1.     General College Requirements (see 'Curriculum" section), including the following requirements to satisfy the major.

2.     At least 44 semester-hours as specified in a., b., c., and d below.  A grade of C- or better must be earned in each course under point 2, and the cumulative grade point average of courses used to satisfy the major must be at least 2.00. Courses taken for Credit/No credit may not be used to satisfy requirements under point 2. 

a.     Required Courses: 24 semester-hours
        PSYC 101: Introduction to Psychology
        ANTH 101: Introduction to Anthropology or
                  SOCI 101: Introduction to Sociology
        HMST 201: Research Methods in Human Studies or
                  PSYC 203: Writing and Research Methods in Psychology or
                  SOAN 385: Seminar in Research Methods
        PSYC 230: Lifespan Development
        HMST 490*: Senior Seminar in Human Studies or
                 HMST 493/494: St. Mary's Project

*A student who elects the Senior Seminar option must take an additional 4-credit upper-division course in Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, or Education.

b.     Courses with a developmental focus: at least 4 upper-division semester-hours chosen from:
        PSYC 331: Infancy and Childhood
        PSYC 333: Adolescence
        PSYC 335: Adulthood and Aging
        PSYC 430: Developmental Psychology with Laboratory

c.     Fieldwork experience in the community. This non-credit requirement may be met in a number of ways, including: Field placements in EDUC204, PSYC336, PSYC368; HMST398: Internship; ANTH303: field-study program; ANTH306: Practicing anthropology; or documented non-credit bearin community service volunteer work.

d.     Students will choose a concentration from one of the following: (1) Social Relations or (2) Childhood and Society. Students with double majors in Psychology must select the Social Relations option. Students with double majors in Sociology/Anthropology must select the Childhood and Society option.

(1)    Social Relations

(a) Comparative Cultures: at least 4 upper-level semester-hours chosen from:
      ANTH 302: Food and Culture
      ANTH 311: Native American Culture and History
      ANTH 313: African-American Colonial Culture
      ANTH 348: African-American Culture
      ANTH 390: Cultures of Africa
      HIST 400: Comparative Slave Systems in the Americas
      PSYC 363: Cross-Cultural Psychology
      RELG 350: Islam in the Modern World
      RELG 360: Comparative Religious Belief and Practice
      SOCI 341: Eastern European Societies
      SOCI 347: Minorities

(b) Social Organization: at least 8 upper-level semester-hours chosen from:
      ANTH 341: Economic and Ecological Anthropology
      ANTH 344: American Folk and Popular Culture
      ANTH 360: Kinship and Social Organization
      ECON 401: Economics of Social Problems
      POSC 311: Public Policy
      SOCI 302: Medical Sociology
      SOCI 320: Sociology of the Family
      SOCI 330: Sociology of Organizations
      SOCI 332: Sociology of Law
      SOCI 335: Science, Technology, and Society
      SOCI 345: Social Change
      SOCI 349: Sociology of Religion
      SOCI 351: The Sociology of Deviance
      SOCI 365: Social Stratification

(c)  Cognate course: One additional 4-credit course that fits within the student's individualized plan for the Human Studies major. This plan should be propsed in writing to the coordinator of Human Studies.

(2) Childhood and Society:

(a) Required Courses: 12 semester-hours
      EDUC 206: The Child in America or
              SOCI 316: Sociology of Children and Childhood
      PSYC 336: Exceptionality
      PSYC 368: Educational Psychology

b) Psychology as Applied to Education: at least 4 semester-hours chosen from:
      PSYC 338: Mental Retardation
      PSYC 339: Learning Disabilities
      PSYC 374: Psychological Assessment
      PSYC 420: Psychology of Learning
      PSYC 424: Cognitive Psychology