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SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
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| DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES |
Offers academic programs in criminal justice, history, political science, sociology and psychology to prepare students for graduate studies and career goals. These programs include scholarly activities designed to develop historical consciousness, awareness of civic responsibilities, appreciation of cultural diversity, and understanding both human behavior and interpersonal relationships. The department promotes learning experiences that examine the issues, problems resources, and opportunities of Georgia 's coastal region, the state, the nation, and the world. The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in history and Africana Studies. It offers the Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice, and sociology. The African Studies major provides an option to concentrate in the humanities or the social sciences. Minor programs are available in Africana-American studies, criminal justice, history, psychology, sociology, and gerontology. In conjunction with Armstrong Atlantic State College, the department offers teacher certification program in secondary education for history majors. |
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The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences offers academic programs in Africana studies, behavior analysis, criminal justice, history, and sociology to prepare students for graduate studies and career goals. These programs include scholarly activities designed to develop historical consciousness, awareness of civic responsibilities, appreciation of cultural diversity, and understanding of both human behavior and interpersonal relationships. The department promotes learning experiences that examine the issues, problems, resources and opportunities of Georgia's costal region, the state, the nation, and the world. |
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The department's faculty considers how it might improve its services over the next five years:
- Perhaps the greatest improvement will result from making greater use of assessment information. This will allow the faculty to make improvements in individual courses and to assess the effectiveness of the current curriculum.
- Already a leader in the university's internationalization effort, the department will continue its role in study abroad programs and efforts to bring more international scholars and students to the campus.
- The department will work to attract and retain more non-traditional students and will continue to schedule courses at times convenient for non-traditional students.
- In conjunction with the university's P-16 initiative, the department will strengthen its ties with local public schools, particularly with Sol C. Johnson High School and Myers Middle School with which both the department and university have had long-standing ties.
- Ongoing review of the curriculum will ensure that the department's course offerings reflect national standards of excellence and fulfills the needs of our students.
- Contacts will be established with the local employers of our graduates to ensure that graduates possess the skills and knowledge employers consider important.
- The department will explore becoming the university's center for Alternative Dispute Resolution by training some of its faculty members.
- Renewed effort will be given to the importance of writing in all course.
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Objectives |
To provide introductory courses in history, geography, sociology, and psychology for both
general knowledge and a foundation for advanced classes;
- To develop students' abilities and skills through critical thinking, logical and quantitative
reasoning, effective writing and speaking, and computer literacy;
- To prepare students for graduate work in criminal justice, sociology, psychology, public
administration, and other related fields; and
- To prepare students for successful careers in the criminal justice system, education, public
administration, foreign service, and other traditional and non-traditional careers in the public and private sectors.
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Contact |
Dr. Cornelius St. Mark, Interim Chair
Payne Hall 127
912.356.2151
stmarkc@savstate.edu |
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