<p>Well, the purpose of the HSS requirements are so that the students can retain elements of a well-rounded education and continue reading/writing English well. I believe in this purpose and have taken a couple upper-level English (literature) courses, but I know quite a bit of people who wanted to minimize their HSS exposure and accomplished their goal. Generally, they would take a language for the advanced humanities parts and stick w/ econ for the social science requirements (which can basically become math classes). I think you might be pleasantly surprised by the classes offered. I enjoyed PS 12 with Kiewiet since it turned out to be a survey of interesting concepts/problems (eg prisoner’s dilemma, brinksmanship). It looks like they even cover the St. Petersburg Paradox now: [PS</a> 12 Introduction to Political Science](<a href=“http://www.hss.caltech.edu/courses/2005-06/Spring/ps12]PS”>http://www.hss.caltech.edu/courses/2005-06/Spring/ps12). The only downside is that you might see the repeated prisoner’s dilemma (or variations) multiple times in different Ec/PS classes.</p>