Degree Requirements
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The following catalog information is as it appears in the 2009-2010 Catalog. Degree requirements from other catalogs might differ from those that follow. Please check with your advisor to confirm the requirements that apply to you.
To earn a bachelor of arts degree with a major in human studies, a student must satisfy the following minimum requirements designed to establish a broad foundation consistent with the goals of the major.
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: At least 6 courses (a minimum of 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 ANTH 385: Anthropological Research Methods OR SOCI 385: Sociology 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 proposed 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: Intellectual Disabilities (previously titled Mental Retardation)
PSYC 339: Learning Disabilities
PSYC 374: Psychological Assessment
PSYC 420: Psychology of Learning
PSYC 424: Cognitive Psychology
