This opportunity allows students to experience occupations related to the helping professions and to bridge the academic and work worlds. Campus training and supervision as well as on-site training and supervision are required. Details of the practicum are specified in the department's Practicum Handbook. BS295 Behavioral Science Research Methods 4 credits This course investigates the methods used to collect information about behavior. It covers field study, correlational, and experimental techniques.
Students learn to evaluate data based on descriptive statistics and inferential procedures.
Students also learn the basics of scientific report writing. BS315 History and Theories of Sociological Thought 3 credits This course includes information on the origin and development of sociological thought and analysis of major sociological theories. BS325 History and Philosophy in Psychology 3 credits This course traces the development of ideas about human behavior which culminated in the formal establishment of psychology as a discipline. Early developments within the formal discipline will also be reviewed. This course presents biological principles which are important to behavior.