Behavioral Sciences Certificate
The Behavioral Sciences Certificate guides students through foundational empirical courses to ethically collect, analyze, and manage data about people's physical, motor, perceptual, cognitive, language, social, emotional, interpersonal, and cultural experiences. This certificate is designed so that students can immediately use their behavioral science knowledge and skills in their work, internships, advanced courses, and future careers. This certificate can be combined with any major, including the psychology programs, and especially benefits students aiming for careers in health and education fields, businesses, and community organizations.
Requirements
12 credits
All courses for this certificate must be completed with a grade of C or better.
Complete one of the following introductory courses that use research ethics and empirical approaches with human participants:
| ANSC-2900 | Introduction to Social Research | 4 credits |
| HEHP-1000 | Introduction to Exercise Science | 4 credits |
| PSYC-1120 | Critical Thinking in Psych Science | 4 credits |
Complete one of the following survey courses about human behavior or computational systems from a social sciences or physical sciences perspective:
Complete one of the following statistics courses:
| MATH-1025 | Data Analysis and Statistics | 4 credits |
| MATH-2025 | Multiple Regression Analysis | 4 credits |