Social and Behavioral Sciences2015-2016

Social and Behavioral Sciences2015-2016

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Graduation Requirements:

__ Minimum 120 credit hours including all core and major requirements__ Minimum GPA 2.00 is required to graduate

__ 30 out of the last 45 credits taken at USM

SBS Prerequisite (12):SBS Required Courses (28 Credit Hours):

Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits
ANT 101 / Anthropology: The Cultural View / 3
PSY 101 / General Psychology I / 3
PSY 102 / General Psychology II / 3
SOC 100 / Introduction to Sociology / 3
Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits
SBS/HRD 200 / Multicultural Human Growth / 3
SBS 300 / Deviance & Social Cont / 3
SBS 329 / Research Methods / 3
LAC 269 / Exploring Careers / 1.5
LCC 370 / Toward a Global Ethics / 4
LAC 413 / Job Search Skills / 1.5
SBS 430 / Applied Social Policy / 3
LAC 447 / Internship / 3
LCC 480 / Senior Seminar / 3
LCC 150 / Statistics / 3

General Electives (Additional credit to meet the 120 required to

graduate):

Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits

SBS Electives (18 Credit Hours): Must be 300+ level. Students will complete at least six electives in SBS. They may structure their choice of these electives by picking a concentration (Counseling, Early Childhood Studies, or Public Health) or may instead complete two electives from the following list of “fundamentals,” with the remainder drawn from any of the other 300-level+ SBS electives: SBS 209, SBS 301, SBS 305, SBS 306, SBS 310, SBS 311, SBS 341, SBS 345, SBS 381, or SBS 390.

Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits

USM Core Requirements

Core Category / Course / Term / Grade / Credits
Entry Year Experience (EYE)
College Writing (CW)*Must be C+
or better
Quantitative Reasoning (QR) / LCC 150*
Cultural Interpretation (CI)*
Socio Cultural Analysis (SCA) *
Science Explore (SE)
Creative Expression (CE)
Core Category / Course / Term / Grade / Credits
Ethical Inquiry (EISRC) / LCC 370*
Diversity (DIV)
International (INT)
Thematic Cluster (TC) or Minor
Thematic Cluster (TC)
Thematic Cluster (TC)
Capstone (CAP) / LCC 480*

*Specific classes noted in the core categories are also required by the major but can be used to meet both requirements.

*Specific classes noted in the core categories are also required by the major but can be used to meet both requirements.

*LCC 150 meets both QR and major requirements

*LCC 370 meets EISRC, International and major requirements

*LCC 480 meets both CAP and major requirements

*SBS 300 meets Diversity and major requirements

*ANT 101 meets SCA, international and Diversity

*LCC 123 meets both EYE and Diversity core categories

*For the SBS major, students are strongly encouraged to take LCC 200 Creative Critical Inquiry to fulfill the CI requirement (or alternatively, to take a Critical Thinking courses as a general elective). The SCA requirement is met with ANT 101, SOC 100, and SBS/HRD 200, however LCC 220 U.S. Democracy: Origins and Development can be used to meet the SCA requirement (or alternatively a “government” or “civics” course) to prepare students for SBS 430 Applied Social Policy.