About the Department:
The Behavioral Sciences Department offers majors and minors in Criminology, Psychology and Sociology, and a certificate in Substance Abuse Counseling. Behavioral Sciences faculty assert that a strong liberal arts curriculum is an integral element of an undergraduate major in any one of the behavioral sciences and a vital component to professional practice and lifelong learning.
The fundamental goal of an undergraduate education in psychology, sociology or criminology is to teach students to think as scientists about individual and social behavior. Scientific understanding requires:
- Recognition of ethnic, cultural, social and gender diversity;
- A broad and deep knowledge base incorporating both social and natural science aspects of each specific discipline;
- Methodological competence in statistics, research design and assessment methods;
- Practical research, laboratory or field experience to generalize a scientific style of thought to the realm of application;
- Effective communication skills; and
- Sensitivity to ethical issues.
In addition to individual major requirements, students fulfill the undergraduate General Education goals and develop an individual degree plan of liberal arts and pre-professional electives.
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