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:
- Africana Studies Concentration (Tampa campus, also online with careful planning)
- Aging Sciences Concentration (Tampa campus)
- American Studies Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Anthropology Concentration (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Behavioral Healthcare Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Communication Concentration (Tampa campus, also online with careful planning)
- Communication Sciences and Disorders Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Criminology Concentration (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus, Sarasota-Manatee campus)
- Deaf Studies Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Economics Concentration (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- History Concentration (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus, also online with careful planning)
- Humanities Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Information Studies Concentration (Tampa campus, also online)
- Integrated Community Research Concentration (Sarasota-Manatee campus, also online)
- International Studies Concentration (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Mass Communications Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Political Science Concentration (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg, campus)
- Public Administration Concentration (Tampa campus, also online)
- Religious Studies Concentration (Tampa campus)
- Sociology Concentration (Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Women's and Gender Studies Concentration (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:
- Environmental Science and Policy Concentration (13 credit hours; Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Geography Concentration (13 credit hours; Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus)
- Government and Global Affairs Concentration (15 credit hours; Sarasota-Manatee campus, also online)
- Psychology Concentration (13 credit hours; Tampa campus, St. Petersburg campus, Sarasota-Manatee campus)
- Public Health Concentration (15 credit hours; Tampa campus)
- Social Relations and Policy Concentration (15 credit hours; Sarasota-Manatee campus, also online)