UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR: Social and Behavioral Sciences with a Concentration in Public Health

CREDITS REQUIRED IN MAJOR INCLUDING REQUIRED AND PREREQUISITE COURSES:

FOUNDATION/REQUIRED MAJOR COURSES: 58

COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITES
LAC 120 / Statistics for Informed Decision / 3 / Must meet Math Readiness
SBS/HRD 200 / Multicultural Human Development / 3 / Second semester freshmen or above; College Writing and EYE course
SBS 300 or
SBS 310 / Deviance and Social Control
Childhood and Society / 3
SBS 329 / Research Methods / 3 / LAC 120
LAC 269 / Exploring Careers / 1.5
LAC 370 / Toward a Global Ethics / 4
LAC 413 / Job Search / 1.5 / LAC 269
SBS 440 / Applied Social Policy / 3 / LAC 210 or LAC 370, and Jr Standing
LAC 447 / Internship / 3 / LAC 413
LAC 480 / Senior Seminar / 3

MAJOR PREREQUISITES: 12Creditsexpected to be taken before 300-level courses

ANT 101 / Anthropology: The Cultural View / 3
PSY 101 / General Psychology I / 3
PSY 102 / General Psychology II / 3 / PSY 101
SOC 100 / Introduction to Sociology / 3

Public Health SBS MAJOR ELECTIVES: 18 CREDITS Must be 300+ level* See notes below

SBS 336 / Intro to Public Health / 3
SBS 335 / Legal Issues in Health & HumanServices / 3
SBS 337 / Intro to Epidemiology / 3
SBS 308 / Medical Anthropology / 3
SBS 304 or ANT 233 / Nutrition & Food Systems (choose one) / 3 / Note: A nutrition course does NOT substitute for a Food and Culture course, which requires an interdisciplinary focus on cultural aspects of food and nutrition
SBS 339, SBS 341, SBS 343, SBS 344, SBS 345, SBS 350, SBS 436, SCI 315 / Required Elective (choose one) / 3

MAJOR COURSES OVERLAPPING IN THE CORE:

CORE AREA / COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / REQUIRED BY MAJOR?
Capstone / LAC 480 / Senior Seminar / Yes
EIRSC / LAC 370 / Toward a Global Ethics / Yes
Quantitative Reasoning / LAC 120 / Statistics for Informed Decision Making / Yes
Socio Cultural Analysis / SBS 200
ANT 101
SOC 100 / Multicultural Human Dev
Intro to SOC
Anthropology: Cultural / Yes
Yes
Yes
Diversity / ANT 101
SBS 300 / Anthropology: Cultural
Deviance and Social Control / Yes
Yes
International / LAC 370 ANT 101 / Toward a Global Ethics
Anthropology: Cultural / Yes
Yes

Text from the 2016 – 2017 Catalog:

Because of its interdisciplinary nature, the SBS degree has extensive overlap with the USM core, providing a highly efficient pathway to degree completion and additional freedom in selecting courses to reach the 120 credit hour minimum. The following SBS required courses also fulfill USM core curriculum requirements (note that this is not a complete list of LAC-based courses that fulfill USM core requirements):

  • ANT 101 Anthropology: The Cultural View can be used to meet either the Diversity (DIV) or the International (INT) core requirement.
  • SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology meets the Sociocultural Analysis (SCA) requirement.
  • LAC 120 Statistics for Informed Decision-Making meets the Quantitative Reasoning (QR) requirement.
  • SBS 300 Deviance and Social Control meets the Diversity (DIV) requirement.
  • LAC 370 Toward a Global Ethics meets both the Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship (EISRC) and the International (INT) requirement.
  • LAC 480 Senior Seminar meets the Capstone (CAP) requirement.

Additional courses towards the required minimum of 120 credits may be chosen from any other courses within or outside of the major (general electives) based on student interests, career plans, and prior transfer credits. In some cases, this may entail pursuit of a minor or certificate. Students should consult with their advisors on these choices.