May 26, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Behavioral Sciences, B.S.

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The undergraduate major in Behavioral Sciences leads to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree. This major allows students to combine into one degree courses from an array of disciplines including anthropology, criminology, geography, psychology, social work, and sociology. The philosophy behind this multidisciplinary approach is the recognition that human behavior and societal problems are too complex to be fully covered by one academic discipline. Majors take multidisciplinary core behavioral science classes and two disciplinary concentrations. Selections are made based on the student’s academic and career goals. Students are assigned advisers based on their interests.

University Core Requirements (42 hours)

Communication (6 hours)

WRIT 1301 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 1302 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3

Mathematics (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

MATH 1314 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1332 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit Hours: 3

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Choose TWO of the following courses.

ASTR 1303 - Stars and Galaxies Credit Hours: 3
ASTR 1304 - Solar System Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1306 - Biology for Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1307 - Biology for Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1308 - Biology for Non-Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1309 - Biology for Non-Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2301 - Anatomy & Physiology I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2302 - Anatomy & Physiology II Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1305 - Introductory Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1312 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1301 - Environmental Science I Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1302 - Environmental Science II Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1303 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1304 - Historical Geology Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1301 - College Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1302 - College Physics II Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2325 - University Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2326 - University Physics II Credit Hours: 3

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

HUMN 1301 - Humanities Credit Hours: 3
LITR 2341 - Literature and Experience Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
WGST 1301 - Gender Matters: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Creative Arts (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

ARTS 1303 - World Art Survey I Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 1304 - World Art Survey II Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 2379 - Arts and the Child Credit Hours: 3

U.S. History (6 hours)

HIST 1301 - United States History I Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1302 - United States History II Credit Hours: 3

Government/ Political Science (6 hours)

POLS 2305 - Federal Government Credit Hours: 3
POLS 2306 - Texas Government Credit Hours: 3

Social Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

ANTH 2346 - General Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 1301 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 2301 - Introduction to Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3

Public Speaking (3 hours)

COMM 1315 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3

Component Area Options (3 hours)

Two 1-hour Life and Physical Science Labs are required co-requisites for the chosen science courses.

PSYC 1100 - Learning Frameworks Credit Hours: 1

College Core Requirements (3 hours)

48 hours of upper-level credit must be a “C” or better.

Core Requirement (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

WRIT 3306 - Writing for the Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 3307 - Advanced Writing Credit Hours: 3

Major Requirements (42 hours)

Courses

Choose ONE of the following courses.

HUMN 3374 - Critical Inquiry Credit Hours: 3
HUMN 3375 - Ideas in Transition Credit Hours: 3
LITR 3334 - Mythology Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 3331 - Ethics Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 4314 - The Great Philosophers I Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 4315 - The Great Philosophers II Credit Hours: 3

Statistics and Methods Requirement (first of two)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

CRIM 4384 - Statistics Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4370 - Nonexperimental Methods and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4384 - Statistics Credit Hours: 3

Statistics and Methods Requirement (second of two)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

ANTH 4372 - Applied Qualitative Methods Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 4385 - Research Methods Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 4321 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4371 - Experimental Methods and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4385 - Research Methods Credit Hours: 3

Diversity Requirement

Choose TWO of the following courses. For ANTH 4341 , the following may be substituted: SOCI 4341 or WGST 4341 . For PSYC 4356 , the following may be substituted: SOCI 4356 .

ANTH 3358 - Topics in Middle Eastern Societies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4301 - Studies in Cultural Diversity Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4333 - Peoples of Mexico and Central America Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4341 - Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspectives Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 4335 - Race and Justice Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 4302 - Geography of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4334 - Psychology of Women Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4356 - The Aging Experience Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 3352 - Urban Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4316 - Women and the Law Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4317 - Race and the Law Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4355 - Minorities in America Credit Hours: 3
SWRK 3314 - Diversity and Human Behavior in the Social Environment Credit Hours: 3
SWRK 3324 - Oppression, Diversity, and Social Justice Credit Hours: 3
WGST 4308 - Perspectives in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Choose THREE of the following courses.

For the following, only one PSYC or SOCI course may be selected: PSYC 3331 SOCI 4312 or SOCI 4322

ANTH 3311 - Contemporary Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 4312 - Human Geography Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 3331 - Theories of Personality Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4312 - Social Structure: Class, Power, and Status Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4322 - Theories of Society Credit Hours: 3

Concentrations (18 hours)

In order to organize their studies, explore a specific topic, and prepare for future careers, students will take courses from two of the concentrations.

Choose 9 hours out of each of the two of the following six categories. These courses may not be used to fulfill any other requirement.

Elective Requirements (33 hours)

18 hours may be lower-level electives (any 1300/2300 level courses) 15 hours must be upper-level (any 3300/4300 level courses)

Behavioral Sciences, B.S.

University Core Requirements (42 hours)

Communication (6 hours)

Mathematics (3 hours)

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)

Creative Arts (3 hours)

U.S. History (6 hours)

Government/ Political Science (6 hours)

Social Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)

Public Speaking (3 hours)

Component Area Options (3 hours)

College Core Requirements (3 hours)

Core Requirement (3 hours)

Major Requirements (42 hours)

Courses

Statistics and Methods Requirement (first of two)

Statistics and Methods Requirement (second of two)

Diversity Requirement

Choose THREE of the following courses.

Concentrations (18 hours)

Anthropology Concentration

Criminology Concentration

Geography Concentration

Psychology Concentration

Sociology Concentration

Social Work Concentration

Elective Requirements (33 hours)