Roane State Community College

The Social and Behavioral Sciences Division assists students achieve an understanding of culture, society, and individual behavior.

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The disciplines offered in the division are as follows:

Anthropology, COLS-Study-Organize-Succeed, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Environmental Health Technology, Geography, Health, History, Physical Education, Political Science, Law, Psychology, Sociology, Business, GIS, Management, Office Administration

Other opportunities sponsored or co-sponsored by the Social & Behavioral Sciences Division include: the Fitness Centers, Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance (TECTA) and numerous social science seminars on topics including the Civil War, Anthropology of Religions, World War II, Juvenile Delinquency, Death & Dying, and the United States Supreme Court.

Social/Behavioral Sciences General Education Requirement

The following courses satisfy the Social/Behavioral Sciences general education requirement as prescribed by the Tennessee Board of Regents:

ANTH	1130	Intro to Physical Anthropology
ANTH	1230	Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH	1430	Intro to Prehistoric Archaeology
ANTH	2150	Native American Studies
ECON	2010	Macroeconomics
ECON	2020	Microeconomics
GEOG	1220	Human Geography
GEOG	2010	World Regional Geography
INTL	1010	Introduction to Global Studies
POLS	1025	Introduction to Political Science
POLS	1030	American Government
PSYC	1030	General Psychology
PSYC	2130	Lifespan Psychology
PSYC	2210	Biological Basis of Behavior
SOCI	1010	Introduction to Sociology
SOCI	1020	Social Problems
WELL	1010	Lifetime Wellness

Students taking the above courses will demonstrate four or more of the following learning outcomes:

1. Recognize, describe, and explain social institutions, structures, and processes and the complexities of a global culture and diverse society.
2. Think critically about how individuals are influenced by political, geographic, economic, cultural and family institutions in their own and other diverse cultures and explain how one's own belief system may differ from others.
3. Explore the relationship between the individual and society as it affects the personal behavior, social development and quality of life of the individual, the family and the community.
4. Examine the impact of behavioral and social scientific research on major contemporary issues and their disciplines' effects on individuals and society.
5. Using the most appropriate principles, methods, and technologies, perceptively and objectively gather, analyze, and present social and behavioral science research data, draw logical conclusions, and apply those conclusions to one's life and society.
6. Take ethical stands based on appropriate research in the social and behavioral sciences.
7. Analyze and communicate the values and processes that are used to formulate theories regarding the social context of individual human behavior in the social and behavioral sciences.

History General Education Requirement

The following courses satisfy the History general education requirement as prescribed by the Tennessee Board of Regents:

HIST	1010	Survey of Western Civilization I
HIST	1020	Survey of Western Civilization II
HIST	1210	Survey of World History I
HIST	1220	Survey of World History II
HIST	2010	Survey of United States History I
HIST	2020	Survey of United States History II
HIST	2030	Tennessee History

Students taking the above courses will demonstrate the following learning outcomes:

1. Analyze historical facts and interpretations.
2. Analyze and compare political, geographic, economic, social, cultural, religious and intellectual institutions, structures, and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
3. Recognize and articulate the diversity of human experience across a range of historical periods and the complexities of a global culture and society.
4. Draw on historical perspective to evaluate contemporary problems/issues.
5. Analyze the contributions of past cultures/societies to the contemporary world.