Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (ISS)
Areas of Concentration
Students wishing to review the areas of concentration for the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (ISS) major are advised to consult the Undergraduate Catalog.
ISS majors must select two areas of concentration. At least one of the areas of concentration must have a requirement of 12 credit hours (i.e., must be chosen from the first list below). The second area of concentration may require 12 or more credit hours (i.e., may be chosen from either the first or the second list below).
Areas of concentration which require 12 credit hours, and the USF campus(es) on which that concentration can be completed in its entirety, are:
- Concentration in Africana Studies (Tampa campus, also online with careful planning)
- Concentration in Aging Sciences (Tampa campus)
- Concentration in American Studies (Tampa campus)
- Concentration in Anthropology (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in Communication (Tampa campus, also online with careful planning)
- Concentration in Communication Sciences and Disorders (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in Criminology (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus, Sarasota-Manatee campus)
- Concentration in Economics (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in History (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus, also online with careful planning)
- Concentration in Humanities (Tampa campus)
- Concentration in Information Studies (Tampa campus, also online)
- Concentration in Integrated Community Research (Sarasota-Manatee campus, also online)
- Concentration in International Studies (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in Mass Communications (Tampa campus)
- Concentration in Multidisciplinary Behavioral Sciences (Tampa campus)
- Concentration in Political Science (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg, campus)
- Concentration in Psychology (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus, Sarasota-Manatee campus)
- Concentration in Public Administration (Tampa campus, also online)
- Concentration in Religious Studies (Tampa campus)
- Concentration in Sociology (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in Women's and Gender Studies (Tampa campus, also online with careful planning)
Areas of concentration which require 13 or more credit hours, and the USF campus(es) on which that concentration can be completed in its entirety, are:
- Concentration in Deaf Studies (14 credit hours; Tampa campus)
- Concentration in Environmental Science and Policy (13 credit hours; Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in Geography (13 credit hours; Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Concentration in Global and Government Affairs (15 credit hours; Sarasota-Manatee campus, also online)
- Concentration in Public Health (15 credit hours; Tampa campus)
- Concentration in Social Relations & Policy (15 credit hours; Sarasota-Manatee campus, also online)