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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Political Science, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, History, English, other languages, Communications, Pre-Law, Education, etc.[/quote]

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International Relations too.[/quote]

-1. IR has a decent amount of Econ. Dad is doing IR and needed a working knowledge of Calculus.  Political science, ouch, anthro and sociology all require at least research stats.   Social science majors need math.  No math would be pure arts and humanities.  English, history, fine arts, and vinous women’s, black, Hispanic, etc “studies”.  Foreign languages as well, although math and foreign language talent often go together.  [/quote]

So much of this depends on the university. My husband is an IR professor and didn't encounter a math class until graduate school. My own college made us (IR was part of Poli Sci) take either a language course or stats (OR, "stats for social science majors" aka baby stats). But, we also had core requirements that made you need to take a 2 classes in the Science/Math division, which could pretty easily be something like Bio 101.... but beyond that, most classes in that division do require some math.

But yes, typically, I'd say you won't get out of a social science degree without needing to overcome that particular hurdle. But it is often just one class.[/quote]

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