Behavioral Sciences offers students a Minor in Behavioral Sciences, Child and Adolescent Development, Criminal Justice,听 Family and Child Sciences, Family Science/Family Life Education, Psychology, Sports and Exercise Psychology, and Social Work.
Degree Type:
Minor
Department:
Department of Behavioral Sciences
department chair:
Dr. James H. Dalton
Ph.D
Students can choose from the below eight minors in Behavioral Sciences and learn more about course descriptions:
| CJU 210 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| FAM 325 | Stress and Resilience in Individuals and Families | 3 |
| PSY 210 | General Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 241 | General Sociology | 3 |
| PLUS: | Choose two (2) of the following courses: | 6 |
| CJU 350 | Juvenile Justice | (3) |
| FAM 305 | Childhood Disorders | (3) |
| FAM 315 | Marriage and Relationship Development | (3) |
| PSY 312 | Social Psychology | (3) |
| SOC 240 | Crime and Delinquency | (3) |
| SOC 445 | Ethnic Cultures | (3) |
| SWK 330 | Crisis Intervention | (3) |
| 18 hours |
| CJU 210 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJU 310 | Police and Law Enforcement | 3 |
| CJU 330 | Correctional Systems | 3 |
| POL 385 | Fundamentals of Criminal Law | 3 |
| SOC 240 | Crime and Delinquency | 3 |
| SWK 330 | Crisis Intervention | 3 |
| 18 hours |
| FAM 201 | Child Development and Lab | 3 |
| FAM 230 | Marriage and Family | 3 |
| FAM 310 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| FAM 331 | Parenting and Family Relations听(奥) | 3 |
| Six (6) additional upper-division hours in FAM courses | 6 | |
| 18 hours |
| FAM 230 | Marriage and the Family | 3 |
| FAM 325 | Stress and Resilience in Individuals and Families听(W) | 3 |
| FAM 331 | Parenting and Family Relations听(W) | 3 |
| FAM 335 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| Six (6) additional upper-division hours in FAM courses | 6 | |
| 18 hours |
| FAM 201 | Child Development and Lab | 3 |
| FAM 305 | Childhood Disorders* | 3 |
| FAM 325 | Stress and Resilience in Individuals and Families | 3 |
| SWK 251 | Human Behavior in the Social Environment I: Childhood and Adolescence | 3 |
| SWK 450 | Interventions with Populations-at-Risk | 3 |
| PLUS: | 听 | |
| Choose three (3) hours from the following courses: | 3 | |
| CJU 350 | Juvenile Justice | (3) |
| FAM 331 | Parenting and Family Relations | (3) |
| PSY 310 | Developmental Psychology | (3) |
| PSY 315 | Learning and Memory | (3) |
| SOC 445 | Ethnic Cultures | (3) |
| SWK 320 | Expressive Therapies | (3) |
| SWK 330 | Crisis Intervention | (3) |
| SWK 341 | Child Welfare I | (3) |
| 18 hours |
Social Work and Family Sciences majors pursuing this minor may choose any combination of these thirteen courses which results in eighteen hours, fifteen of which must be unduplicated between the major and the minor. *Since FAM 305 is a required course in the Integrated Early Childhood (PreK-3) concentration, students pursuing that concentration and this minor should count FAM 201 toward this minor and choose six (6) hours from the list of electives instead of three. Those six hours cannot include PSY 310 or SOC 445.
| PSY 210 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 218 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 310 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 312 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 408 | Family and Individual Counseling | 3 |
| PSY 418 | Physiological Psychology | 3 |
| 18 hours |
| SWK 150 | Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
| PSY 210 | General Psychology听OR | 3 |
| SOC 241 | General Sociology | (3) |
| SWK 251 | HBSE I: Childhood and Adolescence | 3 |
| SWK 252 | HBSE II: Adulthood and Aging | 3 |
| SOC 445 | Ethnic Cultures | 3 |
| Three (3) additional upper-division hours in a non-practice Social Work course | 3 | |
| 18 hours | ||
| BPH 120 | Principles of Mental Performance Training | 1 |
| KIN 327 | Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries | 3 |
| KIN 399E | Philosophy and Techniques of Coaching | 3 |
| KIN 420 | Motor Learning | 3 |
| PSY 210 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 240 | Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 315 | Learning and Memory | 3 |
| PLUS: | Choose two (2) of the following courses: | 2 |
| BPH 130 | Motivation in Sports, Performance, Movement | (1) |
| BPH 220 | Leadership and Team Building | (1) |
| BPH 230 | Strategies for Stress Management and Mental Resilience | (1) |
| 21 hours |
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