Your browser is not Java capable or Java has been disabled. Click the button above to access the Martin University E-Mail Gateway. To engage students in discourse concerning the human sciences that opens to each student the perspectives and methods of analysis used in the scientific study of people, societies, and cultures. The majors in the Human Sciences Division at Martin University include Criminal Justice, History, Humane Exchange, Political Science, and Sociology. Students taking any Human Sciences major will be introduced to the study of human cultural behavior, group and organizational behavior, and biocultural diversity.
Emphasis is placed on applied knowledge and skills.
In addition to meeting the general studies requirements, a baccalaureate degree in any of the Human Sciences requires a minimum of 36 credit hours within the Human Sciences areas. All majors will take BIO 206, Evolutionary Biology, as one of the natural sciences required within the general studies core. All majors will take SO 200, Principles of Sociology, and PSY 101, Introduction to Psychology, as two of the Human Sciences electives required within the general studies core. Criminal Justice, Political Science and Sociology majors are required to take the Human Sciences core. Each student majoring in a Human Science must select a minor field in consultation with that student's department chair.