology, politics and related fields can use that map to discuss which credits create a coherent completion plan.

Before you apply: The award is General Studies with a Social Science concentration; include the minor in your evaluation.

Nebraska Kearney's History and Social Science Comprehensive BS joins historical research with several social science fields. Students choose one social science emphasis while retaining coursework in the others. This structure gives returning students with history and social science credits a concrete way to compare breadth, advanced work and the final research seminar.

Before you apply: History is a substantial part of this comprehensive degree, even when another field is your emphasis.

Portland State's online Social Science option is designed for students who have completed the first two years of a bachelor's. Its interdisciplinary BA brings advanced social science study together with university coursework and a final capstone. Students should build the remaining sequence with an adviser, accounting for course availability and the quarter-credit system.

Before you apply: The online route assumes earlier lower-division work; confirm the availability of each remaining course.

North Carolina Central's online Behavioral and Social Sciences BS admits transfer students through an explicit degree-completion route. Its End Zone initiative recognizes previous college coursework while requiring the final credits at NCCU. Students returning with a broad social science record can discuss how that work supports the program's interdisciplinary problem-solving focus.

Before you apply: The final 30 credits must be completed at NCCU, even when earlier coursework transfers.

SUNY Empire's online Social Science BA allows students to design a degree around related interests in society, politics and culture. The university considers previous college learning and assessed experience, making the planning conversation central to the route. Build an approved academic plan that shows how earlier learning supports the research and analytical work still ahead.

Before you apply: Prior experience requires evaluation; it does not automatically replace academic requirements.

Central Washington's Interdisciplinary Studies – Social Sciences BS lets students combine subjects into an individualized major. Its online option is useful to investigate when previous coursework spans several departments. An adviser can help connect those courses with a focused plan in areas such as public service, social issues or organizational work.

Before you apply: Agree on the subject combination and online course sequence before estimating the remaining terms.

NYU's School of Professional Studies offers its Social Sciences BA online through the Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies. Students can combine fields such as psychology, sociology, politics and economics with applied work. Transfer evaluation and a choice of full-time or part-time study help returning students map a route through the remaining degree.

Before you apply: Confirm how your selected applied experience fits the online course plan and your work schedule.

Great Basin's online Social Science BA is a 2+2 route for students with an associate degree. Its curriculum brings social science disciplines together with research and integrative work. The published rotation of advanced classes makes sequencing especially important for a student trying to finish efficiently after transfer.

Before you apply: Upper-division social science courses rotate by semester; plan the sequence with your assigned adviser.

Alaska Southeast's Social Science BA combines a primary concentration with two secondary fields. Its catalog offers e-learning for selected emphases, so an adviser-approved combination is essential for an online finish. The degree also includes research methods, language study and a student assessment portfolio, giving returning students specific requirements to check against their transcript.

Before you apply: Online delivery is available for selected emphases; confirm the entire concentration combination and remaining courses.

The University of Washington's online Integrated Social Sciences BA is designed for students completing an existing college education. It organizes courses through thematic areas and a shared core, ending with an integrative capstone. Returning students should convert prior credits into quarter units and check general education progress before building the remaining plan.

Before you apply: The program has US-residency eligibility conditions and does not support students requiring an F-1 visa.

Mercy's Behavioral Science BS uses psychology and sociology as the foundation for an interdisciplinary major. Its published transfer guidance distinguishes four courses that must be taken at Mercy from the major electives that may accept earlier behavioral and social science work. That distinction gives returning students a useful starting point for an individual evaluation.

Before you apply: The four required major courses must be completed at Mercy.

Bellevue's Behavioral Science BS offers an accelerated online cohort for students bringing an associate degree or substantial earlier coursework. Students take one course at a time and develop applied projects into an electronic portfolio. The degree's general education and signature-series requirements should be checked alongside the cohort sequence when estimating a finish.

Before you apply: The full degree requires 127 credits; the accelerated major does not replace outstanding university requirements.