The specialization leads to careers in clinical treatment programs, human resource management, organizational consulting, schooling and education programs, basic research, and university teaching. The curriculum includes the biological basis of behavior, perception, memory and cognition, the influence of environmental and social forces on the individual, personality, life-span development and adjustment, research methods, and statistical analysis. Paralegal studies focuses on legal concepts, procedures, and skills that are applied in a variety of legal environments to prepare students for challenging and responsible work in the legal environment. Paralegals work with attorneys, performing tasks that require substantive and practical legal knowledge. The curriculum emphasizes important skills, including legal analysis, communication, legal research, computer competence, legal drafting, investigation, organization, and specialized legal skills.
Sociology is a social science concerned with societies and social organization.
It includes the scientific study of institutions within society as well as social change and its implications for individuals. The curriculum supports work in social services and education, including courses in statistics, marriage and family, deviance, demography, gender issues, racial minorities, and U.S. society, with special emphasis on problems that arise in the workplace. 1996-2001 University of Maryland University College 3501 University Blvd.