The Behavioral Science program integrates psychology and sociology, two disciplines that share a concern for systematically analyzing the behavior of individuals and the social structures in which they interact. Students learn scientific methods to ask questions about behavior and explore the results of that systematic analysis. Majors are well prepared for graduate work in sociology or psychology, or for service- related occupations. A behavioral science background is good preparation for participation in family, business, civic, and religious responsibilities throughout life.
Departmental activities provide opportunities for learning outside of the classroom structure.
This course first considers the purposes of knowledge about human social interaction and how that knowledge can inform one s faith. Students will then learn psychological processes of knowledge construction, origins and nature of social institutions, patterns and consequences of the distributions of commodities, the need to consider issues from a global perspective and the factors that limit our ability to do so, and how all these factors are synthesized into a worldview that opens one to constructive action. In this course, students consider biological and psychological aspects of sexuality. Content includes basic sexual anatomy and physiology, the development of sexuality, sexuality in cultural contexts, and typical and atypical sexual interactions. Human Sexuality is offered every third interterm.