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Social Science Minor: Social and Behavioral Studies

Page last updated June 8, 2009

A minor in Social and Behavioral Studies focuses on the relationship between society, culture, and the individual in institutional life. It is designed to provide the non-major with basic tools to investigate the social causes and consequences of human behavior. The minor exposes the student to research, theory and applications of social scientific knowledge of cultures, societies, group structures and organizations, and how people think, behave and interact within them.

Requirements - Six of the Following Courses
[Students must select at least one of the starred (**) courses]:

  • SS2100 World Peoples and Environment
  • SS2610 Law and Society
  • SS2700 Introduction of Sociology
  • SS3100 Developing Societies [alternate years]
  • SS3700 Industry and Society
  • SS3710 Social Problems
  • **SS/PSY3720 Social Psychology
  • SS3740 Sociology of the Family
  • SS3750 Social Inequality [alternate years]
  • SS3760 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
  • SS3801 Science, Technology, & Society
  • SS3810 Culture, Science, and Technology [alternate years]
  • SS3910 Histories and Cultures [on demand]
  • SS4000 Independent Study [Readings or research on social, cultural, or behavioral theory]
  • SS4001 History of Social Thought
  • **SS4010 Social Science Methods
  • SS4705 Critical Race Theory
  • **PSY3070 Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • HU3261 Intercultural Communications

For information about courses, see Undergraduate Instruction.