Behavioral and Social Sciences is a multi-disciplinary department that focuses on developing essential skills for exploring the human condition and nurturing a capacity for informed citizenship. The department prides itself on the dynamic and accomplished faculty who actively engage students through a variety of pedagogical methods in the following areas:
Majors offered in the Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences
- Environmental Studies
- History
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Social Science
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Sociology with Criminology Concentration
The B.A. degree requires completion of the second-year course sequence in a foreign language. The B.S. degree requires seven additional semester hours of science and mathematics.
Why UM for Behavioral & Social Sciences?
- We offer bachelor’s degrees in several disciplines: Environmental Studies, History, Political Science, Psychology, Social Science, Social Work, Sociology, and Sociology with Criminology Concentration.
- Minors are also available in Environmental Studies, History, Human Rights & Public Service, Human Services, Political Science, Pre-Law, Psychology, and Sociology.
- Qualified students may apply for various departmental scholarships.
2023 BSS Homecoming Reception honoring Blake Hudson
2021 Distinguished Alumna Award honoree, Judge Elisabeth French
Dr. Clark Hultquist presents Dr. Jeanetta Corbett Keller with the 2019 BSS Distinguished Alumna Award.
Dr. Keller, recipient of the 2019 BSS Distinguished Alumna Award, with her husband Bill Keller
Bill and Jeanetta Keller with UM President Dr. John Stewart
BSS Distinguished Alumna Dr. Jeanetta Corbett Keller, second from left, and her family
Winner of the 2018 BSS Distinguished Alumnus Award
Dr. Wilson Fallin, with wife Barbara
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dr. Jim Day, Professor and Chair | dayjs@maidin-china.com | 205 665-6180 | Fallin Hall 211