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New River Community College PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE 2025-2026

Electives/Other Courses MUSIC MUS 225

The History of Jazz

3 cr.

PHOTOGRAPHY PHT 164

Introduction to Digital Photography

3 cr.

Social Science Requirement(s)

3 cr.

General Studies, Liberal Arts, Liberal Arts-Fine Arts Major, Liberal Arts-Visual Communication Design Major, and Science: One of the two required Social Sciences courses cannot be a HIS course. Students planning to transfer should consult the four-year transfer institution to determine course recommendations prior to registering for classes at NRCC. General transfer information is available on the New River Community College website. The following courses have been approved for Social Sciences and General requirements, provided the course is not required in the student’s program. For programs that require one or more Social Science requirements, students must choose from these courses:

ECONOMICS ECO 150 ECO 201 ECO 202 GEOGRAPHY GEO 220

Economic Essentials: Theory and Application

3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr.

Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics

World Regional Geography

3 cr.

HISTORY HIS

101 102 121 122 266 267 277 279

Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE Western Civilizations Post-1600 CE United States History to 1877 United States History Since 1865 Military History of the Civil War

3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr.

HIS HIS HIS HIS HIS HIS HIS

The Second World War

The American Experience in Vietnam Age of the American Revolution

POLITICAL SCIENCE PLS 135

U.S. Government and Politics

3 cr. 3 cr.

PLS

136

State and Local Government and Politics

PSYCHOLOGY PSY 200

Principles of Psychology

3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr. 3 cr.

PSY PSY PSY

215 216 230

Psychopathology Social Psychology

Developmental Psychology

SOCIOLOGY SOC 200 SOC 211 SOC 266 SOC 268

Introduction to Sociology Cultural Anthropology

Race and Ethnicity Social Problems

Sociology - Requirement(s) Choose from the following: SOC 266

3 cr.

Race and Ethnicity Social Problems

3 cr. 3 cr.

SOC 268

97

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