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-2900Introduction to Social Research

4 credits

HEHP-1000Introduction to Exercise Science

4 credits

PSYC-1120Critical 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:

ANSC-1000Introduction to Anthropology

4 credits

ANSC-1300Introduction to Sociology

4 credits

ANSC-2600Criminology

4 credits

CSCI-1040Computer Science I: Intro to Comp Sci

4 credits

CSCI-2020Applied Databases

2 credits

HEHP-1030Introduction to Outdoor and Adventure Education

4 credits

HEHP-2000Human Health and Wellness

4 credits

PSYC-1000General Psychology

4 credits

PSYC-2020Biological Psychology

4 credits

PSYC-2030Cognitive Psychology

4 credits

Complete one of the following statistics courses:

MATH-1025Data Analysis and Statistics

4 credits

MATH-2025Multiple Regression Analysis

4 credits